Erik Thompson

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Phoenix, AZ, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for detecting ambient light or proximity with a...
- Patent number 11,175,177
- Issue date Nov 16, 2021
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Petr Shepelev
- G09 - EDUCATION CRYPTOGRAPHY DISPLAY ADVERTISING SEALS
Information Patent Grant
Defensive measures for residue re-imaging
- Patent number 11,120,247
- Issue date Sep 14, 2021
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Erik Jonathon Thompson
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Defensive measures for residue re-imaging
- Patent number 11,010,589
- Issue date May 18, 2021
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Anthony P. Russo
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for optical sensing with angled filters
- Patent number 10,891,460
- Issue date Jan 12, 2021
- Will Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
- Guozhong Shen
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Hybrid optical and capacitive sensor
- Patent number 10,719,683
- Issue date Jul 21, 2020
- Fingerprint Cards AB
- Jeffrey S. Lillie
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Optical fingerprint sensor illumination using a display
- Patent number 10,679,030
- Issue date Jun 9, 2020
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Petr Shepelev
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for reducing unwanted reflections in display sy...
- Patent number 10,664,676
- Issue date May 26, 2020
- Will Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
- Bob Lee Mackey
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Biometric imaging with hover detection
- Patent number 10,592,717
- Issue date Mar 17, 2020
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Mohamed Sheik-Nainar
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Low power navigation devices, systems and methods
- Patent number 10,380,402
- Issue date Aug 13, 2019
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Erik Jonathon Thompson
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Initiating fingerprint capture with a touch screen
- Patent number 10,282,579
- Issue date May 7, 2019
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Erik Jonathon Thompson
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Hybrid optical and capacitive sensor
- Patent number 10,102,411
- Issue date Oct 16, 2018
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Jeffrey S. Lillie
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Signal strength enhancement in a biometric sensor array
- Patent number 10,049,254
- Issue date Aug 14, 2018
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Paul Wickboldt
- G07 - CHECKING-DEVICES
Information Patent Grant
Low power navigation, devices, systems and methods
- Patent number 9,836,638
- Issue date Dec 5, 2017
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Erik Jonathon Thompson
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Wakeup strategy using a biometric sensor
- Patent number 9,824,200
- Issue date Nov 21, 2017
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Ty Bao Lien
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Multi-mode capacitive sensor
- Patent number 9,792,482
- Issue date Oct 17, 2017
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Guozhong Shen
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Biometric object sensor and method
- Patent number 9,697,411
- Issue date Jul 4, 2017
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Richard Erhart
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Fingerprint sensing circuit
- Patent number 9,666,635
- Issue date May 30, 2017
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Richard Alex Erhart
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Tiered wakeup strategy
- Patent number 9,665,762
- Issue date May 30, 2017
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Erik Jonathon Thompson
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Integrated fingerprint sensor and navigation device
- Patent number 9,594,498
- Issue date Mar 14, 2017
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Gregory Lewis Dean
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Button depress wakeup and wakeup strategy
- Patent number 9,251,329
- Issue date Feb 2, 2016
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Ty Bao Lien
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Low power navigation devices, systems and methods
- Patent number 9,208,371
- Issue date Dec 8, 2015
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Erik Jonathon Thompson
- Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
Information Patent Grant
Signal strength enhancement in a biometric sensor array
- Patent number 9,158,958
- Issue date Oct 13, 2015
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Paul Wickboldt
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Biometric object sensor and method
- Patent number 9,137,438
- Issue date Sep 15, 2015
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Richard Alexander Erhart
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Apparatus and method for reducing parasitic capacitive coupling and...
- Patent number RE45650
- Issue date Aug 11, 2015
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Gregory Lewis Dean
- 001 -
Information Patent Grant
Fingerprint sensing circuit having programmable sensing patterns
- Patent number RE45601
- Issue date Jul 7, 2015
- Gregory Lewis Dean
- 001 -
Information Patent Grant
Integrated fingerprint sensor and navigation device
- Patent number 9,001,040
- Issue date Apr 7, 2015
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Gregory Lewis Dean
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Apparatus and method for reducing noise in fingerprint sensing circ...
- Patent number 8,787,632
- Issue date Jul 22, 2014
- Synaptics Incorporated
- Gregory Lewis Dean
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Apparatus and method for culling substantially redundant data in fi...
- Patent number 8,600,122
- Issue date Dec 3, 2013
- Validity Sensors, Inc.
- Gregory Lewis Dean
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Apparatus and method for finger activity on a fingerprint sensor
- Patent number 8,593,160
- Issue date Nov 26, 2013
- Validity Sensors, Inc.
- Erik Jonathon Thompson
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Apparatus and method for reducing noise in fingerprint sensing circ...
- Patent number 8,520,913
- Issue date Aug 27, 2013
- Validity Sensors, Inc.
- Gregory Lewis Dean
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
HYBRID OPTICAL AND CAPACITIVE SENSOR
- Publication number 20200349332
- Publication date Nov 5, 2020
- Fingerprint Cards AB
- Jeffrey S. Lillie
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AMBIENT LIGHT OR PROXIMITY WITH A...
- Publication number 20200200596
- Publication date Jun 25, 2020
- SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Petr SHEPELEV
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
DEFENSIVE MEASURES FOR RESIDUE RE-IMAGING
- Publication number 20200184191
- Publication date Jun 11, 2020
- SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Erik Jonathon THOMPSON
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
OPTICAL FINGERPRINT SENSOR ILLUMINATION USING A DISPLAY
- Publication number 20190278967
- Publication date Sep 12, 2019
- SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Petr SHEPELEV
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTICAL SENSING WITH ANGLED FILTERS
- Publication number 20190026523
- Publication date Jan 24, 2019
- SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Guozhong SHEN
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
HYBRID OPTICAL AND CAPACITIVE SENSOR
- Publication number 20190018998
- Publication date Jan 17, 2019
- SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Jeffrey S. Lillie
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING UNWANTED REFLECTIONS IN DISPLAY SY...
- Publication number 20180357462
- Publication date Dec 13, 2018
- SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Bob Lee Mackey
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
BIOMETRIC IMAGING WITH HOVER DETECTION
- Publication number 20180218195
- Publication date Aug 2, 2018
- SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Mohamed Sheik-Nainar
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
HYBRID OPTICAL AND CAPACITIVE SENSOR
- Publication number 20180211078
- Publication date Jul 26, 2018
- SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Jeffrey S. Lillie
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
LOW POWER NAVIGATION DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS
- Publication number 20180068161
- Publication date Mar 8, 2018
- SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Erik Jonathon Thompson
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
INITIATING FINGERPRINT CAPTURE WITH A TOUCH SCREEN
- Publication number 20170220842
- Publication date Aug 3, 2017
- SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Erik Jonathon Thompson
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SIGNAL STRENGTH ENHANCEMENT IN A BIOMETRIC SENSOR ARRAY
- Publication number 20170098115
- Publication date Apr 6, 2017
- SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Paul WICKBOLDT
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
MULTI-MODE CAPACITIVE SENSOR
- Publication number 20160253539
- Publication date Sep 1, 2016
- Synaptics Inc.
- Guozhong SHEN
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
BUTTON DEPRESS WAKEUP AND WAKEUP STRATEGY
- Publication number 20160154951
- Publication date Jun 2, 2016
- SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Ty Bao LIEN
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
LOW POWER NAVIGATION, DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS
- Publication number 20160104025
- Publication date Apr 14, 2016
- SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Erik Jonathon Thompson
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SIGNAL STRENGTH ENHANCEMENT IN A BIOMETRIC SENSOR ARRAY
- Publication number 20160034740
- Publication date Feb 4, 2016
- SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Paul WICKBOLDT
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
BIOMETRIC OBJECT SENSOR AND METHOD
- Publication number 20150379323
- Publication date Dec 31, 2015
- SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Richard Erhart
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
INTEGRATED FINGERPRINT SENSOR AND NAVIGATION DEVICE
- Publication number 20150153923
- Publication date Jun 4, 2015
- Gregory Lewis Dean
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SIGNAL STRENGTH ENHANCEMENT IN A BIOMETRIC SENSOR ARRAY
- Publication number 20150030217
- Publication date Jan 29, 2015
- SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Paul WICKBOLDT
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING NOISE IN FINGERPRINT SENSING CIRC...
- Publication number 20140328522
- Publication date Nov 6, 2014
- Gregory Lewis DEAN
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
TIERED WAKEUP STRATEGY
- Publication number 20140198960
- Publication date Jul 17, 2014
- SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Erik Jonathon THOMPSON
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Low Power Navigation Devices, Systems and Methods
- Publication number 20140093143
- Publication date Apr 3, 2014
- Validity Sensors, Inc.
- Erik Jonathon THOMPSON
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING NOISE IN FINGERPRINT SENSING CIRC...
- Publication number 20140016838
- Publication date Jan 16, 2014
- Validity Sensors, Inc.
- Gregory Lewis Dean
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
BIOMETRIC OBJECT SENSOR AND METHOD
- Publication number 20130258086
- Publication date Oct 3, 2013
- Validity Sensors, Inc.
- Richard Alexander ERHART
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
BUTTON DEPRESS WAKEUP AND WAKEUP STRATEGY
- Publication number 20130263252
- Publication date Oct 3, 2013
- Validity Sensors, Inc.
- Ty Bao LIEN
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Apparatus and Method for Finger Activity on a Fingerprint Sensor
- Publication number 20130021044
- Publication date Jan 24, 2013
- Validity Sensors, Inc.
- Erik Jonathon Thompson
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING NOISE IN FINGERPRINT SENSING CIRC...
- Publication number 20120148122
- Publication date Jun 14, 2012
- Gregory Lewis Dean
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
FINGERPRINT SENSING CIRCUIT
- Publication number 20110304001
- Publication date Dec 15, 2011
- Validity Sensors, Inc.
- Richard Alex Erhart
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Integrated Fingerprint Sensor and Navigation Device
- Publication number 20110298711
- Publication date Dec 8, 2011
- Validity Sensors, Inc.
- Gregory Lewis Dean
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Ultra Low Power Oscillator
- Publication number 20100176892
- Publication date Jul 15, 2010
- Validity Sensors, Inc.
- Erik Jonathon Thompson
- H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY

Erik Thompson

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Systems and methods for detecting ambient light or proximity with a...

Defensive measures for residue re-imaging

Defensive measures for residue re-imaging

Systems and methods for optical sensing with angled filters

Hybrid optical and capacitive sensor

Optical fingerprint sensor illumination using a display

Systems and methods for reducing unwanted reflections in display sy...

Biometric imaging with hover detection

Low power navigation devices, systems and methods

Initiating fingerprint capture with a touch screen

Hybrid optical and capacitive sensor

Signal strength enhancement in a biometric sensor array

Low power navigation, devices, systems and methods

Wakeup strategy using a biometric sensor

Multi-mode capacitive sensor

Biometric object sensor and method

Fingerprint sensing circuit

Tiered wakeup strategy

Integrated fingerprint sensor and navigation device

Button depress wakeup and wakeup strategy

Low power navigation devices, systems and methods

Signal strength enhancement in a biometric sensor array

Biometric object sensor and method

Apparatus and method for reducing parasitic capacitive coupling and...

Fingerprint sensing circuit having programmable sensing patterns

Integrated fingerprint sensor and navigation device

Apparatus and method for reducing noise in fingerprint sensing circ...

Apparatus and method for culling substantially redundant data in fi...

Apparatus and method for finger activity on a fingerprint sensor

Apparatus and method for reducing noise in fingerprint sensing circ...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

HYBRID OPTICAL AND CAPACITIVE SENSOR

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AMBIENT LIGHT OR PROXIMITY WITH A...

DEFENSIVE MEASURES FOR RESIDUE RE-IMAGING

OPTICAL FINGERPRINT SENSOR ILLUMINATION USING A DISPLAY

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTICAL SENSING WITH ANGLED FILTERS

HYBRID OPTICAL AND CAPACITIVE SENSOR

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING UNWANTED REFLECTIONS IN DISPLAY SY...

BIOMETRIC IMAGING WITH HOVER DETECTION

HYBRID OPTICAL AND CAPACITIVE SENSOR

LOW POWER NAVIGATION DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS

INITIATING FINGERPRINT CAPTURE WITH A TOUCH SCREEN

SIGNAL STRENGTH ENHANCEMENT IN A BIOMETRIC SENSOR ARRAY

MULTI-MODE CAPACITIVE SENSOR

BUTTON DEPRESS WAKEUP AND WAKEUP STRATEGY

LOW POWER NAVIGATION, DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS

SIGNAL STRENGTH ENHANCEMENT IN A BIOMETRIC SENSOR ARRAY

BIOMETRIC OBJECT SENSOR AND METHOD

INTEGRATED FINGERPRINT SENSOR AND NAVIGATION DEVICE

SIGNAL STRENGTH ENHANCEMENT IN A BIOMETRIC SENSOR ARRAY

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING NOISE IN FINGERPRINT SENSING CIRC...

TIERED WAKEUP STRATEGY

Low Power Navigation Devices, Systems and Methods

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING NOISE IN FINGERPRINT SENSING CIRC...

BIOMETRIC OBJECT SENSOR AND METHOD

BUTTON DEPRESS WAKEUP AND WAKEUP STRATEGY

Apparatus and Method for Finger Activity on a Fingerprint Sensor

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING NOISE IN FINGERPRINT SENSING CIRC...

FINGERPRINT SENSING CIRCUIT

Integrated Fingerprint Sensor and Navigation Device

Ultra Low Power Oscillator