Patents by Inventor Stuart W. Hutson

Stuart W. Hutson 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).

  • Input device having haptics sensing and corrective device sensing
    Patent number: 11972056
    Abstract: A method is provided. The method comprises obtaining, by a processing system and using a piezoelectric device, piezoelectric signals associated with user input on a sensing region of an input device; obtaining, by the processing system and using a corrective device, corrective signals associated with the user input on the sensing region of the input device; determining, by the processing system and based on the piezoelectric signals and the corrective signals, one or more events to be performed in response to the user input; and performing, by the processing system, the one or more events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Patrick A. Worfolk, Stuart W. Hutson
  • INPUT DEVICE HAVING HAPTICS SENSING AND CORRECTIVE DEVICE SENSING
    Publication number: 20230409118
    Abstract: A method is provided. The method comprises obtaining, by a processing system and using a piezoelectric device, piezoelectric signals associated with user input on a sensing region of an input device; obtaining, by the processing system and using a corrective device, corrective signals associated with the user input on the sensing region of the input device; determining, by the processing system and based on the piezoelectric signals and the corrective signals, one or more events to be performed in response to the user input; and performing, by the processing system, the one or more events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Patrick A. Worfolk, Stuart W. Hutson