A system and method for multi-touch integrity sensing for a multi-touch capacitive touch screen is disclosed. The system and method determines a distinction between wanted touches, such as via a finger or stylus, and unwanted touches such as via foreign matter, errors, and the like.

A position detection device includes a position detection sensor and selection circuitry. The position detection sensor has first loop electrodes arranged in a first direction and second loop electrodes arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The selection circuitry is coupled to the first loop electrodes of the position detection sensor and, in operation, simultaneously selects two of the first loop electrodes, connects a first terminal of each of the two of the first loop electrodes to a first one of two first common terminals, and connects a second terminal of each of the two of first loop electrodes to a second one of the two first common terminals. The two of the first loop electrodes change sequentially over time from a first two of the plurality of first loop electrodes to a last two of the plurality of first loop electrodes.

A computing device can receive a first measured touch value, the first measured touch value indicating first touch input at a first location near a camera included in the computing device, receive a second measured touch value, the second measured touch value indicating second touch input at a second location farther from the camera than the first location, a density of touch sensors in the second location being greater than a density of touch sensors in the first location, generate a first compensated touch value based on the first measured touch value and a first scaling value, generate a second compensated touch value based on the second measured touch value and a second scaling value, the second scaling value being less than the first scaling value, and process the first touch input and the second touch input based on the first compensated touch value and the second compensated touch value.

In one embodiment, a stylus with one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for transmitting signals wirelessly to a device through a touch sensor of the device has one or more sensors for detecting movement of the stylus.

A low-latency touch sensitive device provides a method for determining a location of a touch event thereon. The touch sensitive device row conductors and column conductors, the path of each of the row conductors crossing the path of each of the column conductors. Each of a set of orthogonal row signals are simultaneously transmitted on a respective one of at least some of the row conductors and an amount of each of the plurality of orthogonal row signals present on each of the plurality of column conductors is detected. A set of orthogonal column signals are simultaneously transmitted on a respective one of at least some of the column conductors. An amount of each of the orthogonal column signals present on each of the plurality of row conductors is detected. The detected amount of each of the plurality of orthogonal row signals and the detected amount of each of the plurality of orthogonal column signals is used to determine the location of a touch event on the device.

A touch sensor detector system and method incorporating an interpolated sensor array is disclosed. The system and method utilize a touch sensor array (TSA) configured to detect proximity/contact/pressure (PCP) via a variable impedance array (VIA) electrically coupling interlinked impedance columns (IIC) coupled to an array column driver (ACD), and interlinked impedance rows (IIR) coupled to an array row sensor (ARS). The ACD is configured to select the IIC based on a column switching register (CSR) and electrically drive the IIC using a column driving source (CDS). The VIA conveys current from the driven IIC to the IIC sensed by the ARS. The ARS selects the IIR within the TSA and electrically senses the IIR state based on a row switching register (RSR). Interpolation of ARS sensed current/voltage allows accurate detection of TSA PCP and/or spatial location.

A data processing device which includes a flexible position input portion for sensing proximity or a touch of an object such as a user's palm and finger. In the case where a first region of the flexible position input portion is held by a user for a certain period, supply of image signals to the first region is selectively stopped.

A controller apparatus includes a capacitive or resistive touch pad having a touch sensitive surface sized sufficient for operation by two human feet. One or more markers are coupled to the touch pad. The markers are configured for use by a computer system for room mapping.

In an information processing apparatus (10a), a light emission control unit (34a) turns on IR LEDs (13) (light emission units) included in electronic pens (12) (operation bodies) in which communication with the information processing apparatus (10a) is established and blinks the IR LEDs (13) included in the electronic pens at timings different from each other in a case where another electronic pen (12) approaches. Then, a light emission recognition unit (32) (detection unit) detects a position according to the IR LED (13) included in each of the electronic pens (12) in association with the electronic pen (12). An input/output control unit (36) (display control unit) displays information associated with the electronic pen (12) at a position corresponding to the IR LED (13) detected by the light emission recognition unit in a case where the electronic pen (12) is in an information input state.

A method of capacitive sensing includes obtaining a capacitive touch profile from multiple receiver electrodes disposed in a sensing region of an input device and obtaining an active pen profile, different from the capacitive touch profile, from the multiple receiver electrodes. The method also includes adjusting, using the capacitive touch profile, the active pen profile to obtain a corrected active pen profile and determining a position of an active pen in the sensing region, using the corrected active pen profile.