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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2013
Applicants:
Ronald Steven Cok, Rochester, NY (US);
Roger G. Markham, Webster, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ronald Steven Cok, Rochester, NY (US);
Roger G. Markham, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
A capacitive touch-screen device with force detection of a deformable touch element includes drive and sense electrode arrays and a touch-detection circuit connected to the electrodes for detecting capacitance at a touch location. The touch-detection circuit senses no-touch capacitance, light-touch capacitance, and heavy-touch capacitance at the touch location in response to forcible deformation of the deformable touch element proximate to the touch. The touch-detection circuit reports a force signal.