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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 01, 2021
Applicant:

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andriy Yarosh, Lviv, UA;

Jens Weber, Munich, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/0445 (2019.05); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05);
Abstract

A touch screen display and corresponding devices and methods are disclosed, the touch screen display comprising a touchscreen having a plurality of capacitive sensors and a passive dial having one or more conductive elements, the passive dial mounted within an active area of the touchscreen such that the one or more conductive elements are proximate to the face of the touchscreen and move in conjunction with a rotation of the passive dial. The touch screen display may further include a touchscreen controller to detect an angle of the passive dial using conventional capacitive sensing techniques.


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