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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2014
Stmicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Jenn Woei Soo, Singapore, SG;
Kusuma Adi Ningrat, Seoul, KR;
STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A capacitive touch system generates data indicative of sensed capacitance measured at capacitive sensing nodes of a capacitive touch panel. A signal processing circuit is coupled to receive the data indicative of sensed capacitance from the capacitive touch system. The signal processing circuit operates to fit a parabolic curve to the data indicative of sensed capacitance. A sharpness of the fit parabolic curve is indicative of whether touch versus hover interaction with the capacitive touch panel. A touch detection threshold is as a function of the determined sharpness. The set touch detection threshold is then applied against the data indicative of sensed capacitance in order to make a touch detection.