Erik Jonathon Thompson
33Patents
9h-index
42Co-inventors
71Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 4, 2008 → Feb 10, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7953258B2 | Fingerprint sensing circuit having programmable sensing patterns | Physics | 73 | Active |
| US8005276B2 | Apparatus and method for reducing parasitic capacitive coupling and noise in fingerprint sensing circuits | Physics | 72 | Active |
| US8520913B2 | Apparatus and method for reducing noise in fingerprint sensing circuits | Physics | 48 | Active |
| US9665762B2 | Tiered wakeup strategy | Physics | 42 | Active |
| US9158958B2 | Signal strength enhancement in a biometric sensor array | Electricity | 34 | Active |
| US8278946B2 | Apparatus and method for detecting finger activity on a fingerprint sensor | Physics | 31 | Active |
| US9001040B2 | Integrated fingerprint sensor and navigation device | Physics | 15 | Active |
| US9251329B2 | Button depress wakeup and wakeup strategy | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US10102411B2 | Hybrid optical and capacitive sensor | Physics | 11 | Active |
| US8593160B2 | Apparatus and method for finger activity on a fingerprint sensor | Physics | 7 | Active |
| USRE45601E1 | Fingerprint sensing circuit having programmable sensing patterns | General | 7 | Active |
| US8600122B2 | Apparatus and method for culling substantially redundant data in fingerprint sensing circuits | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US10282579B2 | Initiating fingerprint capture with a touch screen | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Active |
| US8787632B2 | Apparatus and method for reducing noise in fingerprint sensing circuits | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US9137438B2 | Biometric object sensor and method | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US10664676B2 | Systems and methods for reducing unwanted reflections in display systems incorporating an under display biometric sensor | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US10049254B2 | Signal strength enhancement in a biometric sensor array | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US10679030B2 | Optical fingerprint sensor illumination using a display | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US9666635B2 | Fingerprint sensing circuit | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US9208371B2 | Low power navigation devices, systems and methods | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Active |
| US9594498B2 | Integrated fingerprint sensor and navigation device | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US10592717B2 | Biometric imaging with hover detection | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US11010589B1 | Defensive measures for residue re-imaging | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US11175177B2 | Systems and methods for detecting ambient light or proximity with an optical sensor | Physics | 0 | Active |
| USRE45650E1 | Apparatus and method for reducing parasitic capacitive coupling and noise in fingerprint sensing circuits | General | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.