G06F 2203/0338
Fingerprint track pad, i.e. fingerprint sensor used as pointing device tracking the
Official title: Fingerprint track pad, i.e. fingerprint sensor used as pointing device tracking the fingertip image
G06F2203/0338 (Fingerprint track pad, i.e. fingerprint sensor used as pointing device tracking the) appears on 371 US grants and 454 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 371
- Published applications
- 454
- Assignees
- 170
- Inventors
- 869
- Latest grant
- 13 Jan 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Multi-user multi-touch projected capacitance touch sensor with event initiation based on common touch entity detection13 Jan 2026US 12,524,110 B2Elo Touch Solutions, Inc.
- Pointing device with biometric skin-contact sensor, and corresponding method13 May 2025US 12,299,098 B2Touch Biometrix Limited
- Audio speaker and proximity sensor with piezoelectric polymer technology22 Apr 2025US 12,284,481 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Portable solid-state drive module1 Apr 2025US 12,265,432 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly11 Mar 2025US 12,246,649 B2Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
- Multi-user multi-touch projected capacitance touch sensor with event initiation based on common touch entity detection7 May 2026US 2026/0126872 A1Elo Touch Solutions, Inc.
- Self-mixing interferometry sensor module, electronic device and method of detecting movements24 Jul 2025US 2025/0237491 A1ams International AG
- User terminal apparatus, electronic apparatus, system, and control method thereof13 Mar 2025US 2025/0088697 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Multi-user multi-touch projected capacitance touch sensor with event initiation based on common touch entity detection30 Jan 2025US 2025/0036235 A1Elo Touch Solutions, Inc.
- Electronic Assembly, Apparatus and Method for Detecting User's Fingerprints17 Oct 2024US 2024/0345645 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Touchpad providing screen cursor/pointer movement control268US 6,392,636 B1STMicroelectronics S.r. l. · 2002
- Capacitive semiconductor user input device244US 6,408,087 B1STMicroelectronics S.r. l. · 2002
- Mouseless optical and position translation type screen pointer control for a computer system186US 6,057,540 AHewlett-Packard Company · 2000
- Mouse adapted to scan biometric data184US 5,991,431 ADEW Engineering and Development Limited · 1999
- Method and apparatus for generating a control signal182US 5,801,681 A1998