Capacitive touch sense device having polygonal shaped sensor elements
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a touch sensing array having a plurality of sensor elements to detect a presence of a conductive object on the touch sensing array, wherein one or more of the plurality of sensor elements has a first polygon shape having five or more sides.
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Abstract
A touch sensor pad having polygon shaped sensor elements of five or more sides is described.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a touch sensing array having a plurality of sensor elements to detect a presence of a conductive object on the touch sensing array, wherein one or more of the plurality of sensor elements has a first polygon shape having five or more sides. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus, comprising:
a sensor array having a plurality of sensor elements to detect a presence of a conductive object on the sensor array, wherein the plurality of sensor elements have a polygon shape to increase a vertical capacitance of each of the sensor elements to the conductive object while not increasing a fringe capacitance of the plurality of sensor elements to each other. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processing device; and a sensor array coupled to the processing device, the sensor array having a plurality of sensor elements to detect a presence of a conductive object on the sensor array, the sensing array comprising means for increasing a vertical capacitance of each of the sensor elements to the conductive object while not increasing a fringe capacitance of the plurality of sensor elements to each other.
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18. A method, comprising:
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providing a sensing array having a plurality of sensor elements, wherein one or more of the plurality of sensor elements has a first polygon shape having five or more sides; and detecting a presence of a conductive object on at least one of the plurality of sensor elements. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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