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Force Sensing: Display Input Option Provides Flexibility and Reliability

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Force Sensing: Display Input Option Provides Flexibility and Reliability

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  • Author: Reinhard Schaar
Force sensing is understood as an input or control function that requires a force or pressure – however strong – to trigger a function. This can be employed so that a false positive can be avoided, as well as expanding on input possibilities, such as coupling this with menu selections. The most common use of force sensing can be found on previous generations of smartphones that required touch to wake-up and perform other functions. Smartphone manufacturers used a static, demarcated area that was pressure sensitive. Instead of a button that mechanically moves, the home button provide d haptic feedback to give users the feel of pushing a bu tton. Even earlier generations of smartphones had home bu ttons that did deflect upon touch.

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