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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2022
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
An apparatus () and method () disclosed herein embody techniques for adapting read operations with respect to a touch sensor (), to avoid or mitigate touch-detection problems arising from inoperative sensing lines () used to detect touch inputs to a touch surface () of the touch sensor (). A particular advantage is that the avoidance or mitigation techniques address instances of touch sensor malfunctioning that involve isolated instances of sensing-line malfunctions. A further advantage is that the technique allows for continued 'normal' organization, sizing, and placement of user-interface elements displayed on the touch surface ()—e.g., a touchscreen display surface—because the technique provides for touch detection in regions of the touch surface () affected by inoperative sensing lines (), at least in cases where an inoperative sensing line () is bounded by operative sensing lines ().