Title:
The touch and the tap perception surface which can be washed
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6101313
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A touch sensitive surface having touch-capacitive and vibration sensors. This surface allows the user to rest their fingers on the keys and type as they would on a regular keyboard. As the user places their fingers on the keys, the touch capacitive sensors (one per key) report the signal strength level of each key touched to a processor, but no keystroke is issued by the processor until a corresponding tap (ie. vibration) is detected. When a tap is detected, the processor references the status of the touch capacitance sensors before, during, and/or immediately after the moment in time the tap occurred.
Inventors:
Marsden, Randall Jay.
Application Number:
JP2015135493A
Publication Date:
March 22, 2017
Filing Date:
July 06, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Apple Inc.
International Classes:
G06F3/023; G06F3/02; G06F3/041; H03M11/04
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2006127488A | ||||
| JP2004265383A | ||||
| JP713696A |
Foreign References:
| US20060197753 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yasunori Otsuka
Yasuhiro Otsuka
Shiro Takayanagi
Shuji Kimura
Osamu Shimoyama
Nagakawa Yukimitsu
Yasuhiro Sakata
Yasuhiro Otsuka
Shiro Takayanagi
Shuji Kimura
Osamu Shimoyama
Nagakawa Yukimitsu
Yasuhiro Sakata