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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ping Mei, San Jose, CA (US);
Janos Veres, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/043 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/046 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01); G06F 3/0448 (2019.05); G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G06F 3/042 (2013.01); G06F 3/043 (2013.01); G06F 3/046 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device includes one or more groups of two or more touch sensitive elements. Each group of two or more touch sensitive elements is arranged to generate a sequence of electronic waveforms corresponding to a multi-digit code that identifies the group in response to a swiping touch across the two or more touch sensitive elements.