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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2010
Applicant:
Vitali Souchkov, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Inventor:
Vitali Souchkov, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Assignee:
PixArt Imaging Inc., Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a capacitive touchscreen system that is capable of sensing simultaneous or near-simultaneous multiple finger touches made on a capacitive touchscreen. In one embodiment, drive-sense circuits operably connected to X and Y lines of the touchscreen may be interchangeably and selectably configured as either sense circuits or drive circuits by a drive/sense processor operably connected thereto.