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Erik Jonathon Thompson
Also filed as: THOMPSON ERIK · THOMPSON ERIK JONATHON
33 granted patents·4 pending applications·456 citations·filing 2008–2020
97Inventor score
Files withSYNAPTICS INC23VALIDITY SENSORS INC4DEAN GREGORY LEWIS3FINGERPRINT CARDS AB2THOMPSON ERIK JONATHON2
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37 records- 0198US9158958B2Signal strength enhancement in a biometric sensor arraySYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 13, 2015·42 cites·20 claims
- 0297US8520913B2Apparatus and method for reducing noise in fingerprint sensing circuitsDEAN GREGORY LEWIS·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 27, 2013·51 cites·32 claims
- 0396US8005276B2Apparatus and method for reducing parasitic capacitive coupling and noise in fingerprint sensing circuitsVALIDITY SENSORS INC·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 23, 2011·78 cites·20 claims
- 0496US7953258B2Fingerprint sensing circuit having programmable sensing patternsVALIDITY SENSORS INC·Filed 2008·Granted May 31, 2011·77 cites·20 claims
- 0594US9665762B2Tiered wakeup strategySYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 30, 2017·46 cites·24 claims
- 0693US10102411B2Hybrid optical and capacitive sensorSYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 16, 2018·17 cites·32 claims
- 0792US9251329B2Button depress wakeup and wakeup strategySYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 2, 2016·19 cites·20 claims
- 0892US9001040B2Integrated fingerprint sensor and navigation deviceDEAN GREGORY LEWIS·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 7, 2015·18 cites·5 claims
- 0990US8278946B2Apparatus and method for detecting finger activity on a fingerprint sensorTHOMPSON ERIK JONATHON·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 2, 2012·34 cites·30 claims
- 1089US10282579B2Initiating fingerprint capture with a touch screenSYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2017·Granted May 7, 2019·8 cites·30 claims
- 1187US10679030B2Optical fingerprint sensor illumination using a displaySYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 9, 2020·6 cites·28 claims
- 1287US10664676B2Systems and methods for reducing unwanted reflections in display systems incorporating an under display biometric sensorWILL SEMICONDUCTOR SHANGHA CO LTD·Filed 2018·Granted May 26, 2020·5 cites·19 claims
- 1387US10049254B2Signal strength enhancement in a biometric sensor arraySYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 14, 2018·4 cites·20 claims
- 1485US9594498B2Integrated fingerprint sensor and navigation deviceSYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 14, 2017·4 cites·29 claims
- 1585USRE45601EFingerprint sensing circuit having programmable sensing patternsSYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 7, 2015·9 cites·21 claims
- 1683US8593160B2Apparatus and method for finger activity on a fingerprint sensorTHOMPSON ERIK JONATHON·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 26, 2013·10 cites·20 claims
- 1782US9137438B2Biometric object sensor and methodSYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 15, 2015·5 cites·28 claims
- 1877US9208371B2Low power navigation devices, systems and methodsSYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 8, 2015·3 cites·20 claims
- 1976US8787632B2Apparatus and method for reducing noise in fingerprint sensing circuitsSYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 22, 2014·4 cites·27 claims
- 2074US11010589B1Defensive measures for residue re-imagingSYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2019·Granted May 18, 2021·2 cites·20 claims
- 2174US8600122B2Apparatus and method for culling substantially redundant data in fingerprint sensing circuitsDEAN GREGORY LEWIS·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 3, 2013·10 cites·20 claims
- 2270US9666635B2Fingerprint sensing circuitERHART RICHARD ALEX·Filed 2011·Granted May 30, 2017·3 cites·16 claims
- 2365US10592717B2Biometric imaging with hover detectionSYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 17, 2020·1 cites·33 claims
- 2460US2020349332A1Hybrid optical and capacitive sensorFINGERPRINT CARDS AB·Filed 2020·Application pending·0 cites
- 2558US10380402B2Low power navigation devices, systems and methodsSYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 13, 2019·0 cites·15 claims
- 2658US2014328522A1Apparatus and method for reducing noise in fingerprint sensing circuitsSYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 2755US11120247B2Defensive measures for residue re-imagingSYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 14, 2021·0 cites·18 claims
- 2855US9836638B2Low power navigation, devices, systems and methodsSYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 5, 2017·0 cites·20 claims
- 2954US10719683B2Hybrid optical and capacitive sensorFINGERPRINT CARDS AB·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 21, 2020·0 cites·19 claims
- 3053US9824200B2Wakeup strategy using a biometric sensorSYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 21, 2017·0 cites·18 claims
- 3151USRE45650EApparatus and method for reducing parasitic capacitive coupling and noise in fingerprint sensing circuitsSYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 11, 2015·0 cites·29 claims
- 3246US11175177B2Systems and methods for detecting ambient light or proximity with an optical sensorSYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 16, 2021·0 cites·13 claims
- 3345US10891460B2Systems and methods for optical sensing with angled filtersWILL SEMICONDUCTOR SHANGHAI CO LTD·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 12, 2021·0 cites·19 claims
- 3444US2010180136A1Ultra Low Power Wake-On-Event Mode For Biometric SystemsVALIDITY SENSORS INC·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 3542US9792482B2Multi-mode capacitive sensorSYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 17, 2017·0 cites·25 claims
- 3642US9697411B2Biometric object sensor and methodSYNAPTICS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 4, 2017·0 cites·27 claims
- 3738US2010176892A1Ultra Low Power OscillatorVALIDITY SENSORS INC·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
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