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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:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2024
Applicant:

Sigmasense, Llc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Belton, TX (US);

Michael Shawn Gray, Elgin, TX (US);

Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Leander, TX (US);

Patrick Troy Gray, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Assignee:

SigmaSense, LLC., Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1647 (2013.01); G06F 1/1692 (2013.01); G06F 3/04166 (2019.05); G06F 3/0444 (2019.05); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05);
Abstract

A device having a flexible touch screen display configured to display images in at least a first touch area and a second touch area. At least a portion of the second touch area is located on an edge or side surface of the device. A first plurality of touch sensitive column electrodes and a plurality of row electrodes are integrated into the first touch area, and a second plurality of column electrodes and the plurality of row electrodes are integrated into the second touch area of the flexible display. The device further includes a plurality of drive-sense circuits that drive sensor signals on the electrodes. A processing module senses, based on the sensor signals, an electrical characteristic of at least one row electrode and at least one column electrode of the first touch area or the second touch area and determines, based on the electrical characteristic, a proximal touch to at least one of the first touch area or the second touch area.


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