Patent ID: 9529485
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A capacitive sensor array, comprising: a plurality of row sensor elements including a first row sensor element; a plurality of column sensor elements including a first column sensor element; and a plurality of unit cells, wherein each of the plurality of unit cells contains an intersection between one of the plurality of row sensor elements and one of the plurality of column sensor elements, and wherein a first unit cell contains a first intersection between the first row sensor element and the first column sensor element, wherein a ratio between 1) a boundary length between the first row sensor element and the first column sensor element within the first unit cell and 2) a perimeter of the first unit cell is greater than √{square root over (2)}/2, wherein the first column sensor element includes at least a first cutout area, and wherein the first row sensor element includes at least a second cutout area overlapped with the corresponding first cutout area.