Capacitance sensing device
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1. A capacitance sensing device including:
- a capacitive touch panel;
a plurality of capacitive sensor electrodes; and
a microcontroller configured tocreate values in sampled value map (SVM) by consecutively sampling signals generated by single ones of the capacitive sensor electrodes;
create values in the SVM by consecutively sampling signals generated by overlapping 2×
2 matrices of the capacitive sensor electrodes;
create values in the SVM by consecutively sampling signals generated by overlapping 3×
3 matrices of the capacitive sensor electrodes;
create values in the SVM by consecutively sampling signals generated by overlapping 4×
4 matrices of the capacitive sensor electrodes; and
create values in the SVM by sampling signals generated by each of the plurality of capacitive sensor electrodes.
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Abstract
Multiple reconfigurable hover sensing arrays are utilized to detect the location of an object with respect to a “hover” sensing panel. Multiple enable switches control the size and the shape of the multiple reconfigurable hover sensing arrays. A portion of one of the multiple reconfigurable hover sensing arrays may overlap with another reconfigurable sensing array to improve detection resolution. A scanning and sampling mechanism might also be utilized to assist with controlling the enable switches.
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1. A capacitance sensing device including:
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a capacitive touch panel; a plurality of capacitive sensor electrodes; and a microcontroller configured to create values in sampled value map (SVM) by consecutively sampling signals generated by single ones of the capacitive sensor electrodes; create values in the SVM by consecutively sampling signals generated by overlapping 2×
2 matrices of the capacitive sensor electrodes;create values in the SVM by consecutively sampling signals generated by overlapping 3×
3 matrices of the capacitive sensor electrodes;create values in the SVM by consecutively sampling signals generated by overlapping 4×
4 matrices of the capacitive sensor electrodes; andcreate values in the SVM by sampling signals generated by each of the plurality of capacitive sensor electrodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of detecting a location of an object with respect to a capacitive touch panel, the method comprising:
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providing multiple capacitive sensor electrodes in conjunction with the capacitive touch panel; and configuring a microcontroller to; create values in a sampled value map (SVM) by consecutively sampling signals generated by single ones of the capacitive sensor electrodes, create values in the SVM by consecutively sampling signals generated by overlapping 2×
2 matrices of the capacitive sensor electrodes,create values in the SVM by consecutively sampling signals generated by overlapping 3×
3 matrices of the capacitive sensor electrodes,create values in the SVM by consecutively sampling signals generated by overlapping 4×
4 matrices of the capacitive sensor electrodes,create values in the SVM by sampling signals generated by each of the plurality of capacitive sensor electrodes, and detect the location of the object using the SVM. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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