Abstract: A computing device with a multi-touch touch interface having a plurality of rows of contact points and a plurality of columns of contact points. For each other row of contact points, every contact point in the row is connected to form a row sensor. For each other column of contact points, every contact point in the column that is not part of a row sensor is connected to form a column sensor. The contact points that are not part of a row sensor and not part of a column sensor are connected together to form at least one shape sensor. A computing device with a multi-touch touch interface having a plurality of contact points has at least one layer of piezoresistive material, an insulating structure disposed between the plurality of contact points and the piezoresistive material, and a gap between the plurality of contact points and piezoresistive material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 21, 2011
Date of Patent:
November 11, 2014
Assignee:
Smart Skin Technologies
Inventors:
Xavier Pierre-Emmanuel Saynac, Arpad Kormendy, Adam Joseph MacDonald, Kumaran Thillainadarajah