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Patent No.:

US 9507979 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2013
Applicant:

Cirque Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Inventors:

Keith L. Paulsen, Centerville, UT (US);

Andrew Paulsen, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Assignee:

CIRQUE CORPORATION, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10207 (2013.01); G06K 7/10128 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method that combines RFID tag reader circuitry and a touch sensor, wherein the system and method may reduce power consumption of a battery powered system by detecting the presence of an RFID tag by using a lower power consumption touch sensor instead of scanning for the RFID tag by using higher power RFID tag detection and reading circuitry, controlling activation and deactivation of the RFID tag detection and reading circuitry when the touch sensor has detected the presence of the RFID tag, and reconfiguring sensor electrodes so that the electrodes may form a touch sensor or an antenna as needed.


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Paulsen, Keith. (2016). Saving power in a battery powered system having a touch sensor and an rfid tag reader (U.S. Patent No. 9507979). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9507979

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