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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2011
William Alberth, Prairie Grove, IL (US);
Michael Schellinger, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
William Alberth, Prairie Grove, IL (US);
Michael Schellinger, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Motorola Mobility LLC, Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices are provided for determining location of an input on a surface of a device using an acoustic sensing element. An exemplary method begins by determining an anticipated acoustic response resulting from an output generated by a component of the device at the acoustic sensing element. The method continues by subtracting the anticipated acoustic response from a measured acoustic response at the acoustic sensing element to obtain a nominal acoustic response, and determining the location of the input based on the nominal acoustic response.