H03K 17/9622
Using a plurality of detectors
Official title: {using a plurality of detectors, e.g. keyboard}
H03K17/9622 (Using a plurality of detectors) appears on 1,056 US grants and 1,182 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
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- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Systems and methods for capacitive sensing with secondary electrodes exposed to electric fields from a primary electrode18 Aug 2026US 12,710,848 B2Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC
- Wooden or other dielectric capacitive touch interface and loudspeaker having same11 Aug 2026US 12,707,177 B2Koss Corporation
- Keyboard4 Aug 2026US 12,699,486 B2Clevetura LTD
- Gap sensing via engine coil19 May 2026US 12,632,114 B2Apple Inc.
- Switch device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312585 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
- Touch switch1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303094 A1MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
- Device having integrated interface system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277330 A1Apple Inc.
- Membrane assembly and touch keyboard with same27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254452 A1Primax Electronics Ltd.
- Input device for a motor vehicle, in which, in the event of a first touch, a force threshold is suppressed, and method for operating an input device of this kind6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225441 A1Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for integrating manual input3,711US 6,323,846 B1University of Delaware · 2001
- Touch switch with integral control circuit859US 6,320,282 B1Touchsensor Technologies, LLC · 2001
- Capacitive sensor and array762US 6,452,514 B12002
- Method and apparatus for integrating manual input703US 6,888,536 B2University of Delaware · 2005
- Display of alignment of staple cartridge to prior linear staple line540US 11,026,751 B2Cilag GmbH International · 2021