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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:
Dec. 09, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2025
Applicant:

Zircon Corporation, Campbell, CA (US);

Inventors:

John Robert Stauss, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Pablo Montero, San Jose, CA (US);

Micaela Abarca Kapp, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Zircon Corporation, Campbell, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/24 (2006.01); G01V 3/08 (2006.01); G01V 3/165 (2006.01); G01V 3/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/088 (2013.01); G01D 5/2405 (2013.01); G01V 3/165 (2013.01); G01V 3/38 (2013.01); G01D 2218/00 (2021.05);
Abstract

Aspects of the present invention include a system and method for detecting one or more objects detected behind an opaque surface, comprising collecting, by a plurality of sensors of a scanner, sensor data of the one or more objects behind an opaque surface; identifying, by one or more processors of the scanner, characteristics of signal strengths detected by a pair of capacitive sensors using the sensor data, including concurrent behaviors of a first capacitive sensor and a second capacitive sensor in the pair of capacitive sensors; analyzing, by the one or more processors, the characteristics of signal strengths detected to determine different regions of the one or more objects behind the opaque surface; and informing a user, by the one or more processors via a user interface of the scanner, of the different regions of the one or more objects behind the opaque surface.


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