Patents by Inventor John P Maloney, Jr.

John P Maloney, Jr. 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).

  • Determining actuation of multi-sensor-electrode capacitive buttons
    Patent number: 8358226
    Abstract: Methods for determining actuation of a capacitive button are described. In some embodiments, indicia from the at least three distinct sensor electrodes associated with at least three sensor electrode elements comprising the capacitive button are received, the indicia indicative of interaction of an input object with the at least three distinct sensor electrodes. The actuation of the capacitive button is then determined, based at least in part on satisfying a set of criteria comprising: a location condition concerning a location of the input object relative to a center of the capacitive button, and a coupling condition concerning a change in capacitive coupling of the at least three distinct sensor electrodes associated with the at least three sensor electrode elements comprising the capacitive button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph Kurth Reynolds, Tracy Scott Dattalo, Raymond A Trent, Jr., John M Feland, III, Izhak Baharav, John P Maloney, Jr.
  • DETERMINING ACTUATION OF MULTI-SENSOR-ELECTRODE CAPACITIVE BUTTONS
    Publication number: 20090128374
    Abstract: Methods for determining actuation of a capacitive button are described. In some embodiments, indicia from the at least three distinct sensor electrodes associated with at least three sensor electrode elements comprising the capacitive button are received, the indicia indicative of interaction of an input object with the at least three distinct sensor electrodes. The actuation of the capacitive button is then determined, based at least in part on satisfying a set of criteria comprising: a location condition concerning a location of the input object relative to a center of the capacitive button, and a coupling condition concerning a change in capacitive coupling of the at least three distinct sensor electrodes associated with the at least three sensor electrode elements comprising the capacitive button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Joseph Kurth REYNOLDS, Tracy Scott Dattalo, Raymond A. Trent, JR., John M. Feland, III, Izhak Baharav, John P. Maloney, JR.