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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2010
Wayne Carl Westerman, Burlingame, CA (US);
Martin Paul Grunthaner, Mountain View, CA (US);
Steven Porter Hotelling, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Christopher Tenzin Mullens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Wayne Carl Westerman, Burlingame, CA (US);
Martin Paul Grunthaner, Mountain View, CA (US);
Steven Porter Hotelling, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Christopher Tenzin Mullens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A touch sensor panel is disclosed. The touch sensor panel includes a plurality of rows, at least one of the rows being a split row including a plurality of row subsections; and a plurality of columns, at least one of the columns being a split column including a plurality of column subsections. The touch sensor panel is configured with at least one split row and at least one split column located to increase a likelihood that a touch anywhere on the touch sensor panel overlaps with at least one split row and at least one split column. The rows and columns are individually charged electrodes capable of detecting a change in capacitance in a corresponding area of the touch sensor panel.