Patents by Inventor Phillip Acker, JR.

Phillip Acker, 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).

  • CAPACITIVE SENSOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180067155
    Abstract: A capacitive sensor device comprises a first sensor electrode, a second sensor electrode, and a processing system coupled to the first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode. The processing system is configured to acquire a first capacitive measurement by emitting and receiving a first electrical signal with the first sensor electrode. The processing system is configured to acquire a second capacitive measurement by emitting and receiving a second electrical signal, wherein one of the first and second sensor electrodes performs the emitting and the other of the first and second sensor electrodes performs the receiving, and wherein the first and second capacitive measurements are non-degenerate. The processing system is configured to determine positional information using the first and second capacitive measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph Kurth REYNOLDS, Phillip Acker, JR., Kirk Hargreaves, Shahrooz Shahparnia