Patents by Inventor Adrian Friday

Adrian Friday 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).

  • Context acquisition based on load sensing
    Patent number: 7434459
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for sensing force information at a plurality of points on a continuous surface, and detecting contextual information about an object on the surface based on the distribution of force on the surface. For example, a plurality of sensors may be included below different points on such a substantially continuous surface, where the sensors are operable to sense force information. Then, a processor connected to the sensors may determine a location of the object relative to the surface, based on the force information from the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: SAP Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Albrecht Schmidt, Martin Strohbach, Kristof Van Laerhoven, Adrian Friday, Hans-W. Gellersen, Uwe Kubach
  • Context acquisition based on load sensing
    Publication number: 20040148089
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for sensing force information at a plurality of points on a continuous surface, and detecting contextual information about an object on the surface based on the distribution of force on the surface. For example, a plurality of sensors may be included below different points on such a substantially continuous surface, where the sensors are operable to sense force information. Then, a processor connected to the sensors may determine a location of the object relative to the surface, based on the force information from the sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Albrecht Schmidt, Martin Strohbach, Kristof Van Laerhoven, Adrian Friday, Hans-W. Gellersen, Uwe Kubach