Patents by Inventor Richard Thomas Watson

Richard Thomas Watson 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).

  • Tactile-feedback touch screen
    Patent number: 8427433
    Abstract: A system and method for providing tactile feedback on a touch screen display unit is provided. The tactile feedback unit has a gel layer for deforming discrete surface areas of a touch-screen display; and a tactile feedback controller for controlling the deformation by the gel layer. The tactile feedback unit is overlaid onto a liquid crystal display, OLED display, or other types of touch screen displays. Areas of the gel layer are individually controllable by the tactile feedback controller, such that areas of the gel layer that overlay control elements of a graphical user interface displayed on the touch screen display are activated. Additionally, contact with the touch screen display by a user at an area defined as a control element causes the corresponding area of the gel layer to provide a tactile feedback, such as deformation, vibration, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Lewin Edwards, Patricia McCrimmon, Richard Thomas Watson
  • TACTILE-FEEDBACK TOUCH SCREEN
    Publication number: 20100182245
    Abstract: A system and method for providing tactile feedback on a touch screen display unit is provided. The tactile feedback unit has a gel layer for deforming discrete surface areas of a touch-screen display; and a tactile feedback controller for controlling the deformation by the gel layer. The tactile feedback unit is overlaid onto a liquid crystal display, OLED display, or other types of touch screen displays. Areas of the gel layer are individually controllable by the tactile feedback controller, such that areas of the gel layer that overlay control elements of a graphical user interface displayed on the touch screen display are activated. Additionally, contact with the touch screen display by a user at an area defined as a control element causes the corresponding area of the gel layer to provide a tactile feedback, such as deformation, vibration, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Lewin Edwards, Patricia Mc Crimmon, Richard Thomas Watson
  • HYDROGEL-BASED TACTILE-FEEDBACK TOUCH SCREEN
    Publication number: 20100097323
    Abstract: A system and method for providing tactile feedback on a touch screen display unit is provided. The tactile feedback unit has a gel layer for deforming discrete surface areas of a touch-screen display; and a tactile feedback controller for controlling the deformation by the gel layer. The tactile feedback unit is overlaid onto a liquid crystal display, OLED display, or other types of touch screen displays. Areas of the gel layer are individually controllable by the tactile feedback controller, such that areas of the gel layer that overlay control elements of a graphical user interface displayed on the touch screen display are activated. Additionally, contact with the touch screen display by a user at an area defined as a control element causes the corresponding area of the gel layer to provide a tactile feedback, such as deformation, vibration, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Lewin Edwards, Patricia McCrimmon, Richard Thomas Watson