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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Matti Pellikka, Lempäälä, FI;
Seppo Turunen, Tampere, FI;
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A device is disclosed, comprising: at least one surface of a device casing, at least one acoustic discontinuity on the at least one surface configured to reflect an ultrasonic acoustic signal, at least one piezoelectric transducer coupled to the at least one surface, configured to induce the ultrasonic acoustic signal in the at least one surface and receive a reflected ultrasonic acoustic signal, wherein an occurrence and location of a touch incident on the at least one surface is determined by analyzing the reflected ultrasonic acoustic signal received by the piezoelectric transducer.