Patents by Inventor Sammy Geeraerts

Sammy Geeraerts 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).

  • User interface activation
    Patent number: 10095186
    Abstract: A wrist watch and method of activating a user interface of the wrist watch are described. The wrist watch comprises a display for providing a user interface for a user when wearing the wrist watch on a wrist, a first motion sensor arranged to detect motion of the wrist watch and a proximity detector arranged to detect the proximity of a hand of the user when wearing the wrist watch. A data processor is configured to activate the user interface when the first motion sensor detects that the wrist of the user has been raised and the proximity detector detects that the hand of the user has moved toward the wrist watch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Arjen Helder, Ko-Min Chang, Sammy Geeraerts
  • User Interface Activation
    Publication number: 20180074462
    Abstract: A wrist watch and method of activating a user interface of the wrist watch are described. The wrist watch comprises a display for providing a user interface for a user when wearing the wrist watch on a wrist, a first motion sensor arranged to detect motion of the wrist watch and a proximity detector arranged to detect the proximity of a hand of the user when wearing the wrist watch. A data processor is configured to activate the user interface when the first motion sensor detects that the wrist of the user has been raised and the proximity detector detects that the hand of the user has moved toward the wrist watch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Arjen Helder, Ko-Min Chang, Sammy Geeraerts