Patents by Inventor Gary Silvester

Gary Silvester 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).

  • Gyroscope control and input/output device selection in handheld mobile devices
    Patent number: 8797265
    Abstract: A technique to provide a duplicate I/O device along an adjacent edge of a handheld mobile device to ensure that at least one I/O device is not obscured by a user when the user's hand grasps the handheld mobile device. Depending on which of the portrait or landscape orientation is relative to the user, a sensing device senses the orientation and sends a position signal to a control circuit. The control circuit controls a switching device that controls which of the I/O devices is to be activated depending on the orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Gary Silvester
  • Gyroscope control and input/output device selection in handheld mobile devices
    Publication number: 20120229380
    Abstract: A technique to provide a duplicate I/O device along an adjacent edge of a handheld mobile device to ensure that at least one I/O device is not obscured by a user when the user's hand grasps the handheld mobile device. Depending on which of the portrait or landscape orientation is relative to the user, a sensing device senses the orientation and sends a position signal to a control circuit. The control circuit controls a switching device that controls which of the I/O devices is to be activated depending on the orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Gary Silvester