Cirque Corporation

Daniel Ferguson

Brian Monson

Ethan Sturm

David Taylor

Christian Leishman

A capacitance module may include a set of electrodes, a processor in communication with the set of electrodes, and memory in communication with the processor. The memory may include programmed instructions that cause the capacitance module, when executed, to determine a user identity by comparing input attributes of an unprompted input with at least one user attribute stored in the memory.

User identification with a capacitance module

A capacitance module may include a set of electrodes, a controller in communication with the set of electrodes, and memory in communication with the controller. The memory may include programmed instructions that cause the controller, when executed, to: receive a user input, send a command to cause noise interference with the user input, take a capacitance measurement while the noise interference is applied to the user input, store a noise-affected attribute associated with the capacitance measurement, and classify an unprompted user input by comparing it to the stored noise-affected attribute.

Noise interference of a capacitance input

A capacitance module may include a set of electrodes, a controller in communication with the set of electrodes, and memory in communication with the processor. The memory may include programmed instructions that cause the controller, when executed, to receive a typing input; take a capacitance measurement in response to receiving the typing input; store an attribute associated with the capacitance measurement; and determine an input type of a subsequent user input over the set of electrodes based, at least in part, on the stored attribute.

Response to a typing input

A capacitance module may include a set of electrodes, a controller in communication with the set of electrodes, and memory in communication with the controller. The memory may include programmed instructions that cause the capacitance module, when executed, to perform a calibration, the calibration including prompting a finger input, storing a finger attribute of a finger capacitance measurement associated with the finger input, prompting a palm input, storing a palm attribute of a palm capacitance measurement associated with the palm input, and determining an unprompted palm input by consulting at least one of the stored finger attribute and the stored palm attribute.

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Daniel Ferguson