Patents by Inventor Catherine Marie Baker

Catherine Marie Baker 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).

  • Refreshable braille display accessory for a game controller
    Patent number: 10463978
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a refreshable braille display accessory for a game controller that includes a housing sized to be received by a handheld game controller, a braille display including a plurality of pins arranged in a plurality of braille cells, each of the plurality of braille cells to provide tactile feedback representative of individual braille characters, and a control circuit enclosed within the housing to control refreshable activation of at least a portion of the plurality of pins based at least in part on a translation of game text or game audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Jessica Julie Tran, Patrick Thomas Gaule, John Richard Porter, III, Catherine Marie Baker, Dillon Taylor Baker, Brannon James Zahand, Harrison Tu
  • Braille chording accessory for a game controller
    Patent number: 10384137
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a braille chording accessory for a game controller that includes a housing sized to be removably received by a handheld game controller, a plurality of paddles arranged as a braille cell on the housing, and a control circuit to translate a touch force applied to at least a portion of the plurality of paddles into individual braille characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Jessica Julie Tran, Patrick Thomas Gaule, John Richard Porter, III, Dillon Taylor Baker, Catherine Marie Baker, Harrison Tu
  • BRAILLE CHORDING ACCESSORY FOR A GAME CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20180214780
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a braille chording accessory for a game controller that includes a housing sized to be removably received by a handheld game controller, a plurality of paddles arranged as a braille cell on the housing, and a control circuit to translate a touch force applied to at least a portion of the plurality of paddles into individual braille characters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jessica Julie Tran, Patrick Thomas Gaule, John Richard Porter, III, Dillon Taylor Baker, Catherine Marie Baker, Harrison Tu
  • REFRESHABLE BRAILLE DISPLAY ACCESSORY FOR A GAME CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20180214779
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a refreshable braille display accessory for a game controller that includes a housing sized to be received by a handheld game controller, a braille display including a plurality of pins arranged in a plurality of braille cells, each of the plurality of braille cells to provide tactile feedback representative of individual braille characters, and a control circuit enclosed within the housing to control refreshable activation of at least a portion of the plurality of pins based at least in part on a translation of game text or game audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jessica Julie Tran, Patrick Thomas Gaule, John Richard Porter, III, Catherine Marie Baker, Dillon Taylor Baker, Brannon James Zahand, Harrison Tu