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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2021
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Mohammed Zourob, London, CA;
Alexander Hunt, Tygelsjö, SE;
Andreas Kristensson, Södra Sandby, SE;
Mohammed Abdulaziz, Lund, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A technique for performing partial reads of a touch sensor () provides several advantages, including scalability to touch sensors with high sensing-line counts, and reductions in operating power. The technique involves identifying a region () of the touch surface () of the touch sensor () to be read and performing a partial read directed to the identified region. Rather than exciting all sensing lines of the touch surface (), the partial read excites one or more of the sensing lines () that are involved with the identified region (), without exciting one or more of the uninvolved sensing lines (). Identifying the region or regions () to be read involves, for example, obtaining touch-control information from a software application () running on a host device () that includes the touch sensor ().