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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Steve Hotelling, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Joshua A. Strickon, Key Biscayne, FL (US);
Brian Q. Huppi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0443 (2019.05); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/0445 (2019.05); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); G06F 3/04166 (2019.05); G02F 1/13338 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01);
Abstract
A touch panel having a transparent capacitive sensing medium configured to detect multiple touches or near touches that occur at the same time and at distinct locations in the plane of the touch panel and to produce distinct signals representative of the location of the touches on the plane of the touch panel for each of the multiple touches is disclosed.