Method and system for calibrating an acoustic touchscreen
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1. A method for calibrating an Acoustic Pulse Recognition (APR) touch substrate having a plurality of microphones mounted thereon, comprising:
- touching the APR touch substrate at N comparison touch points;
acquiring N audio profiles, each of the N audio profiles being associated with one of the N comparison touch points; and
selecting a predetermined calibration file from within a plurality of predetermined calibration files, said selecting being based on the N audio profiles, the predetermined calibration file comprising audio profiles associated with coordinate locations on the touch substrate, wherein each of said plurality of predetermined calibration files is acquired from APR touch substrates other than said APR touch substrate.
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Abstract
A method for calibrating an Acoustic Pulse Recognition (APR) touchscreen comprises touching an APR touchscreen at N comparison touch points. N audio profiles are acquired, and each of the N audio profiles are associated with one of the N comparison touch points. A predetermined calibration file is selected based on the N audio profiles. The predetermined calibration file comprises audio profiles associated with coordinate locations on the touchscreen.
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1. A method for calibrating an Acoustic Pulse Recognition (APR) touch substrate having a plurality of microphones mounted thereon, comprising:
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touching the APR touch substrate at N comparison touch points; acquiring N audio profiles, each of the N audio profiles being associated with one of the N comparison touch points; and selecting a predetermined calibration file from within a plurality of predetermined calibration files, said selecting being based on the N audio profiles, the predetermined calibration file comprising audio profiles associated with coordinate locations on the touch substrate, wherein each of said plurality of predetermined calibration files is acquired from APR touch substrates other than said APR touch substrate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for calibrating an Acoustic Pulse Recognition (APR) touch substrate, comprising:
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the APR touch substrate; a plurality of microphones mounted to the APR touch substrate; and a processor configured to; receive N audio profiles associated with N comparison touch points, the N audio profiles representative of signals detected by the plurality of microphones; compare the N audio profiles to a plurality of sets of N pre-recorded audio profiles, each set of N pre-recorded audio profiles associated with a respective predetermined calibration file of a plurality of predetermined calibration files; and select a predetermined calibration file from the plurality of predetermined calibration files based on the comparison of the N audio profiles to the plurality of sets of N pre-recorded audio profiles, the predetermined calibration file comprising audio profiles being representative of coordinates of touch points on the APR touch substrate, wherein each of said plurality of predetermined calibration files is acquired from APR touch substrates other than said APR touch substrate. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An Acoustic Pulse Recognition (APR) touch sensor, comprising:
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an APR touch substrate; and a memory configured to store a predetermined calibration file including a plurality of audio profiles acquired from APR touch substrates other than said APR touch substrate.
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