公开(公告)号：US08526767B2

公开(公告)日：2013-09-03

申请号：US12254043

申请日：2008-10-20

申请人： Alan Bowens

发明人： Alan Bowens

IPC分类号： G06K9/22

CPC分类号： G06K9/24 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/045 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F2203/04808

摘要： A state machine gesture recognition algorithm for interpreting streams of coordinates received from a touch sensor. The gesture recognition code can be written in a high level language such as C and then compiled and embedded in a microcontroller chip, or CPU chip as desired. The gesture recognition code can be loaded into the same chip that interprets the touch signals from the touch sensor and generates the time series data, e.g. a microcontroller, or other programmable logic device such as a field programmable gate array.

公开(公告)号：US07986152B2

公开(公告)日：2011-07-26

申请号：US12898153

申请日：2010-10-05

申请人： Harald Philipp ,  Samuel Brunet ,  Matthew Trend ,  Alan Bowens

发明人： Harald Philipp ,  Samuel Brunet ,  Matthew Trend ,  Alan Bowens

IPC分类号： G01R27/26

CPC分类号： G06F3/044

摘要： In one embodiment, a sensor includes a substrate; multiple interconnected sense elements arranged in a first direction on a surface of the substrate; and first interconnected drive elements arranged on a surface of the substrate in the first direction. Each respective one of the first interconnected drive elements are located adjacent to and between respective ones of the sense elements to form first sets of sense and drive elements alternating in the first direction. The sensor also includes second interconnected drive elements arranged on a surface of the substrate in a second direction. Each respective one of the second interconnected drive elements are located between respective ones of the sense elements to form second sets of sense and drive elements alternating in the second direction.

摘要翻译： 在一个实施例中，传感器包括基板; 在基板的表面上沿第一方向布置的多个互连的感测元件; 以及在所述第一方向上布置在所述基板的表面上的第一互连驱动元件。 第一互连驱动元件中的每个相应的一个位于相邻的感测元件之间并且位于相应的感测元件之间，以形成在第一方向上交替的第一组感测元件和驱动元件。 传感器还包括在第二方向上布置在基板的表面上的第二互连驱动元件。 第二互连驱动元件中的每个相应的一个位于相应的感测元件之间，以形成在第二方向上交替的第二组感测和驱动元件。

公开(公告)号：US20090273571A1

公开(公告)日：2009-11-05

申请号：US12254043

申请日：2008-10-20

申请人： Alan Bowens

发明人： Alan Bowens

IPC分类号： G06F3/041

CPC分类号： G06K9/24 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/045 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F2203/04808

摘要： A state machine gesture recognition algorithm for interpreting streams of coordinates received from a touch sensor. The gesture recognition code can be written in a high level language such as C and then compiled and embedded in a microcontroller chip, or CPU chip as desired. The gesture recognition code can be loaded into the same chip that interprets the touch signals from the touch sensor and generates the time series data, e.g. a microcontroller, or other programmable logic device such as a field programmable gate array.

摘要翻译： 一种用于解释从触摸传感器接收的坐标流的状态机手势识别算法。 手势识别码可以用诸如C的高级语言编写，然后根据需要编译并嵌入到微控制器芯片或CPU芯片中。 手势识别码可以被加载到解释来自触摸传感器的触摸信号的相同芯片中，并产生时间序列数据，例如， 微控制器或其他可编程逻辑器件，例如现场可编程门阵列。

公开(公告)号：US20130335358A1

公开(公告)日：2013-12-19

申请号：US13974977

申请日：2013-08-23

申请人： Alan Bowens

发明人： Alan Bowens

IPC分类号： G06F3/041

CPC分类号： G06K9/24 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/045 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F2203/04808

摘要： A state machine gesture recognition algorithm for interpreting streams of coordinates received from a touch sensor. The gesture recognition code can be written in a high level language such as C and then compiled and embedded in a microcontroller chip, or CPU chip as desired. The gesture recognition code can be loaded into the same chip that interprets the touch signals from the touch sensor and generates the time series data, e.g. a microcontroller, or other programmable logic device such as a field programmable gate array.

公开(公告)号：US20110022351A1

公开(公告)日：2011-01-27

申请号：US12898153

申请日：2010-10-05

申请人： Harald Philipp ,  Samuel Brunet ,  Matthew Trend ,  Alan Bowens

发明人： Harald Philipp ,  Samuel Brunet ,  Matthew Trend ,  Alan Bowens

IPC分类号： G06F15/00 ,  G01R27/26

CPC分类号： G06F3/044

摘要： A sensor for determining a position for an adjacent object in two dimensions is described. The sensor comprises a substrate with a sensitive area defined by a pattern of electrodes, wherein the pattern of electrodes includes a first group of drive elements interconnected to form a plurality of row electrodes extending along a first direction, a second group of drive elements interconnected to form a plurality of column electrodes extending along a second direction, and a group of sense elements interconnected to form a sense electrode extending along both the first and second directions. The sensor further comprises a controller comprising a drive unit for applying drive signals to the row and column electrodes, and a sense unit for measuring sense signals representing a degree of coupling of the drive signals applied to the row and column electrodes to the sense electrode. Thus a 2D position sensor requiring only a single sense channel is provided.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于确定两个相邻物体的位置的传感器。 传感器包括具有由电极图案限定的敏感区域的基底，其中电极图案包括互连以形成沿着第一方向延伸的多个行电极的第一组驱动元件，第二组驱动元件互连到 形成沿着第二方向延伸的多个列电极，以及互连的一组感测元件，以形成沿着第一和第二方向延伸的检测电极。 传感器还包括控制器，该控制器包括用于向行电极和列电极施加驱动信号的驱动单元，以及感测单元，用于测量表示施加到行电极与列电极的感测电极的驱动信号的耦合程度的感测信号。 因此，提供仅需要单个感测通道的2D位置传感器。

公开(公告)号：US07821274B2

公开(公告)日：2010-10-26

申请号：US12114709

申请日：2008-05-02

申请人： Harald Philipp ,  Samuel Brunet ,  Matthew Trend ,  Alan Bowens

发明人： Harald Philipp ,  Samuel Brunet ,  Matthew Trend ,  Alan Bowens

IPC分类号： G01R27/26

CPC分类号： G06F3/044

摘要： A sensor includes a substrate with a sensitive area defined by a pattern of electrodes. The pattern of electrodes includes a first group of drive elements interconnected to form a plurality of row electrodes extending along a first direction, a second group of drive elements interconnected to form a plurality of column electrodes extending along a second direction, and a group of sense elements interconnected to form a sense electrode extending along both the first and second directions. The sensor may be coupled to a controller that includes a drive unit for applying drive signals to the row and column electrodes, and a sense unit for measuring sense signals representing a degree of coupling of the drive signals applied to the row and column electrodes to the sense electrode.

摘要翻译： 传感器包括具有由电极图案限定的敏感区域的基板。 电极的图案包括互连以形成沿着第一方向延伸的多个行电极的第一组驱动元件，互连以形成沿着第二方向延伸的多个列电极的第二组驱动元件，以及一组感 互连的元件形成沿着第一和第二方向延伸的感测电极。 传感器可以耦合到控制器，该控制器包括用于向行和列电极施加驱动信号的驱动单元，以及感测单元，用于测量表示施加到行和列电极的驱动信号的耦合程度的感测信号， 感应电极。