[go: up one dir, main page]

GB2443296B - A bi-modal capacitive position sensor with a fine adjustment mode triggered by moving displacement of a touching object along the sensing path - Google Patents

A bi-modal capacitive position sensor with a fine adjustment mode triggered by moving displacement of a touching object along the sensing path

Info

Publication number
GB2443296B
GB2443296B GB0719727A GB0719727A GB2443296B GB 2443296 B GB2443296 B GB 2443296B GB 0719727 A GB0719727 A GB 0719727A GB 0719727 A GB0719727 A GB 0719727A GB 2443296 B GB2443296 B GB 2443296B
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
position sensor
fine adjustment
adjustment mode
object along
moving displacement
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Fee Related
Application number
GB0719727A
Other versions
GB2443296A (en
GB0719727D0 (en
GB2443296A8 (en
Inventor
Harald Philipp
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Atmel Technologies UK Ltd
Original Assignee
QRG Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Family has litigation
Publication of GB2443296A8 publication Critical patent/GB2443296A8/en
First worldwide family litigation filed litigation Critical https://patents.darts-ip.com/?family=37508125&utm_source=google_patent&utm_medium=platform_link&utm_campaign=public_patent_search&patent=GB2443296(B) "Global patent litigation dataset” by Darts-ip is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Application filed by QRG Ltd filed Critical QRG Ltd
Publication of GB0719727D0 publication Critical patent/GB0719727D0/en
Publication of GB2443296A publication Critical patent/GB2443296A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2443296B publication Critical patent/GB2443296B/en
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/033—Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor
    • G06F3/0354—Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
    • G06F3/03547—Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/041—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
    • G06F3/044—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by capacitive means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/048—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
    • G06F3/0484—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
    • G06F3/04847—Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/94—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the way in which the control signals are generated
    • H03K17/96—Touch switches
    • H03K17/962—Capacitive touch switches

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electronic Switches (AREA)
  • Switches That Are Operated By Magnetic Or Electric Fields (AREA)
  • Measurement Of Length, Angles, Or The Like Using Electric Or Magnetic Means (AREA)
  • Electric Ovens (AREA)
GB0719727A 2006-10-20 2007-10-09 A bi-modal capacitive position sensor with a fine adjustment mode triggered by moving displacement of a touching object along the sensing path Expired - Fee Related GB2443296B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB0620939.9A GB0620939D0 (en) 2006-10-20 2006-10-20 Capacitive position sensor

Publications (4)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB2443296A8 GB2443296A8 (en)
GB0719727D0 GB0719727D0 (en) 2007-11-21
GB2443296A GB2443296A (en) 2008-04-30
GB2443296B true GB2443296B (en) 2009-03-25

Family

ID=37508125

Family Applications (2)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GBGB0620939.9A Ceased GB0620939D0 (en) 2006-10-20 2006-10-20 Capacitive position sensor
GB0719727A Expired - Fee Related GB2443296B (en) 2006-10-20 2007-10-09 A bi-modal capacitive position sensor with a fine adjustment mode triggered by moving displacement of a touching object along the sensing path

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GBGB0620939.9A Ceased GB0620939D0 (en) 2006-10-20 2006-10-20 Capacitive position sensor

Country Status (3)

Country Link
JP (1) JP2008141733A (en)
DE (1) DE102007049559B4 (en)
GB (2) GB0620939D0 (en)

Families Citing this family (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20080094077A1 (en) 2006-10-20 2008-04-24 Harald Philipp Capacitive Position Sensor
US7830160B2 (en) 2006-10-20 2010-11-09 Atmel, Corporation Capacitive position sensor
JP5380115B2 (en) * 2009-03-11 2014-01-08 パナソニック株式会社 Cooker
ITPN20090060A1 (en) 2009-10-22 2011-04-23 Ecs S R L "EQUIPMENT WITH ADVANCED CONTROLS, IN PARTICULAR OVEN FOR COOKING FOODS"
ES2626003T3 (en) * 2012-12-20 2017-07-21 Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. Kitchen
KR101516059B1 (en) * 2012-12-26 2015-05-04 삼성전기주식회사 Touch screen and method for driving the same
WO2014181516A1 (en) * 2013-05-07 2014-11-13 パナソニックＩｐマネジメント株式会社 Heating cooker
CN105589611A (en) * 2014-11-17 2016-05-18 海信（山东）空调有限公司 Parameter adjusting method and touch controller
CN104461136B (en) * 2014-12-03 2017-09-29 无锡华润矽科微电子有限公司 Dynamic threshold adjustment circuit in contactor control device

Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20030043174A1 (en) * 2001-08-29 2003-03-06 Hinckley Kenneth P. Automatic scrolling
WO2003088176A1 (en) * 2002-04-11 2003-10-23 Synaptics, Inc. Closed-loop sensor on a solid-state object position detector
US20040027395A1 (en) * 2002-08-12 2004-02-12 International Business Machine Corporation System and method for display views using a single stroke control
US20040196267A1 (en) * 2003-04-02 2004-10-07 Fujitsu Limited Information processing apparatus operating in touch panel mode and pointing device mode
US20050052429A1 (en) * 2003-08-21 2005-03-10 Harald Philipp Capacitive position sensor
US20050078027A1 (en) * 2003-10-08 2005-04-14 Harald Philipp Touch sensitive control panel
US20060016800A1 (en) * 2004-07-20 2006-01-26 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Continuous capacitive slider controller for a smooth surfaced cooktop

Family Cites Families (15)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4121204A (en) * 1976-12-14 1978-10-17 General Electric Company Bar graph type touch switch and display device
US4264903A (en) * 1978-06-12 1981-04-28 General Electric Company Capacitive touch control and display
DE19645907B4 (en) * 1996-11-07 2008-02-28 AEG Hausgeräte GmbH Method and device for setting an operating state of a device, in particular a household appliance
AT409172B (en) * 1998-01-29 2002-06-25 Hanazeder Erwin DEVICE FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC COOKER
US6466036B1 (en) * 1998-11-25 2002-10-15 Harald Philipp Charge transfer capacitance measurement circuit
WO2000044018A1 (en) * 1999-01-26 2000-07-27 Harald Philipp Capacitive sensor and array
DE10133135C5 (en) * 2001-07-07 2012-11-15 Electrolux Professional Ag Setting unit for cooking appliances
DE60301831T2 (en) * 2002-07-12 2006-08-10 Philipp, Harald, Southampton Capacitive keyboard with reduced ambiguity in input
DE10313401A1 (en) * 2003-03-25 2004-10-07 Zubler Gerätebau GmbH Proximity-sensitive rotary electrical switch e.g. for frequency tuning of radio or television receiver, has switch function initiated by successive operation of at least 2 adjacent individual sensor surfaces
DE102004024835B3 (en) * 2004-05-19 2005-10-13 Cherry Gmbh Hotplate control at a cooker hob, using touch sensors, has paired photo transistors and transmitter diodes in housings with light conductivity for display arranged on an operating line
DE102005002952A1 (en) * 2005-01-21 2006-07-27 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Hausgeräteeinstelleinheit
DE102005018298A1 (en) * 2005-04-15 2006-10-19 E.G.O. Elektro-Gerätebau GmbH Oblong sensor unit controlling and/or evaluating method for contact switch, involves detecting point-like operation in operating mode, so that operating functions determined in predetermined position of sensor unit are triggered
DE102005027199A1 (en) * 2005-06-13 2006-12-14 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Home appliance device with at least one touch-sensitive sensor field
DE102005032088A1 (en) * 2005-07-08 2007-01-18 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Domestic appliance, in particular cooking appliance with touch-sensitive adjusting strip
DE102005040346A1 (en) * 2005-08-25 2007-03-01 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Cooking device with touch-sensitive adjusting strip

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20030043174A1 (en) * 2001-08-29 2003-03-06 Hinckley Kenneth P. Automatic scrolling
WO2003088176A1 (en) * 2002-04-11 2003-10-23 Synaptics, Inc. Closed-loop sensor on a solid-state object position detector
US20040027395A1 (en) * 2002-08-12 2004-02-12 International Business Machine Corporation System and method for display views using a single stroke control
US20040196267A1 (en) * 2003-04-02 2004-10-07 Fujitsu Limited Information processing apparatus operating in touch panel mode and pointing device mode
US20050052429A1 (en) * 2003-08-21 2005-03-10 Harald Philipp Capacitive position sensor
US20050078027A1 (en) * 2003-10-08 2005-04-14 Harald Philipp Touch sensitive control panel
US20060016800A1 (en) * 2004-07-20 2006-01-26 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Continuous capacitive slider controller for a smooth surfaced cooktop

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
GB2443296A (en) 2008-04-30
JP2008141733A (en) 2008-06-19
GB0719727D0 (en) 2007-11-21
GB0620939D0 (en) 2006-11-29
DE102007049559B4 (en) 2020-12-24
DE102007049559A1 (en) 2008-04-30
GB2443296A8 (en)

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
GB2443296B (en) A bi-modal capacitive position sensor with a fine adjustment mode triggered by moving displacement of a touching object along the sensing path
IL246380B (en) Injection device with a capacitive proximity sensor
TWI340911B (en) Capacitance touch sensor
GB0814435D0 (en) Flexible capacitive sensor
GB2464114B (en) Linear capacitive displacement sensor
SG10201403253RA (en) Optical capacitive thumb control with pressure sensor
EP2267791A4 (en) Touch sensing apparatus with parasitic capacitance prevention structure
FR2882818B1 (en) INDUCTIVE SENSOR WITH ANGULAR POSITION
DK2296728T3 (en) Delivery device with a touch sensor button
EP2437938A4 (en) Material for use with a capacitive touch screen
FR2909170B1 (en) LINER OR ROTARY POSITION SENSOR WITH VARIABLE MAGNETIC PROFILE PREFERENTIALLY AS WELL AS SINUSOIDAL.
EP2017646A4 (en) Sensor for detecting moving object with the aid of a ultrabandwidth sounding signal
GB0718677D0 (en) Capacitive sensor and proximity detector using it
TWM374102U (en) Touch-control device for capacitive touch control panel
DE602007003149D1 (en) Compact inductive position transducer with tilt compensation
HUE047323T2 (en) Inductive presence or position sensor
EP2277182A4 (en) Integrated sensor for position control
DE602005019809D1 (en) High-resolution Hall-effect position sensor with high immunity to electromagnetic noise
GB2443316B (en) A pressure or touch sensor
DE502005010530D1 (en) SENSOR WITH CAPACITIVE MEASUREMENT PRINCIPLE
EP2005132A4 (en) Contact detector with piezoelectric sensor
TWI349873B (en) Sensing device for capacitive touch screen
TWI318049B (en) Touch sensor with electrostatic immunity and sensing method thereof
DE102007049198B8 (en) Capacitive rain sensor with increased sensitive area
PL2430400T3 (en) Arrangement with a position encoder for detecting the position of a moving member

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
732E Amendments to the register in respect of changes of name or changes affecting rights (sect. 32/1977)
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20111009