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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Keitaro Yamashita, Cupertino, CA (US);
Majid Gharghi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ting-Kuo Chang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices useful in discharging an aberrant charge on a touch sensitive display of an electronic device are provided. By way of example, a an electronic device includes a power management and control circuitry configured to receive a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal from a display subsystem of a display of the electronic device, receive a third voltage signal from a touch subsystem of the display, provide a power signal to the display subsystem to activate the display subsystem when the display is determined to be in a temporarily inactive state. Providing the power signal to the display subsystem comprises discharging an aberrant charge based on the third voltage signal.