公开(公告)号：AU2015271962A1

公开(公告)日：2016-01-21

申请号：AU2015271962

申请日：2015-12-18

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： WESTERMAN WAYNE CARL

IPC: G06F3/048

Abstract: A method for interpreting contacts on a touch sensor panel is disclosed. One or more regions in the touch sensor panel are designated as click regions. A mechanical click of the touch sensor panel is detected and a touch at a particular click region at about a same time as the detection of the mechanical click is also detected. The touch is interpreted in accordance with the particular click region.

公开(公告)号：AU2013205165B2

公开(公告)日：2015-09-24

申请号：AU2013205165

申请日：2013-04-14

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： WESTERMAN WAYNE CARL

IPC: G06F3/048

Abstract: A method for interpreting contacts on a touch sensor panel is disclosed. One or more regions in the touch sensor panel are designated as click regions. A mechanical click of the touch sensor panel is detected and a touch at a particular click region at about a same time as the detection of the mechanical click is also detected. The touch is interpreted in accordance with the particular click region.

公开(公告)号：CA2633408C

公开(公告)日：2013-08-13

申请号：CA2633408

申请日：2008-06-04

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： KRAH CHRISTOPH HORST ,  HOTELLING STEVE PORTER ,  O'CONNOR SEAN ERIK ,  WESTERMAN WAYNE CARL

IPC: G06K11/06 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: The use of multiple stimulation frequencies and phases to generate an image of touch on a touch sensor panel is disclosed. Each of a plurality of sense channels can be coupled to a column in a touch sensor panel and can have multiple mixers. Each mixer in the sense channel can utilize a circuit capable generating a demodulation frequency of a particular frequency. At each of multiple steps, various phases of selected frequencies can be used to simultaneously stimulate the rows of the touch sensor panel, and the multiple mixers in each sense channel can be configured to demodulate the signal received from the column connected to each sense channel using the selected frequencies. After all steps have been completed, the demodulated signals from the multiple mixers can be used in calculations to determine an image of touch for the touch sensor panel at each frequency.

公开(公告)号：AU2013100574A4

公开(公告)日：2013-05-23

申请号：AU2013100574

申请日：2013-04-23

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： WESTERMAN WAYNE CARL

IPC: G06F3/048

Abstract: A method for interpreting contacts on a touch sensor panel is disclosed. One or more regions in the touch sensor panel are designated as click regions. A mechanical click of the touch sensor panel is detected and a touch at a particular click region at about a same time as the detection of the mechanical click is also detected. The touch is interpreted in accordance with the particular click region. Touch Sensor r------------------ Panel 100 || Edge Center Band Region -102 Contact Centroid Ignored ---------- ---- ' FIG. 1A Centroid Contact Touch Sensor ----------------- Panel 100 | Edge Center Band Region -102 Contact Moving + I Centroid Contact Recognized

公开(公告)号：AU2011282997A1

公开(公告)日：2013-02-14

申请号：AU2011282997

申请日：2011-07-22

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： WESTERMAN WAYNE CARL

IPC: G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/033

Abstract: Motion continuation of an input is provided. A motion of an input can be tracked based on contacts on a touch sensing surface. The input motion can be continued when one or more of the contacts lifts off from the surface by determining the liftoff of the one or more of the contacts during the input, determining a speed at the liftoff, selecting, based on the speed at liftoff, one of a plurality of decay rates corresponding to a plurality of ranges of speed, and continuing the motion of the input based on the selected decay rate. After motion of the input is continued based on speed at liftoff, the system can determine that the continued motion reaches a next- lower range of speed, the decay rate can be reset based on the decay rate of the next- lower range, and motion can be continued based on the reset decay rate.

公开(公告)号：AU2010300877A1

公开(公告)日：2012-04-19

申请号：AU2010300877

申请日：2010-09-22

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： WESTERMAN WAYNE CARL ,  O'CONNOR SEAN ERIK

IPC: G06F3/044

Abstract: Negative pixel compensation in a touch sensor panel is disclosed. The panel can compensate for a negative pixel effect in touch signal outputs due to poor grounding of an object touching the panel. To do so, the panel can reconstruct a captured touch image to remove negative pixel values indicative of the negative pixel effect and compute a composite image from the captured image and the reconstructed image to replace the captured image. In addition or alternatively, the panel can reconstruct a captured touch image to remove negative pixel values indicative of the negative pixel effect and replace the captured image with the reconstructed image.

公开(公告)号：NL2003543C2

公开(公告)日：2011-01-25

申请号：NL2003543

申请日：2009-09-25

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： KRAH CHRISTOPH HORST ,  HOTELLING STEVE PORTER ,  O'CONNER SEAN ERIK ,  WESTERMAN WAYNE CARL

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: The use of multiple stimulation signals having one or more frequencies and one or more phases to generate an image of touch on a touch sensor panel is disclosed. Each of a plurality of sense channels can be coupled to a column in a touch sensor panel and can have one or more mixers. Each mixer in the sense channel can utilize a circuit capable generating a demodulation frequency of a particular frequency. At each of multiple steps, various phases of one or more selected frequencies can be used to simultaneously stimulate the rows of the touch sensor panel, and the one or more mixers in each sense channel can be configured to demodulate the signal received from the column connected to each sense channel using the one or more selected frequencies. After all steps have been completed, the demodulated signals from the one or more mixers can be used in calculations to determine an image of touch for the touch sensor panel at each of the one or more frequencies.

公开(公告)号：NL2003543A1

公开(公告)日：2010-01-12

申请号：NL2003543

申请日：2009-09-25

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： KRAH CHRISTOPH HORST ,  HOTELLING STEVE PORTER ,  O'CONNER SEAN ERIK ,  WESTERMAN WAYNE CARL

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044

公开(公告)号：HK1130097A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-18

申请号：HK09107967

申请日：2009-08-31

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： WESTERMAN WAYNE CARL

IPC: G06F20060101 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: The selective rejection of touch contacts in an edge region of a touch sensor panel is disclosed. In addition, by providing certain exceptions to the rejection of edge contacts, the functionality of the touch sensor panel can be maximized. Contacts in edge bands around the perimeter of a touch sensor panel can be ignored. However, if a contact in the edge band moves beyond a threshold distance or speed, it can be recognized as part of a gesture. To accommodate different finger sizes, the size of the edge band can be modified based on the identification of the finger or thumb. Furthermore, if contacts in the center region of a touch sensor panel track the movement of contacts in the edge band, the contacts in the edge band can be recognized as part of a gesture.

公开(公告)号：CA2647561A1

公开(公告)日：2009-07-04

申请号：CA2647561

申请日：2008-12-22

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： WESTERMAN WAYNE CARL

IPC: G06K11/06 ,  G06F3/041 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: The selective rejection of touch contacts in an edge region of a touch sensor panel is disclosed. In addition, by providing certain exceptions to t he rejection of edge contacts, the functionality of the touch sensor panel can be maximized. Contacts in edge bands around the perimeter of a touch sensor panel can be ignored. However, if a contact in the edge band moves beyond a threshold distance or speed, it can be recognized as part of a gesture. To accommodate different finger sizes, the size of the edge band can be modified based on the identification of the finger or thumb . Furthermore, if contacts in the center region of a touch sensor panel track the movement of contacts in the edge band, the contacts in the edge band can be recognize d as part of a gesture.