Patents by Inventor Markus Ahonen

Markus Ahonen 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).

  • Apparatus and associated methods
    Patent number: 9110545
    Abstract: An apparatus including a plurality of adjacent repeated base units, each base unit formed from an active electrode of first, second and third touch sensor arrays, the first, second and third touch sensor arrays each including a plurality of active electrodes connected to a respective common terminal of the touch sensor array, wherein each base unit includes an active electrode of the second touch sensor array interlaced between an active electrode of the first touch sensor array and an active electrode of the third touch sensor array such that a swipe touch gesture applied to two or more adjacent active electrodes of the apparatus generates signalling at the respective common terminals of the corresponding touch sensor arrays which allows the direction of the swipe touch gesture to be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Zoran Radivojevic, Paul Beecher, Chris Bower, Piers Andrew, Darryl Cotton, Samiul Haque, Michael Astley, Markus Ahonen
  • Apparatus and Associated Methods
    Publication number: 20140049505
    Abstract: An apparatus including a plurality of adjacent repeated base units, each base unit formed from an active electrode of first, second and third touch sensor arrays, the first, second and third touch sensor arrays each including a plurality of active electrodes connected to a respective common terminal of the touch sensor array, wherein each base unit includes an active electrode of the second touch sensor array interlaced between an active electrode of the first touch sensor array and an active electrode of the third touch sensor array such that a swipe touch gesture applied to two or more adjacent active electrodes of the apparatus generates signalling at the respective common terminals of the corresponding touch sensor arrays which allows the direction of the swipe touch gesture to be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Zoran RADIVOJEVIC, Paul Beecher, Chris Bower, Piers Andrew, Darryl Cotton, Samiul Haque, Michael Astley, Markus Ahonen