Patents by Inventor Derek R. SOLVEN

Derek R. SOLVEN 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: 10444922
    Abstract: Sensor electrodes are coupled, in a first configuration, to input channels of a processing system. The sensor electrodes are used to acquire a measurement of current. In a second configuration that is different from the first configuration, the sensor electrodes are coupled to the input channels. The sensor electrodes in the second configuration are used to acquire a capacitive resulting signal. Positional information is determined using the current measurement and the capacitive resulting signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Derek R. Solven, Matthew Stevenson, Robert J. Bolender, Jonathan Losh
  • Publication number: 20180364833
    Abstract: Sensor electrodes are coupled, in a first configuration, to input channels of a processing system. The sensor electrodes are used to acquire a measurement of current. In a second configuration that is different from the first configuration, the sensor electrodes are coupled to the input channels. The sensor electrodes in the second configuration are used to acquire a capacitive resulting signal. Positional information is determined using the current measurement and the capacitive resulting signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Derek R. Solven, Matthew Stevenson, Robert J. Bolender, Jonathan Losh
  • Patent number: 9874983
    Abstract: In a method of capacitive sensing, a first plurality of sensor electrodes of a sensor electrode pattern is coupled, in a first configuration, to input channels of a processing system. The sensor electrode pattern is associated with a sensing region. The first configuration of the first plurality sensor of electrodes is utilized to acquire a measurement of current. A noise environment is determined through analysis of the measurement of current. At least one subset of the first plurality of sensor electrodes is coupled, in a second configuration, to the input channels. The second configuration and the first configuration are different. The second configuration of the first plurality of sensor electrodes is utilized to acquire capacitive resulting signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Derek R. Solven, Matthew Stevenson, Robert J. Bolender, Jonathan Losh
  • Publication number: 20160378221
    Abstract: In a method of capacitive sensing, a first plurality of sensor electrodes of a sensor electrode pattern is coupled, in a first configuration, to input channels of a processing system. The sensor electrode pattern is associated with a sensing region. The first configuration of the first plurality sensor of electrodes is utilized to acquire a measurement of current. A noise environment is determined through analysis of the measurement of current. At least one subset of the first plurality of sensor electrodes is coupled, in a second configuration, to the input channels. The second configuration and the first configuration are different. The second configuration of the first plurality of sensor electrodes is utilized to acquire capacitive resulting signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Derek R. SOLVEN, Matthew STEVENSON, Robert J. BOLENDER, Jonathan LOSH