Patents by Inventor Lenard L. Milholland, JR.

Lenard L. Milholland, 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).

  • Geometrically based button discrimination in capacitive sensing applications
    Patent number: 8600688
    Abstract: Geometrically based system and method for receiving capacitive sensory input. User input may be received by a capacitive sensing pad. A signal may be generated by the capacitive sensing pad. The signal may indicate a size of an area in which the user input is received. The signal may be received by an input composed in processing circuitry and coupled to the capacitive sensing pad. A location of the user input may be determined by the processing circuitry based on the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Standard Microsystems Corporation
    Inventors: Peter J. Bills, Lenard L. Milholland, Jr.
  • Geometrically Based Button Discrimination in Capacitive Sensing Applications
    Publication number: 20120239327
    Abstract: Geometrically based system and method for receiving capacitive sensory input. User input may be received by a capacitive sensing pad. A signal may be generated by the capacitive sensing pad. The signal may indicate a size of an area in which the user input is received. The signal may be received by an input composed in processing circuitry and coupled to the capacitive sensing pad. A location of the user input may be determined by the processing circuitry based on the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Peter J. Bills, Lenard L. Milholland, JR.