Patents by Inventor Gerard Kraus
Gerard Kraus 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).
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Patent number: 7659885Abstract: Disclosed is a “keyboard overlay” that sits on top of a touch-sensitive display screen of a computing device. After aligning the overlay on the display screen, the user types on the overlay. When the user presses a key on the overlay, the pressure is transmitted to the display screen below. That pressure is registered by the display screen as a touch. The keyboard overlay is formed to provide tactile finger-position feedback so that a user can keep his fingers oriented properly over the keyboard. The overlay may be opaque with keycap information displayed in the key areas. The overlay may be transparent, allowing a user to see a virtual keyboard painted on the display screen below. The computing device can detect the presence and type of an overlay. Applications may respond differently to different types of overlays. Different applications may be invoked depending upon the type of overlay detected.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2004Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Mark Gerard Kraus, Vu Xuan Nguyen, Martin Shetter
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Patent number: 7295191Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a system for detecting multiple, simultaneous touches on a touch-sensitive screen of a computing device. The hardware that controls the touch screen performs two measurements to locate a touch location on the screen. If there is a single touch, then the two measurements are equal. A non-zero difference indicates multiple touches and is correlated with the spread of locations simultaneously touched on the screen. If the difference is greater than a set threshold, then an indication is given of multiple touches. The user is warned against multiple touches, and input from the screen is ignored as long as multiple touches are detected. For some embodiments, when multiple touches are detected, the invention also tries to indicate the boundary of the set of locations simultaneously touched. The boundary is used to interpolate the intended single touch from the locations of all the touches.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2004Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Mark Gerard Kraus, Vu Xuan Nguyen
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Patent number: 7053887Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a system for detecting multiple, simultaneous touches on a touch-sensitive screen of a computing device. The hardware that controls the touch screen performs two measurements to locate a touch location on the screen. If there is a single touch, then the two measurements are equal. A non-zero difference indicates multiple touches and is correlated with the spread of locations simultaneously touched on the screen. If the difference is greater than a set threshold, then an indication is given of multiple touches. The user is warned against multiple touches, and input from the screen is ignored as long as multiple touches are detected. For some embodiments, when multiple touches are detected, the invention also tries to indicate the boundary of the set of locations simultaneously touched. The boundary is used to interpolate the intended single touch from the locations of all the touches.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2004Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Mark Gerard Kraus, Vu Xuan Nguyen
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Patent number: 7023427Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a system for detecting multiple, simultaneous touches on a touch-sensitive screen of a computing device. The hardware that controls the touch screen performs two measurements to locate a touch location on the screen. If there is a single touch, then the two measurements are equal. A non-zero difference indicates multiple touches and is correlated with the spread of locations simultaneously touched on the screen. If the difference is greater than a set threshold, then an indication is given of multiple touches. The user is warned against multiple touches, and input from the screen is ignored as long as multiple touches are detected. For some embodiments, when multiple touches are detected, the invention also tries to indicate the boundary of the set of locations simultaneously touched. The boundary is used to interpolate the intended single touch from the locations of all the touches.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2002Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Mark Gerard Kraus, Vu Xuan Nguyen
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Patent number: 6880998Abstract: Disclosed is a “keyboard overlay” that sits on top of a touch-sensitive display screen of a computing device. After aligning the overlay on the display screen, the user types on the overlay. When the user presses a key on the overlay, the pressure is transmitted to the display screen below. That pressure is registered by the display screen as a touch. The keyboard overlay is formed to provide tactile finger-position feedback so that a user can keep his fingers oriented properly over the keyboard. The overlay may be opaque with keycap information displayed in the key areas. The overlay may be transparent, allowing a user to see a virtual keyboard painted on the display screen below. The computing device can detect the presence and type of an overlay. Applications may respond differently to different types of overlays. Different applications may be invoked depending upon the type of overlay detected.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2004Date of Patent: April 19, 2005Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Mark Gerard Kraus, Vu Xuan Nguyen, Martin Shetter
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Publication number: 20040212598Abstract: Disclosed is a “keyboard overlay” that sits on top of a touch-sensitive display screen of a computing device. After aligning the overlay on the display screen, the user types on the overlay. When the user presses a key on the overlay, the pressure is transmitted to the display screen below. That pressure is registered by the display screen as a touch. The keyboard overlay is formed to provide tactile finger-position feedback so that a user can keep his fingers oriented properly over the keyboard. The overlay may be opaque with keycap information displayed in the key areas. The overlay may be transparent, allowing a user to see a virtual keyboard painted on the display screen below. The computing device can detect the presence and type of an overlay. Applications may respond differently to different types of overlays. Different applications may be invoked depending upon the type of overlay detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2004Publication date: October 28, 2004Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Mark Gerard Kraus, Vu Xuan Nguyen, Martin Shetter
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Patent number: 6776546Abstract: Disclosed is a “keyboard overlay” that sits on top of a touch-sensitive display screen of a computing device. After aligning the overlay on the display screen, the user types on the overlay. When the user presses a key on the overlay, the pressure is transmitted to the display screen below. That pressure is registered by the display screen as a touch. The keyboard overlay is formed to provide tactile finger-position feedback so that a user can keep his fingers oriented properly over the keyboard. The overlay may be opaque with keycap information displayed in the key areas. The overlay may be transparent, allowing a user to see a virtual keyboard painted on the display screen below. The computing device can detect the presence and type of an overlay. Applications may respond differently to different types of overlays. Different applications may be invoked depending upon the type of overlay detected.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2002Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Mark Gerard Kraus, Vu Xuan Nguyen, Martin Shetter
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Publication number: 20040001048Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a system for detecting multiple, simultaneous touches on a touch-sensitive screen of a computing device. The hardware that controls the touch screen performs two measurements to locate a touch location on the screen. If there is a single touch, then the two measurements are equal. A non-zero difference indicates multiple touches and is correlated with the spread of locations simultaneously touched on the screen. If the difference is greater than a set threshold, then an indication is given of multiple touches. The user is warned against multiple touches, and input from the screen is ignored as long as multiple touches are detected. For some embodiments, when multiple touches are detected, the invention also tries to indicate the boundary of the set of locations simultaneously touched. The boundary is used to interpolate the intended single touch from the locations of all the touches.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2002Publication date: January 1, 2004Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Mark Gerard Kraus, Vu Xuan Nguyen
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Publication number: 20030235452Abstract: Disclosed is a “keyboard overlay” that sits on top of a touch-sensitive display screen of a computing device. After aligning the overlay on the display screen, the user types on the overlay. When the user presses a key on the overlay, the pressure is transmitted to the display screen below. That pressure is registered by the display screen as a touch. The keyboard overlay is formed to provide tactile finger-position feedback so that a user can keep his fingers oriented properly over the keyboard. The overlay may be opaque with keycap information displayed in the key areas. The overlay may be transparent, allowing a user to see a virtual keyboard painted on the display screen below. The computing device can detect the presence and type of an overlay. Applications may respond differently to different types of overlays. Different applications may be invoked depending upon the type of overlay detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2002Publication date: December 25, 2003Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Mark Gerard Kraus, Vu Xuan Nguyen, Martin Shetter
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Patent number: 4482663Abstract: This invention relates to the use of organo-sulfur substituted pyridine compounds as reinforcing promoters and coupling agents for silica filled rubber compositions.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1982Date of Patent: November 13, 1984Assignee: Phillips Petroleum CompanyInventor: Gerard Kraus
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Patent number: 4440886Abstract: Stabilization of asphalt and asphalt-rubber compositions against degradation, e.g., viscosity increase by addition of a finite small and effective viscosity stabilizing amount of an alkali metal nitrite.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1982Date of Patent: April 3, 1984Assignee: Phillips Petroleum CompanyInventor: Gerard Kraus
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Patent number: 4412019Abstract: This invention relates to asphalt composition exhibiting improved physical properties comprising asphalt, hydrogenated rubber copolymer and sulfur which compositions exhibit improved temperature viscosity stability and improved tensile properties.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1980Date of Patent: October 25, 1983Assignee: Phillips Petroleum CompanyInventor: Gerard Kraus
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Patent number: 4267160Abstract: A carbon black with a tint residual below -6 in a rubber composition causes the hysteresis or heat buildup of such a rubber composition to be significantly lower than that of a rubber composition incorporating a carbon black with a higher tint residual, while the abrasion resistance of such rubber compositions incorporating these different blacks remains essentially unchanged. Tint residual is the difference between the measured tint and the tint calculated from the structure, nitrogen surface area, and CTAB surface area in accordance with a specific formula disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1979Date of Patent: May 12, 1981Assignee: Phillips Petroleum CompanyInventors: Gerard Kraus, Harold R. Hunt
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Patent number: 4241022Abstract: A carbon black with a tint residual below -6 in a rubber composition causes the hysteresis or heat buildup of such a rubber composition to be significantly lower than that of a rubber composition incorporating a carbon black with a higher tint residual, while the abrasion resistance of such rubber compositions incorporating these different blacks remains essentially unchanged. Tint residual is the difference between the measured tint and the tint calculated from the structure, nitrogen surface area, and CTAB surface area in accordance with a specific formula disclosed. Disclosed are carbon black reactor configurations capable of producing carbon black useful in compounding such a low-hysteresis rubber.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1978Date of Patent: December 23, 1980Assignee: Phillips Petroleum CompanyInventors: Gerard Kraus, Harold R. Hunt
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Patent number: 4093705Abstract: Carbon black is produced by heating a carbonaceous feed material to an elevated temperature to decompose the feed material to produce carbon black. A sample of the effluent from the reactor is passed as a suspension of carbon black particles in a gas into an optical cell. A beam of light is directed into the cell, and scattered light is measured at two different locations. A signal representative of the ratio of the two measured scattered light intensities is employed to control the introduction into the reactor of an alkali metal which controls the structure of the carbon black produced.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1976Date of Patent: June 6, 1978Assignee: Phillips Petroleum CompanyInventors: Gerard Kraus, Carl J. Stacy, Paul J. Cheng
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Patent number: 4071496Abstract: A carbon black with a tint residual below -6 in a rubber composition causes the hysteresis or heat buildup of such a rubber composition to be significantly lower than that of a rubber composition incorporating a carbon black with a higher tint residual, while the abrasion resistance of such rubber compositions incorporating these different blacks remains essentially unchanged. Tint residual is the difference between the measured tint and the tint calculated from the structure, nitrogen surface area and CTAB surface area in accordance with a specific formula disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1976Date of Patent: January 31, 1978Assignee: Phillips Petroleum CompanyInventors: Gerard Kraus, Harold R. Hunt