Patents by Inventor Whilhelmus Petrus Adrianus Johannus Michiels

Whilhelmus Petrus Adrianus Johannus Michiels 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).

  • 3D INPUT/NAVIGATION DEVICE WITH FREEZE AND RESUME FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20090265668
    Abstract: 3D input/navigation device, method and computer program product for controlling an object in a three-dimensional space by an operator, wherein an object can be switched in a frozen condition in which the movements of the object are suppressed with respect to at least one direction such that the object can only be moved in a surface or along a line determined by the operator and can be switched in a released condition in which the object is resumed or released such that it is freely controllable corresponding to a relative position of the device in a reference system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Norbert Christiaan Esser, Paulus Mathias Hubertus Mechtildis Antonius Gorissen, Whilhelmus Petrus Adrianus Johannus Michiels, Jurjen Pieter Pauw