Patents by Inventor Arthur A. Stewart
Arthur A. Stewart 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: 10558341Abstract: The unified system for bimanual interactions provides a lightweight and integrated interface that allows the user to efficiently interact with and manipulate content in the user interface. The system is configured to detect a multi-finger interaction on the touchscreen and to differentiate whether the user intends to pan, zoom or frame a portion of the user interface. Generally, the framing interaction is identified by detection of the user's thumb and forefinger on the touchscreen, which cooperate to define a focus area between vectors extending outwards from the user's thumb and forefinger. Upon a determination that the user intends to interact with or manipulate content within the focus area, the unified system for bimanual interactions provides an indication of the objects that are located within the focus area and contextual menus for interacting with the objects.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Kenneth P. Hinckley, William Arthur Stewart Buxton, Michel Pahud, Haijun Xia
-
Publication number: 20180239509Abstract: Use of pre-interaction context associated with gesture and touch interactions is provided. A user interface is configured to receive an interaction. A touch or gesture input may be received from a user via a touchscreen. Prior to receiving an interaction on the user interface from the user, pre-interaction context is detected. Based on the pre-interaction context, the user's interaction with the user interface is interpreted and the interaction is provided on the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2017Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kenneth P. Hinckley, Michel Pahud, William Arthur Stewart Buxton, Seongkook Heo
-
Publication number: 20180239482Abstract: Thumb+pen inputs are described herein, to improve the functionality of touch enabled devices for accepting bimanual input in situations where the device is gripped or supported by one of the user's hands, leaving only one hand free. The thumb of an engaging hand is identified and controls are placed within its range of motion to enhance the functionality provided by the free hand. The actions of the thumb can be used to determine how pen actions made using the other hand are interpreted. Alternatively, the pen can indicate an object through pointing, while the thumb indirectly manipulates one or more of its parameters through touch controls. Marking menus, spring-loaded modes, indirect input, and conventional multi-touch interfaces are applied with respect to the bimanual input mode in which one hand is positioned to hold or support the device, and the other hand is free to improve device operability and accessibility.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2017Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kenneth P. Hinckley, Michel Pahud, William Arthur Stewart Buxton, Ken Pfeuffer
-
Publication number: 20180239520Abstract: The unified system for bimanual interactions provides a lightweight and integrated interface that allows the user to efficiently interact with and manipulate content in the user interface. The system is configured to detect a multi-finger interaction on the touchscreen and to differentiate whether the user intends to pan, zoom or frame a portion of the user interface. Generally, the framing interaction is identified by detection of the user's thumb and forefinger on the touchscreen, which cooperate to define a focus area between vectors extending outwards from the user's thumb and forefinger. Upon a determination that the user intends to interact with or manipulate content within the focus area, the unified system for bimanual interactions provides an indication of the objects that are located within the focus area and contextual menus for interacting with the objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2017Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kenneth P. Hinckley, William Arthur Stewart Buxton, Michel Pahud, Haijun Xia
-
Publication number: 20180239519Abstract: The unified system for bimanual interactions provides a lightweight and integrated interface that allows the user to efficiently interact with and manipulate content in the user interface. The system is configured to detect a multi-finger interaction on the touchscreen and to differentiate whether the user intends to pan, zoom or frame a portion of the user interface. Generally, the framing interaction is identified by detection of the user's thumb and forefinger on the touchscreen, which cooperate to define a focus area between vectors extending outwards from the user's thumb and forefinger. Upon a determination that the user intends to interact with or manipulate content within the focus area, the unified system for bimanual interactions provides an indication of the objects that are located within the focus area and contextual menus for interacting with the objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2017Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kenneth P. Hinckley, Michel Pahud, William Arthur Stewart Buxton, Haijun Xia
-
Publication number: 20180004386Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to utilizing sensed pre-touch interaction to control a mobile computing device. A pre-touch interaction of a user with the mobile computing device is detected. The pre-touch interaction includes a grip of the user on the mobile computing device and/or a hover of one or more fingers of the user with respect to a touchscreen of the mobile computing device. The finger(s) of the user can be within proximity but not touching the touchscreen as part of the hover. Parameter(s) of the pre-touch interaction of the user with the mobile computing device are identified, and a touch of the user on the touchscreen of the mobile computing device is detected. A computing operation is executed responsive to the touch, where the computing operation is based on the touch and the parameter(s) of the pre-touch interaction of the user with the mobile computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Kenneth P. Hinckley, Michel Pahud, Hrvoje Benko, William Arthur Stewart Buxton, Seongkook Heo
-
Publication number: 20160354736Abstract: A spatially controllable, for example CD controllable, eductor, and more particularly an eductor that is capable of providing a variable motive fluid and processes using such an eductor are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Fei Wang, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Hasan Eroglu, Edwin Arthur Stewart, John Ferney McKibben
-
Publication number: 20160355950Abstract: Coforming processes for commingling two or more separate materials, for example solid additives, for example fibers and/or particulates, and filaments, and equipment; namely, forming boxes, useful in such coforming processes and more particularly to coforming processes for commingling filaments with one or more fibers, such as pulp fibers, and forming boxes useful therein are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Fei Wang, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Hasan Eroglu, Edwin Arthur Stewart, John Ferney McKibben, Gustav Andre Mellin
-
Patent number: 7939010Abstract: An improved method for creating fibers from a material dissolved in a solvent. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of feeding a fiber making material dissolved in a solvent through a die including at least two rows of nozzles to form fiber strands. An attenuation medium is provided about the fiber strands. The attenuation medium is provided in a direction that is generally parallel to the fiber strands such that the attenuation medium elongates the fiber strands. The attenuation medium has a relative solvent-vapor content of at least about 50 percent.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2005Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michael David James, Stanford Royce Jackson, Savas Aydore, Hasan Eroglu, Donald Eugene Ensign, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Edwin Arthur Stewart
-
Publication number: 20100112352Abstract: Rotary spinning processes, more particularly processes for making hydroxyl polymer-containing fibers using a rotary spinning die, hydroxyl polymer-containing fibers made by the processes and webs made with the hydroxyl polymer-containing fibers are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2010Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventors: John Gerhard Michael, Stanford Royce Jackson, Michael David James, Hasan Eroglu, Savas Aydore, Edwin Arthur Stewart
-
Patent number: 7655175Abstract: Rotary spinning processes, more particularly processes for making hydroxyl polymer-containing fibers using a rotary spinning die, hydroxyl polymer-containing fibers made by the processes and webs made with the hydroxyl polymer-containing fibers are provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2004Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Gerhard Michael, Stanford Royce Jackson, Michael David James, Hasan Eroglu, Savas Aydore, Edwin Arthur Stewart
-
Publication number: 20060207796Abstract: A multi-function downhole apparatus is described which comprises a tubular main body having at least one recess formed in its outer surface. The recess is adapted to receive any of a set of interchangeable tool elements, which include stabiliser blades of different radial sizes, cleaning elements, roller reaming tool elements, a hole opener tool element, and a drilling casing shoe element. In particular, the apparatus allows drilling operations and wellbore cleaning operations to be carried out using the same tool body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2006Publication date: September 21, 2006Applicant: Stable Services LimitedInventor: Arthur Stewart
-
Publication number: 20060201670Abstract: Downhole apparatus is described having a tubular main body and at least one flow channel formed on the body. The channel has at least one non-uniform dimension. A flow guide is located adjacent an end of the channel, and the flow guide and the channel together define a flow path for flow of a downhole medium along the body. The downhole apparatus may for example be a casing reamer shoe, a drill pipe, or a motor sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2006Publication date: September 14, 2006Applicant: Stable Services LimitedInventor: Arthur Stewart
-
Patent number: 7102642Abstract: A system that provides a bimanual user interface in which an input device is provided for each of the users hands, a left hand (LH) device and a right hand (RH) device. The input devices are used in conjunction with a large format, upright, human scale display at which the user can stand and upon which the input devices are moved. The positions of the input devices on the display are marked by displayed cursors. The system detects the position of the input devices relative to the display and draws a vector corresponding to unfastened tape between positions of cursors of the corresponding input devices and pointing from the LH device to the RH device. By changing the state of the LH input device the unfastened tape can be fastened or pinned along the vector as the user moves the LH device toward the RH device. By changing the state of the RH device, the tape can be unfastened by moving the LH device away from the RH device. Straight lines are drawn by holding the RH fixed while the LH pins the tape.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2003Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.Inventors: Ravin Balakrishnan, Willaim Arthur Stewart Buxton, George William Fitzmaurice, Gordon Paul Kurtenbach
-
Patent number: 7018188Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus for forming fibers. One embodiment of the apparatus includes a die assembly having a plurality of nozzles, one or more attenuation medium passages and a cover plate. The cover plate has a cover plate opening into which one or more of the nozzles may extend. The attenuation medium passages have a minimum cross-sectional area and the cover plate opening has a limiting cross-sectional area such that the minimum cross-sectional area of the attenuation medium passages is greater than the limiting cross-sectional area of the cover plate opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2003Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michael David James, Stanford Royce Jackson, Savas Aydore, Hasan Eroglu, Donald Eugene Ensign, Paul Dennis Trokhan, David Lee Moore, Edwin Arthur Stewart
-
Publication number: 20050078855Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a display carried by the housing, and a fingerprint sensor also carried by the housing. The electronic device may also include a processor for generating a plurality of menu items on the display, and for scrolling an indicator along the menu items based upon static placement of a finger adjacent a selected portion of the fingerprint sensor. The sensor may have a polygonal shape, and the scrolling may be in a direction of a corner portion of the polygonal shape. The menu items may be arranged in a single column, or in a plurality of columns.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2003Publication date: April 14, 2005Applicant: AuthenTec Inc. State of Incorporation: DelawareInventors: Curt Chandler, Dale Setlak, Arthur Stewart
-
Publication number: 20040201127Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for forming fibers. One embodiment of the apparatus includes a die assembly having a plurality of nozzles, one or more attenuation medium passages and a cover plate. The cover plate has a cover plate opening into which one or more of the nozzles may extend. The attenuation medium passages have a minimum cross-sectional area and the cover plate opening has a limiting cross-sectional area such that the minimum cross-sectional area of the attenuation medium passages is greater than the limiting cross-sectional area of the cover plate opening. The method of the present invention may also include providing a die that creates a low internal pressure drop, cooling the attenuation medium upon exit of the die and/or providing an attenuation medium with a high relative solvent-vapor content in the attenuation region.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2003Publication date: October 14, 2004Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michael David James, Stanford Royce Jackson, Savas Aydore, Hasan Eroglu, Donald Eugene Ensign, Paul Dennis Trokhan, David Lee Moore, Edwin Arthur Stewart
-
Publication number: 20040189640Abstract: A system that provides a bimanual user interface in which an input device is provided for each of the users hands, a left hand (LH) device and a right hand (RH) device. The input devices are used in conjunction with a large format, upright, human scale display at which the user can stand and upon which the input devices are moved. The positions of the input devices on the display are marked by displayed cursors. The system detects the position of the input devices relative to the display and draws a vector corresponding to unfastened tape between positions of cursors of the corresponding input devices and pointing from the LH device to the RH device. By changing the state of the LH input device the unfastened tape can be fastened or pinned along the vector as the user moves the LH device toward the RH device. By changing the state of the RH device, the tape can be unfastened by moving the LH device away from the RH device. Straight lines are drawn by holding the RH fixed while the LH pins the tape.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2003Publication date: September 30, 2004Applicant: Silicon Graphics, Inc.Inventors: Ravin Balakrishnan, William Arthur Stewart Buxton, George William Fitzmaurice, Gordon Paul Kurtenbach
-
Patent number: 6642927Abstract: A system that provides a bimanual user interface in which an input device is provided for each of the users hands, a left hand (LH) device and a right hand (RH) device. The input devices are used in conjunction with a large format, upright, human scale display at which the user can stand and upon which the input devices are moved. The positions of the input devices on the display are marked by displayed cursors. The system detects the position of the input devices relative to the display and draws a vector corresponding to unfastened tape between positions of cursors of the corresponding input devices and pointing from the LH device to the RH device. By changing the state of the LH input device the unfastened tape can be fastened or pinned along the vector as the user moves the LH device toward the RH device. By changing the state of the RH device, the tape can be unfastened by moving the LH device away from the RH device. Straight lines are drawn by holding the RH fixed while the LH pins the tape.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 1999Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.Inventors: Ravin Balakrishnan, William Arthur Stewart Buxton, George William Fitzmaurice, Gordon Paul Kurtenbach
-
Publication number: 20020133324Abstract: Systems and methods for modeling multidimensional physical systems, including biological and chemical systems. A system to be treated as a model is represented by a geometrical structure. The geometry is superposed onto a lattice template. Functional elements are obtained to express relationships between portions of the system to be modeled. The functional elements are assigned to lattice regions. The initial conditions, boundary conditions and constraints on the model are specified. The lattice is solved using a circuit simulation package. The quantities determined for the circuit are used to compute system quantities. Optionally the computer information is displayed. Optionally, the system is modeled as multiple lattices, which can be solved either serially (iteratively) or in parallel, to obtain a consistent solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2001Publication date: September 19, 2002Inventors: James C. Weaver, Thiruvalluv R. Gowrishankar, Gregory T. Martin, Donald Arthur Stewart