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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:
Feb. 04, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 01, 2021
Applicant:

Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;

Inventors:

Christoph Steiner, St. Margarethen, AT;

Lavinia-Elena Ciotirca, Buchare, RO;

Redouane Djeghader, Munich, DE;

Mihai-Liviu Tudose, Bucharest, RO;

Assignee:

Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/043 (2006.01); G01S 15/02 (2006.01); G01S 15/08 (2006.01); G01S 15/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04186 (2019.05); G06F 3/043 (2013.01); G01S 15/02 (2013.01); G01S 15/08 (2013.01); G01S 15/12 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/0383 (2013.01); G06F 3/0433 (2013.01); G06F 3/0436 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of sensing touch on a touch surface of a touch structure includes: transmitting, from within an enclosed interior volume, an ultra-sonic transmit signal towards an inner surface of the touch structure that is arranged counter to the touch surface; receiving, from within the enclosed interior volume, an ultra-sonic reflected signal produced from the ultra-sonic transmit signal being reflected by the inner surface; acquiring a plurality of digital samples from the ultra-sonic reflected signal; calculating an Euclidean distance of the plurality of digital samples to a first plurality of reference samples; and determining whether a no-touch event or a touch event has occurred at the touch surface based on the Euclidean distance.


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