Abstract: A method for transmitting a virtual object from a first electronic device to a second electronic device includes steps of: controlling the first electronic device to display a virtual object; in response to receipt of a request from the second electronic device, allowing user input of a user command to the first electronic device; and after the user command is detected, transmitting, by the first electronic device, object data associated with the virtual object to the second electronic device, so as to enable the second electronic device to display the virtual object based on the object data.

Abstract: Systems and methods provide for removing and/or hiding the negative effects of at least some of the latency between, e.g., detection of motion of a device such as a three dimensional (3D) pointing device and corresponding redrawing of the cursor on a display. A method for masking latency associated with displaying a cursor on a display includes: receiving data associated with motion of an input device at a first time; using the data to determine a cursor position associated with the first time; determining a predicted cursor position at a future time relative to the first time using the determined cursor position; and displaying the cursor on the display at a position based on the predicted cursor position.

Abstract: A forward pointing direction associated with a handheld device is estimated or determined by, for example, calculating a center of rotation of the device. A resultant combined or selected bias estimate may then be used to compensate the biased output of the sensor in, e.g., a 3D pointing device.

Abstract: An input assistance device has a rotation support body having a central axis, an attachment mechanism that removably attaches the rotation support body to the panel surface of a sensor panel so that the central axis is along a direction perpendicular to the panel surface, and a rotational part supported by the rotation support body so as to be rotatable around the central axis. At least the side surface of the rotational part is formed from a conductive material. Conductive areas electrically connected to the side surface are allocated in part of a surface of the rotational part, the surface facing the panel surface.

Abstract: Multi-transmitter stylus tip techniques are described herein. In implementations, a stylus employs a tip having an array of transmitters designed to can convey information regarding the shape, size, and position of the tip in three-dimensional space. The array of transmitters may be arranged in groups or layers disposed at different levels in relation to a three-dimensional volume of the tip. In implementations, the tip is configured as a brush head having a plurality of flexible bristles. In this approach, the array of transmitters may be spread across the bristles to represent or “map” the shape of the brush. A tip may be implemented as an integrated tip that is fixed to a stylus or as an interchangeable tip that is removably coupled to a stylus via an interface and interchangeable with a set of different tips supported by the stylus.

Abstract: A stylus that receives a signal transmitted by a digitizer and processes the received signal to control a state of the stylus is described. In implementations, a detector circuit in the stylus detects a signal emitted from a transmitter of the digitizer and toggles a state of the stylus between multiple states supported by the stylus. In implementations, the state of the stylus toggles between the multiple states in dependence upon a peak voltage associated with the detected signal. The stylus can also or instead be implemented to toggle a state of the stylus between the multiple states in dependence upon a relative proximity of the stylus to a digitizer. Different battery usage and conservation modes can be implemented in dependence upon a state of the stylus.

Abstract: A stylus includes an elongate gripping member terminating at a writing tip, a communication interface housed within the elongate gripping member, a touch-sensitive retention clip extending from the elongate gripping member, and a controller housed within the elongate gripping member. The communication interface is configured to wirelessly communicate with a computing device. The controller is configured to detect a position or movement of a finger along a length of the touch-sensitive retention clip, and send to the computing device, via the communication interface, information based on the position or movement of the finger along the length of the touch-sensitive retention clip.

Abstract: On a computing system, a method includes receiving a depth video, producing a machine-understandable model of a player interacting with a user-input control device from the depth video, controlling operation of the computing system without influence of the machine-understandable model responsive to receiving a control signal from a user-input control device while the user-input control device is in an attached state, and controlling operation of the computing system with influence of the machine-understandable model responsive to receiving the control signal from the user-input control device while the user-input control device is in a detached state.

Abstract: An active stylus includes a signal processing section. The signal processing section during operation in a first mode, while supplying a downlink signal DS1, obtained by modulating a pulse train signal with a pen pressure level P, to an electrode, determines whether it is necessary to switch to a second mode. The signal processing section during operation in the second mode, while supplying a downlink signal DS2, obtained by modulating a sine wave signal with the pen pressure level P, to the electrode, determines whether it is necessary to switch to the first mode. The signal processing section switches to operation in the second mode when determining that such is necessary, and switches to operation in the first mode when determining that such is necessary. The active stylus may be used with two position detection devices, one supporting only the first method and the other supporting only the second method.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a timer, a signal generator, a signal activator input, and a controller. The controller includes one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic that is operable when executed to initiate a coupling, in response to an actuation of the signal activator input, of a power source to the signal generator to thereby cause the signal generator to generate a signal. The logic is further operable to initiate a coupling, in response to the actuation of the signal activator input, of the power source to the timer to thereby activate the timer.

Abstract: A mutual capacitive embedded touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes multiple touch units, each is formed by a pixel electrode layer, a first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer, a common electrode layer, a third intermediate layer and a thin-film transistor array, wherein, the common electrode layer of each touch unit can be divided into a driving region, a first floating region, a second floating region, a first shielding region and a second shielding region; two opposite sides of the driving region respectively form the first and the second shielding regions; the first and the second floating regions are respectively formed at sides of the first second shielding regions away from the driving region. Accordingly, capacitance at the junction portion is similar with capacitance of the scanning line at the non-junction portion in to avoid generating obvious stripes at the junction portion of two adjacent touch units.

Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to sensing touch input and applied force at a common sensor using a common controller. One example provides a touch sensor with (1) a plurality of electrodes forming a transmit electrode array and a receive electrode array; (2) drive circuitry configured to drive the transmit electrode array; (3) receive circuitry coupled to at least the receive electrode array; (4) and one or more jumpers electrically coupling respective pairs of the electrodes, the one or more jumpers having an electrical resistance that varies with applied force. The touch sensor may include a controller configured to determine, based on output from the receive circuitry, a location of a touch input and an applied force of the touch input based on a capacitance associated with the output and on a resistance associated with the output.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a single-layer multi-point mutual capacitive touch screen thereof are disclosed.

Abstract: A display substrate is disclosed. The display substrate includes a plurality of pressure sensitive units each including an input electrode electrically connected to one of a plurality of signal input lines, an output electrode electrically connected to one of a plurality of signal output lines, and a pressure sensitive element operable to, responsive to a voltage difference applied across the input electrode and the output electrode and a pressure caused by pressing, generate a current signal indicative of a magnitude of the pressure. Also disclosed are a touch panel and a display apparatus.

Abstract: A touch display panel includes a color filter substrate, a thin film transistor substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the color filter substrate and the thin film transistor substrate, a touch sensing structure, and a force sensing structure. The touch display panel defines a display area and a border area surrounding the display area. The touch sensing structure is in the display area, and the force sensing structure is in the border area. The force sensing structure includes a plurality of first force sensing electrodes and a second force sensing electrode stacked on and electrically insulated from the first force sensing electrodes. The first force sensing electrodes and the second force sensing electrode cooperatively form a capacitive force sensing structure.

Abstract: A touch display device includes a display module and a sensing module on the display module. The sensing module includes a first electrode layer on the display module, a second electrode layer facing the first electrode layer, and a dielectric layer between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The second electrode layer includes a plurality of electrodes. The electrodes functions as electrodes of the touch display device for sensing a touch position. The electrodes, the first electrode layer, and the dielectric layer cooperatively form capacitors for sensing a touch force.

Abstract: A touch panel includes: a wire substrate and a cover substrate joined to each other, wherein the wire substrate includes a sensor electrode; a plurality of signal wires that are electrically connected to the sensor electrode and extend along a circumference of the sensor electrode; and a first light blocking layer that covers at least a signal wire disposed closest to the sensor electrode of the plurality of signal wires, and wherein the cover substrate includes a second light blocking layer that faces a continuous region including an outer edge region of the first light blocking layer and a signal wire disposed so as to be the most distant from the sensor electrode.

Abstract: A fingerprint sensor device includes a touch panel with an integrated touch sensor module is provided. The integrated touch sensor module includes sensing circuitry to generate a sensor signal responsive to detecting a contact input associated with a fingerprint. The sensing circuitry includes a fingerprint sensor to detect the contact input and generate a signal indicative of an image of the fingerprint, and a biometric sensor to generate a signal indicative of a biometric marker different form the fingerprint. The generated sensor signal includes the signal indicative of the image of the fingerprint and the signal indicative of the biometric marker different from the fingerprint. The sensing circuitry includes processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the sensing circuitry to process the generated sensor signal to determine whether the contact input associated with the fingerprint belongs to a live finger.

Abstract: A capacitive sensor pad is co-located with (e.g., overlapping) an RF transmitter without causing significant degradation to the performance of the antenna. In one implementation, tuning the resistance per square in the capacitive sensor pad can provide effective sensor pad range and performance while providing making the capacitive sensor pad sufficiently transparent to radiofrequency waves to provide excellent antenna efficiency, despite the co-location of the capacitive sensor pad and the antenna.

Abstract: An antenna has a visible light transparent substrate, and a pattern including metal fine wires provided on the visible light transparent substrate and having a plurality of opening portions. In the pattern, a line width of the metal fine wire is 0.5 to 5.0 ?m, an opening ratio is 70% or greater, and surface electrical resistance is 9 ?/sq. or less. A method of manufacturing an antenna has a step of forming a pattern in which a line width of metal fine wires is 0.5 to 5.0 ?m, and an opening ratio is 70% or greater by an electroless copper plating treatment. A touch sensor has a touch sensor unit which is provided in a visible light transparent substrate and which includes at least a detection electrode in which a plurality of opening portions are formed of conductive fine wires, and at least one antenna provided on the substrate.

Abstract: According to the invention, there are provided a conductive film which has a mesh-like metal layer composed of metal thin wires and in which visual recognition of the metal thin wires is suppressed and the metal layer has excellent conductive characteristics, a touch panel sensor, and a touch panel. A conductive film according to the invention includes a substrate; a patterned to-be-plated layer which is disposed on the substrate in a mesh pattern and has a functional group interacting with a plating catalyst or a precursor thereof; and a mesh-like metal layer which is disposed on the patterned to-be-plated layer and has a plurality of metal thin wires intersecting each other, an average thickness of the patterned to-be-plated layer is 0.05 to 100 ?m, an average thickness of the metal layer is 0.05 to 0.5 ?m, and an average intersection growing rate at an intersection of metal thin wires of the mesh of the metal layer is 1.6 or less.

Abstract: Reducing power consumption in a touch screen. In some examples, a first level of touch accuracy can be determined, and a first portion of the touch screen can be operated in a first mode corresponding to the first level of touch accuracy. In some examples, a second level of touch accuracy can be determined, and a second portion of the touch screen can be operated in a second mode corresponding to the second level of touch accuracy. The first and/or second levels of touch accuracy can be determined based on an application running on a device including the touch screen and/or a user interface displayed on the touch screen. In some examples, in the first and/or second modes, the respective portions of the touch screen can transition between a touch sensing phase and a display phase at different transition frequencies and/or can sense touch at different ratios of touch sensors.

Abstract: An array substrate, a display panel and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. A first power signal line, a ground potential line and at least one pressure sensor are disposed in the non-display area. The pressure sensor includes a first power signal input terminal and a second power signal input terminal. The first power signal input terminal is electrically connected to the first power signal line. The second power signal input terminal is electrically connected to the ground potential line. The first power signal input terminal and/or the second power signal input terminal is electrically connected to an electro-static discharge unit.

Abstract: An input device that enables wires to be bent together with a base material without deteriorating translucency and conductivity of the wires has: a base material having translucency and flexibility; first electrode parts and second electrode parts, both having translucency, that are provided in a sensing region on the base material; and lead wires that are electrically continuous to the first electrode parts and second electrode parts, the lead wires extending, on the base material, from the sensing region to a peripheral region. A bent portion is provided in the peripheral region on the base material. Each lead wire has a flexible laminated body provided on the bent portion. The flexible laminated body has a first amorphous ITO layer provided on the base material, a conductive layer provided on the first amorphous ITO layer, and a second amorphous ITO layer provided on the conductive layer.

Abstract: A conductive film includes: a substrate; a plurality of first wavy wires which have semicircular arcs arranged opposite to each other in direction on the substrate; and a plurality of second wavy wires which have the semicircular arcs arranged opposite to each other in direction and are symmetrical to the first wavy wires in an arrangement direction, and has a conductive sheet body in which an arrangement direction of the arcs of each first wavy wire and an arrangement direction of the arcs of each second wavy wire are made parallel to each other, each first wavy wire and each second wavy wire are separated by a previously set distance, and the arcs of each first wavy wire and the arcs of each second wavy wire facing each other are at least in contact with each other. The first wavy wire and the second wavy wire are made of a conductive material. A wiring has the conductive film. A touch panel sensor also has the conductive film.

Abstract: A touch panel includes: a substrate; a first metallic layer, arranged on the substrate, for forming a gate of a TFT; a gate insulating layer; a second metallic layer for forming a data line, a source and a drain of the TFT; an isolation layer penetrated by a first hole, and the first hole aiming at the source or the drain; a third metallic layer for forming a touch controlling line for transmitting a driving signal and a common voltage; a passivation layer, layered with and deposited on the isolation layer, penetrated by the first hole and a second hole, and the second hole aiming at the data line; a pixel electrode, connected to the source or the drain through the first hole; and a touch electrode layer, connected to the touch controlling line through the second hole. The touch electrode layer is used as a common electrode layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch display substrate and a touch display device, relates to a display field and solves a technical problem of lower sensibility of the touch display device. The touch display substrate comprises a plurality of touch electrodes, wherein the plurality of touch electrodes are divided into at least one touch electrode pair; each of the touch electrode pair includes first and second touch electrodes which are adjacent to each other; the first touch electrode comprises a first bucking portion and/or first bending portion; the second touch electrode comprises second bucking portion and/or second bending portion; and the second bucking portions correspond to the first burking portions at positions and the second bending portions correspond to the first bending portions. The touch display substrate according to the present disclosure may be applied to the touch display device.

Abstract: A touch unit and a manufacturing method thereof and a touch substrate are provided. The touch unit includes a first touch electrode, a second touch electrode and a conductive branch, the second touch electrode includes a first sub-electrode, a second sub-electrode and a conductive bridge wire, the first sub-electrode is located at one side of the first touch electrode and the second sub-electrode is located at the other side of the first touch electrode, the conductive bridge wire strides over the first touch electrode and two ends of the conductive bridge wire are connected with the first sub-electrode and the second sub-electrode respectively; and the conductive branch is connected with the second touch electrode and insulated from the first touch electrode, and an orthogonal projection of the conductive branch on a plane the first touch electrode at least partially located falls in a region corresponding to the first touch electrode.

Abstract: Provided is a touch sensor-equipped display device in which moire occurring due to interference between an array pattern of subpixels and a pattern of slits in a touch detection electrode is suppressed. The touch sensor-equipped display device includes a display panel including a plurality of display pixels arranged in matrix, a touch drive electrode extending in a first direction, and a touch detection electrode extending in a second direction that intersects with the first direction at a right angle. In the touch detection electrode, a plurality of slits each of which is repeatedly bent in a zigzag shape while extending in the second direction are provided so as to be arrayed in the first direction. An arrangement interval “a” for the slits adjacent in the first direction satisfies relationship given as: a=b×(0.725+n)×?3÷(2×cos ?) where “b” represents an arrangement interval for the display pixels adjacent in the first direction.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a conductive structure body and a manufacturing method thereof.

Abstract: A touch organic light-emitting diode display device including an organic light-emitting diode display, a touch panel, and a linear polarizing layer is provided. The touch panel is disposed on the organic light-emitting diode display, and the touch panel includes a substrate, a driving electrode, a sensing electrode, and a dielectric layer. The driving electrode is adapted to transmit a driving signal, and the sensing electrode is adapted to receive a sensing signal. The driving electrode and the sensing electrode are disposed to be insulated from each other, and the dielectric layer is connected to at least one of the driving electrode and the sensing electrode. The dielectric layer has a one-quarter wavelength phase delay amount, and the dielectric layer is formed by coating. The linear polarizing layer is disposed at one side of the touch panel away from the organic light-emitting diode display. Besides, a touch device is also provided.

Abstract: A touch display device able to receive touches and sense the touch forces includes a color filter substrate, a thin film transistor substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and an electrically-conductive frame on a side of the display panel away from the color filter substrate. First electrodes are formed on a surface of the color filter substrate adjacent to the liquid crystal layer and second electrodes are formed on a surface of a thin film transistor substrate adjacent to the liquid crystal layer. The first electrodes and the second electrodes cooperatively form a first capacitor for sensing touch force, and the second electrodes and the electrically-conductive frame cooperatively form a second capacitor for sensing touch force.

Abstract: The input detection device includes: a line having an end to which a driving signal is supplied and extending in a first direction; a plurality of drive electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and arranged in parallel in the first direction; a selecting drive circuit selecting the drive electrode from the plurality of drive electrodes and connecting an end of the selected drive electrode to the line; a driving signal circuit supplying the driving signal to the end of the line; and a plurality of line patterns connected to each drive electrode. A line density of line patterns connected to a drive electrode connected to be close to the end of the line is smaller than a line density of line patterns connected to another drive electrode connected to be far from the end of the line.

Abstract: An in-cell touch display apparatus includes a color filter structure, a thin film transistor (TFT) array structure, a liquid crystal layer between the color filter structure and the TFT array structure, and a driving and detection unit. The color filter structure comprises a touch electrode layer. The TFT array structure comprises a conductive layer. The touch electrode layer comprises a plurality of touch electrodes arranged in a matrix and a plurality of pressure sensing electrodes arranged in a matrix. The touch electrodes and the pressure sensing electrodes are located on a same layer. The conductive layer comprises a plurality of conductive portions. The touch electrodes sense a touch position, and the pressure sensing electrodes and the conductive portions cooperate with each other to sense a touch pressure.

Abstract: A touch display device includes a color filter substrate, and a thin film transistor substrate facing the color filter substrate. The thin film transistor substrate includes a common electrode layer. A force sensing electrode layer is formed on the color filter substrate. The common electrode layer includes a plurality of common electrodes. The common electrodes function as electrodes of the touch display device for sensing a touch position. The common electrodes and the force sensing electrode layer cooperatively form capacitors for sensing a touch force, their capacitance varying as a result of the distance between them being reduced.

Abstract: Provided are a transparent base material film laminate that is used by being arranged on the viewing side of a polarizing plate of an image display device having a backlight light source and the polarizing plate, the laminate having a first transparent base material film and a second transparent base material film, in which a Re of the first transparent base material film is 4,000 nm or more, the laminate is arranged for use such that an angle formed between a slow axis of the first transparent base material film and an absorption axis of the polarizing plate is 45°±20° and such that an angle formed between a slow axis of the second transparent base material film and the absorption axis of the polarizing plate is 90°±30° or 0°±30°, an angle formed between the slow axes of the first transparent base material film and the second transparent base material film is neither 0° nor 90°, and the second transparent base material film is used by being arranged on the viewing side with respect to the first transparent b

Abstract: An array substrate, a manufacturing method, a touch display panel, a touch display apparatus are provided. The manufacturing method includes: forming a gate on a substrate; forming a first insulating layer covering the gate; forming an active layer and a sensing resistor; forming a first electrode layer covering the sensing resistor; forming a source and a drain; etching the first doped layer at a part being not overlapped with the source and the drain, reserving the first electrode layer to cover the sensing resistor; forming a second insulating layer covering the source and the drain; etching the second insulating layer at a part being overlapped with the sensing resistor to expose the first electrode layer; forming a second electrode layer, and etching the first/second electrode layer at a part where the first/second electrode layer is overlapped with the sensing resistor to expose the sensing resistor.

Abstract: A touch display apparatus with a display region and a frame region is provided. The touch display apparatus includes a base substrate, a display function layer and a thin film encapsulation layer which are sequentially stacked. The display function layer is located in the display region. A touch electrode layer is arranged at a side, facing away from the base substrate, of the display function layer. The frame region includes a slope region adjacent to the display region. The thickness of the touch display apparatus in the slope region is gradually decreased outward from the display region. The touch electrode layer includes touch electrodes which form a grid of metallic wires. The grid density of the touch electrodes in the slope region is higher than that in the display region.

Abstract: A detection assembly, a touch display device, a touch positioning method and a pressure detection method are provided. The detection assembly includes: a first substrate; an acoustic wave generation device provided on the first substrate; an acoustic wave detection device which is provided on the first substrate and at a side, away from the first substrate, of the acoustic wave generation device and includes a plurality of acoustic wave sensing units spaced apart from each other; and a contact layer covering the acoustic wave detection device.

Abstract: A touch display apparatus a display unit and a touch unit. The display unit displays images and the touch unit which is overlapped on the display unit can sense independently a touch action applied on the touch unit and also the pressure applied in such touch. The touch display apparatus virtually simultaneously operates under a display period and a touch period in one frame for improving accuracy of determining the aspects of a touch function.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a force touch method of a touch input device and more particularly to a method for providing different functions in accordance with the force touch input to the touch input device. The force touch method of the touch input device including a touch input unit and a controller. The controller detects a magnitude of a pressure of an object, which is input to the touch input unit. The controller controls such that a predetermined 3D touch function is performed in the touch input device. The controller controls such that the N-th 3D touch function is different from the first 3D touch function is performed in the touch input device.

Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, an electronic device includes a housing including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, where a transparent cover forms at least one part of the first surface. The electronic device also includes a touch screen display disposed between the first surface and second surface of the housing and exposed through the transparent cover, a pressure sensor disposed between the touch screen display and the second surface of the housing, and having an active area for sensing pressure placed on the first surface by an external object and an inactive area disposed around the active area, a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) disposed between the pressure sensor and the second surface of the housing, and an electrically conductive connection member for electrically connecting the pressure sensor and the PCB.

Abstract: A self-luminescence display apparatus includes a display panel having a plurality of conductive layers and a supporting frame. One of the conductive layers cooperates with the supporting frame to form a plurality of force sensing capacitors. When a touch action is applied, the display panel deforms according to pressure applied, which cause the capacitances of the force sensing capacitors to alter, which corresponds to a place where the touch operation applied on.

Abstract: A force-sensitive input device for receiving user input. The input device can include a contact (e.g., touch) sensor and a plurality of force sensors. By combining the information from a multi-touch event with information from each of the plurality of force sensors, a contact centroid and a force centroid can be determined. Thereafter, by projecting a vector defining the force applied to the input device onto a vector defined between the contact centroid and an individual contact location, a magnitude of force applied at that contact location can be approximated.

Abstract: Disclosed is a GOA driving circuit. In screen awakening stage, the first global control signal (Gas1) controls the twelfth thin film transistor (T12) to be activated for realizing the All Gate On function, and meanwhile controls the eleventh thin film transistor (T11) to be activated to pull down the voltage level of the second node (P(n)); in reset stage, the reset signal (Reset) controls the first thin film transistor (T1) to reset the voltage level of the second node (P(n)), and to set the duration of the single pulse of the reset signal (Reset) to be at least the sum of durations of initial pulses of the first, second clock signals; in touch scan stage, the second global control signal (Gas2) controls the thirteenth thin film transistor (T13) to be activated to make the output ends of the GOA units of the respective stages output composite signals (CS).

Abstract: An alternating current (AC) drive signal having a first frequency and a high logic level at a boosted supply voltage is applied to drive a capacitive sensing line of a capacitive touch panel. The boosted supply voltage is generated by boosting an input voltage. The voltage boosting is effectuate by a charge pump circuit operating synchronous to assertion of the AC drive signal with a charge transfer time that is adaptable to different capacitive load conditions.

Abstract: A vehicle including: a headlight that produces a beam, a touchscreen, a camera, processor(s) configured to: (a) display images captured by the camera on the touchscreen; (b) recast the beam according to touch inputs on the images; (c) disable (b) when the vehicle exceeds a predetermined speed; (d) recast the beam by sweeping the beam from an original position to a final position.

Abstract: A shift register and a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit and a display device are provided. The shift register includes: a pre-charge module, connected to a pull-up node and configured to charge the pull-up node in a pre-charge phase; a pull-up control module, connected to the pull-up node and an output terminal and configured to pull up a potential of the pull-up node in an output phase and output a driving signal through an output terminal; a denoising module, connected to the pull-up control module and the output terminal and configured to denoise the output terminal in a touch control phase; a reset module, connected to the pre-charge module, the pull-up node, the denoising module and the output terminal and configured to reset the pull-up node and the output terminal in a reset phase and denoise the pull-up node and the output terminal in a denoising phase.

Abstract: An apparatus and method, the apparatus including a sensor array including a plurality of first sensors configured to detect a first attribute; at least one second sensor configured to detect a second attribute; wherein the at least one second sensor is configured such that, in response to detecting a trigger input including the second attribute the second sensor enables a first portion of the sensor array to be powered on while a second portion of the sensor array remains powered off.

Abstract: A three dimensional touch sensing system having a touch surface configured to detect a touch input located above the touch surface is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of capacitive touch sensing electrodes disposed on the touch surface, each electrode having a baseline capacitance and a touch capacitance based on the touch input. An oscillating plane is disposed below the touch surface. A touch detector is configured to drive one of the touch sensing electrodes with an AC signal having a frequency that shifts from a baseline frequency to a touch frequency based on the change in electrode capacitance from the baseline capacitance to the touch capacitance. The touch detector is configured to drive the oscillating plane to the touch frequency.