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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2019
Sensel, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Aaron Zarraga, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alexander Meagher Grau, Durham, NC (US);
Bethany Noel Haniger, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Bradley James Bozarth, Moore, SC (US);
Brogan Carl Miller, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ilya Daniel Rosenberg, Mountain View, CA (US);
James Frank Thomas, Danville, CA (US);
Mark Joshua Rosenberg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Peter Hans Nyboer, San Jose, CA (US);
Reuben Eric Martinez, Gilroy, CA (US);
Scott Gregory Isaacson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Stephanie Jeanne Oberg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Timothy James Miller, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Tomer Moscovich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yibo Yu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sensel, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to touch sensor systems and methods incorporating an interpolated variable impedance touch sensor array and specifically to such systems and methods for indirect force-aware touch control. An exemplary method for receiving an adjustment gesture formed on or about a plurality of sensor panels on a plurality of faces of a device includes detecting two or more touches at a first time at the plurality of sensor panels and determining that the touches at the first time are arranged in a pattern corresponding to a predetermined gesture. The method further includes determining a relative pressure between the touches, associating the gesture with a user interface element (that accepts an adjustment input based on the relative pressure between the two or more touches) and providing an input to the user interface element based on the gesture and relative pressure between the touches.