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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
May. 22, 2019
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Aaron, Ardsley, NY (US);
Emrah Akin Sisbot, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Mark E. Podlaseck, Kent, CT (US);
Hyun Kyu Seo, Austin, TX (US);
David O. S. Melville, New York, NY (US);
Kenneth B. Ocheltree, Ossining, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); B25J 13/081 (2013.01); G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01);
Abstract
A touch detection system is provided. The touch detection system includes a hardware processor. The touch detection system further includes a touch input surface mounted using a set of torque sensors, where a location of a touch on the touch input surface is calculated by the hardware processor based on collective results from the set of torque sensors, the touch comprising a user input.