Patents by Inventor Martin FUCIK

Martin FUCIK 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).

  • Evaluation of touch screen display capacitance using a touch screen controller
    Patent number: 10528189
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for testing touch screen displays during manufacture. A touch screen controller (TSC) is packaged, and the analog channels of the TSC are characterized, with resulting data being stored for later use. The TSC is programmed, and the touch screen display and TSC are packaged together. The touch screen display is tested using firmware in the TSC, enabling calculation of the inherent capacitances between force and sense lines of the touch screen display when connected to the TSC during operation. The testing involves, for each force and sense line pair, measuring an output signal generated by a receive channel of the TSC coupled to the sense line of that pair. Based upon the data gathered during characterization, and the signals measured during testing, the capacity of the touch screen display is then calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Design and Application S.R.O.
    Inventors: Milan Andrle, Martin Havlasek, Martin Fucik
  • EVALUATION OF TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY CAPACITANCE USING A TOUCH SCREEN CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20190310736
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for testing touch screen displays during manufacture. A touch screen controller (TSC) is packaged, and the analog channels of the TSC are characterized, with resulting data being stored for later use. The TSC is programmed, and the touch screen display and TSC are packaged together. The touch screen display is tested using firmware in the TSC, enabling calculation of the inherent capacitances between force and sense lines of the touch screen display when connected to the TSC during operation. The testing involves, for each force and sense line pair, measuring an output signal generated by a receive channel of the TSC coupled to the sense line of that pair. Based upon the data gathered during characterization, and the signals measured during testing, the capacity of the touch screen display is then calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics Design and Application S.R.O.
    Inventors: Milan ANDRLE, Martin HAVLASEK, Martin FUCIK