Capacitance Scanning Proximity Detection
First Claim
1. A method for detecting a object on a capacitance sensing array, the method comprising:
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configuring a capacitance sensing circuit to measure self capacitance,measuring a first self capacitance of a first electrode,measuring a second self capacitance of a second electrode,configuring the capacitance sensing circuit to measure mutual capacitance;
transmitting a transmit (TX) signal on the first electrode;
receiving a receive (RX) signal on the second electrode, the RX signal responsive to a mutual capacitance between the first and second electrode; and
calculating a position of a object proximate to a substrate intermediate to a object and the first and second electrodes; and
in a second mode;
configuring the capacitance sensing circuit to measure mutual capacitance;
transmitting a transmit (TX) signal on the first electrode;
receiving a receive (RX) signal on the second electrode, the RX signal responsive to a mutual capacitance between the first and second electrode; and
calculating a position of the object in physical contact with the substrate intermediate to the object and the first and second electrodes.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for scanning a first set of electrodes of a capacitive sense array using a first sensing mode to identify a presence of an object in proximity to the capacitive sense array, where scanning using the first sensing mode identifies objects not in physical contact with the capacitive sense array. The first set of electrodes is scanned using a second sensing mode to determine a location of the object in relation to the capacitive sense array, where rescanning using the second sensing mode determines locations of objects in physical contact with the capacitive sense array.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for detecting a object on a capacitance sensing array, the method comprising:
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in a first mode; configuring a capacitance sensing circuit to measure self capacitance, measuring a first self capacitance of a first electrode, measuring a second self capacitance of a second electrode, configuring the capacitance sensing circuit to measure mutual capacitance; transmitting a transmit (TX) signal on the first electrode; receiving a receive (RX) signal on the second electrode, the RX signal responsive to a mutual capacitance between the first and second electrode; and calculating a position of a object proximate to a substrate intermediate to a object and the first and second electrodes; and in a second mode; configuring the capacitance sensing circuit to measure mutual capacitance; transmitting a transmit (TX) signal on the first electrode; receiving a receive (RX) signal on the second electrode, the RX signal responsive to a mutual capacitance between the first and second electrode; and calculating a position of the object in physical contact with the substrate intermediate to the object and the first and second electrodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for detecting a object with a capacitance sensing array, the method comprising:
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when the object is proximate to but not in contact with a substrate intermediate to the sensing array and the object; measuring a change in self capacitance from the object on a plurality of capacitance sensing electrodes of the capacitance sensing array, and measuring a change in mutual capacitance from the object between the plurality of capacitance sensing electrodes of the capacitance sensing array, and calculating the position of the object over the capacitance sensing array from the measured self capacitance and mutual capacitance; and when the conductive object is in contact with the substrate intermediate to the sensing array and the object; measuring a change in mutual capacitance from the object between the plurality of capacitance sensing electrodes of the capacitance sensing array, and calculating the position of the object on capacitance sensing array from the measured mutual capacitance. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A capacitance sensing device configurable to detect a presence of a object proximate to a substrate disposed over an array of capacitance sensing electrodes and to detect a presence of the object in contact with the substrate, the capacitance sensing device comprising:
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a capacitance measurement circuit configured to; measure a self capacitance of the plurality of electrodes, and measure a mutual capacitance between at least two of the plurality of electrodes; and processing logic configured to; calculate a first position of the object based on the self capacitance and mutual capacitance of the plurality of electrodes when the object is proximate to the substrate, and calculate a second position of the object based on the mutual capacitance between at least two of the plurality of electrodes when the object is in contact with the substrate. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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