METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VARIABLE IMPEDANCE TOUCH SENSOR ARRAY FORCE AWARE INTERACTION WITH HANDHELD DISPLAY DEVICES

The present invention relates to touch-sensor detector systems and methods incorporating an interpolated variable impedance touch sensor array and specifically to such systems and methods for force-aware interaction with handheld display devices on one or more surfaces of the device. An exemplary em...

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Main Authors Haniger, Bethany Noel, Bozarth, Bradley James, Oberg, Stephanie Jeanne, Moscovich, Tomer, Nyboer, Peter Hans, Isaacson, Scott Gregory, Zarraga, John Aaron, Grau, Alexander Meagher, Yu, Yibo, Martinez, Reuben Eric, Rosenberg, Ilya Daniel, Rosenberg, Mark Joshua, Miller, Timothy James, Miller, Brogan Carl, Thomas, James Frank
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 02.07.2020
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:The present invention relates to touch-sensor detector systems and methods incorporating an interpolated variable impedance touch sensor array and specifically to such systems and methods for force-aware interaction with handheld display devices on one or more surfaces of the device. An exemplary embodiment includes a method for receiving a flexing gesture formed on a sensor panel of the handheld device including determining two or more pressure inputs at the sensor panel and determining a relative pressure between the two or more pressure inputs. The method further includes correlating the relative pressure inputs to the flexing gesture, associating the flexing gesture with a UI element and providing an input to the UI element based on the gesture and the relative pressure between the two or more pressure inputs.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201916724548