ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,826, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Capacitive sensor" was invented by Vibheesh Bharathan (Pleasanton, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. In an example, a human machine interface comprises a guard sensor, a human input sensor adjacent the guard sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured to measure a first response of the guard sensor using a first sensing signal having a first frequency, measure a second response of the guard sensor using a second sensing signal having a second frequency, configure ...