Patents by Inventor Scott Peter KRUEGER

Scott Peter KRUEGER 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).

  • Skin-to-skin contact detection
    Patent number: 11397466
    Abstract: Contact or movement gestures between a first body part and a second body part can be detected. Sense circuitry can be configured to sense a signal at the sense electrode (e.g., configured to contact the second body part) in response to a drive signal applied to the drive electrode (e.g., configured to contact the first body part). Processing circuitry can be configured to detect contact in accordance with a determination that one or more criteria are met (e.g., an amplitude criterion and a non-distortion criterion). Additionally or alternatively, processing circuitry can be configured to detect a movement gesture in accordance with a determination that one or more criteria are met (e.g., a contact criterion and a movement criterion).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Beyhs, Scott Peter Krueger, Wesley William Zuber
  • SKIN-TO-SKIN CONTACT DETECTION
    Publication number: 20210303068
    Abstract: Contact or movement gestures between a first body part and a second body part can be detected. Sense circuitry can be configured to sense a signal at the sense electrode (e.g., configured to contact the second body part) in response to a drive signal applied to the drive electrode (e.g., configured to contact the first body part). Processing circuitry can be configured to detect contact in accordance with a determination that one or more criteria are met (e.g., an amplitude criterion and a non-distortion criterion). Additionally or alternatively, processing circuitry can be configured to detect a movement gesture in accordance with a determination that one or more criteria are met (e.g., a contact criterion and a movement criterion).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Michael J. BEYHS, Scott Peter KRUEGER, Wesley William ZUBER