Patents by Inventor Marianne Somers Van Os

Marianne Somers Van Os 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).

  • Method of measuring the movement of an input device
    Publication number: 20050243053
    Abstract: A small and cheap user's input device for measuring scroll-and-click movements of a finger (132) or other object relative to the device comprises at least one sensor unit (124, 126, 130) and sensor signal analyzing means (136) to derive click information and scroll information from the same sensor signal. The analyzing means is designed such as to recognize a first typical time pattern of a click action and a second typical time pattern of a scroll action. Moreover in analyzing a sensor signal obtained during a time interval data obtained during other time intervals can be used to supply reliable signals. This device can be used in a number of different consumer apparatus, such as a mobile phone (134).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Martin Liess, Carsten Heinks, Aldegonda Weijers, Marianne Somers Van Os