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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2010
Applicant:
Daniel Arthur Ujvari, Hauppauge, NY (US);
Inventor:
Daniel Arthur Ujvari, Hauppauge, NY (US);
Assignee:
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/26 (2006.01); G01R 27/26 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
For proximity detection, capacitance of a sensing element to ground is measured as one or more objects move into or out of proximity to the sensing element.