| 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 | 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. | ||||||
| 82 | 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. | ||||||
| 83 | 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. | ||||||
| 84 | 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. | ||||||
| 85 | 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. | ||||||
| 86 | 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. | ||||||
| 87 | 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. | ||||||
| 88 | 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. | ||||||
| 89 | Mobile Device Power State | US13651976 | 2012-10-15 | US20130229568A1 | 2013-09-05 | 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. | ||||||
| 90 | Classifying The Intent Of User Input | US13471336 | 2012-05-14 | US20130229380A1 | 2013-09-05 | Moshe R. Lutz, III; Paul Henry Dietz |
| Different types of user inputs can be input by a user via a keyboard of an input device. These different types of user inputs include, for example, key strikes, multi-touch interactions, single finger motions, and/or mouse clicks. Touch information regarding the pressure applied to the keys of a pressure sensitive keyboard over time (or the contact area of the user input for other types of keyboards over time) is used to classify the intent of the user input as one of the various types of user inputs. | ||||||
| 91 | FLEXIBLE HINGE SUPPORT LAYER | US13565124 | 2012-08-02 | US20130229354A1 | 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. | ||||||
| 92 | Key Formation | US13470951 | 2012-05-14 | US20130229351A1 | 2013-09-05 | David Otto Whitt, III; Timothy C. Shaw; Christopher Harry Stoumbos; Joel Lawrence Pelley; Matthew David Mickelson; James Alec Ishihara; Hua Wang; Karsten Aagaard; Ralf Groene; Rob Huala |
| Key formation techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an input device includes a key assembly including a plurality of keys that are usable to initiate respective inputs for a computing device, a connection portion configured to be removably connected to the computing device physically and communicatively to communicate signals generated by the plurality of keys to the computing device, and an outer layer that is configured to cover the plurality of keys of the key assembly, the outer layer having a plurality of areas that are embossed thereon that indicate one or more borders of respective said keys. | ||||||
| 93 | Pressure Sensitive Keys | US13468882 | 2012-05-10 | US20130229350A1 | 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. | ||||||
| 94 | Classifying the Intent of User Input | US13651232 | 2012-10-12 | US20130229347A1 | 2013-09-05 | Moshe R. Lutz, III; Paul Henry Dietz |
| Different types of user inputs can be input by a user via a keyboard of an input device. These different types of user inputs include, for example, key strikes, multi-touch interactions, single finger motions, and/or mouse clicks. Touch information regarding the pressure applied to the keys of a pressure sensitive keyboard over time (or the contact area of the user input for other types of keyboards over time) is used to classify the intent of the user input as one of the various types of user inputs. | ||||||
| 95 | Force Concentrator | US13468949 | 2012-05-10 | US20130228433A1 | 2013-09-05 | Timothy C. Shaw; Jim Tom Belesiu; Sharon Drasnin; Christopher Harry Stoumbos; Paul Henry Dietz; Dennis J. Mathias; Rob Huala |
| Force concentrator techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a pressure sensitive key includes a sensor substrate having a plurality of conductors, a flexible contact layer spaced apart from the sensor substrate and configured to flex to contact the sensor substrate to initiate an input; and a force concentrator layer disposed proximal to the flexible contact layer on a side opposite the sensor substrate. The force concentrator layer has a pad disposed thereon that is configured to cause pressure applied to the force concentrator layer to be channeled through the pad to cause the flexible contact layer to contact the sensor substrate to initiate the input. | ||||||
| 96 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to a Touch Typing-Friendly Grid-Patterned Keyboard | US12884850 | 2010-09-17 | US20120068932A1 | 2012-03-22 | Jason Tyler Griffin; Roman Rak |
| A keyboard can be comprised of a plurality of alphabetic keys that are disposed in an evenly-spaced grid pattern with respect to one another. In any event, these keys have keycaps configured to comport with touch typing as with a keyboard having a plurality of alphabetic keys that are disposed in an offset pattern (such as the classic QWERTY offset-pattern typewriter-styled keyboard). By one approach, these keycaps can have keycaps having bilaterally-nonsymmetrical tactile features that at least substantially match standard touch-typing finger positions. By one approach these tactile features can comprise an indentation. If desired, these keycaps can share a same form factor. In such a case, some of the keycaps for the alphabetic keys can be disposed on the keyboard at a 180 degree rotation as compared to others of the alphabetic character keycaps. | ||||||
| 97 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RAISING OR ELEVATING A PORTION OF A DISPLAY DEVICE | US13291375 | 2011-11-08 | US20120050200A1 | 2012-03-01 | Harry Vartanian; Jaron Jurikson-Rhodes |
| An apparatus and method for providing and configuring a raised or elevated portion of a display device is disclosed. Processes are also given involving a raised or elevated portion of the display device. The raised or elevated portion of the display device may be responsive to a zoom operation or pressure. | ||||||
| 98 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ELEVATED, INDENTED, OR TEXTURIZED DISPLAY DEVICE | US12406273 | 2009-03-18 | US20100238114A1 | 2010-09-23 | Harry Vartanian; Jaron Jurikson-Rhodes |
| An apparatus and method for providing and configuring an elevated, indented, or texturized display device is disclosed. Processes are also given involving elevated, indented, or texturized portions of a display device. By providing an elevated, indented, or texturized display device enhanced input/output functions are provided. | ||||||
| 99 | Movable contact unit | US11039935 | 2005-01-24 | US07301114B2 | 2007-11-27 | Yoshiro Sano; Masahiro Ito |
| A movable contact unit includes a first movable contact stuck on an adhesive layer beneath a lower face of an insulating film, and a second movable contact placed on the insulating film such that it is overlaid on the first movable contact via the insulating film in between. The movable contact unit has greater repulsive force and is excellent in durability. | ||||||
| 100 | Key system for a communication device | US11129404 | 2005-05-16 | US20060261983A1 | 2006-11-23 | Jason Griffin; Roman Rak; Steven Fyke; Norman Ladouceur |
| A key activation system for use in a handheld communication device is provided. The system comprises an activation mechanism associated with a key in the system, a first feedback system and a second feedback system. The activation mechanism is associated with the key activation system and provides a first feedback sense when the activation mechanism has triggered the first activation condition. The second feedback system provides a second feedback sense indicating when the key triggers the second activation condition. In the system, the second feedback system operates independently from the activation mechanism and the first activation condition is triggered before the second activation condition when the activation mechanism is initially engaged. An activation mechanism may be centrally located for a set of keys. | ||||||
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