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Touch-sensitive apparatus and method

US11726609B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 8, 2020
Grant dateAug 15, 2023
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Expiry dateAug 17, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/047
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A touch-sensitive apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a touch-sensitive element comprising an array of electrodes having a first electrode and a second electrode, the second electrode spatially intersecting the first electrode at an intersection point; and measurement circuitry configured to: measure the mutual capacitance at the intersection point of the first and second electrodes; measure the self-capacitance of the first electrode, and measure the self-capacitance of the second electrode; and processing circuitry configured to: determine the presence of a touch on the touch-sensitive element on the basis of a comparison of the measured mutual capacitance at the intersection point to a first threshold and on the basis of a combination of the measured self-capacitance of the first electrode and the measured self-capacitance of the second electrode being greater than or equal to a second threshold.

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