Patents by Inventor Paul Christopher KOS

Paul Christopher KOS 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).

  • COMPUTER MOUSE MODULE WITH AN ANGLED AND/OR SLOPED FRONT
    Publication number: 20240045512
    Abstract: A computer mouse module includes a body having a front face, a lower side, and a lower front edge portion that extends between the lower side and the front face. The lower front edge portion includes a slope between the front face and the lower side. The computer mouse module includes a movement sensor held along the slope of the lower front edge portion of the body. The movement sensor is configured to detect movement of the computer mouse module along a tracking surface at at least two angular positions of a longitudinal axis of the body relative to the tracking surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Christopher KOS, John Franciscus Marie HELMES, Gabrielle DeAnne MICHEL, Robert Bryce JOHNSON, Solomon Stone ROMNEY, Wen Zhao ZHANG, Guangwen ZHOU, Yi Wei ZHANG
  • Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting opening force
    Patent number: 11836013
    Abstract: A method of controlling opening resistance in an electronic device includes maintaining the electronic device in a closed state via a resistive force, wherein the resistive force is applied by at least one of: a hinge of the electronic device, and magnets of the electronic device. The method further includes using a sensor on an underside of the electronic device to detect a force applied to a first portion of the electronic device and determining that the force corresponds to a user initiating opening of the electronic device. In accordance with the determination, the method further includes reducing the resistive force to assist the user in opening the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Han Li, Masaaki Fukumoto, Nathan Michael Thome, James David Holbery, Paul Christopher Kos
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING OPENING FORCE
    Publication number: 20220374052
    Abstract: A method of controlling opening resistance in an electronic device includes maintaining the electronic device in a closed state via a resistive force, wherein the resistive force is applied by at least one of: a hinge of the electronic device, and magnets of the electronic device. The method further includes using a sensor on an underside of the electronic device to detect a force applied to a first portion of the electronic device and determining that the force corresponds to a user initiating opening of the electronic device. In accordance with the determination, the method further includes reducing the resistive force to assist the user in opening the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Han LI, Masaaki FUKUMOTO, Nathan Michael THOME, James David HOLBERY, Paul Christopher KOS