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公开(公告)号:EP4394552A2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-03
申请号:EP24176237.6
申请日:2022-04-07
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Inventor: RIZZARDINI, Federico , BRACCO, Lorenzo
IPC: G06F1/16
CPC classification number: G06F2200/163620130101 , G06F2203/0410620130101 , G06F1/1684 , G06F3/0488 , G06F3/04883 , H03K17/96 , G06F1/1694
Abstract: System (1) for detecting a touch gesture of a user on a detection surface (102), comprising: a processing unit (2); and an accelerometer (4) to detect a vibration at the detection surface and generate a vibration signal (Sacc_raw). The processing unit is configured to: acquire the vibration signal, detect, in the vibration signal, a signal characteristic (p1, p2) which can be correlated to the touch gesture of the user, detect, in the vibration signal, a stationarity condition preceding and/or following the detected signal characteristic, and validate the touch gesture in the event that both the signal characteristic and the stationarity condition have been detected. An electrostatic charge sensor (6) may also be used as a further parameter to validate the touch gesture.
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公开(公告)号:EP4357889A1
公开(公告)日:2024-04-24
申请号:EP23200099.2
申请日:2023-09-27
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Inventor: RIVOLTA, Stefano Paolo , RIZZARDINI, Federico
CPC classification number: G06F3/0418 , G06F1/1643 , G06F1/1626 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1677 , G06F1/1694 , G06F3/038
Abstract: A method includes receiving electrostatic sensor data in a processor of an electronic device from an electrostatic sensor mounted behind a touchscreen of the electronic device and using the electrostatic sensor data to determine when the touchscreen is being used. Based on whether or not the touchscreen is being used, an on-table detection (OTD) algorithm is selected from a plurality of available OTD algorithms. In one or more examples, the OTD algorithm may also be selected based on the current device mode of the electronic device, which may be determined from a lid angle, a screen angle, and a keyboard angle of the electronic device. The selected OTD algorithm is run to determine whether or not the electronic device is located on a stationary or stable surface.
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公开(公告)号:EP4170461A9
公开(公告)日:2023-06-14
申请号:EP22201942.4
申请日:2022-10-17
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Inventor: RIVOLTA, Stefano Paolo , MURA, Roberto , BRACCO, Lorenzo , RIZZARDINI, Federico
IPC: G06F1/16
Abstract: Detection method (50) of a first or second state of a foldable electronic device (10) comprising a first and a second hardware element (12; 14) tiltable to each other and accommodating a first and a second electrode (20b; 22b) which are in contact with each other when the foldable electronic device is in the first state and at a distance from each other otherwise. The detection method (50) is performed by a control unit (23) of the foldable electronic device and comprises the steps of: acquiring (S10) a first and a second charge variation signal indicative of environmental electric/electrostatic charge variations detected by the first and second electrodes; generating (S12) a differential signal (S D ) indicative of a difference between the first (S Q1 ) and the second (S Q2 ) charge variation signals; generating (S14, S16, S18, S20), as a function of the differential signal (S D ), one or more feature signals (S T ); and generating (S22), as a function of the one or more feature signals (S T ), a contact signal (Sc) indicative of the first or second states of the foldable electronic device (10) .
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公开(公告)号:EP3647905A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-06
申请号:EP19206346.9
申请日:2019-10-30
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Inventor: RIVOLTA, Stefano Paolo , RIZZARDINI, Federico
IPC: G06F1/3231
Abstract: A system (100) for determining whether an electronic device (101) is located on a stationary or stable surface includes: a first motion sensor (102) configured to generate first sensor data indicative of a first type of movement of the electronic device; a first feature detection circuit (104) configured to determine at least one orientation-independent feature based on the first sensor data; and a classifying circuit (106) configured to determine whether or not the electronic device is located on a stationary surface based on the at least one orientation-independent feature.
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公开(公告)号:EP4224285A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-09
申请号:EP23175613.1
申请日:2018-05-17
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
IPC: G06F1/16
Abstract: A computing system (10) including: a first hardware element (12, 14), housing a first accelerometer (20; 22) and a first gyroscope (24; 26); a second hardware element (14; 12), housing a second accelerometer (22; 20) and a second gyroscope (26; 24), which can be oriented with respect to the first hardware element (12) and defines an angle (α LID ) with the first hardware element (12; 14); and a calculating unit (27, 28) configured for performing the operations of: calculating a first intermediate value (α LID_ACC ) of the angle (α LID ) on the basis of signals generated by the first and by the second accelerometers (20, 22); calculating a second intermediate value (α LID_GYR ) of the angle (α LID ) on the basis of signals generated by the first and by the second gyroscopes (24, 26); calculating a final value of the angle (α LID ) as the weighted sum of the first intermediate value (α LID_ACC ) and of the second intermediate value (α LID_GYR ); and controlling at least one parameter of the computing system (10) as a function of the final value of the angle (α LID ).
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公开(公告)号:EP3771964A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-03
申请号:EP20188656.1
申请日:2020-07-30
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Inventor: RIVOLTA, Stefano Paolo , RIZZARDINI, Federico , BRACCO, Lorenzo
IPC: G06F1/3234 , G06F3/03 , G06F3/038 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/0346
Abstract: A pointing method to generate screen-frame displacement data based on 3D-space movements of a pointing electronic device (1), envisages: receiving attitude quaternion data (q), indicative of an orientation of the electronic device (1) in the 3D-space, generated by a sensor-fusion algorithm from joint processing of an acceleration signal (Acc), indicative of acceleration acting on the pointing electronic device (1) along three reference axes (X, Y, Z) of the 3D-space, and of a gyroscope signal (Gyro), indicative of angular rate of rotation of the pointing electronic device (1) around the three reference axes (X, Y, Z) of the 3D-space; processing the quaternion data (q) to determine an orientation difference between a current orientation and a previous orientation of the electronic device (1) in the 3D-space; translating the orientation difference from the quaternion space to tilt-compensated angular rate of rotation (g x , g y , g z ) of the electronic device (1) in the 3D-space; and generating the screen-frame displacements based on the tilt-compensated angular rate of rotation in the 3D-space.
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公开(公告)号:EP3705353A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-09
申请号:EP20161653.9
申请日:2020-03-06
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Inventor: RIVOLTA, Stefano Paolo , RIZZARDINI, Federico , ARCERI, Daniele , RIZZO PIAZZA RONCORONI, Alessandra Maria , BIANCO, Marco
Abstract: A remote access device (200) and method of operation thereof are provided for accessing a physical object or location. The remote access device includes an accelerometer (204), a wireless transmitter (206), and control circuitry (202). The control circuitry (202) causes the wireless transmitter (206) to transition between a first operating mode (108) and a second operating mode (110) in response to receiving signals from the accelerometer (204) indicating a first change in motion states of the remote access device. The control circuitry (202) causes the wireless transmitter (206) to transition between the first operating mode (108) and the second operating mode (108) in response to receiving signals from the accelerometer (204) indicating a second change in motion states of the remote access device. The control circuitry (202) further causes the wireless transmitter (206) to transition between the first operating mode (108) and the second operating mode (110) in response to receiving signals from the accelerometer 104 indicating a third change in motion states of the remote access device.
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公开(公告)号:EP4394552A3
公开(公告)日:2024-10-02
申请号:EP24176237.6
申请日:2022-04-07
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Inventor: RIZZARDINI, Federico , BRACCO, Lorenzo
IPC: G06F3/038 , H01H1/00 , H03K17/96 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/0488 , G06F3/04883
CPC classification number: G06F2200/163620130101 , G06F2203/0410620130101 , G06F1/1684 , G06F3/0488 , G06F3/04883 , H03K17/96 , G06F1/1694
Abstract: System (1) for detecting a touch gesture of a user on a detection surface (102), comprising: a processing unit (2); and an accelerometer (4) to detect a vibration at the detection surface and generate a vibration signal (Sacc_raw). The processing unit is configured to: acquire the vibration signal, detect, in the vibration signal, a signal characteristic (p1, p2) which can be correlated to the touch gesture of the user, detect, in the vibration signal, a stationarity condition preceding and/or following the detected signal characteristic, and validate the touch gesture in the event that both the signal characteristic and the stationarity condition have been detected. An electrostatic charge sensor (6) may also be used as a further parameter to validate the touch gesture.
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公开(公告)号:EP3771970A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-03
申请号:EP20188663.7
申请日:2020-07-30
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Inventor: ROSINGANA, Paolo , RIZZO PIAZZA RONCORONI, Alessandra Maria , RIZZARDINI, Federico , BRACCO, Lorenzo , RIVOLTA, Stefano Paolo , BIANCO, Marco
IPC: G06F3/0354 , G06F3/0346 , B81B7/02 , G05B13/02 , G06F1/32
Abstract: An inertial measurement system (1), having: at least one motion sensor (2) to output motion data with an output data rate - ODR -period (T ODR ); and a control unit (4) coupled to the motion sensor (2) to control operation thereof based on a power mode switching, according to which each ODR period (T ODR ) envisages: a first phase (T OFF ), in which the motion sensor (2) is controlled in a condition of low power consumption; and a subsequent measurement phase (T MEAS ), in which the motion sensor (2) is controlled to perform measurements for generation of measurement data. The control unit (4) adaptively adjusts the duration of the ODR period (T ODR ) based on at least one check related to the measurement data generated during the measurement phase.
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公开(公告)号:EP3771969A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-03
申请号:EP20188666.0
申请日:2020-07-30
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Inventor: RIZZARDINI, Federico , BRACCO, Lorenzo , RIVOLTA, Stefano Paolo
IPC: G06F3/0346 , G06F3/01 , G06F1/3231
Abstract: A gesture-recognition system for a digital-pen-like device (1), envisages: at least one motion sensor (2) to provide at least one motion signal (Sm) indicative of movements of the digital-pen-like device (1); a gesture-recognition module (6), coupled to the at least one motion sensor (2) to process the motion signal (Sm) and to implement a plurality of gesture recognition algorithms based on the motion signal (Sm), each of the gesture recognition algorithms being configured to recognize a corresponding gesture performed by a user of the digital-pen-like device (1); and a control unit (8) coupled to the gesture-recognition module (6) and transmitting gesture-recognition data indicative of a recognized gesture towards a host apparatus (10), with which the digital-pen-like device (1) is associated.
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