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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Connor Lawrence Weins, Seattle, WA (US);
David Abzarian, Kenmore, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract
Features of the present disclosure solve the above-identified problem by implementing techniques to detect the contact or proximity of a stylus to a display screen of a computer device in the absence of pressure information within the constraints of existing pen protocols. To this end, a digitizer associated with the display screen of the computer device may determine when the stylus is touching (or significantly close) the screen when a signal communication between the pen and digitizer exceeds a threshold (e.g., time or voltage).