Patents by Inventor Sarah Marie Derichs
Sarah Marie Derichs 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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Publication number: 20240411406Abstract: A capacitive touch screen display operates by: receiving a plurality of sensed signals indicating variations in mutual capacitance associated with a plurality of cross points formed by a plurality of electrodes; generating capacitance image data associated with the plurality of cross points that includes positive capacitance variation data corresponding to positive variations of the capacitance image data from a nominal value and negative capacitance variation data corresponding to negative variations of the capacitance image data from the nominal value; determining, based on the positive capacitance variation data and the negative capacitance variation data, an upper threshold and a lower threshold; generating compensated capacitance image data, based on the upper threshold and the lower threshold; and processing the compensated capacitance image data to determine a proximal condition of the touch screen display.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, JR., Michael Shawn Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Hans Howard Eilers, Kevin Joseph Derichs, Sarah Marie Derichs, Patrick Troy Gray, Phuong Huynh
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Patent number: 12079429Abstract: A capacitive touch screen display operates by: receiving a plurality of sensed signals indicating variations in mutual capacitance associated with a plurality of cross points formed by a plurality of electrodes; generating capacitance image data associated with the plurality of cross points that includes positive capacitance variation data corresponding to positive variations of the capacitance image data from a nominal value and negative capacitance variation data corresponding to negative variations of the capacitance image data from the nominal value; determining, based on the positive capacitance variation data and the negative capacitance variation data, an upper threshold and a lower threshold; generating compensated capacitance image data, based on the upper threshold and the lower threshold; and processing the compensated capacitance image data to determine a proximal condition of the touch screen display.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Michael Shawn Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Hans Howard Eilers, Kevin Joseph Derichs, Sarah Marie Derichs, Patrick Troy Gray, Phuong Huynh
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Publication number: 20230289015Abstract: A capacitive touch screen display operates by: receiving a plurality of sensed signals indicating variations in mutual capacitance associated with a plurality of cross points formed by a plurality of electrodes; generating capacitance image data associated with the plurality of cross points that includes positive capacitance variation data corresponding to positive variations of the capacitance image data from a nominal value and negative capacitance variation data corresponding to negative variations of the capacitance image data from the nominal value; determining, based on the positive capacitance variation data and the negative capacitance variation data, an upper threshold and a lower threshold; generating compensated capacitance image data, based on the upper threshold and the lower threshold; and processing the compensated capacitance image data to determine a proximal condition of the touch screen display.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, JR., Michael Shawn Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Hans Howard Eilers, Kevin Joseph Derichs, Sarah Marie Derichs, Patrick Troy Gray, Phuong Huynh
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Patent number: 11720207Abstract: A capacitive touch screen display operates by: receiving a plurality of sensed signals indicating variations in mutual capacitance associated with a plurality of cross points formed by a plurality of electrodes; generating capacitance image data associated with the plurality of cross points that includes positive capacitance variation data corresponding to positive variations of the capacitance image data from a nominal value and negative capacitance variation data corresponding to negative variations of the capacitance image data from the nominal value; determining, based on the positive capacitance variation data and the negative capacitance variation data, an upper threshold and a lower threshold; generating compensated capacitance image data, based on the upper threshold and the lower threshold, to compensate for noise in the capacitance image data; and processing the compensated capacitance image data to determine a proximal condition of the touch screen display.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Michael Shawn Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Hans Howard Eilers, Kevin Joseph Derichs, Sarah Marie Derichs, Patrick Troy Gray, Phuong Huynh
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Publication number: 20230028217Abstract: A capacitive touch screen display operates by: receiving a plurality of sensed signals indicating variations in mutual capacitance associated with a plurality of cross points formed by a plurality of electrodes; generating capacitance image data associated with the plurality of cross points that includes positive capacitance variation data corresponding to positive variations of the capacitance image data from a nominal value and negative capacitance variation data corresponding to negative variations of the capacitance image data from the nominal value; determining, based on the positive capacitance variation data and the negative capacitance variation data, an upper threshold and a lower threshold; generating compensated capacitance image data, based on the upper threshold and the lower threshold, to compensate for noise in the capacitance image data; and processing the compensated capacitance image data to determine a proximal condition of the touch screen display.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, JR., Michael Shawn Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Hans Howard Eilers, Kevin Joseph Derichs, Sarah Marie Derichs, Patrick Troy Gray, Phuong Huynh
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Patent number: 11494032Abstract: A capacitive touch screen display operates by: receiving a plurality of sensed signals indicating variations in mutual capacitance associated with a plurality of cross points formed by a plurality of electrodes of a sensor layer adjacent to a compressible dielectric layer adjacent; generating capacitance image data associated with the plurality of cross points that includes positive capacitance variation data corresponding to positive variations of the capacitance image data from a nominal value and negative capacitance variation data corresponding to negative variations of the capacitance image data from the nominal value; and processing the negative capacitance variation data to determine a compressive touch condition of the touch screen display by a non-conductive object.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Michael Shawn Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Hans Howard Eilers, Kevin Joseph Derichs, Sarah Marie Derichs, Patrick Troy Gray, Phuong Huynh
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Patent number: 11397492Abstract: A capacitive touch screen display operates by: receiving a plurality of sensed signals indicating variations in mutual capacitance associated with a plurality of cross points formed by a plurality of electrodes; generating capacitance image data associated with the plurality of cross points that includes positive capacitance variation data corresponding to positive variations of the capacitance image data from a nominal value and negative capacitance variation data corresponding to negative variations of the capacitance image data from the nominal value; and processing the positive capacitive data and the negative capacitance data to determine a shape of an object on the touch screen display.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Kevin Joseph Derichs, Hans Howard Eilers, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Sarah Marie Derichs, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Michael Shawn Gray, Patrick Troy Gray, Phuong Huynh
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Publication number: 20220147219Abstract: A capacitive touch screen display operates by: receiving a plurality of sensed signals indicating variations in mutual capacitance associated with a plurality of cross points formed by a plurality of electrodes; generating capacitance image data associated with the plurality of cross points that includes positive capacitance variation data corresponding to positive variations of the capacitance image data from a nominal value and negative capacitance variation data corresponding to negative variations of the capacitance image data from the nominal value; and processing the positive capacitive data and the negative capacitance data to determine a shape of an object on the touch screen display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Kevin Joseph Derichs, Hans Howard Eilers, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Sarah Marie Derichs, Richard Stuart Seger, JR., Michael Shawn Gray, Patrick Troy Gray, Phuong Huynh
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Publication number: 20220137782Abstract: A capacitive touch screen display operates by: receiving a plurality of sensed signals indicating variations in mutual capacitance associated with a plurality of cross points formed by a plurality of electrodes of a sensor layer adjacent to a compressible dielectric layer adjacent; generating capacitance image data associated with the plurality of cross points that includes positive capacitance variation data corresponding to positive variations of the capacitance image data from a nominal value and negative capacitance variation data corresponding to negative variations of the capacitance image data from the nominal value; and processing the negative capacitance variation data to determine a compressive touch condition of the touch screen display by a non-conductive object.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Michael Shawn Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Hans Howard Eilers, Kevin Joseph Derichs, Sarah Marie Derichs, Patrick Troy Gray, Phuong Huynh
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Patent number: 11269456Abstract: A capacitive touch screen display operates by: receiving a plurality of sensed signals indicating variations in mutual capacitance associated with a plurality of cross points formed by a plurality of electrodes; generating capacitance image data associated with the plurality of cross points that includes positive capacitance variation data corresponding to positive variations of the capacitance image data from a nominal value and negative capacitance variation data corresponding to negative variations of the capacitance image data from the nominal value; identifying a presence of water on the touch screen display based on the positive capacitance variation data, and the negative capacitance variation data; generating compensated capacitance image data to compensate for effects of the water on the touch screen display in the capacitance image data; and processing the compensated capacitance image data to determine a proximal condition of the touch screen display.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Hans Howard Eilers, Kevin Joseph Derichs, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Sarah Marie Derichs, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Michael Shawn Gray
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Patent number: 11269455Abstract: A capacitive touch screen display operates by: receiving a plurality of sensed signals indicating variations in mutual capacitance associated with a plurality of cross points formed by a plurality of electrodes; generating capacitance image data associated with the plurality of cross points that includes positive capacitance variation data corresponding to positive variations of the capacitance image data from a nominal value and negative capacitance variation data corresponding to negative variations of the capacitance image data from the nominal value; identifying noise in the capacitance image data based on the positive capacitance variation data and the negative capacitance variation data; determining, based on the noise, an upper threshold and a lower threshold; generating compensated capacitance image data, based on the upper threshold and the lower threshold, to compensate for the noise in the capacitance image data; and processing the compensated capacitance image data to determine a proximal conditioType: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Kevin Joseph Derichs, Hans Howard Eilers, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Sarah Marie Derichs, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Michael Shawn Gray