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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Sentons Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lapoe E. Lynn, Los Altos, CA (US);
Samuel W. Sheng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Shih-Ming Shih, San Jose, CA (US);
Yenyu Hsieh, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/043 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/043 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04805 (2013.01);
Abstract
Detecting a touch input force is disclosed. A signal to be used to propagate a propagating signal through a propagating medium with a surface is sent. The propagating signal that has been disturbed by a touch input with an amount of force on the surface is received. The received signal is processed to determine an identifier associated with the amount of force.