Patent ID: 9141224
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A portable computing device, comprising: a processor; a memory including instructions that, upon being executed by the processor, enable the processor to cause content to be rendered for display; a device case for holding the processor and the memory, the device case having a first member and a second member separated by a distance from the first member, the second member having a first surface and an opposing second surface; a display element configured to display, wherein the display element is positioned at the first member; a capacitive sensing element configured to detect an object positioned within a detectable distance of the display element, the object being used to provide input to the portable computing device; an electrically conductive element incorporated in the first surface of the second member, the electrically conductive element being connected to a device ground and having at least one of a size or a shape sufficient to prevent objects, that are positioned external to the portable computing device and in proximity to the second surface of the second member, from being detected by the capacitive sensing element.