Patents by Inventor Stephan Thaler

Stephan Thaler 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).

  • Patent number: 10222912
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes conducting a first signal to a first source electrode external to a touch sensor. The first source electrode is capacitively coupled to the touch sensor through a touch object. The method further includes measuring a mutual capacitance between the first source electrode and the first measuring electrode. The method further includes identifying, based at least in part on the measured mutual capacitance and using a controller of the touch sensor, the touch object touching the touch sensor at a detected touch position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Luben Hristov Hristov, Stephan Thaler
  • Publication number: 20170228062
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes one or more processors and one or more memory units storing logic. The logic is configured to, when executed by the processors, cause the processors to perform operations including detecting a position of a touch object within an area of a touch sensor during a period of time when an injected signal is present on one or more of the plurality of electrodes of the touch sensor. The injected signal is generated by a signal source and electrically coupled to the touch sensor through a source electrode distinct from the plurality of electrodes of the touch sensor. The operations further include identifying a source of the touch object based at least in part on a proximity of the injected signal present on one or more of the plurality of electrodes to the detected position of the touch object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Luben Hristov, Samuel Brunet, Richard Collins, Stephan Thaler
  • Publication number: 20130057503
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes conducting a first signal to a first source electrode external to a touch sensor. The first source electrode is capacitively coupled to the touch sensor through a touch object. The method further includes measuring a mutual capacitance between the first source electrode and the first measuring electrode. The method further includes identifying, based at least in part on the measured mutual capacitance and using a controller of the touch sensor, the touch object touching the touch sensor at a detected touch position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Luben Hristov Hristov, Stephan Thaler