Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)

To enhance the performance of touch to improve performance, structured noise can be muted from different aggressors. The specific noise characteristics can be determined for each respective category of touch nodes (e.g., row or column) among multiple groups of touch nodes in the masked image. The specific noise characteristic could be eliminated from the specific group of touch points within the touch image. For instance, a specific noise characteristic could be identified for each row, and/or for each column in the masked touch image. The specific noise characteristic could be eliminated from the specific column or row in the touch image that is not masking. Certain examples permit the subtraction and determination of the characteristics of noise to be repeated over the time period or until one or more noise criteria have been fulfilled.

Many types of input devices are currently available to perform operations in a computing system, such as keyboards, keys, mice joysticks, trackballs, touch sensor panels, touch screens and similar. Touch screens, in particular are well-liked due to their ease and versatility of operation and their decreasing price. A touch screen could be a transparent panel that has a touch-sensitive surface or a display device, such as liquid crystal displays (LCD) or light emitting device (LED) or organic light emission diode(OLED). The touchscreen panel is positioned behind the display so that the touch-sensitive panel is covered by at least some of the display device’s visible space. Touch screens allow users to perform different tasks using the use of a stylus, finger, or another object. The majority of the time, this is accomplished through the user interface (UI) that can be displayed on the display device. Touch screens can detect the position and touch of the touch sensor panel. The computer system interprets the touch in line with the display on screen at the time. After that, the computing system is able to execute one or more actions in response to the touch. In the case of some touch sensing systems, a physical touch on the display might not be necessary to detect the touch. In some touch sensing systems with capacitive technology the electrical fields that are used for touch detection can extend beyond the surface. Thus, objects close to the surface could be detected even without touching it. The performance of touch sensing devices however, is degraded bynoise including structured noise from different aggressors.

This is a reference to systems and techniques that reduce structured noise. It is possible to determine the noise characteristic that is specific to every group of touch points between multiple touch points within an image mask. You can remove the respective noise characteristic from the touch image of each group. A respective noise characteristic, for instance could be determined for each column or row in the touch image that is not masking. The particular noise characteristic may be eliminated from the specific column or row in the unmasked touch image. Certain examples demonstrate that the noise characteristics are calculated by applying background touch signals to touch nodes of each row or column. This will determine a noise offset which can be subtracted from each touch signal which corresponds to the nodes that touch the column or row of the touch image that is not masking. In some instances, the determiningand subtracting of the noise characteristics can be repeated over a window of time and/or until one or more of the noise criteria is met.

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