Method and apparatus for data transmission via capacitance sensing device
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1. A touch sensing system for transmitting data between electronic computing devices, comprising:
- a first device comprising a communication interface and a processing device;
a second device comprising a touch sensor assembly and a controller, the controller configured to communicate with the processing device through the touch sensor assembly by transmitting signals via capacitive coupling through a capacitor that is jointly formed by the second device and a conductive portion of the communications interface.
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Abstract
A system made up of a first device which includes a communication interface and a processing device and a second device which includes a touch sensor assembly and a controller, where the controller uses the touch sensor assembly to communicate with the processing device through a capacitor that is jointly formed by the touch sensor assembly and a conductive portion of the communications interface.
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1. A touch sensing system for transmitting data between electronic computing devices, comprising:
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a first device comprising a communication interface and a processing device; a second device comprising a touch sensor assembly and a controller, the controller configured to communicate with the processing device through the touch sensor assembly by transmitting signals via capacitive coupling through a capacitor that is jointly formed by the second device and a conductive portion of the communications interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A touch sensing device for transmitting data between electronic computing devices comprising:
a touch sensor assembly and a controller, the controller configured to communicate with an object comprising a processing device communications interface, wherein the controller is configured to communicate with the processing device through the touch sensor assembly by transmitting signals via capacitive coupling through a capacitor that is jointly formed by the device and a conductive portion of the communications interface. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of transmitting data between electronic computing devices via a touch sensor, comprising:
communicating, by a controller of a first device, serial data through an array of capacitive sensor elements of a touch sensor assembly of the first device to a processing element of a second device, the second device comprising a communications interface located proximate to the first device, by transmitting signals via capacitive coupling through a capacitor that is jointly formed by the first device and a conductive portion of the communications interface. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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