Patent ID: 9459727
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G06F,H04B

Claim Text:
1. A method for synchronizing operations of sensors on a computing device according to a synchronization protocol, the method comprising: determining, by a first controller configured to control a human-touch capacitive sensor, whether a non-allowability control signal is detected via a first communication line connected between the first controller and a second controller configured to control a short-range wireless communication sensor; delaying, by the first controller, a start of a scan operation of the human-touch capacitive sensor when the non-allowability control signal is detected on the first communication line; asserting, by the first controller, an active control signal via a second communication line connected between the first controller and the second controller when the non-allowability control signal is not detected on the first communication line; performing, by the human-touch capacitive sensor, the scan operation such that the active control signal is asserted by the first controller until operations of the human-touch capacitive sensor are completed; and detecting, by the first controller, the non-allowability control signal on the first communication line but disregarding the non-allowability control signal when the human-touch capacitive sensor is currently active such that the active control signal is continuously driven until the operations of the human-touch capacitive sensor are completed.