- Patent Title: Integrated multi-touch surface having varying sensor granularity
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Application No.: US11818477Application Date: 2007-06-13
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Publication No.: US09772667B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Wayne Carl Westerman , John Greer Elias , Steve Porter Hotelling , Duncan Kerr
- Applicant: Wayne Carl Westerman , John Greer Elias , Steve Porter Hotelling , Duncan Kerr
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; G06F1/32 ; G06F3/044 ; G06F3/0488

Abstract:
This relates to an event sensing device that includes an event sensing panel and is able to dynamically change the granularity of the panel according to present needs. Thus, the granularity of the panel can differ at different times of operation. Furthermore, the granularity of specific areas of the panel can also be dynamically changed, so that different areas feature different granularities at a given time. This also relates to panels that feature different inherent granularities in different portions thereof. These panels can be designed, for example, by placing more stimulus and/or data lines in different portions of the panel, thus ensuring different densities of pixels in the different portions. Optionally, these embodiments can also include the dynamic granularity changing features noted above.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080309631A1 Integrated multi-touch surface having varying sensor granularity Public/Granted day:2008-12-18
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