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Granted Patent B2
US 11,960,681 · App. 17/750,292 · Granted Apr 16, 2024

Correcting touch interference for active pen

Inventors: Tom Vandermeijden (San Jose, CA); Guozhong Shen (San Jose, CA); Ching-Hsung Wang (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
G06F3/04186G06F3/03545G06F3/0442G06F3/0446
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Patent No.
US 11,960,681
App. No.
17/750,292
Granted
Apr 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of capacitive sensing includes obtaining a capacitive touch profile from multiple receiver electrodes disposed in a sensing region of an input device and obtaining an active pen profile, different from the capacitive touch profile, from the multiple receiver electrodes. The method also includes adjusting, using the capacitive touch profile, the active pen profile to obtain a corrected active pen profile and determining a position of an active pen in the sensing region, using the corrected active pen profile.

Claims (52)

1. A method of capacitive sensing, comprising:

obtaining a capacitive touch profile from a plurality of receiver electrodes disposed in a sensing region of an input device;

obtaining an active pen profile, different from the capacitive touch profile, from the plurality of receiver electrodes;

adjusting, using the capacitive touch profile, the active pen profile to obtain a corrected active pen profile, wherein the corrected active pen profile is obtained by adding the capacitive touch profile to the active pen profile after scaling the capacitive touch profile by a gain; and

determining a position of an active pen in the sensing region, using the corrected active pen profile.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the active pen profile comprises:

receiving emissions of the active pen, by the plurality of receiver electrodes.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the active pen profile comprises a quadrature demodulation.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the corrected active pen profile is further obtained by:

determining the gain based on ground mass conditions.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein a previously obtained gain is used as the gain.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

prior to the corrected active pen profile being obtained:

determining whether a touch is present in the sensing region, in addition to the active pen, and

based on determining that the touch is present, obtaining the corrected active pen profile.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the capacitive touch profile is a first capacitive touch profile and is along a first axis of the sensing region, and wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining a second capacitive touch profile along a second axis of the sensing region;

making a determination that each capacitive measurement, in the first capacitive touch profile, affected by an input object is also affected by the active pen; and

selecting, responsive to the determination, the second capacitive touch profile to adjust the active pen profile.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the active pen profile is a first active pen profile and is along the first axis of the sensing region and wherein the method further comprises:

determining the gain from the second capacitive touch profile, wherein adjusting the first active pen profile uses the gain;

scaling the gain for the second axis to obtain a scaled gain;

obtaining a second active pen profile along the second axis of the sensing region; and

adjusting the second active pen profile using the scaled gain.

9. An input device, comprising:

a plurality of receiver electrodes disposed in a sensing region; and

a processing system configured to:

obtain a capacitive touch profile from the plurality of receiver electrodes,

obtain an active pen profile, different from the capacitive touch profile, from the plurality of receiver electrodes,

adjust, using the capacitive touch profile, the active pen profile to obtain a corrected active pen profile, wherein the corrected active pen profile is obtained by adding the capacitive touch profile to the active pen profile after scaling the capacitive touch profile by a gain, and

determine a position of an active pen in the sensing region, using the corrected active pen profile.

10. The input device of claim 9 , wherein obtaining the active pen profile comprises a quadrature demodulation.

11. The input device of claim 9 , wherein the corrected active pen profile is further obtained by:

determining the gain based on ground mass conditions.

12. The input device of claim 9 , wherein the processing system is further configured to:

prior to the corrected active pen profile being obtained:

determine whether a touch is present in the sensing region, in addition to the active pen, and

based on determining that the touch is present, obtain the corrected active pen profile.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed, facilitate performance of the following:

obtaining a capacitive touch profile from a plurality of receiver electrodes disposed in a sensing region of an input device;

obtaining an active pen profile, different from the capacitive touch profile, from the plurality of receiver electrodes;

adjusting, using the capacitive touch profile, the active pen profile to obtain a corrected active pen profile, wherein the corrected active pen profile is obtained by adding the capacitive touch profile to the active pen profile after scaling the capacitive touch profile by a gain; and

determining a position of an active pen in the sensing region, using the corrected active pen profile.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein obtaining the active pen profile comprises:

receiving emissions of the active pen, by the plurality of receiver electrodes.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein obtaining the active pen profile comprises a quadrature demodulation.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the corrected active pen profile is further obtained by:

determining the gain based on ground mass conditions.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed, further facilitate performance of the following:

prior to the corrected active pen profile being obtained:

determining whether a touch is present in the sensing region, in addition to the active pen, and

based on determining that the touch is present, obtaining the corrected active pen profile.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2022
From: VANDERMEIJDEN, TOM; SHEN, GUOZHONG; WANG, CHING-HSUNG
To: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 060872/0740 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63224368 · Jul 21, 2021
Related Publication 20230027365A1 · Jan 26, 2023
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