Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device having capacitance-based force sensing for user interface input
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Application No.: US16883264Application Date: 2020-05-26
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Publication No.: US11763177B2Publication Date: 2023-09-19
- Inventor: Rachid Alameh , Yi Wu , James P. Ashley , Zhengping Ji
- Applicant: MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
- Current Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Isidore PLLC
- Main IPC: G06F3/0487
- IPC: G06F3/0487 ; G06N5/04 ; G06N20/00 ; A63F13/214 ; G01L1/14

Abstract:
An electronic device includes a capacitive driver that is electrically coupled to a pair of conductive plates coupled to a housing and electrically isolated by a dielectric material. The conductive plates are positioned to change relative orientation in relation to deformation of the housing in a first direction. A controller identifies a first capacitance of the pair of conductive plates associated with the housing being in a normal alignment relative to the first direction. The controller presents an object on a user interface device in a first kinematic state. The controller detects, via the first capacitor driver, a change in capacitance from the first capacitance to a second capacitance of the pair of conductive plates. The controller associates the change to a first user input. The controller presents the object on the user interface device in a second kinematic state based on the first user input.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210374560A1 ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING CAPACITANCE-BASED FORCE SENSING FOR USER INTERFACE INPUT Public/Granted day:2021-12-02
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