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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2012
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
David H. C. Shih, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Albert Lin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sean Erik O'Connor, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ari Y. Benbasat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Wayne Carl Westerman, Burlingame, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/043 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/045 (2006.01); G06F 3/046 (2006.01); G06F 3/047 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0425 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
A touch sensitive device that detects the occurrence of an electrostatic discharge event on the device by analyzing an acquired touch image for characteristics associated with the occurrence of an ESD event is provided. An acquired touch image is analyzed for characteristics that differentiate it from a touch image generated by a user input and are correlated with an expected touch image generated by an ESD event.