Method of reducing the space occupied by electrode routing traces on single layer touch sensor

    公开(公告)号:US10152163B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-11

    申请号:US15066875

    申请日:2016-03-10

    IPC分类号: G06F3/045 G06F3/044 G06F3/041

    摘要: A system and method for reducing the number of electrodes needed to operate a touch sensor by arrangement of drive and sense electrodes on a single layer touch sensor, the electrodes being arranged such that drive signals that are sent to the electrodes are sent in a non-uniform pattern that enables selected regions of the touch sensor to generate a useful drive signal while the remaining regions do not. The arrangement of the drive and sense electrodes is such that the routing of signals to and from the electrodes may not interfere with operation of the touch sensor.

    Linear projected single-layer capacitance sensor

    公开(公告)号:US09760226B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-12

    申请号:US14747383

    申请日:2015-06-23

    IPC分类号: G09G5/00 G06F3/044 G06F3/0354

    CPC分类号: G06F3/044 G06F3/03547

    摘要: A touch sensor having a plurality of parallel drive electrodes that are being electrically driven, providing stimulus on one end or simultaneously on both ends, thus creating a linear or varying electric field across the length of the drive electrodes, wherein adjacent sensor electrodes are connected to a sense amplifier and analog-to-digital (ADC) converter to determine the position of an object that comes near to the drive and/or sense electrodes, wherein the system uses self-capacitance and measures the amount of current driven by each driver, wherein the system uses a mutual capacitance current divider in a first method by driving an electrode with a time varying voltage and measuring induced currents at each end of an adjacent sense electrode and using ratiometric equations to determine finger position, and using a mutual capacitance voltage divider in a second method.

    Graduated routing for electrodes coupled to touch sensor electrodes
    6.
    发明授权
    Graduated routing for electrodes coupled to touch sensor electrodes 有权
    用于耦合到触摸传感器电极的电极的分级布线

    公开(公告)号:US09572263B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-14

    申请号:US14564848

    申请日:2014-12-09

    IPC分类号: H05K3/10 G06F17/50 G06F3/044

    摘要: A system and method for balancing the capacitive charge on touch sensor electrodes so that every two adjacent routes have the same capacitance as any other adjacent two routes, wherein routing electrodes are spaced further and further apart, or graduated, as they get longer, to thereby balance the capacitance on the touch sensor electrodes without having to add or subtract an offset from each touch sensor electrode.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于平衡触摸传感器电极上的电容电荷的系统和方法,使得每两个相邻的路线具有与任何其它相邻的两条路线相同的电容,其中布线电极在它们变长时进一步间隔开或分级, 平衡触摸传感器电极上的电容,而无需增加或减去每个触摸传感器电极的偏移。

    MULTIPLEXING AND DEMULTIPLEXING TO REDUCE DRIVE AND SENSE ELECTRODES FOR SINGLE LAYER TOUCH SENSORS
    7.
    发明申请
    MULTIPLEXING AND DEMULTIPLEXING TO REDUCE DRIVE AND SENSE ELECTRODES FOR SINGLE LAYER TOUCH SENSORS 有权
    多路复用和解复用以减少单层触摸传感器的驱动和感应电极

    公开(公告)号:US20140267158A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-18

    申请号:US14206074

    申请日:2014-03-12

    IPC分类号: G06F3/044

    CPC分类号: G06F3/044 G06F3/0416

    摘要: A system and method for using data from a single-layer touch sensor to track a single object by using a coded stimulus drive pattern in order to multiplex data onto a sense electrode, measure the sense electrode, and then demultiplexing information from the measurement of the sense electrode in order to obtain position information regarding at least one object on the touch sensor.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于使用来自单层触摸传感器的数据通过使用编码的刺激驱动模式来跟踪单个对象以便将数据复用到感测电极上的系统和方法,测量感测电极,然后从信号的测量中解复用信息 感测电极,以获得关于触摸传感器上的至少一个物体的位置信息。

    Method of securing volumes of space in card readers
    10.
    发明授权
    Method of securing volumes of space in card readers 有权
    确保读卡器空间容量的方法

    公开(公告)号:US09483668B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-01

    申请号:US14928081

    申请日:2015-10-30

    发明人: Jared G. Bytheway

    摘要: Capacitive sensing electrodes may be placed in strategic locations inside, outside or inside and outside of a card reader, wherein touch sensor circuitry is then used to take mutual capacitance or self-capacitance measurements that are saved in non-volatile memory as a reference intrusion measurement that is not deleted when power is removed, wherein the reference intrusion measurement may then be used during subsequent intrusion measurements to determine if a skimming device has been disposed adjacent to the card reader, and if a skimming device is detected, appropriate action may be taken such as the automatic disabling of the card reader, the display of a message indicating that the card reader should not be used, or any other action that may prevent a financial card from being compromised.

    摘要翻译: 电容感测电极可以被放置在读卡器的内部,外部或内部和外部的策略位置,其中触摸传感器电路然后被用于采取保存在非易失性存储器中的互电容或自电容测量作为参考入侵测量 当电源被去除时不被删除,其中然后可以在随后的入侵测量期间使用参考入侵测量以确定撇取装置是否已被布置在与读卡器相邻的位置,并且如果检测到撇取装置,则可以采取适当的动作 例如读卡器的自动禁用,指示不应使用读卡器的消息的显示,或可能阻止金融卡受到损害的任何其他动作。