Patents by Inventor Anatoly Churikov
Anatoly Churikov 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).
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Patent number: 11507206Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to touch-sensitive input devices, systems, and methods for providing user input to a computing device. In one example, a touch-sensitive input device comprises an elongated body and a plurality of force-sensing elements spaced along a length of the body. The touch-sensitive input device also comprises a wireless communication subsystem configured to communicatively couple the input device to the computing device and provide signals from the plurality of force-sensing elements to the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kelly Marie Bogan, Lincoln Matthew Ghioni, Anatoly Churikov
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Publication number: 20200363880Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to touch-sensitive input devices, systems, and methods for providing user input to a computing device. In one example, a touch-sensitive input device comprises an elongated body and a plurality of force-sensing elements spaced along a length of the body. The touch-sensitive input device also comprises a wireless communication subsystem configured to communicatively couple the input device to the computing device and provide signals from the plurality of force-sensing elements to the computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2019Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kelly Marie BOGAN, Lincoln Matthew GHIONI, Anatoly CHURIKOV
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Publication number: 20200270778Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to textile coverings for electronic devices and methods for manufacturing textile coverings for electronic devices. In one example, a textile covering for an electronic device comprises one or more structural fibers woven into a seamless tube, the seamless tube configured to encircle at least a portion of the electronic device. The textile covering also comprises one or more heat-shrink fibers and/or one or more adhesive fibers woven into the seamless tube. The heat-shrink fibers shrink when the seamless tube is heated above a threshold temperature, thereby constricting the seamless tube around the electronic device. The one or more adhesive fibers adhere the textile covering to the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2019Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kelly Marie BOGAN, Lincoln Matthew GHIONI, Anatoly CHURIKOV, Paul Ryan SANDOVAL
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Patent number: 10168159Abstract: Examples of arrays of magnetometers that can be used as or as part of an inertial measurement unit (IMU) are disclosed herein. Various methods for using such arrays in order to obtain highly precise and locationally unique data, which can be used to correct for drift effects, are also disclosed. In certain embodiments, the Jacobian matrix of the magnetic field is computed from the magnetometer measurements. This Jacobian matrix data can be used to generate a magnetic field map for a particular environment and/or to locate position, velocity, and acceleration of the IMU by referencing such a magnetic field map.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Flavio Protasio Ribeiro, Anatoly Churikov
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Patent number: 9851267Abstract: Examples for force-sensing elements are disclosed. An example method for forming a force sensor includes printing a suspension of a hollow-sphere conductive polymer in a liquid carrier over an electrode pair on a substrate, evaporating the liquid carrier, and encapsulating the electrode pair and hollow-sphere conductive polymer to form a force sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Siyuan Ma, James David Holbery, Anatoly Churikov, Flavio Protasio Ribeiro
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Publication number: 20170350773Abstract: Examples for force-sensing elements are disclosed. An example method for forming a force sensor includes printing a suspension of a hollow-sphere conductive polymer in a liquid carrier over an electrode pair on a substrate, evaporating the liquid carrier, and encapsulating the electrode pair and hollow-sphere conductive polymer to form a force sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2016Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Siyuan Ma, James David Holbery, Anatoly Churikov, Flavio Protasio Ribeiro
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Publication number: 20170089706Abstract: Examples of arrays of magnetometers that can be used as or as part of an inertial measurement unit (IMU) are disclosed herein. Various methods for using such arrays in order to obtain highly precise and locationally unique data, which can be used to correct for drift effects, are also disclosed. In certain embodiments, the Jacobian matrix of the magnetic field is computed from the magnetometer measurements. This Jacobian matrix data can be used to generate a magnetic field map for a particular environment and/or to locate position, velocity, and acceleration of the IMU by referencing such a magnetic field map.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Flavio Protasio Ribeiro, Anatoly Churikov
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Publication number: 20160202760Abstract: Systems and methods for creating multiple haptic zone responses for electronic devices are disclosed. Suitable electronic devices are embedded with a number of haptic elements that are spaced along the surface of the device. In one aspect, the number of haptic elements is sufficient to have at least one haptic element proximal in a grip zone of a user. During operation, the device may receive user interaction information (e.g., user location, pressure etc.) and indications to deliver a haptic response to the user, possibly depending on the execution of an application where haptic response is appropriate. The device determines a desirable number of haptic elements to energize depending upon the user interaction information and the set of haptic elements define a dynamic set of user interaction zones in which to deliver the haptic response.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2014Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Anatoly Churikov, Catherine Boulanger, Tristan Trutna, Nigel Keam, Steven Bathiche, Luis Cabrera-Cordon, Carl Picciotto
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Publication number: 20130300668Abstract: Grip-based device adaptations are described in which a touch-aware skin of a device is employed to adapt device behavior in various ways. The touch-aware skin may include a plurality of sensors from which a device may obtain input and decode the input to determine grip characteristics indicative of a user's grip. On-screen keyboards and other input elements may then be configured and located in a user interface according to a determined grip. In at least some embodiments, a gesture defined to facilitate selective launch of on-screen input element may be recognized and used in conjunction with grip characteristics to launch the on-screen input element in dependence upon grip. Additionally, touch and gesture recognition parameters may be adjusted according to a determined grip to reduce misrecognition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventors: Anatoly Churikov, Catherine N. Boulanger, Hrvoje Benko, Luis E. Cabrera-Cordon, Paul Henry Dietz, Steven Nabil Bathiche, Kenneth P. Hinckley