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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Horizon Group Usa, Inc., Warren, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Charles R. Mahoney, South Orange, NJ (US);
Stephen Weiss, Easton, PA (US);
Assignee:
Horizon Group USA, Inc., Warren, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/24 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); H03K 17/955 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/9622 (2013.01); G01D 5/24 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); H03K 17/955 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein provide for an improved system and method of identifying objects using capacitive sensing technology. Embodiments provide for a sensing array including a plurality of capacitive sensor pads, as well as a microcontroller configured to detect and identify the plurality of objects. Embodiments further provide for encoding each of the plurality of objects with a unique ternary code.