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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Robert J. Bolender, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A keyboard including a plurality of key assemblies configured to be pressed by an input object. A subset of the plurality of key assemblies each includes a key cap and a first electrode pair underneath the key cap and configured to detect key motion in response to downward force applied by the input object. The key cap also includes a second electrode pair disposed underneath the key cap and configured to detect positional information about the input object interacting with the key cap.