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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2008
Joseph Fisher, Cupertino, CA (US);
Erturk Kocalar, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rishabh Bhargava, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lakshman Rathnam, Cupertino, CA (US);
Joseph Fisher, Cupertino, CA (US);
Erturk Kocalar, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rishabh Bhargava, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lakshman Rathnam, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An input device with switchable sensor configurations. In one embodiment, the input device can switch between a sensor configuration in which each of its sensor elements is enabled to sense input and a sensor configuration in which only a subset of its sensor elements are enabled to sense input. In another embodiment, the input device can switch between a sensor configuration in which each of its sensor elements is enabled to sense input and a sensor configuration in which one or more groupings of its sensor elements are enabled to collectively sense input. In a further embodiment, the input device can operate in a detection mode that switches between sensor configurations to determine a position of an input.