Method of making a multi-touch input device for detecting touch on a curved surface

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9317140
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12488425

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Embodiments are disclosed herein that are related to input devices with curved multi-touch surfaces. For example, in one disclosed embodiment, a method of making a multi-touch input device having a curved touch-sensitive surface comprises forming on a substrate an array of sensor elements defining a plurality of pixels of the multi-touch sensor, forming the substrate into a shape that conforms to a surface of the curved geometric feature of the body of the input device, and fixing the substrate to the curved geometric feature of the body of the input device.

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  • MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Benko, Hrvoje Seattle, US 131 3995
Helmes, John Cambridge, GB 34 469
Izadi, Shahram Cambridge, GB 165 8006
Jenkins, Kurt Allen Sammamish, US 41 364
Rosenfeld, Daniel Seattle, US 25 773
Villar, Nicolas Cambridge, GB 75 1724
Westhues, Jonathan Bellevue, US 68 1333

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