Patents by Inventor Richard Robert Schediwy

Richard Robert Schediwy 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).

  • Finger/stylus touch pad
    Patent number: 8089470
    Abstract: A touch pad module to implement user input functions to an electronic device. The touch pad module includes a sensor layer which, when used in conjunction with an insulative layer and contiguous conductive layer enable the touch pad module to sense both finger and stylus input data to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Robert Schediwy, Federico Faggin
  • FINGER/STYLUS TOUCH PAD
    Publication number: 20090283342
    Abstract: A touch pad module to implement user input functions to an electronic device is disclosed. The touch pad module includes a sensor layer which, when used in conjunction with an insulative layer and contiguous conductive layer enable the touch pad module to sense both finger and stylus input data to the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Richard Robert Schediwy, Federico Faggin
  • Two-layer capacitive touchpad and method of making same
    Patent number: 6188391
    Abstract: By suitable use of screen-printed carbon ink patterning, combined with patterning of the solder-mask layer on the top (finger) surface, a compact capacitive touchpad pointing device has been realized using only a two-layer board as a substrate. The first layer, on the topside of the printed circuit board, combines both the horizontal and vertical sensor electrode traces. The second layer, located on the underside of the printed circuit board, is formed in the conventional manner by attaching the controller chip and/or related circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Synaptics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Seely, Robert Leonard Malak, Timothy Peter Allen, Richard Robert Schediwy, William Andrew Cesarotti