Patents by Inventor Basim Hafidh

Basim Hafidh 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).

  • Plug and play tangible user interface system
    Patent number: 9849377
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a dynamic user interface for interacting with computer applications by a user physically manipulating interactive floor tiles. The interactive floor tiles may be networked, and may use a communication bus 204 within the network for communicating the connection status of tiles in the network and/or any user input received by one or more tiles in the network. The tile network module may communicate data to a computer via a data collection module. The data collection module may be internal or external to the computer, and may be used to translate data from one communication format to another, for example, from RS485 framework to RS232 framework. The interactive floor tiles may be configured into various shapes at any time by a user, and the changes to the tiles may be mapped to the computer application screen in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: QATAR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Basim Hafidh, Hussein Al Osman, Ali Karime, Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, Jihad M. Alja'am, Ali M. Jaoua, Amal Dandashi, Moutaz S. Saleh
  • PLUG AND PLAY TANGIBLE USER INTERFACE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150301643
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a dynamic user interface for interacting with computer applications by a user physically manipulating interactive floor tiles. The interactive floor tiles may be networked, and may use a communication bus 204 within the network for communicating the connection status of tiles in the network and/or any user input received by one or more tiles in the network. The tile network module may communicate data to a computer via a data collection module. The data collection module may be internal or external to the computer, and may be used to translate data from one communication format to another, for example, from RS485 framework to RS232 framework. The interactive floor tiles may be configured into various shapes at any time by a user, and the changes to the tiles may be mapped to the computer application screen in real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: QATAR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Basim Hafidh, Hussein Al Osman, Ali Karime, Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, Jihad M. Alja'am, Ali M. Jaoua, Amal Dandashi, Moutaz S. Saleh