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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Eli M. Dow, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
James P. Gilchrist, Milford, CT (US);
Steven K. Schmidt, Hinesburg, VT (US);
Charles J. Stocker, IV, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An audio touchscreen system receives microphone location data respectively corresponding to a plurality of microphones. Sonic signals corresponding to a sonic event respectively transduced by each microphone is triangulated, to determine the location of the origin of the sonic event upon the audio touchscreen, based on the sonic signals and the microphone location data. User input data is generated based on the location of the sonic event as determined by the triangulation.