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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 120', '§ 120', '§ 120', '§ 120', 'application No. 16831440', 'application No. 14847403', 'application No. 14847722', 'application No. 14849048', 'application No. 15811995', 'Application No. 2016', 'Application No. 2016', 'Application No. 2016', 'application No. 14847403', 'application No. 14847722', 'application No. 14849048', 'application No. 15811995']

US10338722B2 - Tactile touch sensor system and method - Google Patents
US10338722B2
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2018-01-19 Application filed by Sensel Inc filed Critical Sensel Inc
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This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 120 and incorporates by reference United States Utility Patent Application for TACTILE TOUCH SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD by inventors Ilya Daniel Rosenberg and John Aaron Zarraga, filed electronically with the USPTO on Jun. 25, 2015, with EFS ID 2274923, confirmation number 9331, Ser. No. 14/751,076.
This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 120 and incorporates by reference United States Utility Patent Application for TOUCH SENSOR DETECTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD by inventors Ilya Daniel Rosenberg and John Aaron Zarraga, filed electronically with the USPTO on Sep. 26, 2014, with EFS ID 20257165, confirmation number 2413, Ser. No. 14/498,478, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,582,098 on Feb. 28, 2017.
This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 120 and incorporates by reference United States Utility Patent Application for RESISTIVE TOUCH SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD by inventors Ilya Daniel Rosenberg and John Aaron Zarraga, filed electronically with the USPTO on Sep. 26, 2014, with EFS ID 20262520, confirmation number 8298, Ser. No. 14/499,001, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,465,477 on Oct. 11, 2016.
This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 120 and incorporates by reference United States Utility Patent Application for CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD by inventors Ilya Daniel Rosenberg and John Aaron Zarraga, filed electronically with the USPTO on Sep. 27, 2014, with EFS ID 20263634, confirmation number 8881, Ser. No. 14/499,090, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,459,746 on Oct. 4, 2016.
The numerous innovative teachings of the present application will be described with particular reference to the presently preferred embodiment, wherein these innovative teachings are advantageously applied to the particular problems of a TACTILE TOUCH SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD.
However, it should be understood that this embodiment is only one example of the many advantageous uses of the innovative teachings herein. In general, statements made in the specification of the present application do not necessarily limit any of the various claimed inventions. Moreover, some statements may apply to some inventive features but not to others.
Each of the TPO (0112) (whether integrated form or disparate form) may incorporate a TPO identifier (TPI) (0113) that uniquely identifies the type of TPO (0112) that constitutes the overlay structure. This TPI (0113) is then read by a TPO detector (TPD) (0114) that translates this information into a binary identification format (BIF). This BIF is suitable for interpretation by a TTS hardware computer interface (HCl) (0115) and is subsequently transmitted to a user computing device (UCD) (0101).
(6) Presenting a software application/interface to a user based on the TSI read by the TPD (0206);
(7) Interpreting inputs from the TSA inputs through the HCl based on the TSI read by the TPD (0207); and
(8) Proceeding to step (6) if the ISO has not been modified or replaced and proceeding to step (2) if the TPD has detected a change in the TPO applied to the TSA.
(5) Repeating steps (2)(4) for all “active regions” in the contact event/map (proceed to step (2)) (0605);
FIG. 59 (5900) illustrates a TPO structure (5910) incorporating TPO positioning magnet locations (5911) as described above and also incorporating a number of TPI identification magnet locations (5912) which may be populated with magnets that are detected by corresponding magnetometers (e.g., Hall effect sensors or equivalent detectors) within the TSA. By selectively populating the TPI identification magnet locations (5912), the TSA magnetometers may identify a bit stream that is unique to the particular TPO and thus load appropriate software drivers and application software to process information received from the depression pressures sensed by the TSA. This identification mechanism can also be utilized without the use of magnetometers by embedding corresponding magnets for each of the TPI identification magnet locations (5912) within the TSA and measuring the pressures detected at each TPI location. TPI positions that do not have magnets installed will register little or no detected pressure whereas TPI locations in the TPO that have magnets installed will detect a measureable increase in TSA pressure that can be converted to a corresponding TPI identification bit stream.
Further examples of the use of pressure indicia identification for TPO structures is depicted in more detail in FIG. 121 (12100)-FGI. 125 (12500) with a corresponding method identification provided in the flowchart of FIG. 128 (12800).
(4) Interrogating the TPI via a hardware computer interface (HCl) using a user computing device (UCD);
(6) Presenting a software application/interface to a user based on the TSI read by the TPD;
(7) Interpreting inputs from the TSA inputs through the HCl based on the TSI read by the TPD; and
(8) Proceeding to step (6) if the ISO has not been modified or replaced and proceeding to step (2) if the TPD has detected a change in the TPO placed on the TSA.
An embodiment wherein the TSA further comprises a hardware computer interface (HCl) configured to interact with a user computing device (UCD) to automatically load application software driver (ASD) on the UCD in response to detection by the TPD of the TPI associated with the TPO.
1. A tactile touch sensor system comprising:
an overlay associated with a functionality and capable of receiving a first force;
an identifier associated with the overlay;
a touch sensor array coupled to the overlay and comprising a first force sensing element and a second force sensing element configured to detect the first force; and
the overlay is capable of transmitting the first force to a touch area of the touch sensor array;
the first force sensing element is configured to detect a first magnitude of a first portion of the first force applied at a first portion of the touch area;
the second force sensing element is configured to detect a second magnitude of a second portion of the first force applied at a second portion of the touch area;
the first portion and the second portion of the first force are unequal; and
the touch sensor array generates a first touch data based on the force.
2. The tactile touch sensor system of claim 1, wherein the first touch data comprises an input for the functionality.
3. The tactile touch sensor system of claim 1, wherein the functionality is an application program.
4. The tactile touch sensor system of claim 1, wherein the tactile touch sensor system is configured for the functionality based on the identifier.
5. The tactile touch sensor system of claim 1, wherein a first overlay includes an indicator associated with the identifier.
6. The tactile touch sensor system of claim 5, wherein the indicator comprises one of a group consisting of a magnet, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, a dot pattern, a raised indicia, an antenna coupled to a microcontroller, an optical indicia, a shorting bar, a conductive electrode, and a conductive bar.
7. The tactile touch sensor system of claim 1, wherein the overlay is detachably coupled to the touch sensor array.
8. The tactile touch sensor system of claim 1, wherein the touch sensor array is configured to generate a second touch data based on a second force received on the overlay simultaneously with the first force.
9. The tactile touch sensor system of claim 1, wherein the force sensing elements are resistive or capacitive.
10. The tactile touch sensor system of claim 1, wherein the functionality of the overlay is configured to perform the functionality at a plurality of locations on the touch sensor array.
11. A method for operating a tactile touch sensor system comprising:
coupling an overlay associated with a functionality to a touch sensor array that comprises a touch area that includes a first force sensing element and a second force sensing element;
associating an identifier with the overlay;
receiving a first force on the touch area the overlay;
transmitting a first force from the overlay to the touch sensor array;
detecting a first magnitude of a first portion of the first force applied at a first portion of the touch area;
detecting a second magnitude of a second portion of the first force applied at a second portion of the touch area;
generating a first touch data based on the first force; and
wherein the first portion and the second portion of the first force are unequal.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first touch data comprises an input for the functionality.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the functionality is an application program.
14. The method of claim 11, further comprising configuring the tactile touch sensor system for the functionality based on the identifier.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein the overlay includes an indicator associated with the identifier.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the indicator comprises one of a group consisting of a magnet, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, a dot pattern, a raised indicia, an antenna coupled to a microcontroller, an optical indicia, a shorting bar, a conductive electrode, and a conductive bar.
17. The method of claim 11, wherein the overlay is detachably coupled to the touch sensor array.
18. The method of claim 11, further comprising generating a second touch data based on a second force received on the overlay simultaneously with the first force.
19. The method of claim 11, wherein the force sensing elements are resistive or capacitive.
20. The method of claim 11, wherein the functionality of the overlay is configured to perform the functionality at a plurality of locations on the touch sensor array.
21. An overlay comprising:
a first contact location for receiving a first force;
a second contact location for transmitting the first force to a touch area of a touch sensor array;
means for indicating a functionality associated with the overlay; and
the touch sensor array comprises a first force sensing element and a second force sensing element configured to detect the first force;
the first portion and the second portion and of the first force are unequal.
22. The overlay of claim 21, wherein the functionality is an application program.
23. The overlay of claim 21, wherein the means for indicating is associated with an identifier.
24. The overlay of claim 21, wherein the means for indicating comprises one of a group consisting of a magnet, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, a dot pattern, a raised indicia, an antenna coupled to a microcontroller, an optical indicia, a shorting bar, a conductive electrode, and a conductive bar.
25. The overlay of claim 21, wherein the overlay is capable of being detachably coupled to a touch sensor array.
26. The overlay of claim 21, wherein the touch sensor array is configured to generate a second touch data based on a second force received on the overlay at the same time with the first force.
27. The overlay of claim 21, wherein the force sensing elements are resistive or capacitive.
28. The overlay of claim 21, the functionality of the overlay is configured to perform the functionality at a plurality of locations on the touch sensor array.
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