Method for determining the number of fingers on a sensing device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8760411
APP PUB NO 20090184934A1
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12165747

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A method for determining the number of fingers on a sensing device, which has a plurality of scanlines, includes the steps of: identifying the scanlines that generate a detecting signal, which has a value greater than a threshold value; finding adjacent ones of the scanlines; forming at least one group from the adjacent ones of the scanlines thus found; and counting the number of the scanlines in the at least one group thus formed in order to determine the number of fingers on the sensing device.

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TOUCHSCREEN GESTURES LLC350 N ST PAUL STREET SUITE 2900 DALLAS TX 75201

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Chu, Linabel Taipei, TW 14 144
Lin, Jao-Ching Taipei, TW 65 719
Liu, Yen-Fu Taipei County, TW 24 320
Shen, John Tainan, TW 64 1996

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