US 10,649,423 B2 · Contextual home automation controller

Abstract

A currently touched position on a capacitive touch interface is determined based at least in part on sensing a capacitance associated with the currently touched position along a geometric shape, wherein the capacitive touch interface comprises a touchable surface at least a portion of which defines the geometric shape. The currently touched position is mapped to a corresponding value of an attribute associated with a current context. The corresponding value of the attribute is used to operate an external system associated with the current context in a manner determined at least in part by the corresponding value of the attribute. A feedback associated with the determined currently touched position and the current context is provided via the capacitive touch interface.

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Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a touch interface comprising a touchable surface at least a portion of which defines a geometric shape;
a sensing circuit coupled to the touch interface and configured to sense a currently touched position along the geometric shape and provide an output comprising a spatial location along the geometric shape;
and
a processor coupled to the sensing circuit and configured to:
determine the currently touched position, based at least in part on the output of the sensing circuit;
operate an external system associated with the currently touched position;
and
provide via the touch interface a visual feedback along the geometric shape based at least in part on the determined currently touched position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Contextual home automation controller

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Abstract

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