US 12,307,060 B2
Pressure sensing in a capacitance module
David Orr, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Assigned to Cirque Corporation, Sandy, UT (US)
Filed by Cirque Corporation, Sandy, UT (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/226,454.
Prior Publication US 2025/0036241 A1, Jan. 30, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0446 (2019.05) [G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04107 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A capacitance module, comprising:
substrate;
a plurality of capacitance electrodes on the substrate;
a non-capacitance pressure sensor incorporated into the capacitance module and in communication with a controller;
the plurality of capacitance electrodes being in communication with the controller;
memory in communication with the controller having programmed instructions that, when executed, cause the controller to:
comparing a non-capacitance measurement from the non-capacitance pressure sensor with a capacitance measurement from the plurality of capacitance electrodes to trigger different types of haptic responses to a single press input;
executing an initial haptic action in response to determining an initial pressure measurement of the single press input on the non-capacitance measurement; and
executing a termination haptic action in response to determining the termination of the single press input based, at least in part, on the capacitance measurement.