Patents by Inventor Robert F. Kerner

Robert F. Kerner 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).

  • Patent number: 10671188
    Abstract: A multi-touch input system may include: a touch surface; a display separate from the touch surface; and a processor. The processor may be configured to cause the display of an image on a display; detect a multiple-finger gesture on the touch surface; generate a signal indicative of the multiple-finger gesture; determine a speed of the multiple-finger gesture on the touch surface; and move the image proportional to the speed of the multiple-finger gesture. Moving may include moving the image with respect to a first axis when the multiple-finger gesture includes a first number of fingers, and moving the image with respect to a second axis when the multiple-finger gesture includes a second number of fingers different from the first number of fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Grayhill, Inc.
    Inventors: Torsten F. Chase, Kevin M. Dooley, Robert F. Kerner
  • Publication number: 20190302911
    Abstract: A multi-touch input system may include: a touch surface; a display separate from the touch surface; and a processor. The processor may be configured to cause the display of an image on a display; detect a multiple-finger gesture on the touch surface; generate a signal indicative of the multiple-finger gesture; determine a speed of the multiple-finger gesture on the touch surface; and move the image proportional to the speed of the multiple-finger gesture. Moving may include moving the image with respect to a first axis when the multiple-finger gesture includes a first number of fingers, and moving the image with respect to a second axis when the multiple-finger gesture includes a second number of fingers different from the first number of fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Grayhill, Inc.
    Inventors: Torsten F. Chase, Kevin M. Dooley, Robert F. Kerner
  • Patent number: 10359866
    Abstract: A method manipulates a 3D image in three dimensions using two-dimensional gestures on a touchpad. The method moves the 3D image within an x-y plane in the direction of a multiple-finger linear gesture. A number of fingers used for the multiple-finger linear gesture is programmed in an instinct library associated with the touchpad. The method detects a multiple-finger linear gesture on a mutual capacitance touchpad and rotates the 3D image in the direction of the multiple-finger linear gesture about an axis in the x-y plane perpendicular to the multiple-finger linear gesture. The method also rotates the 3D image about the x-y plane in the direction of the multiple-finger linear gesture at a speed proportional to the speed of the multiple-finger linear gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: GRAYHILL, INC.
    Inventors: Torsten F. Chase, Kevin M. Dooley, Robert F. Kerner
  • Publication number: 20180299979
    Abstract: A method manipulates a 3D image in three dimensions using two-dimensional gestures on a touchpad. The method moves the 3D image within an x-y plane in the direction of a multiple-finger linear gesture. A number of fingers used for the multiple-finger linear gesture is programmed in an instinct library associated with the touchpad. The method detects a multiple-finger linear gesture on a mutual capacitance touchpad and rotates the 3D image in the direction of the multiple-finger linear gesture about an axis in the x-y plane perpendicular to the multiple-finger linear gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Grayhill, Inc.
    Inventors: Torsten F. Chase, Kevin M. Dooley, Robert F. Kerner
  • Patent number: 10048754
    Abstract: Touch interfaces for electronic devices including one or more tactile response mechanisms. The tactile response mechanisms receive user input and provide a tactile response to the user to indicate that the user has selected a particular location or selectable area on the interface. The underside of the interface includes recesses and/or channels corresponding to on each specific touch or selectable area that localize the tactile response to the individual selectable areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: GRAYHILL, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin M Dooley, Robert F Kerner
  • Patent number: 9996171
    Abstract: A method manipulates a 3D image in three dimensions using two-dimensional gestures on a touchpad. The method moves the 3D image within an x-y plane in the direction of a multiple-finger linear gesture. A number of fingers used for the multiple-finger linear gesture is programmed in an instinct library associated with the touchpad. The method detects a multiple-finger linear gesture on a mutual capacitance touchpad and rotates the 3D image in the direction of the multiple-finger linear gesture about an axis in the x-y plane perpendicular to the multiple-finger linear gesture. The method also rotates the 3D image about the x-y plane in the direction of the multiple-finger linear gesture at a speed proportional to the speed of the multiple-finger linear gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Grayhill, Inc.
    Inventors: Torsten F. Chase, Kevin M. Dooley, Robert F. Kerner
  • Publication number: 20170315635
    Abstract: A method manipulates a 3D image in three dimensions using two-dimensional gestures on a touchpad. The method moves the 3D image within an x-y plane in the direction of a multiple-finger linear gesture. A number of fingers used for the multiple-finger linear gesture is programmed in an instinct library associated with the touchpad. The method detects a multiple-finger linear gesture on a mutual capacitance touchpad and rotates the 3D image in the direction of the multiple-finger linear gesture about an axis in the x-y plane perpendicular to the multiple-finger linear gesture. The method also rotates the 3D image about the x-y plane in the direction of the multiple-finger linear gesture at a speed proportional to the speed of the multiple-finger linear gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Torsten F. Chase, Kevin M. Dooley, Robert F. Kerner
  • Patent number: 9733734
    Abstract: A method manipulates a 3D image in three dimensions using two-dimensional gestures on a touchpad. The method moves the 3D image within an x-y plane in the direction of a multiple-finger linear gesture. A number of fingers used for the multiple-finger linear gesture is programmed in an instinct library associated with the touchpad. The method detects a multiple-finger linear gesture on a mutual capacitance touchpad and rotates the 3D image in the direction of the multiple-finger linear gesture about an axis in the x-y plane perpendicular to the multiple-finger linear gesture. The method also rotates the 3D image about the x-y plane in the direction of the multiple-finger linear gesture at a speed proportional to the speed of the multiple-finger linear gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Grayhill, Inc.
    Inventors: Torsten F. Chase, Kevin M. Dooley, Robert F. Kerner
  • Publication number: 20160139695
    Abstract: A method manipulates a 3D image in three dimensions using two-dimensional gestures on a touchpad. The method moves the 3D image within an x-y plane in the direction of a multiple-finger linear gesture. A number of fingers used for the multiple-finger linear gesture is programmed in an instinct library associated with the touchpad. The method detects a multiple-finger linear gesture on a mutual capacitance touchpad and rotates the 3D image in the direction of the multiple-finger linear gesture about an axis in the x-y plane perpendicular to the multiple-finger linear gesture. The method also rotates the 3D image about the x-y plane in the direction of the multiple-finger linear gesture at a speed proportional to the speed of the multiple-finger linear gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: Grayhill, Inc.
    Inventors: Torsten F. Chase, Kevin M. Dooley, Robert F. Kerner
  • Publication number: 20160062461
    Abstract: Touch interfaces for electronic devices including one or more tactile response mechanisms. The tactile response mechanisms receive user input and provide a tactile response to the user to indicate that the user has selected a particular location or selectable area on the interface. The underside of the interface includes recesses and/or channels corresponding to on each specific touch or selectable area that localize the tactile response to the individual selectable areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Kevin M. Dooley, Robert F. Kerner