Apple Inc.

Atmel Corporation

Synaptics Corporation

Wacom Co., Ltd.

Pacesetter, Inc.

Shahrooz Shahparnia

Kishore Sundara-Rajan

Vivek Pant

Vemund Kval Bakken

Trond Jarle Pedersen

Christoph Horst Krah

Joseph Kurth Reynolds

Marduke Yousefpor

Dorin Panescu

Andre B Walker

Euljoon Park

Esat Yilmaz

Adam L Schwartz

Martin Paul Grunthaner

Kirk Hargreaves

Martin John Simmons

John R Logan

Manu Agarwal

Louis Wong

John Stanley Dubery

Cem M Shaquer

Sherif Hanna

Gene A Bornzin

Erno H Klaassen

James D Lyle

Yassar Ali

Izhar Bentov

Jiong Xia

Anish Bhide

Steven Porter Hotelling

John Greer Elias

Sumant Ranganathan

Christopher Tenzin Mullens

Joel C Jordan

Paul V Johnson

Angelo M Alaimo

Moshe H Malkin

Adam Geboff

Farzaneh Shahrokhi

Phillip Acker

Wayne Carl Westerman

Brian Quentin Huppi

Sriram Hariharan

Joakim Linde

Sunggu Kang

Samuel Daniel Brunet

Luben Hristov Hristov

Tracy Scott Dattalo

Imre Knausz

Sinan Filiz

Kevin J White

Eivind Holsen

Dhaval Chandrakant Patel

John Weinerth

Weiqun Yang

Nils Holmstrom

Christopher J Butler

Li-Quan Tan

Mihir Naware

Jason C Hu

Leah M Gum

Amit Nayyar

Bernard J Hermes

Shwetabh Verma

Ajit Pillai

Kai Wang

Seyed Mohammad Navidpour

Walt T Lifsey

Malin Ohlander

In one embodiment, a stylus includes one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying first logic for transmitting signals wirelessly to a device through a touch-sensor of the device. The stylus has a first power mode in which components of the stylus for receiving signals from or transmitting signals to the device are powered off; a second power mode in which components of the stylus for receiving signals from the device are powered on at least periodically and components of the stylus for transmitting signals to the device are powered off; and a third power mode in which components of the stylus for transmitting signals to the device are powered on at least periodically. The media further embodies second logic for transitioning the stylus from one of the first, second, and third power modes to another one of the first, second, and third power modes.

Power management system for active stylus

A touch controller that can configure touch circuitry according to a scan plan, which can define a sequence of scan events to be performed on a touch panel is disclosed. The touch controller can include a configurable transmit section to generate stimulation signals to drive the panel, a configurable receive section to receive and process touch signals from the panel, and a configurable memory to store the touch signals. The touch controller can also include a programmable scan engine to configure the transmit section, the receive section, and the memory according to the scan plan. The touch controller advantageously provides more robust and flexible touch circuitry to handle various types of touch events at the panel. An active stylus that can generate stimulation signals that can be detected by the touch controller during various touch events at the panel is also disclosed.

Touch controller architecture

Various embodiments include a light source module with one or more light emitters and one or more light sensors that share an aperture via which light passes. One of the light sensors may measure illuminance received through the aperture (not illuminance from the light emitters) and send a signal indicating a measurement of the illuminance. The light source module may be integrated into a portable computing device having a controller. The controller may include logic to perform one or more device operations based on the measurement of illuminance, such as, but not limited to, controlling a device display brightness and/or controlling an auto exposure feature of the device camera. Calibration parameters for interpreting the signal may be determined via a calibration process.

Light source module with integrated ambient light sensing capability

A camera may include an actuator driver system comprising at least two drivers to generate current for individual coils of one or more actuators of the camera. One driver may act as a primary driver, whilst the other may serve as a secondary driver. The primary driver may receive at last one command signal from a host and at last one measurement signal from a sensor. The primary driver may determine command current for the individual coils according to the command and measurement signals. The primary driver may distribute between the two drivers signals indicative of the determined current for the coils. Accordingly, the first and second drivers may respectively generate the current for the corresponding coils connected with the drivers to move at least one lens and/or an image sensor of the camera.

Scalable actuator driver system for a camera

In one embodiment, a device includes a stylus tip capable of communicating wirelessly with another device through a touch sensor of the other device. The stylus tip includes one or more surface areas, one or more substrates disposed along one or more of the surface areas of the stylus tip, and a plurality of electrodes disposed on or in the one or more substrates.

Multi-electrode active stylus tip

A camera system may include one or more voice coil motor (VCM) actuators to implement focus, tilt and shift functions. The VCM actuators may include coils segmented into multiple coil segments having individually impedances lower than the impedance of the respective coil as a whole. The coil segments may be individually driven by respective currents at different points in time to interact with magnet(s) to produce motive forces along the same axis. Based on the winding configuration and driving mode of the coil segments, the motive forces may move a lens group relative to an image sensor in a direction substantially orthogonal to an image plane, tilt the lens group relative to the image sensor, or shift the image sensor relative to the lens group on the image plane.

Multi-coil voice coil motor drive architecture

This relates to a monitoring system capable of measuring a plurality of vital signs. The monitoring system can include a plurality of sensors including, but not limited to, electrodes, piezoelectric sensors, temperature sensors, and accelerometers. The monitoring system can be capable of operating in one or more operation modes such as, for example: capacitance measurement mode, electrical measurement mode, piezoelectric measurement mode, temperature measurement mode, acceleration measurement mode, impedance measurement mode, and standby mode. Based on the measured values, the monitoring system can analyze the user's sleep, provide feedback and suggestions to the user, and/or can adjust or control the environmental conditions to improve the user's sleep. The monitoring system can further be capable of analyzing the sleep of the user(s) without directly contacting or attaching uncomfortable probes to the user(s) and without having to analyze the sleep in an unknown environment (e.g., a medical facility).

Vital signs monitoring system

A camera system may include circuitry for measuring the positions of an optics assembly (e.g., one or more lenses) and/or an image sensor of the camera system. The circuitry may include analog circuits comprising a first and a second position sensors to produce a first and a second sensor signals based on a first magnetic field and a second magnetic field respectively. The magnetic fields may have the same or different polarities detectable by the position sensors. The position sensors may be coupled in parallel in the same or reverse directions to produce a combined sensor output. The circuitry may determine position information for the optics assembly and/or the image sensor based on the combined sensor output. The camera system may use the position information as a feedback signal to control the position of the optics assembly (e.g., for autofocus) and/or the position of the image sensor (e.g., for optical image stabilization (OIS)).

Position sensor architecture for cameras

Self capacitance touch circuits to cancel the effects of parasitic capacitance in a touch sensitive device are disclosed. One circuit can generate a parasitic capacitance cancelation signal that can be injected into touch sensing circuitry to cancel the parasitic capacitance. Another circuit can adjust the phase and magnitude of the parasitic capacitance cancelation signal based on characteristics of channels in the touch sensing circuitry so as to fine tune the parasitic capacitance cancelations. Another circuit can drive a guard plate and touch panel electrodes so as to cancel the parasitic capacitances between the panel and the plate and between the electrodes.

Mitigation of parasitic capacitance in self capacitance touch sensing

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Campbell, CA, United States of America

Shahrooz Shahparnia