Patent ID: 9182848
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: an array of touch sensors configured to receive touch inputs applied thereto, said array of touch sensors comprising a plurality of scan lines with first sensing electrodes and a plurality of readout lines having second sensing electrodes, said first and second sensing electrodes having diamond shapes; and a controller operatively connected with said array of touch sensors to process said touch inputs based upon periodic scanning of analog data that represents information about touch coordinates and number of touches, wherein said scanning refers to a process of retrieving and identifying corresponding digital values associated with said analog data, said touch inputs being further processed via said controller, when a plurality of touch inputs are received at once on multiple locations via said array of touch sensors, by grouping said plurality of touch inputs into at least one touch region instead of processing each of said plurality of touch inputs separately, with said grouping performed by said controller during a single scanning of said analog data; wherein the controller processes and groups the plurality of touch inputs by: