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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2009
Joseph Fisher, San Jose, CA (US);
Erturk Kocalar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven Hotelling, San Jose, CA (US);
David Gutierrez, Fresno, CA (US);
Joseph Fisher, San Jose, CA (US);
Erturk Kocalar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven Hotelling, San Jose, CA (US);
David Gutierrez, Fresno, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An input device is disclosed that can improve input detection associated with sensor elements that exhibit a weaker response at the lower end of their dynamic range than their counterparts. This can be advantageous when implementing input reporting rules that rely on a sufficient response at the lower end of a sensor element's dynamic range. The input device can compensate for a weak sensor element at the low end of its dynamic range by increasing its sensitivity in certain situations, such as when an adjacent sensor provides a strong input signal, or after the weak sensor element provides a signal level exceeding a noise threshold for example. The sensitivity of the weak sensor element can be increased in a variety of ways, such as by reducing a noise threshold associated with the sensor element or boosting a signal level associated with the sensor element for example.