Patents by Inventor Terrence Lee Van Ausdall

Terrence Lee Van Ausdall 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: 9979389
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods and apparatuses that can detect the proximity of an object and differentiate between a human body and a non-human object. The detection and differentiation are facilitated by a first capacitive sensor of a first shape and a second capacitive sensor of a second shape. The detection and determination can be made based on a comparison between a first capacitance from the first sensor and a second capacitance from the second sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SEMTECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Terrence Lee Van Ausdall, Mathieu Hoffmann, Pascal Monney
  • Publication number: 20140015595
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods and apparatuses that can detect the proximity of an object and differentiate between a human body and a non-human object. The detection and differentiation are facilitated by a first capacitive sensor of a first shape and a second capacitive sensor of a second shape. The detection and determination can be made based on a comparison between a first capacitance from the first sensor and a second capacitance from the second sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: SEMTECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Terrence Lee Van Ausdall, Mathieu Hoffmann, Pascal Monney
  • Patent number: 6625558
    Abstract: A method and apparatus which enables fast testing of light sensing integrated circuits is disclosed. The integrated circuit is positioned in a test head which includes a light source output providing a flat field light to shine on the light sensing portion of the integrated circuit under test. The light is provided to the light source output through an optical fiber from a light box which includes electronic filtering and shutter operations. Light is provided to the light box through another optical fiber from a precision light source. The operation of the light box, including adjusting filtering characteristics and shutter timing is controlled from a tester which also controls the integrated circuit under test in the test head. A high speed data link couples output signals from the test head to dedicated signal processing circuitry which analyzes the output signals to determine whether the integrated circuit passes or fails testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Zoran Corporation
    Inventors: Terrence Lee Van Ausdall, Rudolf A. Weidemann