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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device for capacitive sensing includes: a plurality of transmitter electrodes and a plurality of receiver electrodes. The input device is configured to: operate in a first mode by driving sensing signals onto each of the transmitter electrodes and receiving separate detected signals corresponding to each of the plurality of receiver electrodes; and operate in a second mode by driving a common sensing signal onto a plurality of the transmitter electrodes and receiving a common detected signal corresponding to at least one receiver electrode selected from the plurality of receiver electrodes.