US Patent Issued to Semtech on May 13 for "Method and device for improved accuracy of proximity and touch detection in mobile devices" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,243, issued on May 13, was assigned to Semtech Corp. (Camarillo, Calif.).

"Method and device for improved accuracy of proximity and touch detection in mobile devices" was invented by Chaouki Rouaissia (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Jerald G. Ott III (Escondido, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile device has a proximity sensor. A compensation value of the proximity sensor is determined. The compensation value is compared to a reference compensation value to determine validity of the compensation value. A capacitance of the proximity sensor is measured. A value of the capacitance of the proximity sensor is adjusted based on th...