Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:10:55 +0900 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 6/6] input: Add a detailed multi-touch finger data report protocol (rev2) | From | Joon Young Shim <> |
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2009/1/28 Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>: > In order to utilize the full power of the new multi-touch devices, a > way to report detailed finger data to user space is needed. This patch > adds a multi-touch (MT) protocol which allows drivers to report details > for an arbitrary number of fingers. > > The driver sends a SYN_MT_REPORT event via the input_mt_sync() function > when a complete finger has been reported. > > In order to stay compatible with existing applications, the data > reported in a finger packet must not be recognized as single-touch > events. In addition, all finger data must bypass input filtering, > since subsequent events of the same type refer to different fingers. > > A set of ABS_MT events with the desired properties are defined. The > events are divided into categories, to allow for partial implementation. > The minimum set consists of ABS_MT_TOUCH_MAJOR, ABS_MT_POSITION_X and > ABS_MT_POSITION_Y, which allows for multiple fingers to be tracked. > If the device supports it, the ABS_MT_WIDTH_MAJOR may be used to provide > the size of the approaching finger. Anisotropy and direction may be > specified with ABS_MT_TOUCH_MINOR, ABS_MT_WIDTH_MINOR and > ABS_MT_ORIENTATION. Devices with more granular information may specify > general shapes as blobs, i.e., as a sequence of rectangular shapes > grouped together by a ABS_MT_BLOB_ID. Finally, the ABS_MT_TOOL_TYPE > may be used to specify whether the touching tool is a finger or a pen. >
Hi Henrik,
Sorry for multiple posts.
I want to know how calculates touch coordinates at user space using a set of ABS_MT. If i do dual touch, can i get correct two coordinates through ABS_MT report?
Joonyoung
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