Patent ID: 11954282
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. At a computing device comprising a surface, a method for determining a distance of an input device from the surface of the computing device, the method comprising:
determining whether the input device is contacting the surface of the computing device;
if the input device is contacting the surface of the computing device, then providing a portion of input device signals received at the computing device via the input device to a voltage data model;
using the voltage data model to calculate an average effective voltage of the input device by averaging effective voltages determined from the portion of input device signals;
generating adjusted input device signals by adjusting another portion of input device signals received via the input device using the average effective voltage of the input device;
providing the adjusted input device signals as an input to a distance model configured to determine the distance of the input device from the surface of the computing device;
receiving, from the distance model, the distance of the input device from the surface of the computing device; and
outputting the distance of the input device from the surface of the computing device.