Patents by Inventor Angus David Dick

Angus David Dick 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).

  • Method of providing a user interface
    Patent number: 8881064
    Abstract: A method of providing a user interface for controlling a system (1;27) includes observing a presence of a body or body part of a user in a certain environment of a device (6,14-17;30). At least a perceptible part (28,34) of the user interface is made available to the user in association with a particular functionality for interacting with the system (1;27) controlled by the user interface in dependence on a rate of displacement of the body or body part of the user observed in the certain environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts, Gavin Mark Proctor, Stuart Ronald Pill, Angus David Dick, Daniel Karl Pezzutti, Floris Maria Hermansz Crompvoets
  • METHOD OF PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20140310621
    Abstract: A method of providing a user interface for controlling a system includes observing a presence of a body or body part of a user in a certain environment of a device. At least a perceptible part of the user interface is made available to the user in association with a particular functionality for interacting with the system controlled by the user interface in dependence on a rate of displacement of the body or body part of the user observed in the certain environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts, Gavin Mark Proctor, Stuart Ronald Pill, Angus David Dick, Daniel Karl Pezzutti, Floris Maria Hermansz Crompvoets
  • METHOD OF PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20100257491
    Abstract: A method of providing a user interface for controlling a system (1;27) includes observing a presence of a body or body part of a user in a certain environment of a device (6,14-17;30). At least a perceptible part (28,34) of the user interface is made available to the user in association with a particular functionality for interacting with the system (1;27) controlled by the user interface in dependence on a rate of displacement of the body or body part of the user observed in the certain environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts, Gavin Mark Proctor, Stuart Ronald Pill, Angus David Dick, Daniel Karl Pezzutti, Floris Maria Hermansz Crompvoets