MULTI-MODE CAPACITIVE SENSOR

• Main Authors: Thompson Erik Jonathon, ERDOGAN Ozan Ersan, TAPARIA Ajay, SHEN Guozhong
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 01.09.2016
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; MEASURING; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS; MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; TESTING

A method and device for providing a multi-modal capacitive sensor, including a plurality of sensor electrodes, in an electronic device is provided. In a first mode, the capacitive sensor is configured to capture an image of a biometric object. In a second mode, the capacitive sensor is configured to...