Patents Assigned to SENTONS INC.
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Patent number: 11907464Abstract: A signal to be used to propagate a propagating signal through a propagating medium with a touch input surface is sent. The propagating signal has been allowed to propagate through the propagating medium to a plurality of receivers coupled to the propagating medium. A received signal affected by a contact contacting the touch input surface is received. At least a portion of the received signal is compared with one or more reference signal signatures.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Shirish A. Altekar, Lapoe E. Lynn, Yenyu Hsieh
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Patent number: 10860132Abstract: A signal to be used to propagate a propagating signal through a propagating medium with a touch input surface is sent. The propagating signal has been allowed to propagate through the propagating medium to a plurality of receivers coupled to the propagating medium. A received signal affected by a contact contacting the touch input surface is received. At least a portion of the received signal is compared with one or more reference signals.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Shirish A. Altekar
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Patent number: 10732755Abstract: An indicator identifying a force intensity of a touch input provided on a touch input surface is received. It is determined that the touch input is associated with an audio volume control. An audio volume is controlled based at least in part on the indicator identifying the force intensity of the touch input.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Lapoe E. Lynn, Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Yenyu Hsieh
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Patent number: 10698528Abstract: A haptic feedback system is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of remote transmitters that are remote from a location of interest on a surface of the system. The system includes a signal generator that generates a signal for each of the remote transmitters. The remote transmitters propagate the signals through a medium of the surface and the signals interfere at the location of interest such that a localized disturbance is generated at the location of interest.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Lapoe E. Lynn, Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Yenyu Hsieh
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Patent number: 10585522Abstract: A propagating signal transmitted through a propagating medium is received where a detected disturbance to a signal property of the propagating signal is analyzed to detect whether a touch input has been provided. It is determined whether the detected disturbance matches a signature and in the event it is determined that the detected disturbance matches the signature, it is determined that the detected disturbance does not correspond to the touch input.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Lapoe E. Lynn, Shirish A. Altekar, Stanislav Maximov
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Patent number: 10509515Abstract: A touch input to a propagating medium is identified based on one or more of the following: (1) a determination that a third propagating signal (from a second transmitter to a first receiver) was interfered with while a first propagating signal (from a first transmitter to the first receiver) was not interfered with or (2) a determination that the second propagating signal (from a first transmitter to a second receiver) was interfered with while the fourth propagating signal (from the second transmitter to the second receiver) was not interfered with. In response to the touch input to the propagating medium being identified, a system which includes the first transmitter, the second transmitter, the first receiver, and the second receiver updates.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Lapoe E. Lynn, Stanislav Maximov
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Patent number: 10466836Abstract: A signal to be used to propagate a propagating signal through a propagating medium with a touch input surface is sent. The propagating signal has been allowed to propagate through the propagating medium to a plurality of receivers coupled to the propagating medium. A received signal affected by a touch input object contacting the touch input surface is received. At least a portion of the received signal is compared with one or more reference signals.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Shirish A. Altekar
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Patent number: 10444905Abstract: At a receiver associated with a transmitter-receiver pair, a propagating signal transmitted by a transmitter associated with the pair is received. A detected disturbance to a signal property of the propagating signal is analyzed with respect to reference data associated with the pair to detect whether a touch input has been provided. If the detected disturbance meets a criteria then the reference data associated with the pair is updated using the received propagating signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Lapoe E. Lynn, Shirish A. Altekar, Stanislav Maximov
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Patent number: 10444909Abstract: Detecting a location of a touch input is disclosed. Each of a plurality of transmitters coupled to a propagating medium emits a signal that is distinguishable from other signals emitted from other transmitters. The signals from the transmitters are received from at least one receiver coupled to the propagating medium to detect the location of the touch input on a surface of the propagating medium as indicated by an effect of the touch input on each of the distinguishable signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Yenyu Hsieh, Shirish A. Altekar
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Patent number: 10386966Abstract: Detecting a location of a touch input on a surface of a propagating medium is disclosed. A transmitter coupled to the propagating medium emits a signal. The signal is received using a receiver coupled to the propagating medium. The receiver is configured to receive the signal from the transmitter to at least in part detect the location of the touch input as indicated by an effect of the touch input on the signal. Spectral control of the signal is performed.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Shirish A. Altekar
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Patent number: 10386968Abstract: A system for determining a user indication is disclosed. The system includes a communication interface configured to send a signal to be used to propagate a freely propagating signal through a propagating medium with a surface and receive the freely propagating signal that has been disturbed by a disturbance on the surface. The system also includes a processor coupled to the communication interface and configured to process the received signal to determine a user indication associated with the disturbance.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Yenyu Hsieh
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Patent number: 10353509Abstract: Controlling an audio volume is disclosed. An indicator identifying a force intensity of a touch input provided on a touch input surface is received. It is determined that the touch input is associated with an audio volume control. The audio volume is controlled based at least in part on the indicator identifying the force intensity of the touch input.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Lapoe E. Lynn, Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Yenyu Hsieh
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Patent number: 10296144Abstract: A first transmitter transmits a first propagating signal to a receiver through a first region of a touch input medium corresponding. A second transmitter transmits a second propagating signal to the receiver through a second region where the second region is a subset of the first region. At least the first propagating signal and the second propagating signal are analyzed to identify, based on a determination that the first signal path was disturbed by a touch input while the second signal path was not disturbed by the touch input, the touch input on a part of the first region that is not part of the second region.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Lapoe E. Lynn, Stanislav Maximov
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Patent number: 10248262Abstract: Providing a user interface interaction is disclosed. A first set of one or more indicators associated with a first location on a touch input surface and a first force intensity of a touch input provided on the touch input surface is received. A user interface object associated with the first location is determined. A second set of one or more indicators associated with a second location on the touch input surface and a second force intensity of the touch input that has been in continuous contact with the touch input surface at least since the touch input was provided at the first location is received. The user interface interaction based at least in part on the user interface object, the first set of indicators, and the second set of indicators is provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2012Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Lapoe E. Lynn, Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Yenyu Hsieh
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Patent number: 10235004Abstract: A touch input system is disclosed. The system includes a medium configured to receive a touch input. The system includes an antenna located substantially adjacent and parallel to at least a portion of the medium where the touch input may be received. The system includes a transmitter substantially coupled to the medium, wherein the transmitter is configured to propagate a propagating signal through the medium. The system includes a detector that detects a disturbance to the propagating signal by the touch input, wherein the detector is configured to output data indicating the disturbance of the propagating signal that is indicative of a user indication.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2012Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Lapoe E. Lynn, Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Yenyu Hsieh, Michael L. Khitrov
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Patent number: 10209825Abstract: A signal to be used to propagate a propagating signal through a propagating medium with a touch input surface is sent. The propagating signal has been allowed to propagate through the propagating medium to a plurality of receivers coupled to the propagating medium. A received signal affected by a touch input object contacting the touch input surface is received. At least a portion of the received signal is compared with one or more reference signals of one or more touch input object types.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Shirish A. Altekar
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Patent number: 10198097Abstract: Detecting a touch input force is disclosed. A signal to be used to propagate a propagating signal through a propagating medium with a surface is sent. The propagating signal that has been disturbed by a touch input with an amount of force on the surface is received. The received signal is processed to determine an identifier associated with the amount of force.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2012Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Lapoe E. Lynn, Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Yenyu Hsieh
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Patent number: 10162443Abstract: Providing a virtual keyboard interaction is disclosed. An indicator identifying a force intensity of a touch input provided on a touch input surface is received. It is determined that the touch input is associated with a virtual keyboard. A virtual keyboard interaction is provided based at least in part on the indicator identifying the force intensity of the touch input.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2015Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Lapoe E. Lynn, Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Yenyu Hsieh
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Patent number: 10126877Abstract: At a receiver associated with a transmitter-receiver pair, a propagating signal transmitted by a transmitter associated with the pair is received. A detected disturbance to a signal property of the propagating signal is analyzed with respect to reference data associated with the pair to detect whether a touch input has been provided. If the detected disturbance meets a criteria then the reference data associated with the pair is updated using the received propagating signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Lapoe E. Lynn, Shirish A. Altekar, Stanislav Maximov
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Patent number: 10120491Abstract: A haptic feedback system is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of remote transmitters that are remote from a location of interest on a surface of the system. The system includes a signal generator that generates a signal for each of the remote transmitters. The remote transmitters propagate the signals through a medium of the surface and the signals interfere at the location of interest such that a localized disturbance is generated at the location of interest.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Sentons Inc.Inventors: Lapoe E. Lynn, Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Yenyu Hsieh