Abstract: Examples include a computing system that (i) identifies a set of work tasks, wherein each work task in the set is associated with a plurality of task locations within an establishment, (ii) based on the set, generates a set of candidate combinations, wherein each candidate combination includes a plurality of work tasks from the set of work tasks, (iii) generates a set of optimization metrics, including determining, for each candidate combination, an optimization metric based on the plurality of task locations of each work task of the candidate combination, (iv) based on the set of optimization metrics, determines a set of optimized combinations comprising a subset of the set of candidate combinations that have been optimized for the establishment; and (v) causes, via a network interface, a computing device within the establishment to output an indication corresponding to an optimized combination from the set of optimized combinations.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a capacitive sensing structure for detecting a force touch in a touchscreen application. Performance uniformity of the force touch sensor is improved by providing a capacitive force touch structure having dot-pattern sensing electrodes of varying thickness, wherein the variation in electrode thickness corresponds to a relative displacement potential of portions of the sensing electrode. This variation in thickness improves performance uniformity of the force sensor by compensating for the displacement potential (i.e., flexibility) of the sensing electrodes so that a force touch applied to the touch surface is measured consistently regardless of the location of the force touch on the touch surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a capacitive sensing structure for detecting a force touch in a touchscreen application. Performance uniformity of the force touch sensor is improved by providing a capacitive force touch structure having sensing electrodes of varying thickness, wherein the variation in electrode thickness corresponds to a relative displacement potential of portions of the sensing electrode. This variation in thickness improves performance uniformity of the force sensor by compensating for the displacement potential (i.e., flexibility) of the sensing electrodes so that a force touch applied to the touch surface is measured consistently regardless of the location of the force touch on the touch surface.