# US 11,307,713 B2 · Touch sensing device and method for touch sensing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,307,713 B2 - Document ID: US11307713B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/066,790 - Filed: 2020-10-09 - Published: 2022-02-17 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2020-08-11 - Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Gye Won Lee; Jong Yun Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307713B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/04186: {Touch location disambiguation} - H03K 17/97: using a magnetic movable element - G06F 1/1684: {Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675} - G06F 3/046: by electromagnetic means - H03K 17/9545: {with variable frequency} - G06F 3/0447: {Position sensing using the local deformation of sensor cells} - H03K 2217/96058: Fail-safe touch switches, where switching takes place only after repeated touch - H03K 2217/9651: the moving element acting on a force, e.g. pressure sensitive element - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H03K: PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) ## Abstract A touch sensing device includes: a substrate; a first sensor disposed on the substrate; a second sensor disposed on the substrate; and a sensing circuit electrically connected to the first sensor and the second sensor. The sensing circuit is configured to compare signals sensed by the first sensor and the second sensor in accordance with an applied touch input and determine whether the applied touch input is normal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A touch sensing device, comprising: a substrate disposed in a housing; a first sensor disposed on the substrate, in a normal touch sensing portion; a second sensor disposed on the substrate, in a malfunction touch sensing portion; and a sensing circuit electrically connected to the first sensor and the second sensor, wherein the sensing circuit is configured to compare signals sensed by the first sensor and the second sensor in accordance with an applied touch input and determine whether the applied touch input is normal, and wherein the first and second sensors are disposed adjacent to each other in a direction from a front display disposed on one side of the housing to a rear cover disposed on another side of the housing opposite the one side. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The touch sensing device of claim 1, wherein the sensing circuit comprises a first oscillator circuit and a second oscillator circuit, and wherein the first oscillator circuit is configured to generate a first oscillation signal from a change sensed by the first sensor, and the second oscillator circuit is configured to generate a second oscillation signal from a change sensed by the second sensor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The touch sensing device of claim 2, wherein the sensing circuit further comprises a detecting circuit configured to compare the first and second oscillation signals to determine whether the applied touch input is normal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The touch sensing device of claim 3, wherein the detecting circuit is further configured to calculate first and second force values from the first and second oscillation signals, respectively, and compare the first and second force values to determine whether the applied touch input is normal or a malfunction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The touch sensing device of claim 4, wherein the detecting circuit is further configured to determine that the applied touch input is normal, in response to the first force value being greater than the second force value. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The touch sensing device of claim 4, wherein the detecting circuit is further configured to determine that the applied touch input is normal, in response to the first force value being greater than a predetermined reference value. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The touch sensing device of claim 1, wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are disposed side-by-side in a direction in which a housing extends. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The touch sensing device of claim 1, wherein the malfunction touch sensing portion does not overlap with a touch switch. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The touch sensing device of claim 1, further comprising a third sensor disposed on the substrate, and wherein the first sensor is disposed between the second sensor and the third sensor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The touch sensing device of claim 1, wherein the first sensor comprises a plurality of first sensors, and wherein the plurality of first sensors are spaced apart from each other. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The touch sensing device of claim 10, wherein a plurality of sensors comprising the second sensor are disposed close to the plurality of first sensors, respectively. ### Claim 12 A method for touch sensing, comprising: generating a first oscillation signal and a second oscillation signal by a first sensor and a second sensor, respectively, in accordance with an applied touch input; and determining whether the applied touch input is normal by comparing the first and second oscillation signals, wherein the first and second oscillation signals have resonance frequencies that vary in accordance with the applied touch input, wherein the first sensor is disposed in a normal touch sensing portion, and the second sensor is disposed in a malfunction touch sensing portion, and wherein the first and second sensors are disposed in a housing of an electronic device, such that the first and second sensors are positioned adjacent to each other in a direction from a front display disposed on one side of the housing to a rear cover disposed on another side of the housing opposite the one side. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the determining of whether the applied touch input is normal by comparing the first and second oscillation signals comprises: calculating first and second force values from the first and second oscillation signals, respectively; and determining whether the applied touch input is normal or a malfunction by comparing the first and second force values. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the determining of whether the applied touch input is normal or the malfunction comprises determining that the applied touch input is normal, in response to the first force being greater than the second force value. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the determining of whether the applied touch input is normal or the malfunction comprises determining that the applied touch input is normal, in response to the first force value being greater than a predetermined reference value. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: generating at least one additional oscillation signal by at least one additional sensor, in accordance with the applied touch input; and calculating at least one additional force value from the at least one additional oscillation signal, wherein the determining of whether the applied touch input is normal or the malfunction comprises determining that the applied touch input is normal, in response to the first force value being largest among the first force value, the second force value, and the at least one additional force value. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising generating an input signal to be delivered to a controller, in response to determining that the applied touch input is normal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising determining not to generate an input signal to be delivered to a controller, in response to determining that the applied touch input is a malfunction.