Capacitive sensing

ReSuture, Inc. Awarded $996,413 NSF Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Grant to Support Surgical Performance and Medical Device Development

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Monday, March 6, 2023

The grant will support commercialization of ReSuture's products and technology to evaluate vascular surgical operative performance in both open and endovascular fields.

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  • The grant will support commercialization of ReSuture's products and technology to evaluate vascular surgical operative performance in both open and endovascular fields.
  • The grant, entitled "SBIR Phase II: Quantification of Operative performance through Simulated Surgical Platforms, Capacitive Sensing, and Machine Learning to Improve Surgeon Performance and Medical Device Development," will be conducted in conjunction with Arizona State University (ASU).
  • Gore, Teleflex Medical, Becton Dickinson, Endologix, and surgical residency programs at Tulane Medical Center, McMaster University, and the Mayo Clinic.
  • This NSF Phase II funding represents a tremendous opportunity for further development and commercial scaling of our products that can improve surgical training and revolutionize development pipelines in the medical device industry.

Automotive Interior Differentiation is the New Battleground, Reveals IDTechEx

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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Display placement goes beyond the conventional center screen and digital gauge clusters to include displays for mirrors and passenger entertainment.

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  • Display placement goes beyond the conventional center screen and digital gauge clusters to include displays for mirrors and passenger entertainment.
  • No discussion of automotive interior trends is complete without mention of smart surfaces, in which capacitive touch sensors and lighting integrated within interior panels replace mechanical switches.
  • In summary, there are extensive opportunities for printed and flexible electronics within automotive interiors, with a key driver being an increased focus on this area for differentiation by the manufacturers.
  • IDTechEx guides your strategic business decisions through its Research, Subscription and Consultancy products, helping you profit from emerging technologies.

Automotive Interior Differentiation is the New Battleground, Reveals IDTechEx

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Display placement goes beyond the conventional center screen and digital gauge clusters to include displays for mirrors and passenger entertainment.

Key Points: 
  • Display placement goes beyond the conventional center screen and digital gauge clusters to include displays for mirrors and passenger entertainment.
  • No discussion of automotive interior trends is complete without mention of smart surfaces, in which capacitive touch sensors and lighting integrated within interior panels replace mechanical switches.
  • In summary, there are extensive opportunities for printed and flexible electronics within automotive interiors, with a key driver being an increased focus on this area for differentiation by the manufacturers.
  • IDTechEx guides your strategic business decisions through its Research, Subscription and Consultancy products, helping you profit from emerging technologies.

Securing Smartphones Through an Integrated Biometric Authentication Solution: Bo Pi and Yi He named European Inventor Award 2021 Finalists

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Their invention shows how innovation can help protect our privacy and security," says EPO President Antnio Campinos, announcing the European Inventor Award 2021 finalists.

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  • Their invention shows how innovation can help protect our privacy and security," says EPO President Antnio Campinos, announcing the European Inventor Award 2021 finalists.
  • "For the inventors, protecting their intellectual property with patents helped facilitate cooperation, attract licensing partners and helped their technology gain a foothold in multiple markets.
  • Although inspired by the release of the first fingerprint scanning technology, the duo quickly saw that these early scanners could be fooled by spoof attacks.
  • It simultaneously activates a conventional capacitive sensor that traces a map of where a fingerprint\'s conductive ridges hit the conductive plate.

Azoteq is pleased to announce new partners, ION Associates

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

b'AUSTIN, Texas, April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Azoteq, a pioneer in sensor fusion, today announced the appointment of a new manufacturer\'s representative in Southwest United States.\nION Associates will represent Azoteq in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana.

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  • b'AUSTIN, Texas, April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Azoteq, a pioneer in sensor fusion, today announced the appointment of a new manufacturer\'s representative in Southwest United States.\nION Associates will represent Azoteq in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
  • ION is headquartered in Arlington, Texas, was founded in 1974, and currently employs 34 sales professionals.\n"Based on ION\'s excellent technical sales capabilities, the company is a natural complement to Azoteq.
  • With more than 12 years of capacitive sensing experience, the sensor offering is now expanded to include ProxFusion : multi-sensor technologies on single ICs.
  • New technology can be complicated and, whether you are a customer or principal, significant assistance is sometimes needed to realize its full utility.

MTI Instruments' Accumeasure HD System Proven to Be Highest Resolution Capacitance System in the World

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Friday, April 9, 2021

The findings of the Harding study, combined with MTI Instruments' experiment and a review of the specifications of other capacitance systems on the market, showed that the Accumeasure HD system produces the highest resolution capacitive measurements in the world.

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  • The findings of the Harding study, combined with MTI Instruments' experiment and a review of the specifications of other capacitance systems on the market, showed that the Accumeasure HD system produces the highest resolution capacitive measurements in the world.
  • To test the Accumeasure HD system, Harding provided local heating to the back of a 6-millimeter thick, optical mirror with an unprotected gold coating.
  • The MTI Instruments Accumeasure HD system is a two-channel, picometer scale, capacitance based, displacement measurement instrument for conductive targets.
  • The Accumeasure HD system achieves extremely high resolution with the aid of external preamplifiers that are located close to the probes that eliminate parasitic capacitance effects, which cause noise.

Irish touch and gesture technology licensor, Neodrón Limited, reaches settlement with top consumer electronics companies

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021

DUBLIN, Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Neodrn Limited ("Neodrn"), a leading Dublin, Ireland-based licensor of technology focused on the touch sensor market, announced today that it reached a settlement with ten of the world's largest consumer electronics companies.

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  • DUBLIN, Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Neodrn Limited ("Neodrn"), a leading Dublin, Ireland-based licensor of technology focused on the touch sensor market, announced today that it reached a settlement with ten of the world's largest consumer electronics companies.
  • The legal actions were brought by Neodrn beginning in 2019 in Germany, China, and the United States (including before the International Trade Commission).
  • This settlement further vindicates the strength and fundamental nature of the Neodrn patent portfolio.
  • Neodrn is a technology licensing company based in Dublin, Ireland covering capacitive touch sensors and touch controllers.

Irish touch and gesture technology licensor, Neodrón Limited, reaches settlement with top consumer electronics companies

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021

DUBLIN, Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Neodrn Limited ("Neodrn"), a leading Dublin, Ireland-based licensor of technology focused on the touch sensor market, announced today that it reached a settlement with ten of the world's largest consumer electronics companies.

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  • DUBLIN, Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Neodrn Limited ("Neodrn"), a leading Dublin, Ireland-based licensor of technology focused on the touch sensor market, announced today that it reached a settlement with ten of the world's largest consumer electronics companies.
  • The legal actions were brought by Neodrn beginning in 2019 in Germany, China, and the United States (including before the International Trade Commission).
  • This settlement further vindicates the strength and fundamental nature of the Neodrn patent portfolio.
  • Neodrn is a technology licensing company based in Dublin, Ireland covering capacitive touch sensors and touch controllers.

New ams Capacitive Sensor Is Industry´s First Reliable, Hands-on Detection Solution Enabling Manufactures to Comply With European Safety Regulations For 2021

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Wednesday, November 18, 2020

ams (SIX: AMS), a leading worldwide supplier of high performance sensor solutions, today launches an automotive-qualified capacitive sensor which enhances the safety of assisted driving systems in road vehicles.

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  • ams (SIX: AMS), a leading worldwide supplier of high performance sensor solutions, today launches an automotive-qualified capacitive sensor which enhances the safety of assisted driving systems in road vehicles.
  • The AS8579 implements a novel technique for capacitive sensing, performing separation of resistive and capacitive parts (amount/share/proportion) of the impedance measured over the sensor element.
  • But detection fails when the driver wears gloves and false detection signals generated by the presence of moisture or humidity undermine the safety performance of hands-on detection based on this method of capacitive sensing.
  • The AS8579 automotive capacitive sensor is available for sampling, also an evaluation kit is available.

Fingerprint Cards AB (publ) Unveils Curved Side-mounted Capacitive Sensor for Mobile Devices

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Monday, November 16, 2020

Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints) today announces the launch of a new slim and curved capacitive touch sensor for biometric authentication.

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  • Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints) today announces the launch of a new slim and curved capacitive touch sensor for biometric authentication.
  • Following the success of the FPC1540 sensor, the uniquely curved FPC1542 sensor is set to enable innovation in the latest borderless smartphone designs.
  • The sensor can be coated in a range of colors to complement the aesthetics of the smartphone design.
  • FPC1542 expands Fingerprints portfolio of capacitive sensors, that are now integrated on the front, back and side of over 455 different mobile device models.