Interactive biometric touch scanner

BT Khuri-Yakub, MF Rasmussen, G Touma… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
2019-08-16 Assigned to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD
JUNIOR UNIVERSITY reassignment THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND …

Operating a fingerprint sensor comprised of ultrasonic transducers

JC Salvia, HY Tang, MH Perrott, BW Garlepp… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
In a method for operating a fingerprint sensor comprising a plurality of ultrasonic
transducers, a first subset of ultrasonic transducers of the fingerprint sensor are activated …

Device mountable packaging of ultrasonic transducers

JML Tsai - US Patent 10,445,547, 2019 - Google Patents
An electronic device including an array of ultrasonic transducers for generating and
receiving ultrasonic signals, and an acoustic coupling layer overlying the array of ultrasonic …

Operation of an ultrasonic sensor

BW Garlepp, MH Perrott, JC Salvia - US Patent 10,539,539, 2020 - Google Patents
In a method of using an ultrasonic sensor comprising a two-dimensional array of ultrasonic
transducers, a plurality of ultrasonic signals are transmitted according to a beam forming …

Acoustic biometric touch scanner

MF Rasmussen, G Touma, BT Khuri-Yakub - US Patent 10,846,501, 2020 - Google Patents
An acoustic biometric touch scanner device and method is disclosed. In one aspect, an
acoustic fingerprint sensing device includes an array of ultrasonic transducers configured to …

Multi-functional ultrasonic fingerprint sensor

JL Strohmann, Y Karmi, Y Lu, HV Panchawagh… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Some disclosed methods involve controlling an ultrasonic sensor system to transmit
ultrasonic waves and receiving signals from the ultrasonic sensor system corresponding to …

Supplemental sensor modes and systems for ultrasonic transducers

N Apte, RM Berger, M Daneman - US Patent 10,441,975, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract A Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (PMUT) device is provided.
The PMUT includes a substrate and an edge support structure connected to the substrate. A …

Receive operation of an ultrasonic sensor

BW Garlepp, JC Salvia, MH Perrott - US Patent 10,562,070, 2020 - Google Patents
(Continued) Primary Examiner–Carlos Garcia (57) ABSTRACT An ultrasonic sensor
includes a two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers including a plurality of sub-arrays …

Image generation in an electronic device using ultrasonic transducers

BW Garlepp, MH Perrott, M Daneman… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
A method for generating an image is provided. The method comprises capturing a first set of
image pixels by an ultrasonic sensor comprising an array of ultrasonic transducers using a …

Image generation in an electronic device using ultrasonic transducers

BW Garlepp, JC Salvia, M Daneman, N Apte… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
A method for generating a composite image having an increased image pixel density by an
array of ultrasonic transducers having a given spatial density is provided. The method …