SIMULTANEOUS SENSING ARRANGEMENT
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210109640A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-15

    申请号:US17129819

    申请日:2020-12-21

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: Multi-touch touch-sensing devices and methods are described herein. The touch sensing devices can include multiple sense points, each located at a crossing of a drive line and a sense line. In some embodiments, multiple drive lines may be simultaneously or nearly simultaneously stimulated with drive signals having unique characteristics, such as phase or frequency. A sense signal can occur on each sense line that can be related to the drive signals by an amount of touch present at sense points corresponding to the stimulated drive lines and the sense line. By using processing techniques based on the unique drive signals, an amount of touch corresponding to each sense point can be extracted from the sense signal. The touch sensing methods and devices can be incorporated into interfaces for a variety of electronic devices such as a desktop, tablet, notebook, and handheld computers, personal digital assistants, media players, and mobile telephones.

    PROXIMITY AND MULTI-TOUCH SENSOR DETECTION AND DEMODULATION

    公开(公告)号:US20180095560A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-05

    申请号:US15821135

    申请日:2017-11-22

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: The use of one or more proximity sensors in combination with one or more touch sensors in a multi-touch panel to detect the presence of a finger, body part or other object and control or trigger one or more functions in accordance with an “image” of touch provided by the sensor outputs is disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more infrared (IR) proximity sensors can be driven with a specific stimulation frequency and emit IR light from one or more areas, which can in some embodiments correspond to one or more multi-touch sensor “pixel” locations. The reflected IR signal, if any, can be demodulated using synchronous demodulation. In some embodiments, both physical interfaces (touch and proximity sensors) can be connected to analog channels in the same electrical core.

    BACK OF COVER TOUCH SENSORS
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180067584A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-08

    申请号:US15691283

    申请日:2017-08-30

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: G06F3/044

    摘要: Touch sensor configurations for reducing electrostatic discharge events in the border area of a touch sensor panel is disclosed. Touch sensors (e.g., electrodes formed on the cover material and/or the opaque mask) can be susceptible to certain events such as arcing and discharge/joule heating, which may negatively affect touch sensor performance. Examples of the disclosure can include increasing the trace width, spacing, and/or thickness in the border area relative to the trace width, spacing, and/or thickness in the visible/active area along one or more sides of the touch sensor panel. In some examples, touch electrodes can be located exclusively in the visible/active areas along one or more sides of the touch sensor panel, while dummy sections can be included in both the border and visible/active areas. Additionally or alternatively, one or more gaps between adjacent touch electrodes in the border area or serpentine routing can be included.

    MEASURING BODY CAPACITANCE EFFECT IN TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE
    8.
    发明申请
    MEASURING BODY CAPACITANCE EFFECT IN TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE 审中-公开
    测量敏感器件中的身体电容效应

    公开(公告)号:US20160378263A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-29

    申请号:US15261578

    申请日:2016-09-09

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: Measuring an effect of body capacitance in a touch sensitive device is disclosed. This effect can be caused by poor grounding of a user or other objects touching the device or of the device itself. The device can operate in a stray capacitance mode to measure a body capacitance effect and in a normal mode to detect a touch on the device. During the stray capacitance mode, the device can obtain a body capacitance measurement from the device. During the normal mode, the device can obtain a touch measurement from the device. The device can calculate a body capacitance factor based on a ratio between the body capacitance measurement and the touch measurement and use the body capacitance factor to compensate for erroneous or distorted touch output values from the device. Various components of the device can be switchably configured according to the particular mode.

    摘要翻译: 公开了测量触敏装置中的身体电容的影响。 这种效果可能是由于接触设备或设备本身的用户或其他对象的接地不良引起的。 器件可以在杂散电容模式下工作,以测量体电容效应,并在正常模式下检测器件上的触摸。 在杂散电容模式期间,器件可以从器件获得体电容测量值。 在正常模式下,设备可以从设备获得触摸测量。 该装置可以基于身体电容测量和触摸测量之间的比率来计算身体电容因数,并使用身体电容因子来补偿来自装置的错误或失真的触摸输出值。 可以根据特定模式切换配置设备的各种组件。

    PET-BASED TOUCH PAD
    9.
    发明申请
    PET-BASED TOUCH PAD 审中-公开
    基于PET的触控垫

    公开(公告)号:US20160259450A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-08

    申请号:US15157355

    申请日:2016-05-17

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: A space-efficient substantially transparent mutual capacitance touch sensor panel can be created by forming columns made of a substantially transparent conductive material on one side of a first substantially transparent substrate, forming rows made of the substantially transparent conductive material on one side of a second substantially transparent substrate and bringing column connections down to the second substrate. The columns can be routed off-panel at an edge of the second substrate. In some examples, the first and second transparent substrates formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET). In some examples, the substantially transparent conductive material formed from Indium Tin Oxide (ITO).

    摘要翻译: 可以通过在第一基本上透明的基板的一侧上形成由基本上透明的导电材料制成的列来形成空间有效的基本上透明的互电容式触摸传感器面板,在大体上透明的第二基板上的一侧形成由基本上透明的导电材料制成的行 透明衬底并使柱连接到第二衬底。 列可以在第二基板的边缘处被布线在板外。 在一些实例中,由聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯(PET)形成的第一透明基材和第二透明基材。 在一些实例中,由氧化铟锡(ITO)形成的基本透明的导电材料。

    INPUT DEVICE FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICES
    10.
    发明申请
    INPUT DEVICE FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICES 审中-公开
    用于触摸敏感设备的输入设备

    公开(公告)号:US20160179281A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-23

    申请号:US15057035

    申请日:2016-02-29

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: A method for receiving data from an input device to a computing device through a touch interface. The method includes detecting an input device, synchronizing with the input device by receiving a position signal and activating an input device scan of the touch interface, receiving a data signal from the input device through at least one of a sense line or a drive line of the touch interface, and scanning the touch interface for a touch input by applying a stimulation signal to the at least one drive line and analyzing the at least one sense line.

    摘要翻译: 一种通过触摸界面从输入设备接收数据到计算设备的方法。 该方法包括检测输入设备,通过接收位置信号和激活触摸界面的输入设备扫描与输入设备同步,通过至少一个感测线或驱动线从输入设备接收数据信号 触摸界面,以及通过将刺激信号施加到所述至少一个驱动线并分析所述至少一个感测线,来扫描触摸界面以进行触摸输入。