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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tom R. Vandermeijden, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jeffrey Lukanc, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy J. Vehling, San Jose, 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); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G06F 3/0383 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/04166 (2019.05);
Abstract
Methods and devices are disclosed for characterizing user inputs. A first input object may be detected in a sensing region of an input device. A resonance frequency of the first input object may be determined. A first characteristic may be assigned to the first input object based at least in part on the resonance frequency of the first input object. User inputs provided by the first input object may be processed based at least in part on the first input object characteristic.