Patents by Inventor Steven Varrato

Steven Varrato 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: 12032801
    Abstract: Adjusting a cursor speed may include a sensor with at least one capacitance sense electrode, a controller in communication with the sensor, memory in communication with the controller, and programmed instructions stored in the memory and configured, when executed, to cause the capacitance controller to detect movement of an object moving proximate the sensor at an object speed, apply a cursor speed to a cursor depicted in a display based at least in part on a cursor-to-object speed relationship, detect a trigger event in the detected object movement, and change the cursor-to-object speed relationship in response to detecting the trigger event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Cirque Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Monson, Todd Rich, Steven Varrato
  • Patent number: 11995227
    Abstract: Initiating continued movement output may include a sensor with at least one capacitance sense electrode, a controller in communication with the sensor, memory in communication with the controller, and programmed instructions stored in the memory and configured, when executed, to cause the capacitance controller to detect a first characteristic of a movement input corresponding to an object moving proximate the sensor along a capacitance movement vector, apply a display movement vector to an output in a display, detect a second characteristic of the movement input corresponding to the object reaching an edge of the field of the sensor and continue to apply the display movement vector in the display as an output in response to detecting the second characteristic of the movement input, where the display movement vector magnitude and direction are determined by the capacitance movement vector magnitude and direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventor: Steven Varrato
  • Publication number: 20240111365
    Abstract: Delivering a haptic feedback using a capacitance module may include obtaining a location of user input using a capacitive sensor in the capacitance module, determining when to activate a first haptic motor in the capacitance module based on the location of the user input, determining when the activate a second haptic motor in the capacitance module based on the location of the user input, generating a first haptic signal with the first haptic motor at the first determined time, and generating a second haptic signal with the second haptic motor at the second determined time, where the haptic feedback includes the first haptic signal and the second haptic signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Cirque Corporation
    Inventor: Steven Varrato
  • Publication number: 20230185424
    Abstract: Adjusting a cursor speed may include a sensor with at least one capacitance sense electrode, a controller in communication with the sensor, memory in communication with the controller, and programmed instructions stored in the memory and configured, when executed, to cause the capacitance controller to detect movement of an object moving proximate the sensor at an object speed, apply a cursor speed to a cursor depicted in a display based at least in part on a cursor-to-object speed relationship, detect a trigger event in the detected object movement, and change the cursor-to-object speed relationship in response to detecting the trigger event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Cirque Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Monson, Todd Rich, Steven Varrato