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Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2008
Applicants:

Kenneth Lawrence Staton, San Carlos, CA (US);

Richard Wei Kwang Lim, Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kenneth Lawrence Staton, San Carlos, CA (US);

Richard Wei Kwang Lim, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G01D 7/00 (2006.01); H01L 23/58 (2006.01); G01R 35/00 (2006.01); H04B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The efficient calibration of multi-touch sensor panels that have non-flat surfaces is disclosed. The calibration of the sensor panels can be accomplished using a calibration device with a flexible calibration surface. The flexible calibration surface is particularly well-suited for curved or other non-flat touch sensor panels, such as those that might be present on a mouse or other device designed to be grasped by a user's hand. The flexible apparatus can conform to the non-flat touch sensor panel and apply the equivalent of a conductive touch over most or all of the pixels.


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