Detecting input based on a sensed capacitive input profile
US10386974B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 7, 2017 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2203/04106
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one example, a method for detecting input can include detecting a capacitive input pattern of an object in proximity of the system and comparing the capacitive input pattern to a sensed capacitive input profile of a known object, the sensed capacitive input profile comprising information about a plurality of characteristics of the known object. The method can also include determining a confidence that the object in proximity of the system corresponds to the known object based on the capacitive input pattern and at least one of the plurality of characteristics of the known object. Furthermore, the method can include assigning a functionality associated with the sensed capacitive input profile to the object in proximity of the system if the confidence exceeds a threshold and processing input received from the object in proximity of the system according to the functionality.
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