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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2025
Zircon Corporation, Campbell, CA (US);
John Robert Stauss, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Pablo Montero, San Jose, CA (US);
Micaela Abarca Kapp, San Jose, CA (US);
Zircon Corporation, Campbell, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present invention include a system and method for dynamic gain switching in detecting one or more objects behind an opaque surface, comprising: collecting sensor data by a pair of capacitive sensors and a metal sensor of a scanner; monitoring characteristics of signal strengths detected by the pair of capacitive sensors and the metal sensor using the sensor data, including a saturation condition detected by the pair of capacitive sensors and the metal sensor; switching gain sensitivity of the pair of capacitive sensors dynamically from a first gain sensitivity mode to a second gain sensitivity mode, in response to the saturation condition being met; continue collecting sensor data by the pair of capacitive sensors using the second gain sensitivity mode; and informing a user via a user interface of the scanner, information derived from the sensor data collected about the one or more objects behind the opaque surface.