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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2013
Pixart Imaging Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Thomas Murphy, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Kevin Rathburn, Cambell, CA (US);
Keen Hun Leong, Penang, MY;
Sarangan Narasimhan, San Jose, CA (US);
PixArt Imaging Inc., Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments of methods and devices for operating a processor or host controller in a mutual capacitance sensing device. Methods and devices for sorting motion reports provided to a host controller or other processor in a mutual capacitance sensing device, reporting touch points to a host controller or other processor in a mutual capacitance sensing device, improving noise robustness and navigation performance in a mutual capacitance sensing device, determining a touch area of a user's finger on a touch panel or touchpad of a mutual capacitance sensing device, and avoiding false wakeups and minimizing power consumption in a mutual capacitance sensing device having a touch panel or touchpad are described.