The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In one example, a method for detecting input can include detecting a capacitive input pattern of an object in proximity of the system and comparing the capacitive input pattern to a sensed capacitive input profile of a known object, the sensed capacitive input profile comprising information about a plurality of characteristics of the known object. The method can also include determining a confidence that the object in proximity of the system corresponds to the known object based on the capacitive input pattern and at least one of the plurality of characteristics of the known object. Furthermore, the method can include assigning a functionality associated with the sensed capacitive input profile to the object in proximity of the system if the confidence exceeds a threshold and processing input received from the object in proximity of the system according to the functionality.