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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
May. 11, 2016
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Alan M. Kuefler, Marion, IA (US);
Allen C. Hunt, Marion, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
Touch sensors with multiple electrically isolated touch regions are disclosed. A touch sensor may be electrically partitioned into a first touch region and a second touch region. The first touch region and the second touch region may be physically connected and electrically isolated from each other. The first touch region and the second touch region may each independently define an independently operable portion of the touch sensor such that a failure in one of the first touch region or the second touch region does not impair operations in another one of the first touch region or the second touch region. A touch sensor configured in this manner may be implemented as a standalone touch sensing device, or as a component of other devices such as electronic displays or the like.