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Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 09, 2012
Applicants:

Keith L. Paulsen, Centerville, UT (US);

Michael D. Layton, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Inventors:

Keith L. Paulsen, Centerville, UT (US);

Michael D. Layton, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Assignee:

CIRQUE CORPORATION, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of performing a two-finger gesture when the absolute position of the fingers does not need to be known in order to perform the gesture. A touch sensor may provide a false or ghosted position and a real position for each actual finger on the touch sensor. The real position for each finger is located by finding a strongest signal when performing a short aperture measurement relative to one side of the touch sensor so that the direction of a rotation gesture can be determined. The position of fingers in single finger and multi-finger gestures may be determined using de-ghosted weighted average and weighted absolute deviation calculations.


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