Patents by Inventor Andreas Fender

Andreas Fender has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240152212
    Abstract: The present invention relates to wearable device (1) adapted to detect contacts of fingers (F) on a surface (S), and to identify the responsible finger. It comprises move sensors adapted to collect the vibrations resulting from the contact of the fingers on a surface. It comprises a memory comprising reference vibration profiles (T), corresponding to the impact of at least one finger (F) of a user (U) to a surface (S). A computing unit (32) is configured allows to identify the finger responsible for the impact sensed by the move sensors (10, 10a, 10b). The invention further relates to a manufacturing process of such a device and to a method of sensing the contact of a finger on a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: ETH Zürich
    Inventors: Christian Holz, Manuel Meier, Paul Streli, Andreas Fender
  • Patent number: D766127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Siegel, Christopher M. Green, Christopher Daniel Peak, Patrick O'Brien, Jennifer Ross Wynn, Richard P. Howarth, Stefan Behling, David Summerfield, James McGrath, Rafe Bertram, Raoul Skrein Bumballa, Susana Varela De Sagarra, Neil Bancroft, Charlotte Hofstetter, Andrea Fender Badgley, John De Maio, Afroditi Kavallieraki
  • Patent number: D769148
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Siegel, Christopher M. Green, Stefan Behling, David Summerfield, James McGrath, Christopher Daniel Peak, Patrick O'Brien, Jennifer Ross Wynn, Andrea Fender Badgley, Richard P. Howarth, Rafe Bertram, John De Maio, Susana Varela De Sagarra, Raoul Skrein Bumballa, Neil Bancroft, Charlotte Hofstetter, Afroditi Kavallieraki
  • Patent number: D814345
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Siegel, Christopher M. Green, Stefan Behling, David Summerfield, James McGrath, Christopher Daniel Peak, Patrick O'Brien, Jennifer Ross Wynn, Andrea Fender Badgley, Richard P. Howarth, Rafe Bertram, John De Maio, Susana Varela De Sagarra, Raoul Skrein Bumballa, Neil Bancroft, Charlotte Hofstetter, Afroditi Kavallieraki
  • Patent number: D887305
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Siegel, Christopher M. Green, Stefan Behling, David Summerfield, James McGrath, Christopher Daniel Peak, Patrick O'Brien, Jennifer Ross Wynn, Andrea Fender Badgley, Richard P. Howarth, Rafe Bertram, John De Maio, Susana Varela De Sagarra, Raoul Skrein Bumballa, Neil Bancroft, Charlotte Hofstetter, Afroditi Kavallieraki
  • Patent number: D947063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Siegel, Christopher M. Green, Stefan Behling, David Summerfield, James McGrath, Christopher Daniel Peak, Patrick O'Brien, Jennifer Ross Wynn, Andrea Fender Badgley, Richard P. Howarth, Rafe Bertram, John De Maio, Susana Varela De Sagarra, Raoul Skrein Bumballa, Neil Bancroft, Charlotte Hofstetter, Afroditi Kavallieraki