Patents by Inventor Prakriti Chintalapoodi

Prakriti Chintalapoodi 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: 10489262
    Abstract: A method of detecting touch inputs, in the presence of moisture, in a sensing region of an input device. The input device acquires sensor information about the sensing region via a plurality of sensor electrodes configured for capacitive sensing. A first capacitive image of the sensing region is generated based on the received sensor information. The input device further determines a set of contiguous regions in the first capacitive image and selects, from the set of contiguous regions, one or more contiguous regions that correspond to valid inputs. The one or more contiguous regions may be selected based at least in part on a plurality of capacitive images previously acquired for the sensing region. The input device may further report positional information for each of the selected contiguous regions. For example, the positional information may be used to process user inputs associated with the selected contiguous regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Prakriti Chintalapoodi
  • Patent number: 10126892
    Abstract: A method for moisture detection includes obtaining absolute capacitive sensor data, and processing circuitry, determining a contiguous region in a capacitive image generated based on the absolute capacitive sensor data, determining a concavity parameter of the contiguous region, and detecting a presence of moisture based at least in part on the concavity parameter. The method further includes operating based on a presence of moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventor: Prakriti Chintalapoodi
  • Publication number: 20170269729
    Abstract: A method for moisture detection includes obtaining absolute capacitive sensor data, and processing circuitry, determining a contiguous region in a capacitive image generated based on the absolute capacitive sensor data, determining a concavity parameter of the contiguous region, and detecting a presence of moisture based at least in part on the concavity parameter. The method further includes operating based on a presence of moisture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventor: Prakriti Chintalapoodi
  • Patent number: 9746975
    Abstract: Hybrid detection includes determining a first profiles based on multiple capacitive measurements, segmenting the first profiles into one dimensional intervals to obtain multiple segments, determining multiple regions of interest using the segments, and determining a set of contiguous regions based on multiple mutual capacitive measurements. Hybrid detection further includes selecting, from the set of contiguous regions, a set of valid contiguous regions using the regions of interest, and reporting positional information for each contiguous region in the set of valid contiguous regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Prakriti Chintalapoodi, Nickolas Fotopoulos, Drew Keppel
  • Publication number: 20160282980
    Abstract: Hybrid detection includes determining a first profiles based on multiple capacitive measurements, segmenting the first profiles into one dimensional intervals to obtain multiple segments, determining multiple regions of interest using the segments, and determining a set of contiguous regions based on multiple mutual capacitive measurements. Hybrid detection further includes selecting, from the set of contiguous regions, a set of valid contiguous regions using the regions of interest, and reporting positional information for each contiguous region in the set of valid contiguous regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Prakriti Chintalapoodi, Nickolas Fotopoulos, Drew Keppel