IP Library Patent Application 14042661
Patent Application
App. No. 14/042,661

MATRIX SENSOR FOR IMAGE TOUCH SENSING

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14/042,661
Abstract

Embodiments described herein include a display device having a capacitive sensing device, a processing system and a method for detecting presence of an input object using a capacitive sensing device, all of which include a grid electrode for improved absolute sensing. Other embodiments include a display device having a capacitive sensing device, a processing system and a method for detecting presence of an input object using a capacitive sensing device, wherein the capacitive sensing device includes a matrix of discrete sensor electrodes.

Claims (4)

1 . A display device having an integrated capacitive sensing device, the display device comprising:

a plurality of sensor electrodes arranged in a matrix, wherein each sensor electrode comprises at least one common electrode configured to be driven for display updating and capacitive sensing, the plurality of sensor electrodes including a first sensor electrode and a second sensor electrode comprising part of a common row or column of the matrix, wherein the first sensor electrode is overlapped with the second sensor electrode; and

a processing system coupled to the sensor electrodes, the processing system is configured to, in a first processing mode, modulate the first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode to acquire measurements of changes in absolute capacitance indicative of positional information for an input object in a sensing region of the capacitive sensing device based on the measurements.

2 - 28 . (canceled)

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2014
From: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 033889/0039 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2013
From: SHEPELEV, PETR; LUKANC, JEFFREY; MOREIN, STEPHEN L.; REYNOLDS, JOSEPH KURTH; LUDDEN, CHRISTOPHER A.; SEMERARO, GREG P.
To: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 031313/0364 →