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Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2006
Applicants:

Ken K Foo, Gurnee, IL (US);

John W Kaehler, Lake Bluff, IL (US);

Pinky Yu, Grayslake, IL (US);

Inventors:

Ken K Foo, Gurnee, IL (US);

John W Kaehler, Lake Bluff, IL (US);

Pinky Yu, Grayslake, IL (US);

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A touchscreen display system () is provided which includes a touchscreen (), a touchscreen input detector (), a capacitive sensor driver (), and a display driver (). The touchscreen input detector () is coupled to a first layer () of the touchscreen () and determines a touchscreen () input in response to sensing tactile inputs during a sensing time interval (). The display driver () is coupled to a second layer () of the touchscreen () and provides a drive voltage () at a first voltage level to the plurality of optical shutter segments () during a first portion () of the sensing time interval () and maintains the drive voltage () at substantially zero volts during a second portion () of the sensing time interval (), the second portion () being greater than half of the sensing time interval ().


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