Touch-based control device to detect touch input without blind spots
AssigneeBrilliant Home Technology, Inc.
InventorsBrian Cardanha, Bozhi See, Michelle Pillainayagam
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Abstract
A touch-based control device is operable to detect touch input over an entirety of the control device's exterior, including at regions of an exterior panel that (i) overlay portions of a circuit board where no touch sensors exist, and/or (ii) extend beyond a perimeter of a touch region or circuit board on which touch sensors are provided.
Claims20
A touch-based control device comprising:
- an interior housing;
- an exterior panel that overlays the interior housing;
- and
- a control module provided within the interior housing to implement touch detection at any location of the exterior panel, wherein the control module generates one or more output signals to control one or more connected devices based on a touch-input.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a control module of a touch-based control device, cause the control module to:
- detect a touch input performed at any location on an exterior panel of the touch-based control device, the exterior panel overlaying an interior housing of the touch-control device;
- and
- based on the touch input, generate one or more output signals to control one or more connected devices.
A computer-implemented method of operating a touch-based control device, the method being performed by a control module of the touch-based control device and comprising:
- detecting a touch input performed at any location on an exterior panel of the touch-based control device, the exterior panel overlaying an interior housing of the touch-control device;
- and
- based on the touch input, generating one or more output signals to control one or more connected devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.