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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019

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:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/046 (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, an apparatus includes a single electrode configured to passively receive a charge displacement and a change in characteristics of electromagnetic signals in an environment. The apparatus further includes a touch sensor, coupled to the single electrode, configured to detect a first input based on the charge displacement, and a second input based on the change in characteristics of electromagnetic signals in the environment.


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