NANOTEC SOLUTION Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140360854 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE CAPACITIVE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TOUCH-SENSITIVE AND CONTACTLESS INTERFACES - A capacitive measurement device for control interfaces, includes: (i) a support plate ( | 12-11-2014 |
20140146006 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT OF INTEREST IN A DISTURBED ENVIRONMENT, AND GESTURE INTERFACE DEVICE IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD - A method is provided for detecting at least one object of interest moving in an environment, and implements at least one capacitive coupling measurement electrode with the object of interest and with one or more other “disrupting” objects present in the environment. Included in the method, for at least one of the measurement electrodes, are steps of: (i) measuring the total capacity between the measurement electrode and the environment; (ii) storing the total capacity; (iii) calculating a leakage capacity due to the disrupting objects on the basis of predetermining a minimum value within a history of pre-stored total capacity measurements; (iv) calculating a capacity of interest due to the objects of interest while subtracting the leakage capacity from the total measured capacity; and (v) processing the thus-calculated capacity of interest to produce information for detecting the object or objects of interest. Also included is a device implementing the present method. | 05-29-2014 |
20140145732 | DEVICE FOR GENERATING AN ALTERNATING VOLTAGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REFERENCE POTENTIALS OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to a device for generating an alternating voltage difference between a first and second reference potential. The device comprises: an oscillator electrically referenced to the first reference potential; and a voltage follower/amplifier device electrically referenced to the second reference potential and having an input connected to the oscillator and an output connected to the first reference potential such that it can impose an alternating voltage difference, which depends on the signal generated by the oscillator, between said first and second reference potentials. The invention also relates to a system that uses the device and to a method for generating an alternating voltage difference between a first and second reference potential. | 05-29-2014 |
20140125357 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR CAPACITIVE MEASUREMENT INCLUDING A FLOATING BRIDGE - A capacitive measurement device is provided, including: (i) a first electronic system electrically referenced to a guard potential and connectable to capacitive electrodes; (ii) a second electronic system electrically referenced to a ground potential; and (iii) an energizing component connected to the guard and ground potentials, respectively, to impart an AC voltage differential between the potentials. The device also includes an integrated circuit that is referenced to the ground and includes a first installation area in which the first electronic system is implemented, and a second installation area in which the second electronic system is implemented. Also included are systems using the device and uses of the device. | 05-08-2014 |
20140070823 | CAPACITIVE CONTROL INTERFACE DEVICE HAVING DISPLAY INTEGRATION - A capacitive detection control interface device is provided, including at least one measurement electrode including an active surface, a guard made from an electrically conductive material placed adjacent to the measurement electrodes, the guard is excited up to an alternating electric potential substantially identical to that of the measurement electrodes, a first electronic component for exciting the electrodes and processing the measurement signals from the capacitive coupling of the electrodes with an object laced adjacent thereto, the electronic component is at least partly referenced to the electric potential of the guard, and a second electronic component for performing another functional display, placed adjacent to the active surface which second electronic component is at least partly referenced to the electric potential of the guard. | 03-13-2014 |
20130323942 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INTERCONNECTING ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS HAVING DIFFERENT REFERENCE POTENTIALS - A device is provided for interconnecting electronic systems having reference potentials separated by an alternating potential difference, the device includes a plurality of electrical connections that can electrically connect the electronic systems, and inductance coils arranged in series on the electrical connections, the inductance coils being electromagnetically coupled. Als provided is a method for interconnecting electronic systems. | 12-05-2013 |
20130307776 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAN/MACHINE INTERFACE - A method is provided for selecting controls, which implements a control interface, a display, and at least one sensor capable of detecting at least one control object, including a step (i) of obtaining information on the distance between the control object(s) and the control interface using the sensor(s), and a step (ii) of displaying, on the display, at least one symbol representing a control or set of controls according to a display mode, wherein the method further includes a step of using the distance information to determine the display mode of the symbol(s). A device is also provided for implementing the method and to an apparatus. | 11-21-2013 |
20130038863 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING STRUCTURED OBJECTS - A microscope device for inspecting structured objects, including: a camera; an optical imager capable of producing, on the camera, an image of the object according to a field of view, and including a distal lens arranged on the side of the object; and a low-coherence infrared interferometer including a measurement beam capable of producing measurements by means of interferences between retroreflections of the measurement beam and at least one separate optical reference. The device also includes coupler for injecting the measurement beam into the optical imaging means in such a way that the beam passes through the distal lens, and the low-coherence infrared interferometer is balanced in such a way that only the measurement beam retroreflections, taking place at optical distances close to the optical distance covered by the beam to the object, produce measurements. | 02-14-2013 |
20080262748 | Method And Device For Biomass Determination In A Medium, In Particular A Medium Containing Biological Cells, And Mesurement Apparatus Implementing Same - Method for biomass determination in a medium, in particular a medium containing biological cells suspended in a conductive fluid, the biomass concentration (X) being obtained from a difference between a first capacitance signal (C′ | 10-23-2008 |