Patents by Inventor PAUL RUDOLF WISSGOTT

PAUL RUDOLF WISSGOTT 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).

  • Apparatus and method for conveying information displayed on a touch screen device
    Patent number: 9176609
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for conveying information displayed on a touch screen are disclosed. For example, the apparatus includes an overlay having an array of pockets, a plurality of valves, wherein each pocket of the array of pockets is coupled to at least one of the plurality of valves via a respective channel, a pump coupled to the plurality of valves for providing a fluid to one or more pockets of the array of pockets and a controller in communication with the pump and each one of the plurality of valves to control an operation of the pump and each one of the plurality of valves for activating the one or more pockets of the array of pockets to correspond to information on a touch screen of the touch screen device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Rudolf Wissgott, Hitankumar Gulabhai Mistry
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON A TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140009405
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for conveying information displayed on a touch screen are disclosed. For example, the apparatus includes an overlay having an array of pockets, a plurality of valves, wherein each pocket of the array of pockets is coupled to at least one of the plurality of valves via a respective channel, a pump coupled to the plurality of valves for providing a fluid to one or more pockets of the array of pockets and a controller in communication with the pump and each one of the plurality of valves to control an operation of the pump and each one of the plurality of valves for activating the one or more pockets of the array of pockets to correspond to information on a touch screen of the touch screen device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: PAUL RUDOLF WISSGOTT, Hitankumar Gulabhai Mistry