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US 2019/0197264 A1Published application
Apparatus, methods and computer programs for enabling information to be read from an apparatus
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsMark ALLEN, Chris BOWER, Darryl COTTON, Yinglin LIU
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Abstract
An apparatus and method and electronic device, the apparatus comprising: a memory element configured to store information; a switching element coupled to the memory element; wherein the switching element is configured to be switched from a first state to a second state in response to an input signal provided by a capacitive touch screen and wherein when the switching element is in the second state the information can be read from the memory element by the capacitive touch screen.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a memory element configured to store information;
- and
- a switching element coupled to the memory element,
- wherein the switching element is configured to be switched from a first state to a second state in response to an input signal from a capacitive touch screen external to the apparatus and wherein when the switching element is in the second state, the memory element is configured to provide at least part of the information in the memory element to the capacitive touch screen external to the apparatus.
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A method comprising:
- providing an apparatus comprising a memory element configured to store information;
- and
- coupling a switching element to the memory element;
- wherein the switching element is configured to be switched from a first state to a second state in response to an input signal from a capacitive touch screen external to the apparatus and wherein when the switching element is in the second state the memory element is configured to provide at least part of the data in the memory element to the capacitive touch screen external to the apparatus.
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An electronic device comprising:
- processing circuitry;
- memory circuitry including computer program code;
- and
- a capacitive touch screen;
- the memory circuitry and the computer program code configured to, with the processing circuitry, cause the electronic device at least to perform:
- detecting an apparatus external to the electronic device overlaying the capacitive touch screen external to the apparatus;
- determining a position of at least one reference electrode of the apparatus;
- using the determined position of the at least one reference electrode of the apparatus to determine a position of a switching element within the apparatus;
- and
- activating the capacitive touch screen in a region underneath the switching element to enable data to be read from the apparatus by the capacitive touch screen.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.