Patents by Inventor Gadi Garfinkel

Gadi Garfinkel 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: 9690395
    Abstract: A digitizer system includes a designated sensing area comprising a plurality of sensing lines for sensing an electromagnetic signal emitted by a stylus, circuitry for detecting output from the plurality of sensing lines and for determining an interacting position of the stylus in the designated sensing area based on the output detected and a peripheral area contiguous to the designated sensing area. The peripheral area includes a plurality of conductive elements for connecting the sensing lines to the circuitry and at least one auxiliary sensing line extending over the peripheral area in the vicinity of the conductive elements and connected to the circuitry. The auxiliary sensing line senses the electromagnetic signal when it is emitted over the peripheral area and the circuitry detects output from the at least one auxiliary sensing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gadi Garfinkel, Eytan Mann, Arthur Gershfeld, Shimon Nahear
  • Patent number: 8913018
    Abstract: System and methods for determining multiple interactions with a digitizer sensor are provided. Entries in a matrix may be provided based on measured and reference values associated with junctions in a digitizer sensor. An entry associated with at least two extreme values related to respective at least to dimensions of the digitizer sensor may be located. A junction associated with the located entry may be designated as an interaction point. In some embodiments, one or more interactions may be determined using a topographical-like evaluation of interactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: N-trig Ltd.
    Inventors: Itamar Ben-Shalom, Gadi Garfinkel, Arthur Gershfeld
  • Publication number: 20130265258
    Abstract: A method for identifying input to a grid based digitizer sensor includes defining a matrix of data from outputs sampled from digitizer sensor, defining a function for modeling spread of a touch signal around a touch location and performing a convolution operation on the matrix of data based on the function defined for modeling spread of the touch signal. The grid based digitizer sensor defines a grid of junctions and entries in the matrix correspond to outputs at junctions of the grid based sensor. The convolution operation provides an updated matrix of data with enhanced touch information and detecting coordinates of the input to the digitizer sensor from the updated matrix of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Gadi Garfinkel, Arthur Gershfeld, Amir Zyskind, On Haran, Eytan Mann
  • Publication number: 20130234961
    Abstract: A digitizer system includes a designated sensing area comprising a plurality of sensing lines for sensing an electromagnetic signal emitted by a stylus interacting with the digitizer system, circuitry for detecting output from the plurality of sensing lines and for determining an interacting position of the stylus in the designated sensing area based on the output detected and a peripheral area contiguous to the designated sensing area. The peripheral area includes a plurality of conductive elements for connecting the plurality of sensing lines to the circuitry and at least one auxiliary sensing line extending over the peripheral area in the vicinity of the plurality of conductive elements and connected to the circuitry. The at least one auxiliary sensing line is operable to sense the electromagnetic signal when it is emitted over the peripheral area and the circuitry is operable to detect output from the at least one auxiliary sensing line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: N-trig Ltd.
    Inventors: Gadi GARFINKEL, Eytan Mann, Arthur Gershfeld, Shimon Nahear
  • Publication number: 20110310040
    Abstract: System and methods for determining multiple interactions with a digitizer sensor are provided. Entries in a matrix may be provided based on measured and reference values associated with junctions in a digitizer sensor. An entry associated with at least two extreme values related to respective at least to dimensions of the digitizer sensor may be located. A junction associated with the located entry may be designated as an interaction point. In some embodiments, one or more interactions may be determined using a topographical-like evaluation of interactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Itamar BEN-SHALOM, Gadi Garfinkel, Arthur Gershfeld