KEYBOARD SENSOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200320966A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-08

    申请号:US16904994

    申请日:2020-06-18

    申请人: SONUUS LIMITED

    摘要: A sensing system for a keyboard. Each key sensor comprises passive and active resonant circuits. The passive resonant circuit has a resonant frequency and the active resonant circuit excites the passive resonant circuit at the resonant frequency. A sensor driver drives the active resonant circuit with an RF drive signal, a multiplexing system multiplexes the drive signal such that simultaneously driven key sensors are separated by at least (k−1) keys, and a detector detects a level of RF signal from a driven key sensor for sensing a position and/or velocity of a key.

    COMPUTER INPUT DEVICES
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210294431A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-23

    申请号:US17266446

    申请日:2019-08-07

    申请人: Sonuus Limited

    IPC分类号: G06F3/02 G06F3/023 H03K17/95

    摘要: A sensing system for a computer input device. The sensing system comprises an actuator to attach to a key top or button. The actuator is moveable along an axis or hinged. The sensing system further comprises a biasing element to exert a biasing force on the actuator directed along the axis. The sensing system further comprises an actuator motion sensor associated with the actuator. The actuator motion sensor comprises a passive resonant circuit configured to be moved by the actuator and having a resonant frequency, an active resonant circuit configured to excite the passive resonant circuit at the resonant frequency, a sensor driver to drive the active resonant circuit with an RF drive signal at the resonant frequency, and a detector to detect a level of RF signal from a driven actuator motion sensor for sensing a position and/or velocity of the actuator.

    ELECTRONIC DRUMS
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210304718A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-30

    申请号:US17266479

    申请日:2019-08-07

    申请人: Sonuus Limited

    摘要: An electronic drum, comprising: a bottom member; a drum head; a drum sensor comprising: a passive resonant circuit mounted on the drum head and having a resonant frequency; and an active resonant circuit mounted on the bottom member and configured to excite the passive resonant circuit at the resonant frequency; a sensor driver to drive the active resonant circuit with an RF drive signal at the resonant frequency; and a detector to detect a level of RF signal from the driven active resonant circuit for sensing a position and/or velocity of the drum head; and a signal processor, coupled to the detector, configured to process the detected level of RF signal to sense a position and/or velocity of the drum head for determining when the drum head is hit.

    KEYBOARD SENSOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20220246122A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-04

    申请号:US17726190

    申请日:2022-04-21

    申请人: SONUUS LIMITED

    摘要: A sensing system for a keyboard. Each key sensor comprises passive and active resonant circuits. The passive resonant circuit has a resonant frequency and the active resonant circuit excites the passive resonant circuit at the resonant frequency. A sensor driver drives the active resonant circuit with an RF drive signal, a multiplexing system multiplexes the drive signal such that simultaneously driven key sensors are separated by at least (k−1) keys, and a detector detects a level of RF signal from a driven key sensor for sensing a position and/or velocity of a key.

    Electronic drums
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11449152B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US17266479

    申请日:2019-08-07

    申请人: Sonuus Limited

    摘要: An electronic drum, comprising: a bottom member; a drum head; a drum sensor comprising: a passive resonant circuit mounted on the drum head and having a resonant frequency; and an active resonant circuit mounted on the bottom member and configured to excite the passive resonant circuit at the resonant frequency; a sensor driver to drive the active resonant circuit with an RF drive signal at the resonant frequency; and a detector to detect a level of RF signal from the driven active resonant circuit for sensing a position and/or velocity of the drum head; and a signal processor, coupled to the detector, configured to process the detected level of RF signal to sense a position and/or velocity of the drum head for determining when the drum head is hit.

    Computer input devices
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11422637B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-23

    申请号:US17266446

    申请日:2019-08-07

    申请人: Sonuus Limited

    摘要: A sensing system for a computer input device. The sensing system comprises an actuator to attach to a key top or button. The actuator is moveable along an axis or hinged. The sensing system further comprises a biasing element to exert a biasing force on the actuator directed along the axis. The sensing system further comprises an actuator motion sensor associated with the actuator. The actuator motion sensor comprises a passive resonant circuit configured to be moved by the actuator and having a resonant frequency, an active resonant circuit configured to excite the passive resonant circuit at the resonant frequency, a sensor driver to drive the active resonant circuit with an RF drive signal at the resonant frequency, and a detector to detect a level of RF signal from a driven actuator motion sensor for sensing a position and/or velocity of the actuator.