Input Device Configuration having Capacitive and Pressure Sensors

Input device configurations are described. In one or more implementations, an input device includes a sensor substrate having one or more conductors and a flexible contact layer spaced apart from the sensor substrate. The flexible contact layer is configured to flex to contact the sensor substrate t...

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Main Authors FITZ-COY Aric A, PICCIOTTO Carl E, SHAW Timothy C, COX Brian R, MARSHALL James C
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 07.09.2017
Subjects
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRIC SWITCHES
ELECTRICITY
EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
PHYSICS
PULSE TECHNIQUE
RELAYS
SELECTORS
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Summary:Input device configurations are described. In one or more implementations, an input device includes a sensor substrate having one or more conductors and a flexible contact layer spaced apart from the sensor substrate. The flexible contact layer is configured to flex to contact the sensor substrate to initiate an input of a computing device. In one or more implementations, an input device includes a capacitive sensor assembly arranged in an array that is configured to detect a location of an object that is proximal to a respective capacitive sensor of the capacitive sensor assembly and a pressure sensitive sensor assembly including a plurality of pressure sensitive sensor nodes that are configured to detect an amount of pressure applied by the object against a respective pressure sensitive sensor node of the pressure sensitive sensor assembly.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201715600607