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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Joyce Mullenix, San Jose, CA (US);
George Reitsma, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/22 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G01D 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/22 (2013.01); G01D 5/202 (2013.01); G01D 5/2225 (2013.01); G06F 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A position detecting system detects and responds to the movement of a target through a sensing domain area of a plane. The movement causes the amount of the target that lies within a first sensing domain area of a first sensor to change. A second sensor detects a height from the plane to a sensor for enhancing accuracy of measurements from the first sensor.