PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16007768
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["345", "173000"]

Abstract:
A device obtains a signal representative of objects on a touch surface of a multi-touch sensing apparatus and executes a method for extracting touch data from the signal. The method operates in a sequence of detection frames. Each detection frame comprises the steps of: obtaining ( 300 ) the signal; processing ( 301 ) the signal for identifying touches; determining ( 302 ) a set of identified touches and touch data for the set of identified touches; and outputting ( 303 ) the touch data. At least one of the steps of processing ( 301 ) and determining ( 302 ) includes a prioritization that actively favors certain touches to be identified and included in the set of identified touches, respectively. Temporal prioritization favors a touch that corresponds to a previous touch, which is identified in one or more preceding detection frames. Spatial prioritization favors a touch that is located within at least one predefined subarea on the touch surface. The prioritization enables the touch data to be generated in way that is predictable, consistent and in accordance with user expectations within a general or specific context.

Claim (Index 32):
A device for generating touch data, said device comprising:\n an input ( 90 ); and a signal processor ( 6 ) connected to said input ( 90 ) and configured to perform the steps of obtaining ( 900 ) via said input at least one signal representative of objects on a touch surface ( 1 ) of a multi-touch sensing apparatus; processing ( 901 ) said at least one signal for identifying touches; determining ( 902 ) a set of identified touches and touch data for the set of identified touches; and outputting ( 903 ) said touch data; wherein the signal processor ( 6 ) is further configured to include a prioritization in at least one of the step of processing ( 901 ) and the step of determining ( 902 ), the prioritization being based on at least one predefined subarea ( 1001 ,  1002 ,  1003 ) which has a fixed location on touch surface ( 1 ) or is defined in relation to one or more graphical objects that are displayed on the touch surface ( 1 ), wherein the prioritization in the step of processing ( 901 ) comprises a step of actively favoring that a touch is identified within said at least one predefined subarea ( 1001 , 1002 ,  1003 ), wherein the prioritization in the step of determining ( 902 ) comprises a step of actively favoring that an identified touch is included in the set of identified touches if the identified touch is located within said at least one predefined subarea ( 1001 ,  1002 ,  1003 ).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 46.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25843
- Patent Class: 345.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15632682', '14881739', '13807159', '14349003', '14993595']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6210364292994066
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.535481356520475
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6124809220215135
- Mean Citation Score: 268.868114
- Max Citation Score: 359.0046
- Similarity Product: 267.90015467866664

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 0

Dataset: test