US 12,242,692 B1
Controlling touch operation modes for touch sensors utilizing determined touch usage probability
Shoham Dekel, Tel Aviv (IL); Uri Ron, Kfar Saba (IL); and Idan Palmor, Ramat Gan (IL)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/397,534.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 1/3231 (2019.01); G06F 1/3296 (2019.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/04166 (2019.05) [G06F 1/3231 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device comprising:
a display;
a touch sensor operatively coupled to the display;
a non-touch sensor configured to provide an output indicative of user engagement between the computing device and a user of the computing device;
a logic machine; and
a storage machine comprising instructions executable by the logic machine to
determine a touch usage probability based at least upon the output from the non-touch sensor, and
change the operation of the touch sensor between an idle mode and a scanning mode based at least on the touch usage probability meeting a probability threshold condition.