Patent ID: 11860052
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining an activated state of a sensor of the first sensing region and an activated state of a sensor of the second sensing region based on the detected force;
determining a first force measurement of the first sensing region based on generated electrical signals of the sensor of the first sensing region;
determining a second force measurement of the second sensing region based on generated electrical signals of the sensor of the second sensing region;
determining the total applied force based on the first force measurement and the second force measurement;
determining the first relative magnitude of the first sensing region based on the first force measurement of the sensor of the first sensing region, a first area of the first sensing region, and at least a portion of a total area of the sensing area;
determining the second relative magnitude of the second sensing region based on the second force measurement of the sensor of the second sensing region, the first area of the first sensing region, and at least the portion of the total area of the sensing area;
determining a first regional confidence factor for the first sensing region based on the first relative magnitude and the total applied force;
determining a second regional confidence factor for the second sensing region based on the second relative magnitude and the total applied force;
determining a raw confidence factor based on the first regional confidence factor and the second regional confidence factor;
initiating a correction algorithm to calculate a corrected confidence factor based on a comparison of the raw confidence factor and a threshold confidence factor;
determining a corrected regional confidence factor for the incorrect sensing region based on the second relative magnitude, the corrected corresponding force measurement for the incorrect sensing region, and the total applied force;
determining the corrected confidence factor by averaging the first regional confidence factor of the correct sensing region and the corrected regional confidence factor of the incorrect sensing region; and
determining if the corrected confidence factor is below the threshold confidence factor.