Patent ID: 9354731
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: determining a physical environment in which a computing device is situated; determining from the physical environment that a capacitance sensor of the computing device is more prone to false inputs than a force-sensitive resistor of the computing device; deactivating a display of the computing device and the capacitance sensor; detecting, using the force-sensitive resistor, that an amount of force applied to a location on the computing device satisfies a first input threshold; activating the capacitance sensor; detecting, using the capacitance sensor, that a change in capacitance, corresponding to an object brought within a detectable proximity of the location, satisfies a second input threshold; activating the display; and performing an action on the computing device corresponding to the amount of force and the change in capacitance, wherein the force-sensitive resistor and the capacitance sensor utilize at least one common electrode with power to the at least one common electrode being applied differently for detecting the amount of force than for detecting the change in capacitance.