METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION VIA CAPACITANCE SENSING DEVICE
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Abstract
A system made up of a first device which includes a communication interface and a processing device and a second device which includes a touch sensor assembly and a controller, where the controller uses the touch sensor assembly to communicate with the processing device through a capacitor that is jointly formed by the touch sensor assembly and a conductive portion of the communications interface.
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40 Claims
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21. A system comprising:
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a first device comprising a communication interface and a processing device; a second device comprising a touch sensor assembly and a controller, the controller configured to communicate with the processing device through the touch sensor assembly using a capacitor that is jointly formed by the capacitance sensing device and a conductive portion of the communications interface. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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29. A device comprising:
a touch sensor assembly and a controller, the controller configured to communicate with an object comprising a processing device communications interface, wherein the controller is configured to communicate with the processing device through the touch sensor assembly using a capacitor that is jointly formed by the capacitance sensing device and a conductive portion of the communications interface.
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37. A method comprising:
communicating, by a controller of a first device, serial data through an array of capacitive sensor elements of a touch sensor assembly of the touchscreen device to a processing element of a second device comprising, the second device comprising a communications interface located proximate to the first device using a capacitor that is jointly formed by the capacitance sensing device and a conductive portion of the communications interface. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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