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1. A method comprising:
- receiving data indicative of movement of a conductive object on a first area of a touch-sensor device, wherein the first area comprises a multi-dimensional sensor array having a plurality of columns and rows of first sensor elements;
receiving data indicative of a presence of the conductive object on a second area of the touch-sensor device, the second area being different than the first area, wherein the second area comprises a one-dimensional sensor array having a plurality of second sensor elements and a plurality of indication sensor elements corresponding to a plurality of positions on the second area of the touch-sensor device, wherein each of the plurality of second sensor elements shares a column trace with a corresponding column of first sensor elements, and wherein the plurality of indication sensor elements are coupled to a row trace that is not shared with the plurality of first sensor elements, wherein the plurality of rows of first sensor elements have a first row height and the plurality of second sensor elements have a second row height, the second row height being different than the first row height;
responsive to receiving the data indicative of the presence from the indication sensor element, detecting the presence in one of the plurality of positions detected without performing an X-Y dimension comparison within the second area of the touch-sensor device; and
processing, by a processing device, a function mapped to the one of the plurality of positions based on detecting the presence in the one of the plurality of positions wherein a different function is mapped to each of the plurality of one positions, and wherein the multi-dimensional sensor array is coupled to the processing device through a plurality of pins and wherein the one-dimensional sensor array is coupled to the processing device through an additional pin separate from the plurality of pins, wherein each of the first sensor elements has a first shape, each of the second sensor elements has a second shape, and each of the indication sensor elements has a third shape, the first shape, the second shape, and the third shape being different from one another.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for providing a touch-sensor device. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving data indicative of movement of a conductive object on a first area of a touch-sensor device. The method further includes detecting data indicative of a presence of the conductive object in one of a plurality of one dimensional positions on a second area of the touch-sensor device, the second area being different than the first area, and determining in which one of the plurality of one dimensional positions is the presence detected.
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving data indicative of movement of a conductive object on a first area of a touch-sensor device, wherein the first area comprises a multi-dimensional sensor array having a plurality of columns and rows of first sensor elements;
receiving data indicative of a presence of the conductive object on a second area of the touch-sensor device, the second area being different than the first area, wherein the second area comprises a one-dimensional sensor array having a plurality of second sensor elements and a plurality of indication sensor elements corresponding to a plurality of positions on the second area of the touch-sensor device, wherein each of the plurality of second sensor elements shares a column trace with a corresponding column of first sensor elements, and wherein the plurality of indication sensor elements are coupled to a row trace that is not shared with the plurality of first sensor elements, wherein the plurality of rows of first sensor elements have a first row height and the plurality of second sensor elements have a second row height, the second row height being different than the first row height; responsive to receiving the data indicative of the presence from the indication sensor element, detecting the presence in one of the plurality of positions detected without performing an X-Y dimension comparison within the second area of the touch-sensor device; and processing, by a processing device, a function mapped to the one of the plurality of positions based on detecting the presence in the one of the plurality of positions wherein a different function is mapped to each of the plurality of one positions, and wherein the multi-dimensional sensor array is coupled to the processing device through a plurality of pins and wherein the one-dimensional sensor array is coupled to the processing device through an additional pin separate from the plurality of pins, wherein each of the first sensor elements has a first shape, each of the second sensor elements has a second shape, and each of the indication sensor elements has a third shape, the first shape, the second shape, and the third shape being different from one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- receiving data indicative of movement of a conductive object on a first area of a touch-sensor device, wherein the first area comprises a multi-dimensional sensor array having a plurality of columns and rows of first sensor elements;
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9. An apparatus, comprising:
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a first area of a touch-sensor device to produce data indicative of movement of a conductive object on the first area; a second area of the touch-sensor device, the second area being different from the first area, to produce data indicative of a presence of the conductive object in one of a plurality of positions on the second area of the touch-sensor device, wherein the first area of the touch-sensor device comprises a multi-dimensional sensor array having a plurality of columns and rows of first sensor elements and the second area of the touch-sensor device comprises a single-dimensional sensor array having a plurality of second sensor elements and a plurality of indication sensor elements corresponding to the plurality of positions on the second area of the touch-sensor device, wherein each of the plurality of second sensor elements corresponds to each of the plurality of columns of first sensor elements and shares a column trace with a corresponding column of first sensor elements, and wherein the plurality of indication sensor elements are coupled to a row trace that is not shared by the plurality of first sensor elements, wherein the plurality of rows of first sensor elements have a first row height and the plurality of second sensor elements have a second row height, the second row height being different than the first row height; and a processing logic to process a function mapped to the one of the plurality of positions based upon which the data indicative of the presence, wherein a different function is mapped to each of the plurality of positions, and wherein the position is determined without performing an X-Y dimension comparison within the second area of the touch-sensor device, and wherein the multi-dimensional sensor array is coupled to the processing logic through a plurality of pins and wherein the single-dimensional sensor array is coupled to the processing logic through an additional pin separate from the plurality of pins, wherein each of the first sensor elements has a first shape, each of the second sensor elements has a second shape, and each of the indication sensor elements has a third shape, wherein the first shape, the second shape, and third shape are different from one another. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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