Cirque Corporation Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160070939 | METHOD OF SECURING VOLUMES OF SPACE IN CARD READERS - Capacitive sensing electrodes may be placed in strategic locations inside, outside or inside and outside of a card reader, wherein touch sensor circuitry is then used to take mutual capacitance or self-capacitance measurements that are saved in non-volatile memory as a reference intrusion measurement that is not deleted when power is removed, wherein the reference intrusion measurement may then be used during subsequent intrusion measurements to determine if a skimming device has been disposed adjacent to the card reader, and if a skimming device is detected, appropriate action may be taken such as the automatic disabling of the card reader, the display of a message indicating that the card reader should not be used, or any other action that may prevent a financial card from being compromised. | 03-10-2016 |
20150286336 | SYNCHRONOUS TIMED ORTHOGONAL MEASUREMENT PATTERN FOR MULTI-TOUCH SENSING ON A TOUCHPAD - A method for detecting multiple objects on a touchpad having a grid of orthogonal electrodes, wherein all drive electrodes are simultaneously stimulated, and then frequency or electrode coding is used to separate each electrode junction and produce a capacitance image of the touchpad surface in a single measurement sequence. | 10-08-2015 |
20150286321 | LINEAR PROJECTED SINGLE-LAYER CAPACITANCE SENSOR - A touch sensor having a plurality of parallel drive electrodes that are being electrically driven, providing stimulus on one end or simultaneously on both ends, thus creating a linear or varying electric field across the length of the drive electrodes, wherein adjacent sensor electrodes are connected to a sense amplifier and analog-to-digital (ADC) converter to determine the position of an object that comes near to the drive and/or sense electrodes, wherein the system uses self-capacitance and measures the amount of current driven by each driver, wherein the system uses a mutual capacitance current divider in a first method by driving an electrode with a time varying voltage and measuring induced currents at each end of an adjacent sense electrode and using ratiometric equations to determine finger position, and using a mutual capacitance voltage divider in a second method. | 10-08-2015 |
20150220210 | USING DYNAMICALLY SCALED LINEAR CORRECTION TO IMPROVE FINGER TRACKING LINEARITY ON TOUCH SENSORS - A system and method for correcting non-linear tracking of objects that may change size when moving on a large touch sensor having a relatively large space between electrodes by dynamic compensating on-the-fly by constantly calculating the size of a finger as measured by the touch sensor, and then scaling that measured size so that look-up tables may be used to compensate for any size finger in the X and Y axes. | 08-06-2015 |
20150130765 | CANCELLING INDUCED CURRENTS IN A TOUCH SENSING DEVICE HAVING AN EMBEDDED NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION ANTENNA - A method and system for enabling a near field communication antenna to be disposed adjacent to electrodes of a touch sensing device, the near field communication antenna being operated, and the magnetic field inductance and electric field coupling between the electrodes and the near field communication antenna being minimized in order to substantially reduce or eliminate induced currents on the electrodes. | 05-14-2015 |
20150130764 | TOUCHPAD COMBINED WITH A DISPLAY AND HAVING PROXIMITY AND TOUCH SENSING CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS OR INTERFACES TO BE DISPLAYED - A touch-sensitive and far-field or proximity sensitive touchpad combined with a display, wherein the touchpad is formed as a touchstrip that is concealed inside the display, wherein a first function or interface such as a menu is enabled when an actuating device reaches a threshold distance from the touchpad, wherein a second function or interface is enabled when the actuating device makes contact with the touchpad, and wherein the first function may or may not continue after contact is made with the touchpad. | 05-14-2015 |
20150096172 | GRADUATED ROUTING FOR ROUTING ELECTRODES COUPLED TO TOUCH SENSOR ELECTRODES TO THEREBY BALANCE CAPACITANCE ON THE TOUCH SENSOR ELECTRODES - A system and method for balancing the capacitive charge on touch sensor electrodes so that every two adjacent routes have the same capacitance as any other adjacent two routes, wherein routing electrodes are spaced further and further apart, or graduated, as they get longer, to thereby balance the capacitance on the touch sensor electrodes without having to add or subtract an offset from each touch sensor electrode. | 04-09-2015 |
20140339062 | INTEGRATED HINGE TOUCH SENSOR - A system and method for providing a button-less touch sensor that uses a flexible material or PCB that is either integral to the touch sensor or is added after manufacture, the flexible material functioning as an integral hinge mechanism of the touch sensor that does not interfere with near field communications of an NFC antenna. | 11-20-2014 |
20140327651 | INDICATOR OF ENTERING A SECURE PASWORD ON A TOUCH SENSOR - A system and method for securing access to a device where access is enabled through a touch sensor, the system providing a visual feedback system through a substantially opaque touchpad, thereby enabling a touch sensor without a display to provide visual feedback regarding entry of a password, including a means for restarting entry of a password, and even providing a display of numbered keys. | 11-06-2014 |
20140306912 | GRADUATED PALM REJECTION TO IMPROVE TOUCH SENSOR PERFORMANCE - A system and method is provided that creates a touch recognition gradient beginning from all outer edges of a touch sensor, and extending inwards towards a designated center area, wherein contact that is nearer an outer edge of the touch sensor is only recognized if it is a relatively small object, and then allowing recognition of progressively larger objects when approaching the center area, thereby rejecting input from a palm or larger area of a finger when contact is made near the outer edge, while accepting larger objects near the center area. | 10-16-2014 |
20140304826 | CAPACITIVE SENSOR INTEGRATED IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE - A system and method for disposing a capacitive proximity and touch sensor in locations where an integrated circuit package may be vulnerable to intrusion by providing electrodes in the packaging that may prevent interception of data obtained by a probe that is brought into proximity of the integrated circuit. | 10-09-2014 |
20140283148 | FLYING WIREBONDS FOR CREATING A SECURE CAGE FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND PATHWAYS - A system and method for disposing one or a plurality of flying sense electrode segments so as to physically cover integrated circuits, circuit pathways and other components on at least one circuit board to physically secure the circuits, pathways and components from probes or data interception. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282279 | INPUT INTERACTION ON A TOUCH SENSOR COMBINING TOUCH AND HOVER ACTIONS - A system and method for defining a gesture to be any combination of touch and hover actions, the touch and hover actions being combined in any order and any number of discrete touch and hover actions that define a single gesture or a series of gestures. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279565 | SYSTEM FOR SECURE AUTOMOTIVE IN-VEHICLE WIRELESS PAYMENTS - A system and method for providing a touch sensor disposed in a vehicle, wherein the touch sensor may be a portable device that is removable from the vehicle such as a tablet computer or it may be a built-in device, wherein the touch sensor may store account information in a secure element in order to make a secure payment by wirelessly communicating with a merchant terminal from within the vehicle in order to make a financial transaction without giving a physical credit or debit card to the merchant. | 09-18-2014 |
20140267158 | MULTIPLEXING AND DEMULTIPLEXING TO REDUCE DRIVE AND SENSE ELECTRODES FOR SINGLE LAYER TOUCH SENSORS - A system and method for using data from a single-layer touch sensor to track a single object by using a coded stimulus drive pattern in order to multiplex data onto a sense electrode, measure the sense electrode, and then demultiplexing information from the measurement of the sense electrode in order to obtain position information regarding at least one object on the touch sensor. | 09-18-2014 |
20140253505 | SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING PIN DATA WHEN USING TOUCH CAPACITIVE TOUCH TECHNOLOGY ON A POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL OR AN ENCRYPTING PIN PAD DEVICE - A system and method for providing security for a point-of-sale (POS) terminal or an encrypting PIN pad (EPP) by protecting the signals that could be directly probed on a touch sensor electrode grid or remotely probed such as through power supply signals or RF emissions, wherein the drive signals are randomly applied to drive electrodes in order to prevent tracking of drive signals, and charge is injected on sense lines to hide PIN data. | 09-11-2014 |
20140240284 | SYSTEM FOR USING SYNCHRONIZED TIMED ORTHOGONAL MEASUREMENT PATTERNS TO ENABLE HIGH UPDATE REPORT RATES ON A LARGE CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - A system and method for increasing a report rate on a capacitive touch sensor to thereby provide a real-time display of the position of all the objects on a touch screen that is using synchronized timed orthogonal measurement stimulus patterns to determine the position of objects on the touch sensor, by updating an image of the reported positions of objects on the touch sensor each time that a measurement is taken on each of the sensor electrodes instead of waiting for a complete scan of all the sensor electrodes in a sensor electrode array. | 08-28-2014 |
20140240283 | PROTECTING PHYSICAL SIGNAL PATHS USING CAPACITIVE SENSING TECHNIQUES - A system and method for detecting the presence of a probe on or near an electrode that may transmit secure data by detecting a change in capacitance on the electrode, and wherein action may be taken to stop transmission on the electrode if a probe is detected. | 08-28-2014 |
20140198076 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL MULTI-FINGER SEARCH USING OVERSAMPLING HILL CLIMBING AND DESCENT WITH RANGE - A method for detecting and tracking multiple fingers in a two dimensional set of results using oversampling hill climbing and descent with range. | 07-17-2014 |
20140195429 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING CARDHOLDER DATA IN A MOBILE DEVICE THAT PERFORMS SECURE PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS AND WHICH ENABLES THE MOBILE DEVICE TO FUNCTION AS A SECURE PAYMENT TERMINAL - A system and method system and method for enabling a portable electronic appliance such as a mobile telephone or tablet computer to be able to function as a device that may store account information in order to make a secure payment, or to be able to use the portable electronic appliance as a secure payment terminal so that a credit card holder may use it to make a secure payment. | 07-10-2014 |
20140191031 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING UNINTENDED CONTACTLESS INTERACTION WHEN PERFORMING CONTACT INTERACTION - A system and method for enabling a dual interface smart card reader to be able to determine if data should be read from a smart card using wireless technology or touch technology, even when the data can be accessed through wireless technology. | 07-10-2014 |
20140168156 | FAIL SAFE DESIGN FOR A STYLUS THAT IS USED WITH A TOUCH SENSOR - A system and method for enabling a stylus to be used with a touch sensor even after it has failed in an open mode or a closed mode, wherein the tethered stylus activates the inking function when the stylus is in contact with the touch sensor and deactivates the inking function when the stylus is lifted off the surface of the touch sensor when the switch is functioning properly, but when there is a failure of the switch in the open mode or the closed mode, enabling the tethered stylus to continue functioning by using a timer to activate the inking function when the tethered stylus is close enough to be detected by a touch sensor, and to deactivate the inking function when the tethered stylus is no longer detectable by the touch sensor. | 06-19-2014 |
20140118281 | DETERMINING WHAT INPUT TO ACCEPT BY A TOUCH SENSOR AFTER INTENTIONAL AND ACCIDENTAL LIFT-OFF and SLIDE-OFF WHEN GESTURING OR PERFORMING A FUNCTION - A method for determining what input should be accepted by a touch sensor after intentional and accidental lift-offs and slide-offs occur when gesturing or performing a function on the touch sensor by a finger or multiple fingers. | 05-01-2014 |
20140111429 | MULTIPLE FINGERS, MULTIPLE STEP GESTURE - A system and method for performing a multi-finger and multi-step or action gesture on a touch sensor, the gesture including at least one step, action or phase of the gesture is characterized by only a single finger being present on the touch sensor, but always incorporating another step, action or phase having at least two fingers present. | 04-24-2014 |
20140104237 | MULTITOUCH INPUT TO TOUCHPAD DERIVED FROM POSITIVE SLOPE DETECTION DATA - A method for using existing touchpad hardware to detect and track multiple objects such as fingers that are in contact with a touchpad, wherein the method extracts information from data that is already being collected, wherein analysis of the data is simplified by identifying objects by only looking for a positive slopes and negative slopes to identify multiple objects in data from the touchpad. | 04-17-2014 |
20140062945 | METHOD FOR INCREASING A SCANNING RATE ON A CAPACITANCE SENSITIVE TOUCH SENSOR HAVING A SINGLE DRIVE ELECTRODE - A system and method for increasing a scanning rate, reducing the effects of noise and reducing power consumption when using a touch sensor having an electrode grid formed by co-planar but orthogonal XY electrodes, wherein the touch sensor may be used to determine the position of an object on a surface of the touch sensor in a single measurement cycle by using a single drive line that defines a touch sensor area and the XY electrodes as sense electrodes of the touch sensor. | 03-06-2014 |
20140055391 | METHOD FOR INCREASING A SCANNING RATE ON A CAPACITANCE SENSITIVE TOUCH SENSOR HAVING AN XY ELECTRODE GRID - A system and method for increasing a scanning rate, reducing the effects of noise and reducing power consumption when using a touch sensor having an electrode grid formed by co-planar but orthogonal XY electrodes, wherein the touch sensor may be used to determine the position of an object on a surface of the touch sensor in two measurement cycles, one set of electrodes functioning as a single large drive electrode and the other set of electrodes functioning as a single large sense electrode for a first measurement cycle, then the functions being switched for a second measurement cycle. | 02-27-2014 |
20140055389 | REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SIGNALS NEEDED FOR OPERATING A TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE - A system and method for reducing the number of transmit and receive signals that are necessary to operate a touch sensitive device having a sensing area comprised of an orthogonal electrode grid, a controller chip being capable of grouping together various electrodes when driving and reading signals from the touch sensitive device, or using the same number of drive pins and sense inputs to operate a much larger touch sensitive device. | 02-27-2014 |
20130293510 | METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN EDGE SWIPE GESTURES THAT ENTER A TOUCH SENSOR FROM AN EDGE AND OTHER SIMILAR BUT NON-EDGE SWIPE ACTIONS - A method for detecting and tracking a single finger or multi-finger gesture referred to as an edge swipe gesture that originates from an edge of a touch sensor and which is distinguished from normal touch sensor operations such as cursoring, wherein the edge swipe gesture generates detection and tracking data having an immediate change, whereas touchdown or movement towards and then away from an edge of the touch sensor will generate data that is different from the edge swipe gesture. | 11-07-2013 |
20130285797 | SAVING POWER IN A BATTERY POWERED SYSTEM HAVING A TOUCH SENSOR AND AN RFID TAG READER - 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. | 10-31-2013 |
20130191804 | GRADUATED ROUTING FOR ROUTING ELECTRODES COUPLED TO TOUCH SENSOR ELECTRODES TO THEREBY BALANCE CAPACITANCE ON THE TOUCH SENSOR ELECTRODES - A system and method for balancing the capacitive charge on touch sensor electrodes so that every two adjacent routes have the same capacitance as any other adjacent two routes, wherein routing electrodes are spaced further and further apart, or graduated, as they get longer, to thereby balance the capacitance on the touch sensor electrodes without having to add or subtract an offset from each touch sensor electrode. | 07-25-2013 |
20130162594 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING INTERFERENCE OF CONTACTLESS CARD READER AND TOUCH FUNCTIONS WHEN THEY ARE PHYSICALLY AND LOGICALLY BOUND TOGETHER FOR IMPROVED AUTHENTICATION SECURITY - A system for physically and logically integrating near field communication technology, touch sensor technology and display technology by using a more powerful near field communication antenna disposed under the touch sensor and display screen for transmitting, and a smaller near field communication antenna on top of the touch sensor for receiving near field communication signals. | 06-27-2013 |
20130141374 | TOUCHPAD OPERATING AS A HYBRID TABLET - A method for enabling a touchpad, a relative position device, to operate as if it were a tablet, or absolute position device, so as to provide the same type of input that can be provided by a tablet, wherein a surface of the touchpad is mapped to a surface of the display screen, a finger is detected by the touchpad before it makes contact, the finger may move over the surface of the touchpad causing some visual feedback to occur on the display that indicates the absolute position of the finger as it moves over the touchpad, and making contact with the touchpad to thereby cause selection of an object. | 06-06-2013 |
20130100056 | METHOD OF DETECTING AND TRACKING MULTIPLE OBJECTS ON A TOUCHPAD USING A DATA COLLECTION ALGORITHM THAT ONLY DETECTS AN OUTER EDGE OF THE OBJECTS AND THEN ASSUMES THAT THE OUTER EDGES DEFINE A SINGLE LARGE OBJECT - A system and method for detecting and tracking multiple objects on a touchpad or touchscreen, wherein the method provides a new data collection algorithm, wherein the method reduces a calculation burden on a processor performing detection and tracking algorithms, wherein multiple objects are treated as elements of a single object and not as separate objects, wherein the location of the objects are treated as end-points of a single object when two objects are detected, and treated as a perimeter or boundary when more than two objects are detected. | 04-25-2013 |
20120327022 | DRIVEN SHIELD FOR CAPACITIVE TOUCHPADS - A conductive shield that is disposed near the sensor, wherein a signal is driven on the shield that is similar to the signal induced on the sensor, thereby reducing stray capacitances and protecting the sensor from external noise sources, and resulting in a stronger signal reaching the sensor. | 12-27-2012 |
20120317410 | PROTECTING DATA FROM DATA LEAKAGE OR MISUSE WHILE SUPPORTING MULTIPLE CHANNELS AND PHYSICAL INTERFACES - A system and method for two devices that communicate via a network, wherein at least one of the devices is a touch sensitive device, the two devices storing a common cryptographic key that enables all communications via the network to be encrypted. | 12-13-2012 |
20120313901 | COMPENSATING FOR AN ANTENNA THAT IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO A TOUCHPAD TO CAUSE INTERFERENCE WITH TOUCH SENSOR OPERATION - A touch sensor that can operate normally while located within a distance that would otherwise cause an antenna used for communication with a contact less smart card to interfere with operation of the touch sensor by providing a means for the touch sensor to compensate for the interference caused by the antenna. | 12-13-2012 |
20100053099 | METHOD FOR REDUCING LATENCY WHEN USING MULTI-TOUCH GESTURE ON TOUCHPAD - A method for executing single and multi-touch gestures that will be immediately recognized by the touchpad without having to wait for any portion of the gesture to be performed, thereby eliminating latency that can be caused by the touchpad or touchscreen having to wait for a portion of the gesture to be performed. | 03-04-2010 |
20090265658 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING SCROLLING BY MOVEMENT OF A POINTING OBJECT IN A CURVILINEAR PATH ON A TOUCHPAD - A method of moving an object in a generally circular manner on the surface of a touchpad and causing a list to be scrolled as long as the object is moving, wherein a method is provided for activating a scrolling function, wherein a method is provided for determining what direction scrolling should occur based upon a direction of movement when scrolling is engaged, and wherein the direction of scrolling is only changed by an abrupt change in direction of the object. | 10-22-2009 |