Patents by Inventor Matthew Dominic Tenuta
Matthew Dominic Tenuta 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).
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Patent number: 9785291Abstract: A touch screen and machine-implemented method for providing a touch screen panel are provided. The touch screen is formed on a panel including a display area and a bezel area that at least partially surrounds the display area. The touch screen includes a first pattern of conducting material arranged on the display area of the panel and a second pattern of conducting material arranged on the bezel area of the panel, where the first pattern of conducting material is transparent.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2013Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Matthew Dominic Tenuta
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Patent number: 9619044Abstract: A trackpad device includes a top surface, a capacitive sensor operably coupled to the top surface, a resistive sensor disposed below the capacitive sensor and at least one controller operably coupled to the capacitive sensor and to the resistive sensor. The at least one controller and the capacitive sensor are configured to detect one or more objects on the top surface. The at least one controller and the resistive sensor are configured to detect the one or more objects on the top surface independent of the detection by the at least one controller and the capacitive sensor. The at least one controller is configured to determine locations of the one or more objects on the top surface using information from the detection by the at least one controller and capacitive sensor and information from the detection by the at least one controller and the resistive sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Matthew Dominic Tenuta
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Patent number: 9459727Abstract: A computing device may include a sensor controller configured to control operations of a human-touch capacitive sensor module, a near-field communication (NFC) controller configured to control operations of an NFC module, and/or a plurality of communication lines including a first communication line and a second communication line. Each of the first and second communication lines may be connected to the sensor controller and the NFC controller such that control signals are transferred between the sensor controller and the NFC controller to synchronize the operations of the human-touch capacitive sensor module and the operations of the NFC module.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: David Ness Schneider, Matthew Dominic Tenuta
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Patent number: 9436304Abstract: In one general aspect, a method can include receiving a plurality of indicators of interactions of a user with a plurality of locations of a touch-sensitive surface of an input area included in a base portion of a computing device. The method further includes receiving a plurality of indicators of pressure associated with at least a portion of the plurality of interactions, selecting a first interaction profile based on a first portion of the plurality of indicators of interactions and based on a first portion of the plurality of indicators of pressure, associating a first input mode with the first portion of the plurality of indicators of interactions based on the first interaction profile. The method still further includes associating a second input mode with a second portion of the plurality of indicators of interactions based on a second interaction profile different from the first interaction profile.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2013Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Aaron Leiba, Daniel Fourie, Matthew Dominic Tenuta, Aaron Matthew Eash
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Patent number: 9323365Abstract: A touch screen device and a method for constricting the touch screen device are provided. In some aspects, the touch screen device includes a transparent substrate. The touch screen device includes a first masking layer applied to an outer perimeter of an inner surface of the transparent substrate. The touch screen device includes a transparent conductor for a touch sensor applied to at least a portion of the first masking layer and a portion of the inner surface of the transparent substrate. The touch screen device includes a second masking layer applied to at least a portion of the transparent conductor on an inner surface of the first masking layer. The portion of the transparent conductor is arranged between the first masking layer and the second masking layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Matthew Dominic Tenuta
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Publication number: 20150301680Abstract: A computing device may include a sensor controller configured to control operations of a human-touch capacitive sensor module, a near-field communication (NFC) controller configured to control operations of an NFC module, and/or a plurality of communication lines including a first communication line and a second communication line. Each of the first and second communication lines may be connected to the sensor controller and the NFC controller such that control signals are transferred between the sensor controller and the NFC controller to synchronize the operations of the human-touch capacitive sensor module and the operations of the NFC module.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: David Ness SCHNEIDER, Matthew Dominic TENUTA
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Patent number: 9058079Abstract: A computing device may include a sensor controller configured to control operations of a human-touch capacitive sensor module, a near-field communication (NFC) controller configured to control operations of an NFC module, and/or a plurality of communication lines including a first communication line and a second communication line. Each of the first and second communication lines may be connected to the sensor controller and the NFC controller such that control signals are transferred between the sensor controller and the NFC controller to synchronize the operations of the human-touch capacitive sensor module and the operations of the NFC module.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2014Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: David Ness Schneider, Matthew Dominic Tenuta
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Patent number: 9007192Abstract: A tactile sensor includes a plurality of first sensing elements that are arranged in a plurality of rows on a first layer and a plurality of second sensing elements that are vertically aligned in a plurality of columns on the first layer. The second sensing elements in each column are electrically connected together and each of the plurality of columns are separate conductors from one another. The plurality of second sensing elements include a plurality of vertical elements that form an interlocking pattern with the plurality of first sensing elements.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Matthew Dominic Tenuta
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Patent number: 9007191Abstract: A tactile sensor includes a plurality of first sensing elements that are arranged in a plurality of rows on a first layer and a plurality of second sensing elements that are vertically aligned in a plurality of columns on the first layer. The second sensing elements in each column are electrically connected together and each of the plurality of columns are separate conductors from one another. The plurality of second sensing elements include a plurality of vertical elements that form an interlocking pattern with the plurality of first sensing elements.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Matthew Dominic Tenuta
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Publication number: 20150084868Abstract: A trackpad device includes a top surface, a capacitive sensor operably coupled to the top surface, a resistive sensor disposed below the capacitive sensor and at least one controller operably coupled to the capacitive sensor and to the resistive sensor. The at least one controller and the capacitive sensor are configured to detect one or more objects on the top surface. The at least one controller and the resistive sensor are configured to detect the one or more objects on the top surface independent of the detection by the at least one controller and the capacitive sensor. The at least one controller is configured to determine locations of the one or more objects on the top surface using information from the detection by the at least one controller and capacitive sensor and information from the detection by the at least one controller and the resistive sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventor: Matthew Dominic Tenuta
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Publication number: 20140098046Abstract: A tactile sensor includes a plurality of first sensing elements that are arranged in a plurality of rows on a first layer and a plurality of second sensing elements that are vertically aligned in a plurality of columns on the first layer. The second sensing elements in each column are electrically connected together and each of the plurality of columns are separate conductors from one another. The plurality of second sensing elements include a plurality of vertical elements that form an interlocking pattern with the plurality of first sensing elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventor: Matthew Dominic Tenuta
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Publication number: 20140097948Abstract: A tactile sensor includes a plurality of first sensing elements that are arranged in a plurality of rows on a first layer and a plurality of second sensing elements that are vertically aligned in a plurality of columns on the first layer. The second sensing elements in each column are electrically connected together and each of the plurality of columns are separate conductors from one another. The plurality of second sensing elements include a plurality of vertical elements that form an interlocking pattern with the plurality of first sensing elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2012Publication date: April 10, 2014Inventor: Matthew Dominic Tenuta