Patents by Inventor Carolyn Gail MacGregor

Carolyn Gail MacGregor 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).

  • Input interface device with transformable form factor
    Patent number: 8199107
    Abstract: Various implementations of an interface device, along with associated methods and systems, are described in which the interface device has a housing with a transformable form factor, and a transformation assembly that can change the form factor of the housing. At least one of the form factors of the housing has a shape that corresponds to data associated with the interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: University of Waterloo
    Inventors: Rex Fang Xu, Carolyn Gail MacGregor
  • INPUT INTERFACE DEVICE WITH TRANSFORMABLE FORM FACTOR
    Publication number: 20090040175
    Abstract: Various implementations of an interface device, along with associated methods and systems, are described in which the interface device has a housing with a transformable form factor, and a transformation assembly that can change the form factor of the housing. At least one of the form factors of the housing has a shape that corresponds to data associated with the interface device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Rex Fang Xu, Carolyn Gail MacGregor