Method of identifying gesture event types on a textile touch pad sensor

It is disclosed a method of identifying gesture event types on a textile touch pad sensor (10), the textile touch pad sensor (10) comprising a plurality of non-conductive yarns interwoven with conductive yarns forming a conductive grid (17), the method comprising the steps of: - memorize raw touch data generated by the conductive grid (17) during a predefined interval of time in which a gesture event is performed on the textile touch pad sensor (10); - estimating the type of a gesture event performed on the textile touch pad (10) sensor by analyzing the raw touch data generated by the conductive grid (17); - measuring the total time (eventLenght) of the gesture event performed on the textile touch pad sensor (10); - memorizing the longest time ( longestX longestY) during which a conductive yarn of the conductive grid (17) has been touched during the gesture event; - correcting the estimation of the gesture type, if the longest time ( longestX, longestY) during which a conductive yarn of the conductive grid (17) has been touched is greater than a quantity that is a function of the total time (eventLenght) of the gesture event.