US 11,880,526 B2
Maintaining pressure input paths
Timothy Peter Wiles, North Yorkshire (GB)
Assigned to Peratech Holdco Limited, North Yorkshire (GB)
Filed by Peratech Holdco Limited, North Yorkshire (GB)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/879,928.
Application 17/879,928 is a continuation of application No. PCT/GB2021/000007, filed on Feb. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2001547 (GB), filed on Feb. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0404937 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/041 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/04144 (2019.05) 18 Claims
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1. A method of maintaining a pressure input path in a sensing array, said sensing array comprising a plurality of sensing elements, said method comprising the steps of:
activating a first sensing element to determine a first location data point;
activating a second sensing element to determine a second location data point;
calculating a state location and a state velocity based on said first location data point and said second location data point to create a state vector;
determining a predicted path of at least one further location data point from said state vector;
updating said state vector by replacing an earlier location data point with a later location data point derived from activation of a further sensing element;
utilizing said predicted path to provide a continuous pressure input path to prevent drop out of an input gesture; and
terminating said predicted path following a predetermined time period in which no further sensing elements have been activated.