INTERGRATED MULTI-TOUCH SURFACE HAVING VARYING SENSOR GRANULARITY
First Claim
1. A method for operating a touch screen included in a touch enabled device, the touch enabled device including a processor, the method comprising:
- operating the touch screen, the touch screen having a plurality of portions, the plurality of portions including one or more first portions and one or more second portions, each having characteristics, the characteristics including a respective level of granularity,wherein at a first time, the level of granularity of the one or more first portions is different from the level of granularity of the one or more second portions; and
dynamically changing at least one of the characteristics of one or more of the one or more first portions and the one or more second portions at a second time, the second time being different from the first time.
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Abstract
This relates to an event sensing device that includes an event sensing panel and is able to dynamically change the granularity of the panel according to present needs. Thus, the granularity of the panel can differ at different times of operation. Furthermore, the granularity of specific areas of the panel can also be dynamically changed, so that different areas feature different granularities at a given time. This also relates to panels that feature different inherent granularities in different portions thereof. These panels can be designed, for example, by placing more stimulus and/or data lines in different portions of the panel, thus ensuring different densities of pixels in the different portions. Optionally, these embodiments can also include the dynamic granularity changing features noted above.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for operating a touch screen included in a touch enabled device, the touch enabled device including a processor, the method comprising:
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operating the touch screen, the touch screen having a plurality of portions, the plurality of portions including one or more first portions and one or more second portions, each having characteristics, the characteristics including a respective level of granularity, wherein at a first time, the level of granularity of the one or more first portions is different from the level of granularity of the one or more second portions; and dynamically changing at least one of the characteristics of one or more of the one or more first portions and the one or more second portions at a second time, the second time being different from the first time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A touch enabled device comprising:
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memory; a touch screen; and a processor configured to; operate the touch screen, the touch screen having a plurality of portions, the plurality of portions including one or more first portions and one or more second portions, each having characteristics, the characteristics including a respective level of granularity, wherein at a first time, the level of granularity of the one or more first portions is different from the level of granularity of the one or more second portions; and dynamically change at least one of the characteristics of one or more of the one or more first portions and the one or more second portions at a second time, the second time being different from the first time. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, perform a method of managing memory allocations, the method comprising:
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operating the touch screen, the touch screen having a plurality of portions, the plurality of portions including one or more first portions and one or more second portions, each having characteristics, the characteristics including a respective level of granularity, wherein at a first time, the level of granularity of the one or more first portions is different from the level of granularity of the one or more second portions; and dynamically changing at least one of the characteristics of one or more of the one or more first portions and the one or more second portions at a second time, the second time being different from the first time.
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