Inventor · disambiguated record
Michael D. Layton
Also filed as: LAYTON MICHAEL D
9 granted patents·5 pending applications·1,054 citations·filing 1994–2014
90Inventor score
Technology areasG06F
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14 records- 0197US5565658ACapacitance-based proximity with interference rejection apparatus and methodsCIRQUE CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Oct 15, 1996·604 cites·14 claims
- 0296US7151528B2System for disposing a proximity sensitive touchpad behind a mobile phone keypadCIRQUE CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 19, 2006·314 cites·57 claims
- 0395US7423635B2Single-layer touchpad having touch zonesCIRQUE CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 9, 2008·76 cites·20 claims
- 0490US7564449B2Method of scrolling that is activated by touchdown in a predefined location on a touchpad that recognizes gestures for controlling scrolling functionsCIRQUE CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 21, 2009·32 cites·17 claims
- 0584US7808487B2System for disposing a proximity sensitive touchpad behind a mobile phone keymatCIRQUE CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 5, 2010·15 cites·2 claims
- 0678US7817145B2Method and system for performing scrolling by movement of a pointing object in a curvilinear path on a touchpadCIRQUE CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 19, 2010·9 cites·9 claims
- 0767US9086769B2High resolution non-ghosted gesturesPAULSEN KEITH L·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 21, 2015·2 cites·21 claims
- 0866US9229593B2Single and multiple finger extraction and position calculation using a weighted maskCIRQUE CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 5, 2016·2 cites·13 claims
- 0949US10073552B2Multi-dimensional multi-finger search using oversampling hill climbing and descent with rangeCIRQUE CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 11, 2018·0 cites·18 claims
- 1045US2009314550A1Touchpad designed in a planar configuration that can be molded to conform to a non-planar objectLAYTON MICHAEL D·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 1144US2005035953A1Single-layer touchpad and methods of useFiled 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 1244US2004125087A1Single-layer touchpad having touch zonesFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 1344US2014111429A1Multiple fingers, multiple step gestureCIRQUE CORP·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 1442US2006262101A1Expanded electrode grid of a capacitance sensitive touchpad by using demultiplexing of signals to the grid as controlled by binary patterns from a touch sensor circuitLAYTON MICHAEL D·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
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