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Ultrasound-Based Force Sensing

  • US 20160054826A1
  • Filed: 06/01/2015
  • Published: 02/25/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An electronic device, including:

  • a housing;

    an electronic component at least partially surrounded by the housing and connected to the housing;

    one or more force sensitive sensors positioned beneath the electronic component and providing information with respect to applied force, the information including a measure of an amount of force presented at the one or more locations on an exterior of the device at which a touch occurs;

    whereinthe force sensitive sensors are responsive to an ultrasonic pulse emitted through the electronic component and reflected from a surface of the device corresponding to the applied force.

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