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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Idex Asa, Fornebu, NO;
Inventors:
Fred G. Benkley, III, Andover, MA (US);
David Joseph Geoffroy, Amherst, MA (US);
Assignee:
IDEX ASA, Fornebu, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06K 9/52 (2006.01); H01L 27/32 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00026 (2013.01); G06K 9/001 (2013.01); G06K 9/52 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); H01L 27/323 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06K 9/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract
An novel sensor is provided having a plurality of substantially parallel drive lines configured to transmit a signal into a surface of a proximally located object, and also a plurality of substantially parallel pickup lines oriented proximate the drive lines and electrically separated from the pickup lines to form intrinsic electrode pairs that are impedance sensitive at each of the drive and pickup proximal locations.