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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Atmel Corporation, Chandler, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Martin J. Simmons, Hampshire, GB;
Assignee:
Amtel Corporation, Chandler, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3262 (2013.01); G06F 1/1684 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a touch sensor controller includes a processor and a monitoring component coupled to the processor. The monitoring component is configured to perform operations comprising receiving, from an impact sensor, an output signal. The output signal is indicative of a plurality of impacts detected by the impact sensor to a surface of a housing of a device. The monitoring component is further configured to perform operations comprising initiating, based on the output signal corresponding to a predefined impact pattern, a transition of the touch sensor from a first power mode to a second power mode.