Method and system for low ground mass correction

• US 9,727,181 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2014
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
• Inventors: Goudarzi, Katayoun
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Son
• Assistant Examiner(s): CLARKE, ADAM S
• Application Number:
  US14/229,595
• Publication Number:
  US 20150277619A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,229 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04184 Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0445 using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer

Abstract

A processing system for an input device includes a sensor module coupled to first sensor electrodes and second sensor electrodes. The sensor module includes sensor circuitry and is configured to acquire mutual capacitive measurements between the first sensor electrodes and the second sensor electrodes, and acquire absolute capacitive measurements of the first sensor electrodes and the second sensor electrodes. The processing system further includes a determination module configured to determine a projection from the mutual capacitive measurements and a profile from the absolute capacitive measurements, and determine a low ground mass correction factor based on a good ground value, the projection, and the profile.

Claims

1. A processing system for an input device, the processing system comprising:

a sensor circuitry configured to be coupled to a first plurality of sensor electrodes and a second plurality of sensor electrodes, the sensor circuitry configured to;

acquire a first plurality of mutual capacitive measurements between the first plurality of sensor electrodes and the second plurality of sensor electrodes, and

acquire a first plurality of absolute capacitive measurements of the first plurality of sensor electrodes and the second plurality of sensor electrodes; and

a determination circuitry configured to;

determine a first projection from the first plurality of mutual capacitive measurements and a first profile from the first plurality of absolute capacitive measurements,

wherein determining the first projection comprises;

for each sensor electrode of at least of a subset of the first plurality of sensor electrodes on a first axis, summing a subset of the first plurality of mutual capacitive measurements along the length of the sensor electrode to obtain a summed value for the sensor electrode, and

wherein the first projection comprises the summed value for each of a least the subset of the first plurality of sensor electrodes, and

determine a low ground mass correction factor based on a good ground value, the first projection, and the first profile.

2. The processing system of claim 1, wherein the determination circuitry is further configured to:

acquire a first comparison between the first projection and the first profile,

wherein determining the low ground mass correction factor is based on the good ground value and the first comparison.

3. The processing system of claim 2, wherein acquiring the first comparison and determining the low ground mass correction factor comprises calculating a ratio of the first projection and first profile.

4. The processing system of claim 1, wherein the first projection and the first profile are along a same axis of a same set of sensor electrodes in the first plurality of sensor electrodes and the second plurality of sensor electrodes.

5. The processing system of claim 4,

wherein the determination circuitry is further configured to determine a second projection from the first plurality of mutual capacitive measurements, and

wherein the second projection comprises adding mutual capacitive measurements along a first axis of the second plurality of electrodes.

6. The processing system of claim 5,

wherein the determination circuitry is further configured to determine a second profile from the first plurality of absolute capacitive measurements, and

wherein the second profile and the second projection are along the same axis of the same sensor electrodes.

7. The processing system of claim 6, wherein the first comparison is further based on the second projection and the second profile.

8. The processing system of claim 1, wherein the determination circuitry is further configured to determine positional information for an input object based on the first plurality of mutual capacitive measurements and the low ground mass correction coefficient.

9. The processing system of claim 1,

wherein the sensor circuitry is further configured to:

acquire, while the input device is in a good ground state, a second plurality of mutual capacitive measurements between the first plurality of sensor electrodes and second plurality of sensor electrodes, and

acquire, while the input device is in a good ground state, a second plurality of absolute capacitive measurements of the first plurality of sensor electrodes and the second plurality of sensor electrodes, and

wherein the determination circuitry configured to;

determine a second projection from the second plurality of mutual capacitive measurements and a second profile from the second plurality of absolute capacitive measurements, and

acquire the good ground value the second projection and the second profile.

10. An input device comprising:

a first plurality of sensor electrodes and a second plurality of sensor electrodes configured to sense input objects in a sensing region of the input device; and

a processing system configured to;

acquire a first plurality of mutual capacitive measurements between the first plurality of sensor electrodes and the second plurality of sensor electrodes,

acquire a first plurality of absolute capacitive measurements of the first plurality of sensor electrodes and the second plurality of sensor electrodes,

determine a first projection from the first plurality of mutual capacitive measurements and a first profile from the first plurality of absolute capacitive measurements,

wherein the first projection is determined by, at least;

for each sensor electrode of at least of a subset of the first plurality of sensor electrodes on a first axis, summing a subset of the first plurality of mutual capacitive measurements along the length of the sensor electrode to obtain a summed value for the sensor electrode, and

wherein the first projection comprises the summed value for each of a least the subset of the first plurality of sensor electrodes, and

determine a low ground mass correction factor based on a good ground value, the first projection, and the first profile.

11. The input device of claim 10, wherein the first projection and the first profile are along a same axis of a same set of sensor electrodes in the first plurality of sensor electrodes and the second plurality of sensor electrodes.

12. The input device of claim 11,

wherein the processing system is further configured to determine a second projection from the first plurality of mutual capacitive measurements, and

wherein the second projection comprises adding mutual capacitive measurements along a first axis of the second plurality of electrodes.

13. The input device of claim 12,

wherein the processing system is further configured to determine a second profile from the first plurality of absolute capacitive measurements, and

wherein the second profile and the second projection are along the same axis of the same sensor electrodes.

14. The input device of claim 13, wherein the first comparison is further based on the second projection and the second profile.

15. The input device of claim 10, wherein the processing system is further configured to determine positional information for an input object based on the first plurality of mutual capacitive measurements and the low ground mass correction coefficient.

16. A method for capacitive sensing of an input device, the method comprising:

acquiring a first plurality of mutual capacitive measurements between a first plurality of sensor electrodes and a second plurality of sensor electrodes;

acquiring a first plurality of absolute capacitive measurements of the first plurality of sensor electrodes and the second plurality of sensor electrodes;

determining a first projection from the first plurality of mutual capacitive measurements and a first profile from the first plurality of absolute capacitive measurements,

wherein determining the first projection comprises;

for each sensor electrode of at least of a subset of the first plurality of sensor electrodes on a first axis, summing a subset of the first plurality of mutual capacitive measurements along the length of the sensor electrode to obtain a summed value for the sensor electrode, and

wherein the first projection comprises the summed value for each of a least the subset of the first plurality of sensor electrodes;

determining a low ground mass correction factor based on a good ground value, the first projection, and the first profile;

determining positional information for an input object based on the first plurality of mutual capacitive measurements and the low ground mass correction coefficient; and

reporting the positional information.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

acquiring, while the input device is in a good ground state, a second plurality of mutual capacitive measurements between the first plurality of sensor electrodes and second plurality of sensor electrodes;

acquiring, while the input device is in a good ground state, a second plurality of absolute capacitive measurements of the first plurality of sensor electrodes and the second plurality of sensor electrodes;

determining a second projection from the second plurality of mutual capacitive measurements and a second profile from the second plurality of absolute capacitive measurements; and

acquiring the good ground value, the second projection, and the second profile.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

acquiring a first comparison between the first projection and the first profile,

wherein determining the low ground mass correction factor is based on the good ground value and the first comparison.