H03K 17/9618
Using a plurality of detectors
Official title: {using a plurality of detectors, e.g. keyboard}
H03K17/9618 (Using a plurality of detectors) appears on 68 US grants and 87 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
- 68
- Published applications
- 87
- Assignees
- 76
- Inventors
- 193
- Latest grant
- 24 Mar 2026
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| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Non-contact direction selector mechanism24 Mar 2026US 12,587,195 B2Snap-on Incorporated
- Touch-based control device13 Jan 2026US 12,524,097 B2Brilliant NextGen Inc.
- Electronic lock12 Aug 2025US 12,387,862 B2Tong Lung Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle trim panel with integrated deformation sensor11 Mar 2025US 12,246,658 B2Faurecia Interieur Industrie
- Key scanning method and input device implemented therewith22 Oct 2024US 12,124,638 B2Darfon Electronics Corp.
- Touch-based control device23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211519 A1Brilliant NextGen Inc.
- Sensing apparatus, a mobility apparatus including the same, and a control method of a mobility apparatus18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168296 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Controller interface and process for assembly thereof29 Jan 2026US 2026/0032834 A1Carel Industries S.P.A.
- Electronic device3 Jul 2025US 2025/0218701 A1Xoopar Limited
- Trigger assembly28 Nov 2024US 2024/0396549 A1Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Capacitance-variation-sensitive touch sensing array system280US 4,733,222 AIntegrated Touch Arrays, Inc. · 1988
- Touchpad with dual sensor that simplifies scanning159US 5,543,589 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1996
- Adaptive keypad107US 5,510,783 AInterlink Electronics, Inc. · 1996
- Interactive device for data input into an instrument of small dimensions88US 4,242,676 ACentre Electronique Horloger S. A. · 1980
- Apparatus for dynamically varying the resolution of a tactile sensor array88US 5,237,879 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1993