ELLIPTICAL CAPACITIVE SENSOR ELECTRODE PATTERN AND SENSING THEREWITH
First Claim
1. A capacitive sensor electrode pattern comprising:
- a plurality of sensor electrodes disposed in a common layer with one another and arranged to form an ellipse, said plurality of sensor electrodes comprising;
a first subset of sensor electrodes having a first shape and a first surface area, wherein centers of mass of said first subset of sensor electrodes are coincident with nodes of a coordinate system;
a second subset of sensor electrodes having a second shape and a second surface area;
a third subset of sensor electrodes having a third shape and a third surface area;
wherein said first, second, and third shapes are all different; and
wherein said first, second, and third surface areas are all different, and said second and third surface areas are less than said first surface area.
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Abstract
A capacitive sensor electrode pattern comprises a plurality of sensor electrodes. The plurality of sensor electrodes are disposed in a common layer with one another and arranged to form an ellipse. The plurality of sensor electrodes comprises first, second, and third subsets of sensor electrodes. The first subset of sensor electrodes has a first shape and a first surface area, wherein centers of mass of the first subset of sensor electrodes are substantially coincident with nodes of a coordinate system. The second subset of sensor electrodes has a second subset of sensor electrodes has a second shape and a second surface area. The third subset of sensor electrodes has a third shape and a third surface area. The first, second, and third shapes are all different. The first, second, and third surface areas are all different, and the second and third surface areas are less than the first surface area.
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21 Claims
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1. A capacitive sensor electrode pattern comprising:
a plurality of sensor electrodes disposed in a common layer with one another and arranged to form an ellipse, said plurality of sensor electrodes comprising; a first subset of sensor electrodes having a first shape and a first surface area, wherein centers of mass of said first subset of sensor electrodes are coincident with nodes of a coordinate system; a second subset of sensor electrodes having a second shape and a second surface area; a third subset of sensor electrodes having a third shape and a third surface area; wherein said first, second, and third shapes are all different; and wherein said first, second, and third surface areas are all different, and said second and third surface areas are less than said first surface area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A capacitive sensing input device comprising:
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a capacitive sensor electrode pattern formed of a plurality of sensor electrodes disposed in a common layer with one another and arranged to form an ellipse, said plurality of sensor electrodes comprising; a first subset of sensor electrodes having a first shape and a first surface area, wherein centers of mass of said first subset of sensor electrodes are coincident with nodes of a coordinate system; a second subset of sensor electrodes having a second shape and a second surface area; a third subset of sensor electrodes having a third shape and a third surface area; wherein said first, second, and third shapes are all different; and wherein said first, second, and third surface areas are all different and said second and third surface areas are less than said first surface area; wherein centers of mass of said second and third subsets of sensor electrodes deviate from said nodes of said coordinate system; and a processing system configured to; receive capacitive resulting signals from said plurality of sensor electrodes; scale up said capacitive resulting signals received from said second and third subsets of sensor electrodes based on a ratio of respective surface areas compared to said first surface area to achieve scaled resulting signals; interpolate position estimates calculated from said resulting signals of said first subset of sensor electrodes and said scaled resulting signals of said second and third subsets of sensor electrodes, wherein said interpolation is based on respective deviations from said nodes of said coordinate system to achieve interpolated position estimates; and determine a location of an input object with respect to said capacitive sensor electrode pattern based on said interpolated position estimates. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A processing system for a capacitive sensing input device:
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said processing system communicatively configured to couple with an elliptical sensor capacitive electrode pattern comprising a first subset of sensor electrodes, a second subset of sensor electrodes, and a third subset of sensor electrodes, wherein said first subset of sensor electrodes have a first shape and a first surface area and have centers of mass coincident with nodes of a coordinate system, wherein said second subset of sensor electrodes have a second shape and a second surface area, wherein said third subset of sensor electrodes have a third shape and a third surface area, wherein said first, second, and third shapes are all different, wherein said first, second, and third surface areas are all different and said second and third surface areas are less than said first surface area, and wherein centers of mass of said second and third subsets of sensor electrodes deviate from said nodes of said coordinate system; and said processing system configured to; acquire capacitive resulting signals from said first subset of sensor electrodes, said second subset of sensor electrodes, and said third subset of sensor electrodes; scale up said capacitive resulting signals received from said second and third subsets of sensor electrodes based on a ratio of respective surface areas compared to said first surface area to achieve scaled resulting signals; and interpolate position estimates calculated from said resulting signals of said first subset of sensor electrodes and said scaled resulting signals of said second and third subsets of sensor electrodes, wherein said interpolation is based on respective deviations from said nodes of said coordinate system to achieve interpolated position estimates. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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Specification