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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Akihiro Furuhira, Koshigaya, JP;
Ryan Seguine, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/26 (2006.01); G01N 27/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system can include an input for receiving objects having a flat shape; a capacitance sensing network comprising a plurality of capacitance sensors positioned to be proximate to the received objects; an operations section coupled to the capacitance sensing network and configured to perform predetermined operations on the objects; and a processor section coupled to receive capacitance sense values from the capacitance sensors and configured to determine the presence and features of received objects, prior to the objects being forwarded to the operations section.