Patent ID: 9459160
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G01L,G06F,H01H

Claim Text:
1. An input device comprising: a sensor substrate having a plurality of conductors that include at least one capacitive sensor configured to detect proximity of an object while two or more of the conductors that are non-capacitive sensors are in a non-operational state; and a flexible contact layer spaced apart from the sensor substrate, the flexible contact layer configured to flex to contact the sensor substrate to initiate an input of a computing device, the flexible contact layer including a force concentrator pad that is configured to cause pressure to be channeled through the force concentrator pad to cause the flexible contact layer to contact the sensor substrate to initiate the input, the two or more conductors that are the non-capacitive sensors placed in an operational state in response to the at least one capacitive sensor detecting the proximity of the object.