Patents by Inventor Christopher Charles KRUGER

Christopher Charles KRUGER 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).

  • Unlocking electronic devices using touch-based sensors
    Patent number: 11113373
    Abstract: In some examples, an electronic device includes a touch-based sensor, a proximity sensor, and a processor to in response to determining, based on output from the proximity sensor, that the electronic device is in an enclosed space: determine whether a specified number of multiple touches of the touch-based sensor has been detected by the touch-based sensor, and in response to determining that the specified number of multiple touches of the touch-based sensor has been detected by the touch-based sensor, unlock the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Sudish Mukundan, Christopher Charles Kruger
  • UNLOCKING ELECTRONIC DEVICES USING TOUCH-BASED SENSORS
    Publication number: 20190065715
    Abstract: In some examples, an electronic device includes a touch-based sensor, a proximity sensor, and a processor to in response to determining, based on output from the proximity sensor, that the electronic device is in an enclosed space: determine whether a specified number of multiple touches of the touch-based sensor has been detected by the touch-based sensor, and in response to determining that the specified number of multiple touches of the touch-based sensor has been detected by the touch-based sensor, unlock the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: HEWLETT- PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Sudish MUKUNDAN, Christopher Charles KRUGER