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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2006
Applicant:
Ryan D. Seguine, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Ryan D. Seguine, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/26 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A technique for implementing a center key in a capacitive sense radial slider interface without use of center mechanical button. A user interaction with an array of capacitive sensors within the radial slider interface is sensed. It is determined whether at least a threshold number greater than one of the capacitive sensors within the array are concurrently actuated by the user interaction. A center key actuation is registered if at least the threshold number of the capacitive sensors are concurrently actuated.