Patents by Inventor Rickey Austin

Rickey Austin 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).

  • Trigger device for mobile computing device
    Patent number: 9088281
    Abstract: A mobile computing device includes a processor and a trigger device operatively attached to the mobile computing device and configured to generate a mechanical vibration pattern for selectively actuating the mobile computing device. A trigger interface, illustratively an accelerometer, is configured to convert the mechanical vibration pattern into an electrical signal pattern. The processor is configured to actuate a mobile computing function depending on the mechanical vibration pattern generated by the trigger device. A table of properties stored in memory correlates the mechanical vibration generated by the trigger device with a specific mobile computing function. The trigger device may include a plurality of trigger parts; and the mechanical vibration pattern generated by the trigger device may include multiple bits of data generated by the plurality of trigger parts. The mobile computing device may be in a candy bar, clam shell, or other form factor and may include a removable handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Intermec IP Corp.
    Inventors: Robert A. Kohtz, Rickey Austin, Joseph Cook
  • TRIGGER DEVICE FOR MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140049120
    Abstract: A mobile computing device includes a processor and a trigger device operatively attached to the mobile computing device and configured to generate a mechanical vibration pattern for selectively actuating the mobile computing device. A trigger interface, illustratively an accelerometer, is configured to convert the mechanical vibration pattern into an electrical signal pattern. The processor is configured to actuate a mobile computing function depending on the mechanical vibration pattern generated by the trigger device. A table of properties stored in memory correlates the mechanical vibration generated by the trigger device with a specific mobile computing function. The trigger device may include a plurality of trigger parts; and the mechanical vibration pattern generated by the trigger device may include multiple bits of data generated by the plurality of trigger parts. The mobile computing device may be in a candy bar, clam shell, or other form factor and may include a removable handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Intermec IP Corp.
    Inventors: Robert A. Kohtz, Rickey Austin, Joseph Cook
  • PORTABLE ELECTRONIC PRINTER
    Publication number: 20080019755
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for printing information. The printer including a paper feed motor, a carriage motor and a printer control system. The system causing the paper feed motor and the carriage motor to move at least partially simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: INTERMEC IP CORP.
    Inventors: Rickey Austin, Arvin Danielson