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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Derek R. Solven, San Jose, CA (US);
Matthew Stevenson, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert J. Bolender, San Jose, CA (US);
Jonathan Losh, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06K 9/00013 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04111 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04112 (2013.01);
Abstract
Sensor electrodes are coupled, in a first configuration, to input channels of a processing system. The sensor electrodes are used to acquire a measurement of current. In a second configuration that is different from the first configuration, the sensor electrodes are coupled to the input channels. The sensor electrodes in the second configuration are used to acquire a capacitive resulting signal. Positional information is determined using the current measurement and the capacitive resulting signal.