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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Jia-yih Lii, Taichung, TW;
Kuan-chun Tang, Toufen Township, Miaoli County, TW;
Inventors:
Jia-Yih Lii, Taichung, TW;
Kuan-Chun Tang, Toufen Township, Miaoli County, TW;
Assignee:
Elan Microelectronics Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an object detection method for a capacitive touchpad, at least one reference time interval is used to distinguish whether a variation of the sensed value on the touchpad is resulted from an operation of an object on the touchpad, actions such as an object touch down to the touchpad, an object lift from the touchpad and an object movement on the touchpad are then determined, and operations corresponding to various gestures are correctly detected.