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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
David H. C. Shih, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Albert Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jacob L. Matlick, San Francisco, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A touch sensitive device that detects the occurrence of an electrostatic discharge event on the device by analyzing one or more ESD sensors located in various locations on the touch sensitive device is provided. A touch controller can scan touch nodes on the touch sensitive device while simultaneously scanning one or more ESD sensors to detect if a possible ESD event has occurred during the acquisition of a touch image. If an ESD event has occurred during the acquisition of touch data, the touch controller can act to either ignore the data, or compensate the data to account for effects on the touch data caused by the ESD event.