Patents by Inventor Dean J. Dykstra

Dean J. Dykstra 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).

  • Control of unintended single-tap actuation of a computer touch pad pointing device
    Publication number: 20030107557
    Abstract: The control of unintended actuation of a touch pad pointing device is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a computerized system comprises a touch pad pointing device capable of actuation by a user, and a pointing device driver. The pointing device driver comprises a disable component, and a censor and re-enable component. The disable component sets a disable function upon detection of a disabling event. The censor and re-enable component ignores the single-tap actuation of the touch pad pointing device upon the setting of the disable function. Finally, the censor and re-enable component resets the disable function upon detection of an enabling event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Gateway, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank W. Liebenow, Dean J. Dykstra