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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andriy Ryshtun, Lviv, UA;
Viktor Kremin, Lviv, UA;
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/0008 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06K 9/0002 (2013.01); G06K 9/00107 (2013.01); G06K 9/00114 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01);
Abstract
A circuit, system, and method for measuring or detecting pressure or force of a fingerprint on an array of electrodes is described. Pressure or force may be measured or detected using a processed image of the fingerprint, or by measurement of capacitance of deformed variable capacitors.