Patents by Inventor Curtis Elia

Curtis Elia 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).

  • Patent number: 9798417
    Abstract: A processing system for baseline management includes a sensor module comprising sensor circuitry coupled to sensor electrodes. The sensor module configured to transmit transmitter signals and receive resulting signals with at least a portion of the sensor electrodes. The processing system includes a determination module operatively connected to the sensor electrodes and configured to acquire a mutual capacitive image from the resulting signals, generate a first thermal measurement based on the mutual capacitive image, and determine a thermal rate based on the first thermal measurement. The determination module is further configured to update a proximity baseline according to the thermal rate to obtain an updated baseline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventor: Curtis Elia
  • Publication number: 20160231860
    Abstract: A processing system for baseline management includes a sensor module comprising sensor circuitry coupled to sensor electrodes. The sensor module configured to transmit transmitter signals and receive resulting signals with at least a portion of the sensor electrodes. The processing system includes a determination module operatively connected to the sensor electrodes and configured to acquire a mutual capacitive image from the resulting signals, generate a first thermal measurement based on the mutual capacitive image, and determine a thermal rate based on the first thermal measurement. The determination module is further configured to update a proximity baseline according to the thermal rate to obtain an updated baseline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventor: Curtis Elia
  • Patent number: 9310457
    Abstract: A processing system for baseline management includes a sensor module comprising sensor circuitry coupled to sensor electrodes, where the sensor module is configured to receive resulting signals with at least a portion of the sensor electrodes. The processing system further includes a determination module operatively connected to the sensor electrodes. The determination module is configured to obtain a first profile from the resulting signals, calculate, using the first profile, a first statistic and a second statistic for the first profile, and select, according to a first range of the first statistic and a second range of the second statistic, a baseline relaxation technique from a plurality of baseline relaxation techniques to obtain a selected baseline relaxation technique. The determination module is further configured to adjust a baseline for the capacitance sensing input device according to the selected baseline relaxation technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Curtis Elia, Adam Schwartz
  • Patent number: 9035906
    Abstract: A processing system for capacitance sensing includes a sensor module and a determination module. The sensor module includes sensor circuitry coupled to sensor electrodes, the sensor module configured to generate sensing signals received with the sensor electrodes. The determination module is connected to the sensor electrodes and configured to obtain, for a predetermined timeframe, a profile from the sensing signals, obtain, for the predetermined timeframe, a noise statistic, and calculate, for the predetermined timeframe, a data signal statistic for the predetermined timeframe using the profile. The determination module is further configured to calculate a signal to noise ratio (SNR) by dividing the data signal statistic by the noise statistic. When the SNR satisfies a predetermined detection threshold, an input object is detected in a sensing region of the capacitance sensing input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Curtis Elia, Adam Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20140267131
    Abstract: A processing system for capacitance sensing includes a sensor module and a determination module. The sensor module includes sensor circuitry coupled to sensor electrodes, the sensor module configured to generate sensing signals received with the sensor electrodes. The determination module is connected to the sensor electrodes and configured to obtain, for a predetermined timeframe, a profile from the sensing signals, obtain, for the predetermined timeframe, a noise statistic, and calculate, for the predetermined timeframe, a data signal statistic for the predetermined timeframe using the profile. The determination module is further configured to calculate a signal to noise ratio (SNR) by dividing the data signal statistic by the noise statistic. When the SNR satisfies a predetermined detection threshold, an input object is detected in a sensing region of the capacitance sensing input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Curtis Elia, Adam Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20140278173
    Abstract: A processing system for baseline management includes a sensor module comprising sensor circuitry coupled to sensor electrodes, where the sensor module is configured to receive resulting signals with at least a portion of the sensor electrodes. The processing system further includes a determination module operatively connected to the sensor electrodes. The determination module is configured to obtain a first profile from the resulting signals, calculate, using the first profile, a first statistic and a second statistic for the first profile, and select, according to a first range of the first statistic and a second range of the second statistic, a baseline relaxation technique from a plurality of baseline relaxation techniques to obtain a selected baseline relaxation technique. The determination module is further configured to adjust a baseline for the capacitance sensing input device according to the selected baseline relaxation technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Curtis Elia, Adam Schwartz