Patents by Inventor Xavier Pierre-Emmanuel Saynac

Xavier Pierre-Emmanuel Saynac 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).

  • Systems and methods for determining the location and pressure of a touchload applied to a touchpad
    Patent number: 8884913
    Abstract: A computing device with a multi-touch touch interface having a plurality of rows of contact points and a plurality of columns of contact points. For each other row of contact points, every contact point in the row is connected to form a row sensor. For each other column of contact points, every contact point in the column that is not part of a row sensor is connected to form a column sensor. The contact points that are not part of a row sensor and not part of a column sensor are connected together to form at least one shape sensor. A computing device with a multi-touch touch interface having a plurality of contact points has at least one layer of piezoresistive material, an insulating structure disposed between the plurality of contact points and the piezoresistive material, and a gap between the plurality of contact points and piezoresistive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Smart Skin Technologies
    Inventors: Xavier Pierre-Emmanuel Saynac, Arpad Kormendy, Adam Joseph MacDonald, Kumaran Thillainadarajah
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION AND PRESSURE OF A TOUCHLOAD APPLIED TO A TOUCHPAD
    Publication number: 20110260994
    Abstract: A computing device with a multi-touch touch interface having a plurality of rows of contact points and a plurality of columns of contact points. For each other row of contact points, every contact point in the row is connected to form a row sensor. For each other column of contact points, every contact point in the column that is not part of a row sensor is connected to form a column sensor. The contact points that are not part of a row sensor and not part of a column sensor are connected together to form at least one shape sensor. A computing device with a multi-touch touch interface having a plurality of contact points has at least one layer of piezoresistive material, an insulating structure disposed between the plurality of contact points and the piezoresistive material, and a gap between the plurality of contact points and piezoresistive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Xavier Pierre-Emmanuel Saynac, Arpad Kormendy, Adam Joseph MacDonald, Kumaran Thillainadarajah