Patents by Inventor Andrew Kinane

Andrew Kinane has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11556205
    Abstract: Disclosed are sensing systems and methods that eliminate CPU intervention or interrupts when performing sensor scans of a touch interface, supports low power sensing operation without requiring periodic wake up of the CPU, and is scalable to multi-channel or multi-chip sensor configuration to support large touch screens or a high number of sensors. A sensor scanning module may operate in a chained-scan using direct memory access (CS-DMA) mode or an autonomous scan-multiple scan (AS-MS) mode to perform scanning of all sensors within a frame without requiring CPU intervention or generating CPU interrupts after every scan in the frame. The sensor scanning module may operate autonomously in a low-power always-on scan (LP-AOS) mode for multiple frames without CPU interaction until a touch event is detected. The CPU may operate in a low power sleep mode during the scan while providing consistent refresh rate and low touch-to-system wake up latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Vibheesh Bharathan, Andrew Kinane
  • Patent number: 11531435
    Abstract: Technology directed to low-emissions touch controller in in-cell touch display systems is described. One in-cell touch controller includes a signal generator circuit that is configured to generate a sense signal according to a sensing function, the sense signal including a windowed sinusoidal waveform. The controller generates a transition signal to transition the in-cell touch display between a display function and the sensing function. The controller drives the sense signal and the transition signal on common voltage (VCOM) layer of electrodes during a touch scanning interval. During a display function interval an integrated display driver is configured to drive a first signal on the VCOM layer of electrodes during a display function interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Viktor Kremin, Oleksandr Pirogov, Jens Weber, Yarsolav Lek, Daniel O'Keeffe, Brendan Lawton, Khosrov D Sadeghipour, Gaurav Panchanan, Andrew Kinane
  • Publication number: 20220197435
    Abstract: Technology directed to low-emissions touch controller in in-cell touch display systems is described. One in-cell touch controller includes a signal generator circuit that is configured to generate a sense signal according to a sensing function, the sense signal including a windowed sinusoidal waveform. The controller generates a transition signal to transition the in-cell touch display between a display function and the sensing function. The controller drives the sense signal and the transition signal on common voltage (VCOM) layer of electrodes during a touch scanning interval. During a display function interval an integrated display driver is configured to drive a first signal on the VCOM layer of electrodes during a display function interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Viktor Kremin, Oleksandr Pirogov, Jens Weber, Yarsolav Lek, Daniel O'Keeffe, Brendan Lawton, Khosrov D. Sadeghipour, Gaurav Panchanan, Andrew Kinane
  • Publication number: 20220113855
    Abstract: Disclosed are sensing systems and methods that eliminate CPU intervention or interrupts when performing sensor scans of a touch interface, supports low power sensing operation without requiring periodic wake up of the CPU, and is scalable to multi-channel or multi-chip sensor configuration to support large touch screens or a high number of sensors. A sensor scanning module may operate in a chained-scan using direct memory access (CS-DMA) mode or an autonomous scan-multiple scan (AS-MS) mode to perform scanning of all sensors within a frame without requiring CPU intervention or generating CPU interrupts after every scan in the frame. The sensor scanning module may operate autonomously in a low-power always-on scan (LP-AOS) mode for multiple frames without CPU interaction until a touch event is detected. The CPU may operate in a low power sleep mode during the scan while providing consistent refresh rate and low touch-to-system wake up latency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Vibheesh Bharathan, Andrew Kinane
  • Patent number: 11226706
    Abstract: Technology directed to low-emissions touch controller in in-cell touch display systems is described. One in-cell touch controller includes a signal generator circuit that is configured to generate a sense signal according to a sensing function, the sense signal including a windowed sinusoidal waveform. The controller generates a transition signal to transition the in-cell touch display between a display function and the sensing function. The controller drives the sense signal and the transition signal on common voltage (VCOM) layer of electrodes during a touch scanning interval. During a display function interval an integrated display driver is configured to drive a first signal on the VCOM layer of electrodes during a display function interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Viktor Kremin, Oleksandr Pirogov, Jens Weber, Yarsolav Lek, Daniel O'Keeffe, Brendan Lawton, Khosrov D Sadeghipour, Gaurav Panchanan, Andrew Kinane
  • Patent number: 11093078
    Abstract: Disclosed are sensing systems and methods that eliminate CPU intervention or interrupts when performing sensor scans of a touch interface, supports low power sensing operation without requiring periodic wake up of the CPU, and is scalable to multi-channel or multi-chip sensor configuration to support large touch screens or a high number of sensors. A sensor scanning module may operate in a chained-scan using direct memory access (CS-DMA) mode or an autonomous scan-multiple scan (AS-MS) mode to perform scanning of all sensors within a frame without requiring CPU intervention or generating CPU interrupts after every scan in the frame. The sensor scanning module may operate autonomously in a low-power always-on scan (LP-AOS) mode for multiple frames without CPU interaction until a touch event is detected. The CPU may operate in a low power sleep mode during the scan while providing consistent refresh rate and low touch-to-system wake up latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Vibheesh Bharathan, Andrew Kinane
  • Publication number: 20210216168
    Abstract: Technology directed to low-emissions touch controller in in-cell touch display systems is described. One in-cell touch controller includes a signal generator circuit that is configured to generate a sense signal according to a sensing function, the sense signal including a windowed sinusoidal waveform. The controller generates a transition signal to transition the in-cell touch display between a display function and the sensing function. The controller drives the sense signal and the transition signal on common voltage (VCOM) layer of electrodes during a touch scanning interval. During a display function interval an integrated display driver is configured to drive a first signal on the VCOM layer of electrodes during a display function interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Viktor Kremin, Oleksandr Pirogov, Jens Weber, Yarsolav Lek, Daniel O'Keeffe, Brendan Lawton, Khosrov D. Sadeghipour, Gaurav Panchanan, Andrew Kinane