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Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 06, 2025
Applicant:

Logitech Europe S.a., Lausanne, CH;

Inventors:

Jérémie Willemin, Zhubei City, TW;

Yu-Sen Chen, Hsinchu County, TW;

Chi-Hsun Tsao, Taoyuan County, TW;

Assignee:

Logitech Europe S.A., Lausanne, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/96 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); H01H 13/705 (2006.01); H03K 17/969 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/9636 (2013.01); G08B 21/182 (2013.01); H01H 13/705 (2013.01); H03K 17/9629 (2013.01); H03K 17/969 (2013.01); H03K 2217/94104 (2013.01);
Abstract

A keyboard system comprises a key structure including a key switch with a lighting element and phototransistor, and one or more processors that drive the lighting element for a first pulse duration. The output of the phototransistor is determined at the end of the first pulse duration, wherein the key structure is determined to be pressed when the output is below a first output value at an end of the first pulse duration, and unpressed when the output of the phototransistor is above a second output value at the end of the first pulse duration. A fall-time of the output during the first pulse duration is determined and the first pulse duration is calibrated to a second pulse duration when the fall time less than the first pulse duration, the second pulse duration being greater than the fall time and less than the first pulse duration.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Willemin, Jérémie. (2026). Ir timing calibration for a key switch (U.S. Patent No. 12676612). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12676612

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