Capacitive control interface device and method adapted to the implementation of highly resistive measurement electrodes
First Claim
1. An interface device for detecting at least one object of interest in a measurement zone, comprising:
- a detection surface provided with a plurality of capacitive measurement electrodes,electronic processing means comprising excitation means capable of polarizing said measurement electrodes at first alternating excitation electrical potential, and measurement means capable of measuring a capacitive coupling between said measurement electrodes and at least one object of interest,guard elements made of electrically conductive material, disposed near said measurement electrodes at least according to their face opposite the measurement zone, and polarized to an alternating guard electrical potential referenced to said first alternating excitation electrical potential, andelectrical connection paths disposed at least in part on said detection surface between the measurement electrodes and arranged in such a way as to connect said measurement electrodes to said electronic processing means,wherein the excitation means are arranged in such a way as to generate the first alternating excitation electrical potential with an excitation frequency so that the measurement electrodes coupled capacitively to at least one object of interest and their connection path have an electrical impedance at said excitation frequency the resistive part of which is below the modulus of the reactive part.
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Abstract
An interface device for detecting at least one object of interest is disclosed. The interface device has a detection surface provided with a plurality of capacitive-measurement electrodes. The measurement electrodes are driven at an alternating electrical excitation potential, and the capacitive coupling between the measurement electrodes and the object of interest can be measured. Guard elements can be driven at an alternating electrical potential substantially identical to the alternating electrical excitation potential of the measurement electrodes. The alternating electrical excitation potential has an excitation frequency low enough such that the measurement electrodes and linking tracks capacitively coupled to the object of interest have an electrical impedance at the excitation frequency whose resistive part is much lower than the modulus of the reactive part.
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15 Claims
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1. An interface device for detecting at least one object of interest in a measurement zone, comprising:
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a detection surface provided with a plurality of capacitive measurement electrodes, electronic processing means comprising excitation means capable of polarizing said measurement electrodes at first alternating excitation electrical potential, and measurement means capable of measuring a capacitive coupling between said measurement electrodes and at least one object of interest, guard elements made of electrically conductive material, disposed near said measurement electrodes at least according to their face opposite the measurement zone, and polarized to an alternating guard electrical potential referenced to said first alternating excitation electrical potential, and electrical connection paths disposed at least in part on said detection surface between the measurement electrodes and arranged in such a way as to connect said measurement electrodes to said electronic processing means, wherein the excitation means are arranged in such a way as to generate the first alternating excitation electrical potential with an excitation frequency so that the measurement electrodes coupled capacitively to at least one object of interest and their connection path have an electrical impedance at said excitation frequency the resistive part of which is below the modulus of the reactive part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of detecting at least one object of interest in a measurement zone, implementing:
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a detection surface provided with a plurality of capacitive measurement electrodes, electronic processing means comprising excitation means and measurement means, guard elements made of an electrically conductive material, which are disposed near said measurement electrodes at least according to their face opposite to the measurement zone, and electrical connection paths disposed at least in part on said detection surface between measurement electrodes and arranged in such a way as to connect said measurement electrodes to said electronic processing means, which method comprises; polarizing said measurement electrodes to a first alternating excitation electrical potential, polarizing the guard elements to an alternating guard electrical potential referenced to the first alternating excitation electrical potential, measuring a capacitive coupling between at least one measurement electrode and at least one object of interest, and generating the first alternating excitation electrical potential with a sufficiently low excitation frequency so that the measurement electrodes capacitively coupled to the at least one object of interest and their connection path have an electrical impedance at said excitation frequency the resistive part of which is far below the modulus of the reactive part. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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