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9041652 |
Fusion keyboard
Touch sensitive mechanical keyboards for detecting touch events and key depressions on the keyboard are provided. The keyboard can include a set of individually depressible mechanical keys having... |
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9043725 |
User interface with enlarged icon display of key function
To improve the consumer experience with portable electronic devices, a user interface combines the use of capacitive sensors with tactile sensors in an input device. When a user places a finger,... |
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9024790 |
Capacitive keyboard with non-locking reduced keying ambiguity
Keyboards, keypads and other data entry devices can suffer from a keying ambiguity problem. In a small keyboard, for example, a user's finger is likely to overlap from a desired key to onto... |
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9019133 |
Low pin count solution using capacitance sensing matrix for keyboard architecture
An apparatus and method for selecting a keyboard key based on a position of a presence of a conductive object on a sensing device and a pre-defined area of the keyboard key. The apparatus may... |
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9019131 |
Terminal and method for executing function using human body communication
Methods and apparatus for human body communication are provided. A communication signal for transmission through the human body is generated. The communication signal is transmitted when the... |
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8994495 |
Virtual vehicle entry keypad and method of use thereof
Keypad indicia are integral with a window of a vehicle. The keypad indicia are formed using a ultra-violet (UV) fluorescent dye that is nearly invisible to a human eye until exposed to UV light. A... |
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8963696 |
Apparatus for performing key control with reduced key matrix pin count
An apparatus for performing key control includes an integrated circuit (IC) arranged to detect a key press according to some input/output signals of a key matrix, where the input/output signals... |
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8866641 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a keypad of a device
A device (2600) includes a controllable skin texture (2606) defining a keypad (2610), a sensor (2602), and control logic (200). The sensor senses a proximity of a pointing element (2900) to a... |
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8860547 |
Control terminal
A wearable control terminal for allowing a user to control a target object includes a contact detector, an impact detector, a motion detector, and a transmitter. The contact detector is mounted on... |
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8830188 |
Infrastructural haptics on wall scale interactive displays
An interactive wall provides tactile feedback based on detected touch and displayed content on the wall surface. Upon detecting a touch on the wall surface, the interactive wall provides real time... |
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8823675 |
Capacitive matrix touch sensor
A device includes a substrate, a top touch panel, and an electrode supported by the substrate including a conductive compressible material extending from the substrate to the top touch panel.... |
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8786554 |
Priority and combination suppression techniques (PST/CST) for a capacitive keyboard
Apparatus and methods are described for selecting which of a plurality of simultaneously activated keys in a keyboard based on an array of capacitive sensors is a key intended for selection by a... |
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8760413 |
Tactile surface
In one or more embodiments, a device includes a surface and an actuator mechanism operably associated with the surface. The actuator mechanism is configured to provide tactile feedback to a user... |
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8723832 |
Method for actuating a tactile interface layer
A method for actuating a tactile interface layer for a device that defines a surface with a deformable region, comprising the steps of detecting a gesture of the user along the surface of the... |
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8698001 |
Electrode structure of the touch panel, method thereof and touch panel
An electrode structure is provided. The electrode structure comprises a plurality of first conductive cells and second conductive cells separated from each other and disposed on a substrate; a... |
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8665224 |
Capacitance touch sensor
A capacitance touch sensor includes a square wave generator for generating a square wave clock, a sensor panel for receiving the square wave clock and then generating a panel signal, a peak... |
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8624759 |
Apparatus and method for an actuator in an electronic device
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is provided, comprising: a base element; a key top configured to pivot in relation to the base element; a first... |
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8604944 |
Systems, methods and apparatus for local programming of quantum processor elements
Systems, methods and apparatus for a scalable quantum processor architecture. A quantum processor is locally programmable by providing a memory register with a signal embodying device control... |
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8606177 |
Apparatus and method for controlling human body contact of ground electrode, and human body communication system using the same
Provided are an apparatus and a method for controlling human body contact of ground electrode, and a human body communication system using the same. The apparatus includes a resistance measuring... |
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8581871 |
Narrow frame touch input sheet, manufacturing method of same, and conductive sheet used in narrow frame touch input sheet
A narrow frame touch input sheet, and a conductive sheet used in the narrow frame touch input sheet, are suitable for a capacitive touch sensor having a narrow frame and two layers of transparent... |
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8564557 |
Device and method for parallel-scanning differential touch detection
A method for parallel-scanning differential touch detection is disclosed herein. The method includes generating a plurality of first outputs by a differential unit according to a plurality of... |
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8547114 |
Capacitance to code converter with sigma-delta modulator
An apparatus and method for converting a capacitance measured on a sensor element to a digital code. The apparatus may include a switching capacitor as a sensor element of a sensing device, and a... |
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8537036 |
Tongue based control device for transferring keyboard commands
A device for transferring keyboard commands from a user to an electronic apparatus or machine. An arm intended to be carried by the user as a headset, is provided with signal sensors responding to... |
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8508244 |
Method for improving scan time and sensitivity in touch sensitive user interface device
System and method for optimizing the consumption of power while maintaining performance in capacitive sensor arrays. A limited sensing area is used to improve the update rate and sensitivity of a... |
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8508374 |
Motor power module
A motor power module is provided that includes a control board mounted to the terminals of a relay. The control board includes a control circuit with a processor. The processor is operative to... |
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8497786 |
Capacitive keyboard with enhanced electrode areas
A touch sensitive capacitive keypad (200) is provided that multiple electrodes (201-210) and associated wire connectors (220-229) formed under a touch panel in a single layer of conductive... |
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8497844 |
Capacitive touch panel with high touching sensitivity
A capacitive touch panel has a plurality of first conductor lines and a plurality of second conductor lines. The first conductor lines are disposed in a first direction for sensing a contact with... |
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8487788 |
Determining actuation of multi-sensor-electrode capacitive buttons
In a method for determining actuation of a first capacitive button having a first set of at least three sensor electrode elements associated with at least three distinct sensor electrodes, and... |
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8482437 |
Capacitance sensing matrix for keyboard architecture
An apparatus and method for selecting a keyboard key based on a position of a presence of a conductive object on a sensing device and a pre-defined area of the keyboard key. The apparatus may... |
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8466814 |
Touch sensor
A touch sensor includes a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) that is transparent with respect to light in a visible wavelength band, an upper clad and a lower clad formed on the top face and the bottom... |
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8462022 |
Control unit for domestic appliances
A control unit comprising a light guide is formed and positioned in a circuit board for providing visual indication to a user of an appliance, such as a cooktop. The light guide receives light... |
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8456330 |
Configurable buttons for electronic devices
Configurable buttons for electronic devices such as portable electronic devices are provided. A configurable button may have a button member that moves relative to a device housing when it is... |
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8442578 |
Mobile personal services platform for providing feedback
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for generating feedback. In one aspect, a method includes receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors, wherein at least... |
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8421666 |
Analog to digital converter with adjustable conversion window
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first capacitor system and a second capacitor system. Each capacitor system comprises one or more engaged capacitors from respective pluralities of... |
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8416117 |
Analog to digital converter with dual integrating capacitor systems
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a first capacitor system and a second capacitor system. Each capacitor system is removably coupled to the same portion of an analog to digital converter... |
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8410897 |
Contact detection device for vehicular use and security device for vehicular use
Disclosed are a contact detection device for vehicular use and a security device for vehicular use that are capable of identifying whether contact is human-induced and that prevent erroneous... |
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8405527 |
Touch sensor system with memory
A touch sensor system. The touch sensor system may include a touch sensor configured to provide an output in response to contact with a touch area, a controller coupled to the touch sensor and... |
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8405528 |
Gesture based smart headphone
A gesture based headphone for controlling a media player device and method for using thereof. The headphone comprises a cord with a gesture sensitive region in the cord, and an interface for... |
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8395591 |
Electro-osmotic tactile display
The present disclosure generally relates to tactile display devices that include a reservoir for containing a driving fluid. A plurality of toxel portions may be sensitively drivable by the fluid... |
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8390481 |
Sensing capacitance changes of a housing of an electronic device
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed that allow measurement of a user's interaction with the housing of an electronic device. Some embodiments may measure the electrical characteristics of a... |
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8378981 |
Capacitive sensing with high-frequency noise reduction
A method and apparatus for sensing the presence of a body from a change in an amount of charge present on a capacitively charged key includes performing a measurement burst which generates a... |
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8378987 |
Sensing method and circuit for a capacitive touch panel
A sensing method for a capacitive touch panel includes charging a measure capacitor, setting the voltage across a mutual capacitor at the intersection of two traces of the capacitive touch panel,... |
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8358226 |
Determining actuation of multi-sensor-electrode capacitive buttons
Methods for determining actuation of a capacitive button are described. In some embodiments, indicia from the at least three distinct sensor electrodes associated with at least three sensor... |
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8339288 |
Light guide having a capacitive sensing grid for a keypad and related methodology
An electronic device may include a keypad having a plurality of predefined key areas and a light guide that may be used to illuminate the key areas. The light guide may include a capacitive... |
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8339293 |
Capacitive touch multi-function keys
The presently described technology relates to an appliance control panel having multi-function keys. The multi-function keys have multiple regions. A control panel operation module is provided for... |
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8330735 |
Capacitive touch circuit
A capacitive touch circuit includes a single comparator, a reference voltage control unit, a resistance adjusting unit, a delay unit, and a relaxation oscillation control unit. The comparator has... |
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8319671 |
Keypad structure
A keypad structure comprises a plurality of dome switches. Each of the plurality of dome switches provides a first tactile feedback to a user when pressed. At least one vibratory element is... |
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8319670 |
Input arrangement
The invention provides an input device of an electric apparatus and a method of manufacturing an input device, wherein the input device comprises: a key member for receiving an input from a user,... |
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8314720 |
Terminal and method for executing function using human body communication
Provided is a method and a terminal for executing a function of a terminal according to data transmitted and received through a human body, which includes detecting a touch in a human body... |
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8315832 |
Normalizing capacitive sensor array signals
An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method for reporting position information. Position information received from a plurality of capacitive sensors in an array of capacitive... |