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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Brian Michael King, Saratoga, CA (US);
Omar S. Leung, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul G. Puskarich, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrea Mucignat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Avi E. Cieplinski, San Francisco, CA (US);
Muhammad U. Choudry, Mississauga, CA;
Praveen R. Subramani, San Diego, CA (US);
Marc J. Piche, Waterloo, CA;
David Amm, Sisters, OR (US);
Duncan Robert Kerr, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Detecting a signal from a touch and hover sensing device, in which the signal can be indicative of concurrent touch events and/or hover events, is disclosed. A touch event can indicate an object touching the device. A hover event can indicate an object hovering over the device. The touch and hover sensing device can ensure that a desired hover event is not masked by an incidental touch event, e.g., a hand holding the device, by compensating for the touch event in the detected signal that represents both events. Conversely, when both a hover event and a touch event are desired, the touch and hover sensing device can ensure that both events are detected by adjusting the device sensors and/or the detected signal. The touch and hover sensing device can also detect concurrent hover events by identifying multiple peaks in the detected signal, each peak corresponding to a position of a hovering object.