| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | Flexible hinge spine | US13563435 | 2012-07-31 | US08699215B2 | 2014-04-15 | 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 spine 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. | ||||||
| 162 | Input Device Securing Techniques | US14063912 | 2013-10-25 | US20140048399A1 | 2014-02-20 | David Otto Whitt, III; Timothy C. Shaw; Rob Huala; David C. Vandervoort; Matthew David Mickelson; Christopher Harry Stoumbos; Joel Lawrence Pelley; Todd David Pleake; Hua Wang |
| Input device equalization techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an input device includes a sensor substrate having a plurality of sets of one or more conductors of a respective plurality of pressure sensitive keys, a spacer layer disposed proximal to the sensor substrate and having a plurality of openings that expose the plurality of sets of conductors, respectively, a flexible contact layer, and a press equalization device. The pressure equalization device is formed as a series of connected channels that connect one or more of the plurality of openings to an outside area of the input device to permit air pressure of the outside area to generally equalize with air pressure within the one or more of the plurality of openings. | ||||||
| 163 | Sensing User Input At Display Area Edge | US14059280 | 2013-10-21 | US20140043275A1 | 2014-02-13 | 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. | ||||||
| 164 | AUXILIARY INPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE AUXILIARY INPUT DEVICE | US13528849 | 2012-06-21 | US20130342494A1 | 2013-12-26 | Hsu-Hong Feng |
| An auxiliary input device is provided for an electronic device including a capacitive touch sensor. The auxiliary input device includes at least one key, which includes an upper conductive layer, a lower conductive layer, and at least one supporting element. The lower surface of the lower conductive layer has a specific pattern. The supporting element is disposed between the two conductive layers such that there is a distance maintained between the two conductive layers. When the auxiliary input device is disposed on the capacitive touch sensor and the key is pressed by a conductive object, the upper conductive layer and the specific pattern of the lower conductive layer can be electrically conductive with each other so that the capacitive touch sensor can detect the contact of the specific pattern. When the capacitive touch sensor detects the contact of the specific pattern, the electronic device executes a corresponding function. | ||||||
| 165 | Flexible Hinge Spine | US13563435 | 2012-07-31 | US20130301199A1 | 2013-11-14 | 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 spine 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. | ||||||
| 166 | Sensor fusion algorithm | US13471202 | 2012-05-14 | US08548608B2 | 2013-10-01 | 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. | ||||||
| 167 | Sensor fusion algorithm | US13651272 | 2012-10-12 | US08543227B1 | 2013-09-24 | 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. | ||||||
| 168 | Mobile Device Power State | US13471001 | 2012-05-14 | US20130232353A1 | 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. | ||||||
| 169 | Pressure Sensitive Key Normalization | US13468918 | 2012-05-10 | US20130230346A1 | 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. | ||||||
| 170 | Device Kickstand | US13471030 | 2012-05-14 | US20130229773A1 | 2013-09-05 | 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. | ||||||
| 171 | Input Device Assembly | US13471282 | 2012-05-14 | US20130229759A1 | 2013-09-05 | David Otto Whitt, III; Matthew David Mickelson; Joel Lawrence Pelley; Christopher Harry Stoumbos; Timothy C. Shaw |
| Input device assembly 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, a flexible hinge that physically connects the connection portion to the key assembly, and an outer layer that is configured to cover the plurality of keys of the key assembly, form an outer surface of the flexible hinge, and is secured to the connection portion such that the outer layer wraps around at least two sides of the connection portion. | ||||||
| 172 | Device Camera Angle | US13471054 | 2012-05-14 | US20130229534A1 | 2013-09-05 | Panos C. Panay; Hakon Strande; Chun Beng Goh; Harold F. Mantooth; Kabir Siddiqui; Darryl I. Jensen |
| Techniques for device camera angle are described. In one or more implementations, a camera is mounted in a computing device at an angle based on an orientation of the computing device. For example, when the computing device is positioned on a surface and at an angle to the surface (such as when supported by a kickstand), the mounting angle of the camera is such that an optical axis of the camera points forward, and not towards the surface. In at least some implementations, a computing device includes a camera that is physically adjustable to support different orientations of the computing device. In at least some implementations, images that are captured via a camera on a computing device can be manipulated based on an orientation of the computing device. | ||||||
| 173 | Sensing User Input At Display Area Edge | US13471376 | 2012-05-14 | US20130229363A1 | 2013-09-05 | 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. | ||||||
| 174 | SENSING USER INPUT AT DISPLAY AREA EDGE | US13651195 | 2012-10-12 | US20130229335A1 | 2013-09-05 | 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. | ||||||
| 175 | Device Kickstand | US13656055 | 2012-10-19 | US20130229100A1 | 2013-09-05 | Kabir Siddiqui; Ralf Groene; Karsten Aagaard; Anthony Christian Reed; Stephan Alexander Cummings; Darryl I. Jensen |
| 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. | ||||||
| 176 | Operating Device with a Plurality of Actuating Elements Arranged Next to and/or Below one Another | US13704874 | 2011-06-16 | US20130087442A1 | 2013-04-11 | Johannes Kellerer; Josef Ritzer |
| An operating device with a number of actuating elements, such as switches and/or pushbuttons, arranged next to one another and/or one below the other is provided. The actuating elements are delimited, at least in part, by at least one frame element. The frame element is provided, at least in some regions, with surface sections that are shaped such that they can be detected haptically. One actuating element is respectively assigned to at least a part of the haptically detectable surface sections. | ||||||
| 177 | KEYBOARD | US12943667 | 2010-11-10 | US20120112933A1 | 2012-05-10 | Chao Chen |
| A keyboard includes a stiffener having a plurality of recesses defined therein, a flexible printed circuit defining a plurality of venting holes, each venting hole in correspondence with one of the plurality of recesses, and a dome sheet provided on top of the flexible printed circuit and including a plurality of domes, each of the domes in correspondence with one of the plurality of venting holes. | ||||||
| 178 | SWITCH DEVICE | US13288640 | 2011-11-03 | US20120111708A1 | 2012-05-10 | Satoru Matsumoto |
| A first operation portion and a second operation portion are depressed in a direction orthogonal to a surface of an electronic circuit board, at least the first operation portion is shifted relative to the center of a first switch, and travel distances or depression forces of a depression operation necessary for respective first and second protrusions to reach respective first and second depression faces are equal to each other. | ||||||
| 179 | Data input arrangement with a shaped interface | US11609412 | 2006-12-12 | US08100594B2 | 2012-01-24 | Chad Chaumont; Shane MacGregor |
| A data input arrangement may include a first array of input keys defining a first shape extending across a first typing surface thereof; and a second array of input keys defining a second shape extending across a second typing surface thereof. The first and second arrays are contiguous with one another so that the first and second shapes create a non-linear surface extending across the data input arrangement. The non-linear surface enables users to tactilely locate individual keys of the first and second arrays. | ||||||
| 180 | Ergonomic keys | US12008198 | 2008-01-08 | US20080259036A1 | 2008-10-23 | Jeffry Mixdorf |
| Key members of an article of manufacture can be detached and attached to keys of a keyboard of a computing device, such as a laptop or a cellular phone. These key members enhance visibility with the computing device. Colors, shapes, and types are used alone or in combination to enhance user interaction. Embellishments, such as embossment, may be used to further enhance tactile interaction. | ||||||
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