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US 2013/0154989 A1Published application
System and method for touch screen
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorRobert Campbell
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides a touch screen. The touch screen includes a touch detector configured to determine a location of an object proximate to a front surface of a screen, and a force detector configured to determine a force that the object places on the screen.
Claims15
A touch input system, comprising:
- a screen;
- a stand attached to a case holding the screen;
- a detector is configured to determine a location of an object proximate to the front surface of the screen;
- and
- a force sensor disposed proximately to the stand, wherein the force sensor is configured to determine a force that the object places on the screen.
2 more elements
A method for operating a touch screen system, comprising:
- monitoring a touch detector to determine a location of an object proximate to a front surface of a screen;
- and
- measuring a force that the object places on the screen by reading a force sensor in a stand supporting the touch screen system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.