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`lines required to perform driving and sensing of the touch.
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`collected for each electrode detecting multiple touches on the touchscreen provides
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`compensation for retransmission in the-first set of lines).
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`claim 1, but does not explicitly disclose further comprising determining coordinates of
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`measured to determine the location (i.e., coordinates) of the finger).
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