Patents by Inventor Frederic Bourbon

Frederic Bourbon 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).

  • Compliant stylus interaction with touch sensitive surface
    Patent number: 11169641
    Abstract: A touch sensitive surface has emitters and detectors arranged around a periphery of the touch sensitive surface. The emitters produce optical beams that are received by the detectors. A stylus is configured to disturb one or more of the optical beams by a variable amount when in contact with the touch sensitive surface. The variable amount depends on an amount of force applied to the stylus towards the touch sensitive surface. A controller of the touch sensitive surface is configured to determine the touch strength of a touch event performed by the stylus based on disturbances of one or more of the optical beams. The touch strength provides a measure of the amount of force applied to the stylus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Beechrock Limited
    Inventors: Niall O'Cleirigh, Owen Drumm, Olivier Mathis, Danil Korchagin, Mihailo Kolundzija, Frederic Bourbon, Julien Piot
  • Compliant Stylus Interaction
    Publication number: 20190227670
    Abstract: A touch sensitive surface has emitters and detectors arranged around a periphery of the touch sensitive surface. The emitters produce optical beams that are received by the detectors. A stylus is configured to disturb one or more of the optical beams by a variable amount when in contact with the touch sensitive surface. The variable amount depends on an amount of force applied to the stylus towards the touch sensitive surface. A controller of the touch sensitive surface is configured to determine the touch strength of a touch event performed by the stylus based on disturbances of one or more of the optical beams. The touch strength provides a measure of the amount of force applied to the stylus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Niall O'Cleirigh, Owen Drumm, Olivier Mathis, Danil Korchagin, Mihailo Kolundzija, Frederic Bourbon, Julien Piot