THRESHOLD BASED COORDINATE DATA GENERATION PROVIDING TAP ASSIST
First Claim
1. A method for operating a sensor surface, comprising:
- detecting an initial position of a stylus relative to the sensor surface;
determining initial coordinate values based on the detected initial position of the stylus;
communicating the initial coordinate values for further processing;
determining subsequent coordinate values based on a subsequent position of the stylus detected after detecting the initial position;
based on a characteristic of the initial or subsequent position detection, modifying the subsequent coordinate values to represent a position that is different than the subsequent position of the stylus; and
communicating the modified coordinate values for further processing.
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Abstract
A method for operating a sensor surface includes detecting an initial position of a stylus relative to the sensor surface, determining initial coordinate values based on the detected initial position of the stylus, and communicating the initial coordinate values for further processing. The method further includes determining subsequent coordinate values based on a subsequent position of the stylus detected after detecting the initial position and, based on a characteristic of the initial or subsequent position detection, modifying the subsequent coordinate values to represent a position that is different than the subsequent position of the stylus. The subsequent coordinate values may be modified to be the same as the initial coordinate values that represent the initial position of the stylus. The modified coordinate values are communicated for further processing. Also disclosed are embodiments of a sensor surface and a computer-readable medium having executable code stored thereon that implement the described methods.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for operating a sensor surface, comprising:
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detecting an initial position of a stylus relative to the sensor surface; determining initial coordinate values based on the detected initial position of the stylus; communicating the initial coordinate values for further processing; determining subsequent coordinate values based on a subsequent position of the stylus detected after detecting the initial position; based on a characteristic of the initial or subsequent position detection, modifying the subsequent coordinate values to represent a position that is different than the subsequent position of the stylus; and communicating the modified coordinate values for further processing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A position detecting device, comprising:
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a sensor surface providing an interface for interaction with a stylus; and circuitry configured to detect and report a position of the stylus relative to the sensor surface; wherein, in operation, the circuitry is configured to; detect an initial position of the stylus relative to the sensor surface; determine initial coordinate values based on the detected initial position; report the initial coordinate values for further processing; detect a subsequent position of the stylus relative to the sensor surface; and based on a dynamically modifiable coordinate value reporting process, report alternate coordinate values for further processing, wherein the alternate coordinate values are not determined from the subsequent position of the stylus.
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