Patents by Inventor Bill Feth

Bill Feth 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).

  • User interface contrast filter
    Patent number: 8441499
    Abstract: A method of defining a dynamically adjustable user interface (“UI”) of a device is described. The method defines multiple UI elements for the UI, where each UI element includes multiple pixels. The method defines a display adjustment tool for receiving a single display adjustment parameter and in response adjusting the appearance of the UI by differentiating display adjustments to a first set of saturated pixels from the display adjustments to a second set of non-saturated pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Heynen, Mike Stern, Andrew Bryant, Marian Goldeen, Bill Feth
  • User Interface Contrast Filter
    Publication number: 20110035552
    Abstract: A method of defining a dynamically adjustable user interface (“UI”) of a device is described. The method defines multiple UI elements for the UI, where each UI element includes multiple pixels. The method defines a display adjustment tool for receiving a single display adjustment parameter and in response adjusting the appearance of the UI by differentiating display adjustments to a first set of saturated pixels from the display adjustments to a second set of non-saturated pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Patrick Heynen, Mike Stern, Andrew Bryant, Marian Goldeen, Bill Feth