公开(公告)号：US08726497B2

公开(公告)日：2014-05-20

申请号：US12511534

申请日：2009-07-29

申请人： Bernard O. Geaghan

发明人： Bernard O. Geaghan

IPC分类号： H05K3/02 ,  H05K3/10

CPC分类号： G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/04112 ,  Y10T29/49117 ,  Y10T29/49124 ,  Y10T29/49128 ,  Y10T29/49155 ,  Y10T156/10

摘要： A method of making a component for use in a touch sensor includes modifying a substrate having disposed on it a plurality of electrically isolated conductors. Subsets of the conductors are electrically coupled to form composite electrodes. The component can be used as a set of electrodes in a customized touch sensor.

摘要翻译： 制造用于触摸传感器的部件的方法包括修改其上设置有多个电隔离导体的基板。 导体的子集电耦合以形成复合电极。 该组件可以用作定制触摸传感器中的一组电极。

公开(公告)号：US08279187B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-02

申请号：US12511487

申请日：2009-07-29

申请人： Bernard O. Geaghan

发明人： Bernard O. Geaghan

IPC分类号： G06F3/044

CPC分类号： G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/04112 ,  Y10T29/49117 ,  Y10T29/49124 ,  Y10T29/49128 ,  Y10T29/49155 ,  Y10T156/10

摘要： A matrix touch panel having upper and lower electrodes, the upper electrodes being composite electrodes made of a plurality of spaced micro-wires, and allowing, for example, an electric field from lower electrodes to pass between the micro-wires and thereby capacitively couple with a touching object, such as a finger.

摘要翻译： 具有上电极和下电极的矩阵触摸面板，上电极是由多个间隔开的微线构成的复合电极，并且允许例如来自下电极的电场在微线之间通过，从而电容耦合 触摸物体，如手指。

公开(公告)号：US08183875B2

公开(公告)日：2012-05-22

申请号：US12324243

申请日：2008-11-26

申请人： Craig A. Cordeiro ,  Bernard O. Geaghan

发明人： Craig A. Cordeiro ,  Bernard O. Geaghan

IPC分类号： G01R27/26 ,  G06F3/045

CPC分类号： G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0416

摘要： Systems and methods determine the position of a touch on a surface of a device, such as a touch-sensitive device, by using passively-induced position-dependent electrical charges. In such a method, the position of a touching implement is determined on the sensing surface of a device. The method includes charging the sensing surface during a first time period by connecting all four corners of the sensing surface to a reference voltage, and over a second time period discharging two adjacent corners of the sensing surface into an integrator capacitor while connecting the two opposite corners to ground. The first and second time periods together form a charge/discharge cycle that is repeated a plurality of times, after which an output of the integrator capacitor is measured. This sequence is performed for each of the four pairs of adjacent corners of the sensing surface, resulting in four integrator capacitor output measurements, each of the four measurements being associated with a different sensing surface edge. The position of the touching implement on the sensing surface is then calculated using the four charge measurements.

摘要翻译： 系统和方法通过使用被动诱导的与位置相关的电荷来确定触摸设备在诸如触敏装置的表面上的位置。 在这种方法中，在装置的感测表面上确定触摸装置的位置。 该方法包括在第一时间段期间通过将感测表面的所有四个角连接到参考电压来对感测表面进行充电，并且在第二时间段内将感测表面的两个相邻角放电到积分电容器中，同时连接两个相对的角 到地面 第一和第二时间段一起形成重复多次的充电/放电循环，然后测量积分电容器的输出。 对感测表面的四对相邻角中的每一个执行该顺序，导致四个积分电容器输出测量，四个测量中的每一个与不同的感测表面边缘相关联。 然后使用四次电荷测量计算感测表面上的触摸器具的位置。

公开(公告)号：US20100188832A1

公开(公告)日：2010-07-29

申请号：US12754113

申请日：2010-04-05

申请人： M. Benton Free ,  Bernard O. Geaghan ,  Karl P. Hauck ,  Albert H. Libbey ,  Billy Lee Weaver

发明人： M. Benton Free ,  Bernard O. Geaghan ,  Karl P. Hauck ,  Albert H. Libbey ,  Billy Lee Weaver

IPC分类号： H05K9/00

CPC分类号： H05K9/0075 ,  G06F3/046 ,  G06F2203/04107

摘要： An energy transfer apparatus with a magnetic shield is configured to magnetically couple energy from a fixed location to a mobile or moveable device within a field-activated space of the energy transfer apparatus. Apparatuses include a location sensing surface and a drive coil arranged in relation to a periphery of the location sensing surface. A magnetic shield plate is disposed below the location sensing surface and the drive coil. The shield plate includes a number of radially oriented slots originating at, and distributed about, a periphery of the shield plate.

摘要翻译： 具有磁屏蔽的能量传递装置被配置为将能量从固定位置磁耦合到能量传递装置的场致动空间内的移动或可移动装置。 装置包括位置检测表面和相对于位置感测表面的周边布置的驱动线圈。 磁屏蔽板设置在位置检测表面和驱动线圈下方。 屏蔽板包括多个径向定向的狭槽，其起始于屏蔽板周围并分布在其周围。

公开(公告)号：US07724243B2

公开(公告)日：2010-05-25

申请号：US11290014

申请日：2005-11-30

申请人： Bernard O. Geaghan

发明人： Bernard O. Geaghan

IPC分类号： G06F3/41

CPC分类号： G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/045

摘要： The present invention provides touch sensors that incorporate electrodes that are capacitively coupled through a dielectric layer to one or more resistive touch sensing layers, for example for linearizing the electric field across the resistive layer of an analog capacitive touch screen or for addressing the conductive elements of a matrix type capacitive touch screen. Such a construction allows for new manufacturing methods and new ways of constructing touch sensors.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了触摸传感器，其将通过电介质层电容耦合的电极结合到一个或多个电阻式触摸感测层，例如用于线性化跨模拟电容式触摸屏的电阻层的电场或用于寻址 矩阵式电容式触摸屏。 这种结构允许新的制造方法和构建触摸传感器的新方式。

公开(公告)号：US20090167720A1

公开(公告)日：2009-07-02

申请号：US12335685

申请日：2008-12-16

申请人： Bernard O. GEAGHAN

发明人： Bernard O. GEAGHAN

IPC分类号： G06F3/045

CPC分类号： G01D5/24 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/04107 ,  H03K17/962

摘要： In capacitance measurement circuits and methods that measure capacitances at multiple locations by ramping voltage signals between reference levels, the phase of the voltage signal ramping can be controlled, for example to mitigate currents flowing between measurement locations. Such capacitance measurement circuits and methods can be utilized in touch sensor devices that determine touch position based on capacitance measurements on multiple locations on a touch surface. Controlling the phase of the voltage signal ramps can include concurrently starting the voltage signal ramps, for example by effecting a delay on at least one signal channel that has reached a voltage threshold, or by regulating all the voltage ramps according to a fixed frequency.

摘要翻译： 在电容测量电路和通过在参考电平之间通过斜坡电压信号来测量多个位置的电容的方法中，可以控制电压信号斜坡的相位，例如以减轻在测量位置之间流动的电流。 这种电容测量电路和方法可以用于基于在触摸表面上的多个位置上的电容测量来确定触摸位置的触摸传感器设备。 控制电压信号斜坡的相位可以包括同时启动电压信号斜坡，例如通过对达到电压阈值的至少一个信号通道进行延迟，或者通过根据固定频率调节所有电压斜坡。

公开(公告)号：US07439963B2

公开(公告)日：2008-10-21

申请号：US11927219

申请日：2007-10-29

申请人： Bernard O. Geaghan ,  Bulent Bulat ,  Kenneth J. Keefer

发明人： Bernard O. Geaghan ,  Bulent Bulat ,  Kenneth J. Keefer

IPC分类号： G06F3/041

CPC分类号： G06F3/044

摘要： A field linearization pattern and a touch sensor incorporating same are disclosed. The touch sensor includes a polygonal field linearization pattern disposed around a touch sensitive area. The field linearization pattern includes a first side and a second side that intersect at a first corner. The field linearization pattern further includes an inner row and an outer row of discrete conductive segments. The inner row includes a conductive corner segment at the first corner. The conductive corner segment extends along a portion of the first and second sides of the linearization pattern. The touch sensor further includes electronics configured to detect a location of an input touch applied to the touch sensitive area by generating an electrical current in the linearization pattern. A current flowing from the first side to the second side of the linearization pattern is substantially confined within the linearization pattern.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种场线性化模式和结合其的触摸传感器。 触摸传感器包括设置在触敏区域周围的多边形场线性化图案。 场线性化图案包括在第一角处相交的第一侧和第二侧。 场线性化图案还包括内排和外排的离散导电段。 内排包括在第一角处的导电拐角部分。 导电拐角部分沿着线性化图案的第一和第二侧的一部分延伸。 触摸传感器还包括被配置为通过产生线性化图案中的电流来检测施加到触敏区域的输入触摸的位置的电子设备。 从线性化图案的第一侧流向第二侧的电流基本上限制在线性化图案内。

公开(公告)号：US06781579B2

公开(公告)日：2004-08-24

申请号：US10377842

申请日：2003-03-03

申请人： Jianming Huang ,  Bernard O. Geaghan

发明人： Jianming Huang ,  Bernard O. Geaghan

IPC分类号： G09G500

CPC分类号： G06F3/045 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/04113

摘要： A touch screen panel including an insulative substrate; a resistive layer disposed on the insulative substrate; and a plurality of spaced conductive segments on the resistive layer along the border thereof. The conductive segments are disposed in rows, and every row has at least two segments which face at least a portion of three segments in the next inner row for optimizing the linearity of the touch screen panel and at the same time reducing the space occupied on the touch screen panel by the conductive segments.

摘要翻译： 一种触摸屏面板，包括绝缘基板; 设置在所述绝缘基板上的电阻层; 以及沿其边界的电阻层上的多个间隔开的导电段。 导电段设置成行，并且每排具有至少两个区段，其面向下一内行中的三个段的至少一部分，以优化触摸屏面板的线性度，并且同时减少在 触摸屏面板由导电段。

公开(公告)号：US06504583B2

公开(公告)日：2003-01-07

申请号：US09233305

申请日：1999-01-19

申请人： Chia-Yen Li ,  Frank J. Bottari ,  Bernard O. Geaghan

发明人： Chia-Yen Li ,  Frank J. Bottari ,  Bernard O. Geaghan

IPC分类号： G02F11335

CPC分类号： G06F3/041 ,  C03C17/42 ,  C09D183/08 ,  G06F3/045 ,  H01H2209/002 ,  H01H2209/014 ,  H01H2209/016

摘要： An anti-microbial touch panel includes a substrate; an active portion on one surface of the substrate; and a homeotropic organosilane layer deposited on the active portion for reducing survivability of microorganisms contacting the touch panel.

摘要翻译： 抗微生物触摸面板包括基板; 在衬底的一个表面上的活性部分; 以及沉积在活性部分上以降低与触摸面板接触的微生物的生存能力的垂直性有机硅烷层。

公开(公告)号：USRE33705E

公开(公告)日：1991-10-01

申请号：US191221

申请日：1988-05-06

申请人： A. Ronald Caprio ,  John P. Cyr ,  Bernard O. Geaghan ,  Paul C. Kotschenreuther ,  David J. Schanin ,  Ronald M. Salett

发明人： A. Ronald Caprio ,  John P. Cyr ,  Bernard O. Geaghan ,  Paul C. Kotschenreuther ,  David J. Schanin ,  Ronald M. Salett

IPC分类号： G06F11/267 ,  G06F12/06 ,  G06F13/30 ,  G06F13/378

CPC分类号： G06F11/2221 ,  G06F12/0653 ,  G06F13/30 ,  G06F13/378

摘要： The present structure is an interchangeable interface circuit card which per se includes: circuitry which is responsive to being addressed in accordance with its physical location; circuitry to generate signals which identify the circuit being addressed and the peripheral to which it is connected; and circuitry to generate signals which effect a diagnostic routine applicable to at least some of the interchangeable interface circuits on the circuit card being addressed. In addition the present structure includes priority circuitry which operates in conjunction with a data handling system to assert a priority value assigned to the interchangeable interface circuit card and which, based on that priority, determines which one of a number of interchangeable interface circuit cards will be permitted to control a common data path.