Patents by Inventor Brenda L. Diaz

Brenda L. Diaz 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 and apparatus customizing a dual actuation setting of a computer input device switch
    Patent number: 5559943
    Abstract: A method and computer system present a user with a target icon on a computer screen and instruct the user to place a cursor thereon and twice actuate a mouse switch. The method measures the positions of the cursor on the screen during, and the time between, the two actuations by the user, and uses these measurements to customize, for the given user, the dual actuation speed and cursor movement area used to determine a double-click input command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Clark R. Cyr, Jon B. Kimmich, Timothy T. Brewer, Jeffrey S. Hanson, Miles Richardson, Kenneth R. Robertson, Cheryl Jenkins, Brenda L. Diaz, John G. Pierce, Gregory Lee