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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 17, 2020
Applicant:

The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin, CH;

Inventors:

Jean-Nicolas Pfeuti, Hauterive, CH;

Arnaud Casagrande, Bôle, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0448 (2019.05); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01);
Abstract

A method for detecting the presence and/or determine a position of an object on a measurement surface of an electronic device. The process includes: providing oscillating signal(s) at input points which are different and spaced from the array of electrodes in a detection area of the measurement surface; receiving oscillating signal(s) having passed through the array, which defines a transfer function of the signals, in output point(s) which are different and spaced from the array of electrodes in a detection area of the measurement surface; measuring a coupling or an attenuation induced by the presence on one or more oscillating signals passing through the array of electrodes of an object placed on the measurement surface in order to determine the position of the object in the detection area of the measurement surface depending on the modification of the transfer function of the array of electrodes.


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