G06F 2203/04101
2.5d-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the x/y position of the input means, finger
Official title: 2.5D-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup
G06F2203/04101 (2.5d-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the x/y position of the input means, finger) appears on 1,875 US grants and 2,345 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Information Processing Device, Operation Input Method And Operation Input Program8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310347 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Input terminal device and operation input method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288295 A1Maxell, Ltd.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for integrating manual input3,711US 6,323,846 B1University of Delaware · 2001
- Multipoint touchscreen3,397US 7,663,607 B2Apple Inc. · 2010
- Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition2,193US 5,880,411 ASynaptics Incorporated · 1999
- Automated response to and sensing of user activity in portable devices1,178US 7,633,076 B2Apple Inc. · 2009
- Method and apparatus for integrating manual input703US 6,888,536 B2University of Delaware · 2005