Patents by Inventor Bernard Hermes

Bernard Hermes 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).

  • Low-power and low-frequency data transmission for stylus
    Patent number: 9569016
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes initiating an acquisition of a first signal from an electrode of a touch sensor according to an acquisition frequency of the touch sensor. The method also includes reversing, with a controller, a polarity of the first signal to produce a second signal. The method also includes storing a first modulated signal at an end of the acquisition of the first signal, where the first modulated signal includes the second signal as modulated by one or more third-party signals during the acquisition of the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Brunet, Richard Collins, Bernard Hermes, Luben Hristov
  • Low-Power And Low-Frequency Data Transmission For Stylus
    Publication number: 20160048227
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes initiating an acquisition of a first signal from an electrode of a touch sensor according to an acquisition frequency of the touch sensor. The method also includes reversing, with a controller, a polarity of the first signal to produce a second signal. The method also includes storing a first modulated signal at an end of the acquisition of the first signal, where the first modulated signal includes the second signal as modulated by one or more third-party signals during the acquisition of the first signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Brunet, Richard Collins, Bernard Hermes, Luben Hristov