Patents by Inventor Byron Allen SCHIEL

Byron Allen SCHIEL 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: 9244550
    Abstract: A method includes identifying a first plurality of drive frequencies at which drive electrodes of a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device are driven, wherein the first plurality of drive frequencies includes a first frequency and a second frequency. A first noise value at the first frequency is determined. When the first noise value meets a first threshold value and the first noise value is less than a second threshold value that is greater than the first threshold value, a second noise value at the second frequency is determined by the electronic device and, in response to determining that the second noise value is less than the first threshold value, driving the drive electrodes at the second frequency. When the first noise value meets the second threshold value, a third frequency at which the drive electrodes are driven is identified by the electronic device, wherein the third frequency is not one of the first plurality of drive frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Amit Pal Singh, Premal Vinodchandra Parekh, Rohan Michael Nandakumar, Byron Allen Schiel, John Edward Dolson
  • Patent number: 9047795
    Abstract: Methods and electronic devices for providing a wallpaper viewfinder are described. In one aspect, a method includes: receiving image data from a camera of the electronic device; displaying a viewfinder for the camera on a display of the electronic device based on the image data; identifying a subject in the image data; and overlaying one or more interface element representations on a portion of the displayed viewfinder which does not contain the identified subject, the interface element representations depicting interface elements associated with a graphical user interface of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Byron Allen Schiel
  • Publication number: 20150049027
    Abstract: A method includes identifying a first plurality of drive frequencies at which drive electrodes of a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device are driven, wherein the first plurality of drive frequencies includes a first frequency and a second frequency. A first noise value at the first frequency is determined. When the first noise value meets a first threshold value and the first noise value is less than a second threshold value that is greater than the first threshold value, a second noise value at the second frequency is determined by the electronic device and, in response to determining that the second noise value is less than the first threshold value, driving the drive electrodes at the second frequency. When the first noise value meets the second threshold value, a third frequency at which the drive electrodes are driven is identified by the electronic device, wherein the third frequency is not one of the first plurality of drive frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Amit Pal SINGH, Premal Vinodchandra PAREKH, Rohan Michael NANDAKUMAR, Byron Allen SCHIEL, John Edward DOLSON
  • Publication number: 20130249939
    Abstract: Methods and electronic devices for providing a wallpaper viewfinder are described. In one aspect, a method includes: receiving image data from a camera of the electronic device; displaying a viewfinder for the camera on a display of the electronic device based on the image data; identifying a subject in the image data; and overlaying one or more interface element representations on a portion of the displayed viewfinder which does not contain the identified subject, the interface element representations depicting interface elements associated with a graphical user interface of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventor: Byron Allen SCHIEL