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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2021
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Alexander Hunt, Tygelsjö, SE;
Mohammed Zourob, London, CA;
Andreas Kristensson, Södra Sandby, SE;
Mohammed Abdulaziz, Lund, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
An apparatus () and method () provide power-efficient reading of a touch sensor () by performing transform-based reading of the touch sensor () according to a read configuration () that accounts for touch-surface areas that are indicated as touch targets () for receiving touch input. Advantages such as power savings and more robust touch detection flow from the intelligent selection of which sensing lines () of the touch sensor () to excite and which excitation frequencies () to use for exciting them.