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Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2014
Applicant:

Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventor:

Shawn P. Day, Kowloon, HK;

Assignee:

SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure generally provide an integrated input device that is configured to sense the position and amount of force applied by input objects that are in contact with an input region of an input device. The input device is generally configured to sense the position and amount of force applied by an input object that is in contact with the input region using a piezoelectric material. The input device generally includes a plurality of electrodes that are positioned to measure an electrical characteristic of the piezoelectric layer at different points within the input region to determine the position and/or amount force applied by the input object(s). The input device may also include one or more components that are able to simultaneously or sequentially sense the position of an input object using a touch sensing technique that does not rely on the electrical properties of the piezoelectric material to sense the position of the input object.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Day, Shawn. (2016). Scanned piezoelectric touch sensor device (U.S. Patent No. 9501167). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9501167

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