Patents by Inventor Arthur Leslie Stewart

Arthur Leslie Stewart 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).

  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING FINGER MOVEMENT BASED MUSICAL TONE GENERATION AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20130278380
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a finger biometric sensor and an audio output transducer. The electronic device may further include a controller cooperating with the finger biometric sensor for determining at least one biometric characteristic of a user's finger. The controller may also cooperate with the finger biometric sensor for causing the audio output transducer to generate at least one musical tone changing based upon movement of a user's finger relative to the finger biometric sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: ARTHUR LESLIE STEWART
  • Electronic device including finger movement based musical tone generation and related methods
    Patent number: 8471679
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a finger biometric sensor and an audio output transducer. The electronic device may further include a controller cooperating with the finger biometric sensor for determining at least one biometric characteristic of a user's finger. The controller may also cooperate with the finger biometric sensor for causing the audio output transducer to generate at least one musical tone changing based upon movement of a user's finger relative to the finger biometric sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Authentec, Inc.
    Inventor: Arthur Leslie Stewart
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING FINGER MOVEMENT BASED MUSICAL TONE GENERATION AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20100102939
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a finger biometric sensor and an audio output transducer. The electronic device may further include a controller cooperating with the finger biometric sensor for determining at least one biometric characteristic of a user's finger. The controller may also cooperate with the finger biometric sensor for causing the audio output transducer to generate at least one musical tone changing based upon movement of a user's finger relative to the finger biometric sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: AuthenTec, Inc.
    Inventor: Arthur Leslie STEWART
  • Electronic device including fingerprint sensor and display having selectable menu items and associated methods
    Patent number: 7280677
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a display carried by the housing, and a fingerprint sensor also carried by the housing. The electronic device may also include a processor for generating a plurality of menu items on the display, and for scrolling an indicator along the menu items based upon static placement of a finger adjacent a selected portion of the fingerprint sensor. The sensor may have a polygonal shape, and the scrolling may be in a direction of a corner portion of the polygonal shape. The menu items may be arranged in a single column, or in a plurality of columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Authentec, Inc.
    Inventors: Curt M. Chandler, Dale Raymond Setlak, Arthur Leslie Stewart