Patents Assigned to Cirque Corporation
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Patent number: 11168973Abstract: A device may include a flexible material defining an exterior of a cavity, an interior electrode located within the cavity, a first peripheral electrode peripherally located with respect to the interior electrode on a first side of the interior electrode, a second peripheral electrode peripherally located with respect to the interior electrode on a second side of the interior electrode where the interior electrode is between the first peripheral electrode and the second peripheral electrode, a controller electrically connected to the interior electrode, the first peripheral electrode, and the second peripheral electrode, and programmed instructions written into memory of the controller where the programmed instructions cause the controller, when executed to measure a first capacitance between the first peripheral electrode and the interior electrode and measure a second capacitance between the second peripheral electrode and the interior electrode.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Cirque CorporationInventors: Jared Bytheway, Paul Vincent
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Publication number: 20210341344Abstract: A portable electronic device may include an electrical resistance sensor and a battery assembly being adjacent to the electrical resistance sensor. The electrical resistance sensor is positioned to be compressed when the battery assembly swells, and the electrical resistance sensor further includes a pressure sensitive material that exhibits a characteristic of changing an electrical conductance when compressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2020Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: Cirque CorporationInventors: Jared Bytheway, Brian Monson
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Patent number: 11163413Abstract: A touch sensor may include a substrate material, a continuous electrode arranged along a dimension of the substrate material, a segmented electrode transversely arranged with respect to the continuous electrode and wherein the segmented electrode is divided into multiple segments that are spaced apart at a distance from each other, and at least one trace that electrically connects the multiple segments.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Cirque CorporationInventor: Paul Glad
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Publication number: 20210286438Abstract: An apparatus may include an input surface, a plurality of key positions on the input surface, a force sensor positioned underneath the input surface at at least one of the key positions, and a proximity controller in communication with a capacitance measuring circuit incorporated into the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Cirque CorporationInventor: Brian Monson
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Publication number: 20210232233Abstract: A computing device may include a keyboard, a switch in mechanical communication with an underside of a key arranged in the keyboard, a processor, a transmit line electrically connected to the processor, a sense line electrically connected to the processor, and the transmit line and the sense line are selectively connectable through the switch when the key is depressed, memory in communication with the processor, and programmed instructions stored in the memory that, when executed, cause the processor to identify changes in capacitance from the sense line when the key is not depressed, identify a hand gesture performed proximate the keyboard based on the changes in capacitance, and execute an action based on at least one the identification of the hand gesture.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Cirque CorporationInventors: Brian Monson, Jared Bytheway, Jon Bertrand
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Patent number: 11073920Abstract: A multi-touch input system may include a control device having a body, multiple legs connected to the body; and each of the multiple legs having a distal end and each of the distal ends having an electrically conductive contact surface where each of the electrically conductive contact surfaces are independently movable with respect to each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Cirque CorporationInventors: David Taylor, Patrick Sherwood
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Publication number: 20210223887Abstract: A device may include a flexible material defining an exterior of a cavity, an interior electrode located within the cavity, a first peripheral electrode peripherally located with respect to the interior electrode on a first side of the interior electrode, a second peripheral electrode peripherally located with respect to the interior electrode on a second side of the interior electrode where the interior electrode is between the first peripheral electrode and the second peripheral electrode, a controller electrically connected to the interior electrode, the first peripheral electrode, and the second peripheral electrode, and programmed instructions written into memory of the controller where the programmed instructions cause the controller, when executed to measure a first capacitance between the first peripheral electrode and the interior electrode and measure a second capacitance between the second peripheral electrode and the interior electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: Cirque CorporationInventors: Jared Bytheway, Paul Vincent
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Patent number: 11069163Abstract: An apparatus may include a capacitance sensor, a processor in communication with the capacitance sensor, and memory having programmed instructions that cause the processor, when executed, to determine a closure status of a closure member based on a measurement from the capacitance sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Cirque CorporationInventors: Jared Bytheway, Ethan Sturm
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Patent number: 11061520Abstract: A system and method for increasing the proximity sensing distance of a touch and proximity sensitive touch sensor to thereby enable greater distance of detectability of a user in a proximity sensing mode of a touch sensor by driving a time varying voltage or drive signal onto a user who is also holding a touch sensor with at least one hand, and then sensing the drive signal from the user's fingers or thumb on sense electrodes that are on the touch sensor when the fingers are within a proximity sensing distance of sense electrodes in the touch sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Cirque CorporationInventors: Jared G. Bytheway, David C. Taylor, Jon Alan Bertrand
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Publication number: 20210149493Abstract: A system that provides mechanical movement of a surface of a touch sensor when force is applied, may include a substrate; a touch sensor formed on a substrate; a flex arm coupled to the substrate forming a flexible joint between the substrate and the flex arm; a housing for the touch sensor, the housing supporting the touch sensor at a distal end of the flex arm; and a force sensor integrated into the flex arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: Cirque CorporationInventors: Paul Glad, Jared Bytheway, Jon Bertrand
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Patent number: 11003279Abstract: An apparatus may include a touch sensor, a touch region of the touch sensor that is free of sense electrodes, a first peripheral region of the touch sensor and a second peripheral region of the touch senor and the touch region is located between the first peripheral region and the second peripheral region, a first sense electrode is located in the first peripheral region, a second sense electrode is located in the second peripheral region.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Cirque CorporationInventors: Brian Monson, Jon Alan Bertrand, Douglas Steck
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Patent number: 11003254Abstract: A computing device may include a keyboard, a switch in mechanical communication with an underside of a key arranged in the keyboard, a processor, a transmit line electrically connected to the processor, a sense line electrically connected to the processor, and the transmit line and the sense line are selectively connectable through the switch when the key is depressed, memory in communication with the processor, and programmed instructions stored in the memory that, when executed, cause the processor to identify changes in capacitance from the sense line when the key is not depressed, identify a hand gesture performed proximate the keyboard based on the changes in capacitance, and execute an action based on at least one the identification of the hand gesture.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Cirque CorporationInventors: Brian Monson, Jared Bytheway, Jon Bertrand
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Publication number: 20210134091Abstract: An apparatus may include a capacitance sensor, a processor in communication with the capacitance sensor, and memory having programmed instructions that cause the processor, when executed, to determine a closure status of a closure member based on a measurement from the capacitance sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: Cirque CorporationInventors: Jared Bytheway, Ethan Sturm
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Patent number: 10955933Abstract: An input device includes a keyboard system where the keyboard system includes a keyboard transmit line electrically connected to an integrated circuit, a keyboard sense line electrically connected to the integrated circuit, and the keyboard transmit line and the keyboard sense line are selectively connectable through a switch incorporated into the keyboard system. The input device also includes a capacitive touch system where the capacitive touch system includes a touch transmit line electrically connected to the integrated circuit, and a touch sense line electrically connected to the integrated circuit. The keyboard system and the capacitive touch system use at least one common component of the integrated circuit during operation, and the keyboard system and the capacitive touch system are executable simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Cirque CorporationInventors: Brian Monson, Jared Bytheway, Jon Bertrand
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Patent number: 10928911Abstract: A system and method for enabling an entire touchpad surface to mechanically move if sufficient force is used to press on the touchpad to perform a mouse click function, such as a right click or a left click, when the touchpad is mechanically buttonless, such as a forcepad, in order to provide haptic feedback on a touchpad that otherwise has none.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Cirque CorporationInventors: Richard D. Woolley, Paul H. Glad
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Publication number: 20210034166Abstract: An input device includes a keyboard system where the keyboard system includes a keyboard transmit line electrically connected to an integrated circuit, a keyboard sense line electrically connected to the integrated circuit, and the keyboard transmit line and the keyboard sense line are selectively connectable through a switch incorporated into the keyboard system. The input device also includes a capacitive touch system where the capacitive touch system includes a touch transmit line electrically connected to the integrated circuit, and a touch sense line electrically connected to the integrated circuit. The keyboard system and the capacitive touch system use at least one common component of the integrated circuit during operation, and the keyboard system and the capacitive touch system are executable simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: Cirque CorporationInventors: Brian Monson, Jared Bytheway, Jon Bertrand
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Publication number: 20210034159Abstract: A computing device may include a keyboard, a switch in mechanical communication with an underside of a key arranged in the keyboard, a processor, a transmit line electrically connected to the processor, a sense line electrically connected to the processor, and the transmit line and the sense line are selectively connectable through the switch when the key is depressed, memory in communication with the processor, and programmed instructions stored in the memory that, when executed, cause the processor to identify changes in capacitance from the sense line when the key is not depressed, identify a hand gesture performed proximate the keyboard based on the changes in capacitance, and execute an action based on at least one the identification of the hand gesture.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: Cirque CorporationInventors: Brian Monson, Jared Bytheway, Jon Bertrand
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Publication number: 20200379606Abstract: A touch sensor may include a substrate, a drive electrode on the substrate, a sense electrode on the substrate, and a deformable snap member disposed over the drive electrode and the sense electrode. The deformable snap member may include a deflectable metal material. When the metal material flexes from a resting position, a change in capacitance between the drive electrode and the sense electrode may be detectable.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: Cirque CorporationInventors: Paul Glad, David Taylor
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Patent number: 10852842Abstract: A computing device may include a keyboard, a switch in mechanical communication with an underside of a key arranged in the keyboard, a processor, a transmit line electrically connected to the processor, a sense line electrically connected to the processor, and the transmit line and the sense line are selectively connectable through the switch when the key is depressed, memory in communication with the processor, and programmed instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to measure at least one change in capacitance from the sense line, identify the at least one change as a capacitive characteristic indicative that the key is depressed, identify that logic configured to indicate that the key is depressed from measurements associated with a temporary connection made between the transmit line and the sense line failed to identify the key is depressed, and execute a command to indicate that the key is depressed.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Cirque Corporation, Inc.Inventors: Brian Monson, Jared Bytheway, Jon Bertrand
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Publication number: 20200310596Abstract: A touch sensor may include a substrate material, a continuous electrode arranged along a dimension of the substrate material, a segmented electrode transversely arranged with respect to the continuous electrode and wherein the segmented electrode is divided into multiple segments that are spaced apart at a distance from each other, and at least one trace that electrically connects the multiple segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: Cirque CorporationInventor: Paul Glad