Invention Application
- Patent Title: SIDE-FORCE DETECTION IN AN INPUT DEVICE HAVING A CAPACITIVE SENSOR
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Application No.: US16027477Application Date: 2018-07-05
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Publication No.: US20190012015A1Publication Date: 2019-01-10
- Inventor: Tetsuo TANEMURA , Shunsuke ARAKI
- Applicant: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Main IPC: G06F3/044
- IPC: G06F3/044

Abstract:
An example a method of detecting a force applied to a side of an input device including sensor electrodes, the method including: detecting first capacitive responses corresponding to a first plurality of sensor electrodes disposed near the side of the input device; detecting second capacitive responses corresponding to a second plurality of sensor electrodes disposed near a center of the input device; and determining a magnitude of the force applied to the side of the input device based on at least one of: a number of the second capacitive responses satisfying a first threshold; or magnitudes of the second capacitive responses.
Public/Granted literature
- US11656712B2 Side-force detection in an input device having a capactive sensor Public/Granted day:2023-05-23
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