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Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2022
Applicant:

Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kelvin Fong, Milpitas, CA (US);

Tomohiro Hirakawa, Chiba, JP;

Yan-Ju Du, Xiamen, CN;

Assignee:

Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); B60K 37/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); B60K 2370/126 (2019.05);
Abstract

A method is provided. The method comprises: obtaining, by a processing system and using a set of rotation electrodes that interact with the knob interface, first resulting signals and second resulting signals; determining, by the processing system, an initial state of the knob interface using the first resulting signals and the second resulting signals; obtaining, by the processing system and using the set of rotation electrodes, third resulting signals indicating a first rotational state of the knob interface, based at least in part on the knob interface being rotated from the initial state to the first rotational state; determining, by the processing system, the rotational direction of the knob interface using the first resulting signals, the second resulting signals, and the third resulting signals; and adjusting, by the processing system, a setting using the determined rotational direction.


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