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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2010
Applicants:
Richard Harding, Cedar Park, TX (US);
John B. Foreman, Edmonds, WA (US);
Inventors:
Richard Harding, Cedar Park, TX (US);
John B. Foreman, Edmonds, WA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device may include a plurality of sensors substantially coplanar with one another in a sensor plane, each sensor generating a sense value that varies according to a physical distance between the sensor and an object without contacting the object; and control circuits that generates at least first position values, second position values and third position values in response to the sensor values, the first and second position values identifying a position in a space adjacent to the sensor plane.