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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Cirque Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventor:
Brian Monson, Farmington, UT (US);
Assignee:
Cirque Corporation, Sandy, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G01L 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/021 (2013.01); G01L 1/16 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0221 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus may include an input surface, a plurality of key positions on the input surface, a force sensor positioned underneath the input surface at at least one of the key positions, and a proximity controller in communication with a capacitance measuring circuit incorporated into the apparatus.