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Touch sensing device

  • US 4,567,470 A
  • Filed: 04/25/1983
  • Issued: 01/28/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a touch sensing device comprising a plurality of sensing electrodes positioned to correspond to locations to be sensed, and a sensing circuit for sensing when a selected one of said sensing electrodes is activated, wherein said sensing circuit senses the activation of a sensing electrode by sensing a change in the electrical characteristics of said sensing electrode when said sensing electrode is activated, the improvement comprising a compensating circuit means for compensating for fluctuations in the electrical characteristics of each sensing electrode, said compensating circuit means comprising a plurality of compensating elements, wherein the number of said compensating elements is less than the number of said sensing electrodes;

  • memory means for storing data for selecting predetermined ones of said compensating elements for providing the compensation required for each of said sensing electrodes; and

    connecting means coupled to said compensating elements and to said memory means for connecting said predetermined ones of said compensating elements to said sensing circuit, whereby the fluctuations of the electrical characteristics of said activated sensing element sensed by said sensing circuit, is compensated for.

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