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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:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nobuyuki Suzuki, Portland, OR (US);
Dale Bengtson, Portland, OR (US);
Vijay Venkatesh Mahalingam, San Jose, CA (US);
Lee Nau, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating touch blob angle orientation in a touch device are described. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a touch processing unit operable to analyze sensor data generated from touch inputs on a touchscreen and generate touch blob information for each detected touch blob; and a filter coupled to the touch processing unit operable to filter blob orientation information from a filter output in response to detection of a finger lifting event.