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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., Suwon, Gyeong gi-Do, KR;
Inventors:
Ernest Rehmi Post, San Jose, CA (US);
Olivier Bau, San Francisco, CA (US);
Iliya Tsekov, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sajid Sadi, San Jose, CA (US);
Mike Digman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vatche Attarian, San Jose, CA (US);
Sergi Consul, San Jose, CA (US);
Cody Wortham, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/046 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/046 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); H03K 17/96 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01);
Abstract
In particular embodiments, a method includes receiving a signal from an electrode of a touch sensor that senses a charge displacement, based on the signal, in order to detect the contact or separation. The method further includes detecting a contact or separation input to the touch sensor.