发明名称 Methods and apparatus for capacitively detecting key motion and finger presence on keyboard keys
摘要 A keyboard including a plurality of key assemblies configured to be pressed by an input object. A subset of the plurality of key assemblies each includes a key cap and a first electrode pair underneath the key cap and configured to detect key motion in response to downward force applied by the input object. The key cap also includes a second electrode pair disposed underneath the key cap and configured to detect positional information about the input object interacting with the key cap.
申请公布号 US9600084(B2) 申请公布日期 2017.03.21
申请号 US201414150824 申请日期 2014.01.09
申请人 Synaptics Incorporated 发明人 Bolender Robert J.
分类号 G06F3/02 主分类号 G06F3/02
代理机构 Osha Liang LLP 代理人 Osha Liang LLP
主权项 1. A keyboard including a plurality of key assemblies configured to be pressed by an input object, wherein a first subset of the plurality of key assemblies each comprises: a key cap; a first conductive portion disposed on the key cap, wherein the first conductive portion is configured to operate at a substantially constant voltage; a second conductive portion disposed on the key cap, wherein the second conductive portion is an electrically floating conductor; a base; a first electrode pair disposed underneath the key cap and on the base, the first electrode pair configured to generate a keystroke signal in response to movement of the first conductive portion on the key cap toward the base by the input object; and a second electrode pair disposed underneath the key cap and on the base, the second electrode pair configured to generate a finger presence signal in response to a change in capacitive coupling between a finger and the second conductive portion at the key cap, wherein the finger presence signal with no finger present at the key cap corresponds to a baseline value of the finger presence signal, and wherein the keystroke signal is used by a processing system to determine that the key cap is in a pressed position when the keystroke signal is above the baseline value.
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