Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gesture and touch input detection through force sensing
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Application No.: US13559577Application Date: 2012-07-26
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Publication No.: US09886116B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Nima Parivar , Wayne C. Westerman
- Applicant: Nima Parivar , Wayne C. Westerman
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; G06F3/044 ; G06F3/0488

Abstract:
A computing device configured detect a user input. The computing device includes a processor, a touch interface in communication with the processor and configured to detect a touch signal corresponding to an object approaching or contacting a surface, and at least three force sensors in communication with the processor and configured to detect a force signal corresponding to an object exerting a force on the surface. In response to the force the at least processor determines a force centroid location and the touch signals are processed by the processor by analyzing the force centroid location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140028575A1 Gesture and Touch Input Detection Through Force Sensing Public/Granted day:2014-01-30
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