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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2014
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Michael Robert Astley, Waterbeach, GB;
Darryl Cotton, Cambs, GB;
Jani Kivioja, Cambourne, GB;
Richard White, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program wherein the method comprises: providing a first input signal to a sensor; measuring a first output signal provided from the sensor in response to the first input signal and calculating capacitance of the sensor from the first measured output signal; providing a second input signal to the sensor; measuring the output signal provided from the sensor in response to the second input signal and calculating resistance of the sensor from the second measured output signal; wherein the first and second input signals are provided at different times.