| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | Input devices and electronic device using said input devices | US13060751 | 2009-08-24 | US09524835B2 | 2016-12-20 | Hitoshi Ando; Noboru Nakafuji; Naoyuki Yaguchi |
| Input device in which a defect of a control disk is eliminated while making use of an advantage of the control disk and an electronic device using the input device. The input device may include: an operation panel, which may be operated by a user; a board, which may be arranged to be opposed to a surface opposite to an operation surface of the operation panel operated by the user; a conductive elastic body and a pusher, which may be fixed on the operation panel; and a sensor portion and a member to be pressed, which may be placed on the board to be opposed to the conductive elastic body and the pusher, respectively. | ||||||
| 82 | Electronic component | US13982065 | 2012-01-27 | US09349549B2 | 2016-05-24 | Kate Stone |
| An electronic component comprises a flexible planar substrate which is substantially non-stretchable, the substrate having at least two slits arranged to allow first and second portions of the substrate lying in the same plane to be moved apart, the first portion of the substrate supporting a region of conductive material. | ||||||
| 83 | Sensing user input at display area edge | US14059280 | 2013-10-21 | US09304949B2 | 2016-04-05 | Christopher A. Whitman; Rajesh Manohar Dighde |
| One or more sensors are disposed to sense user inputs in an active display area as well as user inputs in an extended area that is outside of the active display area. Data for user inputs, such as gestures, may include data from user inputs sensed in both the active display area and outside of the active display area. The user inputs can begin and/or end outside of the active display area. | ||||||
| 84 | Hinge for Component Attachment | US14847838 | 2015-09-08 | US20150378392A1 | 2015-12-31 | Kabir Siddiqui; Ralf Groene; Karsten Aagaard; Anthony Christian Reed; Stephan Alexander Cummings; Darryl I. Jensen; Joseph B. Gault |
| A hinge for component attachment is described. In at least some implementations, a kickstand is rotatably attached to a mobile computing device. The kickstand can be rotated to various positions to provide support for different orientations of the computing device. In at least some implementations, hinges are employed to attach a kickstand to a mobile computing device. One example hinge utilizes preset hinge stops that enable the kickstand to be placed at different preset positions. Another example hinge exerts pressure on an edge of the kickstand, providing stability and vibration dampening to the kickstand. | ||||||
| 85 | Flux fountain | US14457881 | 2014-08-12 | US09176901B2 | 2015-11-03 | David Otto Whitt, III; Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin; Summer L. Schneider; Eric Joseph Wahl; James H. Wise; Camilo Leon; Karsten Aagaard; Thomas Charles Oliver |
| Flux fountain techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes a cover configured to be disposed over at least a portion of a display device of a computing device that is configured as a tablet and a connection portion attached to the cover using a flexible hinge. The connection portion is configured to be physically coupled to the computing device using a magnetic coupling device. The magnetic coupling device includes a first magnet that is disposed in the connection portion such that a magnetic field is aligned along an axis and second and third magnets are disposed in the connection portion at opposing sides of the first magnet from each other. The second and third magnets have respective magnetic fields that are aligned along a respective axis that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the magnetic field of the first magnet. | ||||||
| 86 | Device kickstand | US13471030 | 2012-05-14 | US09134808B2 | 2015-09-15 | Kabir Siddiqui; Ralf Groene; Karsten Aagaard; Anthony Christian Reed; Stephan Alexander Cummings; Darryl I. Jensen; Joseph B. Gault |
| A device kickstand is described. In at least some implementations, a kickstand is rotatably attached to a mobile computing device. The kickstand can be rotated to various positions to provide support for different orientations of the computing device. In at least some implementations, hinges are employed to attach a kickstand to a mobile computing device. One example hinge utilizes preset hinge stops that enable the kickstand to be placed at different preset positions. Another example hinge exerts pressure on an edge of the kickstand, providing stability and vibration dampening to the kickstand. | ||||||
| 87 | Mobile device power state | US13651976 | 2012-10-15 | US09047207B2 | 2015-06-02 | Jim Tom Belesiu; Sharon Drasnin; Michael A. Schwager; Christopher Harry Stoumbos; Mark J. Seilstad |
| Techniques for mobile device power state are described. In one or more implementations, a mobile device includes a computing device that is flexibly coupled to an input device via a flexible hinge. Accordingly, the mobile device can operate in a variety of different power states based on a positional orientation of the computing device to an associated input device. In one or more implementations, an application that resides on a computing device can operate in different application states based on a positional orientation of the computing device to an associated input device. In one or more implementations, techniques discussed herein can differentiate between vibrations caused by touch input to a touch functionality, and other types of vibrations. Based on this differentiation, techniques can determine whether to transition between device power states. | ||||||
| 88 | Input device layers and nesting | US13471186 | 2012-05-14 | US08896993B2 | 2014-11-25 | Jim Tom Belesiu; Timothy C. Shaw; David Otto Whitt, III; Rob Huala; Christopher Harry Stoumbos; Joel Lawrence Pelley |
| Input device layer and nesting techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an input device includes a pressure sensitive key assembly including a substrate having a plurality of hardware elements secured to a surface. The input device also includes one or more layers disposed proximal to the surface, the one or more layers having respective openings configured to nest the one or more hardware elements therein. | ||||||
| 89 | Button mechanism and electronic device therewith | US13292092 | 2011-11-09 | US08779314B2 | 2014-07-15 | Hsin-Chun Lee; Chin-Li Huang; Nien-An Lai; Yu-Ling Kuo |
| A button mechanism includes a circuit structure and an actuating structure. The circuit structure includes a substrate, a first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer and the second electrode layer are disposed on the substrate, and the second electrode layer is separated from the first electrode layer. The first electrode layer includes a first section and a second section. The second electrode layer includes a third section and a fourth section. The second section stretches to the third section, and the fourth section stretches to the first section. A predetermined gap is formed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and the predetermined gap includes a plurality of curved portions. The actuating structure includes a conductive portion for conducting the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. | ||||||
| 90 | Pressure Sensitive Key Normalization | US14147252 | 2014-01-03 | US20140119802A1 | 2014-05-01 | Timothy C. Shaw; Jim Tom Belesiu; Paul Henry Dietz; Christopher Harry Stoumbos; Dennis J. Mathias |
| Pressure sensitive key techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a device includes at least one pressure sensitive key having a flexible contact layer spaced apart from a sensor substrate by a spacer layer, the flexible contact layer configured to flex responsive to pressure to contact the sensor substrate to initiate an input, for a computing device, associated with the pressure sensitive key. At least one of the flexible contact layer or the sensor substrate are configured to at least partially normalize an output resulting from pressure applied at a first location of the flexible contact layer with an output resulting from pressure applied at a second location of the flexible contact layer that has lesser flexibility than the first location. | ||||||
| 91 | ULTRA-THIN COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE | US13592990 | 2012-08-23 | US20140054154A1 | 2014-02-27 | Pei-Yu HSU |
| An ultra-thin computer input device includes a substrate carrying a circuit layout having sets of comb-like contact portions arranged in a staggered manner, and an outer membrane arranged on the substrate and provided with conducting portions corresponding to the comb-like contact portions of the circuit layout of the substrate and electrically insulative beads located on a part of the bottom side of each conducting portion and stopped against the comb-like contact portions of the circuit layout of the substrate. Because the invention eliminates the use of metal domes, rubber domes or scissor-type linking elements, the thickness and number of component parts of the ultra-thin computer input device can be greatly reduced. | ||||||
| 92 | Pressure sensitive key normalization | US13651871 | 2012-10-15 | US08646999B2 | 2014-02-11 | Timothy C. Shaw; Jim Tom Belesiu; Paul Henry Dietz; Christopher Harry Stoumbos; Dennis J. Mathias |
| Pressure sensitive key techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a device includes at least one pressure sensitive key having a flexible contact layer spaced apart from a sensor substrate by a spacer layer, the flexible contact layer configured to flex responsive to pressure to contact the sensor substrate to initiate an input, for a computing device, associated with the pressure sensitive key. At least one of the flexible contact layer or the sensor substrate are configured to at least partially normalize an output resulting from pressure applied at a first location of the flexible contact layer with an output resulting from pressure applied at a second location of the flexible contact layer that has lesser flexibility than the first location. | ||||||
| 93 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE SWITCH | US14025829 | 2013-09-13 | US20140015633A1 | 2014-01-16 | RYO NAKAE; TAMOTSU YAMAMOTO |
| A pressure-sensitive switch includes a pressing member, a flexible base member under the pressing member, a resistance layer on an underside of the base member, an electrode group, a third electrode, and a resistance element. The electrode group includes first and second electrodes and confronts the base member so as to be brought into contact with the resistance layer when the pressing member is pressed. The third electrode is disposed apart from the electrode group and confronts the base member same as the electrode group. The resistance element is connected to the first and second electrodes in series therebetween. The first electrode is located nearer a pressing center of the pressing member than the second electrode. | ||||||
| 94 | Sensor Fusion Algorithm | US14018286 | 2013-09-04 | US20140012401A1 | 2014-01-09 | David R. Perek; Michael A. Schwager; Sharon Drasnin; Mark J. Seilstad |
| Sensor fusion algorithm techniques are described. In one or more embodiments, behaviors of a host device and accessory devices are controlled based upon an orientation of the host device and accessory devices, relative to one another. A combined spatial position and/or orientation for the host device may be obtained based on raw measurements that are obtained from at least two different types of sensors. In addition, a spatial position and/or orientation for an accessory device is ascertained using one or more sensors of the accessory device. An orientation (or position) of the accessory device relative to the host computing device may then be computed based on the combined spatial position/orientation for the host computing device and the ascertained spatial position/orientation for the accessory device. The relative orientation that is computed may then be used in various ways to control behaviors of the host computing device and/or accessory device. | ||||||
| 95 | Sensing user input at display area edge | US13651195 | 2012-10-12 | US08614666B2 | 2013-12-24 | Christoper A. Whitman; Rajesh Manohar Dighde |
| One or more sensors are disposed to sense user inputs in an active display area as well as user inputs in an extended area that is outside of the active display area. Data for user inputs, such as gestures, may include data from user inputs sensed in both the active display area and outside of the active display area. The user inputs can begin and/or end outside of the active display area. | ||||||
| 96 | SENSOR FUSION ALGORITHM | US13651272 | 2012-10-12 | US20130231755A1 | 2013-09-05 | David R. Perek; Michael A. Schwager; Sharon Drasnin; Mark J. Seilstad |
| Sensor fusion algorithm techniques are described. In one or more embodiments, behaviors of a host device and accessory devices are controlled based upon an orientation of the host device and accessory devices, relative to one another. A combined spatial position and/or orientation for the host device may be obtained based on raw measurements that are obtained from at least two different types of sensors. In addition, a spatial position and/or orientation for an accessory device is ascertained using one or more sensors of the accessory device. An orientation (or position) of the accessory device relative to the host computing device may then be computed based on the combined spatial position/orientation for the host computing device and the ascertained spatial position/orientation for the accessory device. The relative orientation that is computed may then be used in various ways to control behaviors of the host computing device and/or accessory device. | ||||||
| 97 | Flux Fountain | US13651726 | 2012-10-15 | US20130229762A1 | 2013-09-05 | David Otto Whitt, III; Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin; Summer L. Schneider; Eric Joseph Wahl; James H. Wise; Camilo Leon; Karsten Aagaard; Thomas Charles Oliver |
| Flux fountain techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes a cover configured to be disposed over at least a portion of a display device of a computing device that is configured as a tablet and a connection portion attached to the cover using a flexible hinge. The connection portion is configured to be physically coupled to the computing device using a magnetic coupling device. The magnetic coupling device includes a first magnet that is disposed in the connection portion such that a magnetic field is aligned along an axis and second and third magnets are disposed in the connection portion at opposing sides of the first magnet from each other. The second and third magnets have respective magnetic fields that are aligned along a respective axis that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the magnetic field of the first magnet. | ||||||
| 98 | Pressure Sensitive Key Normalization | US13651871 | 2012-10-15 | US20130229761A1 | 2013-09-05 | Timothy C. Shaw; Jim Tom Belesiu; Paul Henry Dietz; Christopher Harry Stoumbos; Dennis J. Mathias |
| Pressure sensitive key techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a device includes at least one pressure sensitive key having a flexible contact layer spaced apart from a sensor substrate by a spacer layer, the flexible contact layer configured to flex responsive to pressure to contact the sensor substrate to initiate an input, for a computing device, associated with the pressure sensitive key. At least one of the flexible contact layer or the sensor substrate are configured to at least partially normalize an output resulting from pressure applied at a first location of the flexible contact layer with an output resulting from pressure applied at a second location of the flexible contact layer that has lesser flexibility than the first location. | ||||||
| 99 | Flexible Hinge and Removable Attachment | US13651327 | 2012-10-12 | US20130229760A1 | 2013-09-05 | David Otto Whitt, III; Eric Joseph Wahl; David C. Vandervoort; Todd David Pleake; Rob Huala; Summer L. Schneider; Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin; Matthew David Mickelson; Joel Lawrence Pelley; Timothy C. Shaw; Ralf Groene; Hua Wang; Christopher Harry Stoumbos; Karsten Aagaard |
| Flexible hinge and removable attachment techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a flexible hinge is configured to communicatively and physically couple an input device to a computing device and may implement functionality such as a support layer and minimum bend radius. The input device may also include functionality to promote a secure physical connection between the input device and the computing device. One example of this includes use of one or more protrusions that are configured to be removed from respective cavities of the computing device along a particular axis but mechanically bind along other axes. Other techniques include use of a laminate structure to form a connection portion of the input device. | ||||||
| 100 | Flux Fountain | US13471237 | 2012-05-14 | US20130229756A1 | 2013-09-05 | David Otto Whitt, III; Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin; Summer L. Schneider; Eric Joseph Wahl; James H. Wise; Camilo Leon; Karsten Aagaard; Thomas Charles Oliver |
| Flux fountain techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes a cover configured to be disposed over at least a portion of a display device of a computing device that is configured as a tablet and a connection portion attached to the cover using a flexible hinge. The connection portion is configured to be physically coupled to the computing device using a magnetic coupling device. The magnetic coupling device includes a first magnet that is disposed in the connection portion such that a magnetic field is aligned along an axis and second and third magnets are disposed in the connection portion at opposing sides of the first magnet from each other. The second and third magnets have respective magnetic fields that are aligned along a respective axis that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the magnetic field of the first magnet. | ||||||
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