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Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2015
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Manu Agarwal, Redwood City, CA (US);

Hopil Bae, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Kingsuk Brahma, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G09G 3/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various timing schemes can be used to synchronizing display functions with touch and/or stylus sensing functions for devices including a variable refresh rate (VRR) display. In a continuous-touch mode, for example, extended blanking can result in frame judder due to mismatch or latency between reporting of sensing data and the display. To minimize these issues, sensing operations can reset to re-synchronize with the display operation, and unreported data from sensing scans can be discarded or ignored. In some examples, a display frame can be divided into two sub-frames, and a system can be configured to perform a touch sensing scan during the first sub-frame of a display frame. At the conclusion of extended blanking, the sensing operations can reset to re-synchronize with the display. The touch sensing scan can be completed in one intra-frame pause and can begin at the start of the display frame.


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