Patents by Inventor Michael Allen KOST
Michael Allen KOST 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).
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Patent number: 11972105Abstract: A force sensing system for determining if a user input has occurred, the system comprising: an input channel, to receive an input from at least one force sensor; an activity detection stage, to monitor an activity level of the input from the at least one force sensor and, responsive to an activity level which may be indicative of a user input being reached, to generate an indication that an activity has occurred at the force sensor; and an event detection stage to receive said indication, and to determine if a user input has occurred based on the received input from the at least one force sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.Inventors: Hamid Sepehr, Pablo Peso Parada, Willem Zwart, Tom Birchall, Michael Allen Kost, Tejasvi Das, Siddharth Maru, Matthew Beardsworth, Bruce E. Duewer
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Publication number: 20230052112Abstract: A force sensing system for determining if a user input has occurred, the system comprising: an input channel, to receive an input from at least one force sensor; an activity detection stage, to monitor an activity level of the input from the at least one force sensor and, responsive to an activity level which may be indicative of a user input being reached, to generate an indication that an activity has occurred at the force sensor; and an event detection stage to receive said indication, and to determine if a user input has occurred based on the received input from the at least one force sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.Inventors: Hamid SEPEHR, Pablo PESO PARADA, Willem ZWART, Tom BIRCHALL, Michael Allen KOST, Tejasvi DAS, Siddharth MARU, Matthew BEARDSWORTH, Bruce E. DUEWER
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Patent number: 11507267Abstract: A force sensing system for determining if a user input has occurred, the system comprising: an input channel, to receive an input from at least one force sensor; an activity detection stage, to monitor an activity level of the input from the at least one force sensor and, responsive to an activity level which may be indicative of a user input being reached, to generate an indication that an activity has occurred at the force sensor; and an event detection stage to receive said indication, and to determine if a user input has occurred based on the received input from the at least one force sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.Inventors: Hamid Sepehr, Pablo Peso Parada, Willem Zwart, Tom Birchall, Michael Allen Kost, Tejasvi Das, Siddharth Maru, Matthew Beardsworth, Bruce E. Duewer
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Patent number: 11269509Abstract: A force sensing system for determining if a user input has occurred, the system comprising: an input channel, to receive an input from at least one force sensor; an activity detection stage, to monitor an activity level of the input from the at least one force sensor and, responsive to an activity level which may be indicative of a user input being reached, to generate an indication that an activity has occurred at the force sensor; and an event detection stage to receive said indication, and to determine if a user input has occurred based on the received input from the at least one force sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.Inventors: Hamid Sepehr, Pablo Peso Parada, Willem Zwart, Tom Birchall, Michael Allen Kost, Tejasvi Das, Siddharth Maru, Matthew Beardsworth, Bruce E. Duewer
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Publication number: 20210405840Abstract: A force sensing system for determining if a user input has occurred, the system comprising: an input channel, to receive an input from at least one force sensor; an activity detection stage, to monitor an activity level of the input from the at least one force sensor and, responsive to an activity level which may be indicative of a user input being reached, to generate an indication that an activity has occurred at the force sensor; and an event detection stage to receive said indication, and to determine if a user input has occurred based on the received input from the at least one force sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.Inventors: Hamid SEPEHR, Pablo PESO PARADA, Willem ZWART, Tom BIRCHALL, Michael Allen KOST, Tejasvi DAS, Siddharth MARU, Matthew BEARDSWORTH, Bruce E. DUEWER
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Publication number: 20210034213Abstract: A force sensing system for determining if a user input has occurred, the system comprising: an input channel, to receive an input from at least one force sensor; an activity detection stage, to monitor an activity level of the input from the at least one force sensor and, responsive to an activity level which may be indicative of a user input being reached, to generate an indication that an activity has occurred at the force sensor; and an event detection stage to receive said indication, and to determine if a user input has occurred based on the received input from the at least one force sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.Inventors: Hamid SEPEHR, Pablo PESO PARADA, Willem ZWART, Tom BIRCHALL, Michael Allen KOST, Tejasvi DAS, Siddharth MARU, Matthew BEARDSWORTH, Bruce E. DUEWER
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Patent number: 10860202Abstract: A force sensing system for determining if a user input has occurred, the system comprising: an input channel, to receive an input from at least one force sensor; an activity detection stage, to monitor an activity level of the input from the at least one force sensor and, responsive to an activity level which may be indicative of a user input being reached, to generate an indication that an activity has occurred at the force sensor; and an event detection stage to receive said indication, and to determine if a user input has occurred based on the received input from the at least one force sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.Inventors: Hamid Sepehr, Pablo Peso Parada, Willem Zwart, Tom Birchall, Michael Allen Kost, Tejasvi Das, Siddharth Maru, Matthew Beardsworth, Bruce E. Duewer
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Publication number: 20200133455Abstract: A force sensing system for determining if a user input has occurred, the system comprising: an input channel, to receive an input from at least one force sensor; an activity detection stage, to monitor an activity level of the input from the at least one force sensor and, responsive to an activity level which may be indicative of a user input being reached, to generate an indication that an activity has occurred at the force sensor; and an event detection stage to receive said indication, and to determine if a user input has occurred based on the received input from the at least one force sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.Inventors: Hamid SEPEHR, Pablo PESO PARADA, Willem ZWART, Tom BIRCHALL, Michael Allen KOST, Tejasvi DAS, Siddharth MARU, Matthew BEARDSWORTH, Bruce E. DUEWER
