Patents by Inventor Bruce William Macdonald

Bruce William Macdonald 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).

  • Human/machine interface for computing devices
    Patent number: 5900864
    Abstract: A computing device having a human/machine interface is disclosed. An input device (10) has a plurality of keys (T, 1, 2, 3, 4) each corresponding to a separate digit of the human hand. The keys (T, 1, 2, 3, 4) are arranged to match the relative sequential relation of the digits. The input device (10) is coupled to a processor device (3) in turn coupled to a visual display device (5). The processor device (30) receives instructions or data from the input device (10) and output information to be displayed to the display device (5). The processor device (30) is programmed to cause the visual display of indicia (60-70) wherein each indicium represents a user initiated instruction of data input and is displayed in one-to-one correspondence with the sequential relation of one or more of the keys (T, 1, 2, 3, 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Australian Institute of Marine Science
    Inventor: Bruce William Macdonald