Patents by Inventor Corrie Bates

Corrie Bates 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).

  • Virtual detent bezel device
    Patent number: 10928782
    Abstract: System and techniques for a virtual detent bezel device are described herein, a configuration that specifies a detent pattern and an output pattern corresponding to the detent pattern may be received receiving by the virtual detent bezel device. A physical portion of the virtual detent bezel device may sense a rotational action of a user interacting with a physical portion of the virtual detent bezel device. The rotational action may be compared to a present rotational position to determine a rotational change. The rotational change may be thresholded against the detent pattern to determine that a detent is crossed. A haptic feedback device may be activated in response to determining that the detent is crossed. A portion of the output pattern that corresponds to the detent that is crossed may be output by the virtual detent bezel device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Anna-Marie Mansour, James Lundell, Corrie Bates, Megan E. Hansen
  • VIRTUAL DETENT BEZEL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180364650
    Abstract: System and techniques for a virtual detent bezel device are described herein, a configuration that specifies a detent pattern and an output pattern corresponding to the detent pattern may be received receiving by the virtual detent bezel device. A physical portion of the virtual detent bezel device may sense a rotational action of a user interacting with a physical portion of the virtual detent bezel device. The rotational action may be compared to a present rotational position to determine a rotational change. The rotational change may be thresholded against the detent pattern to determine that a detent is crossed. A haptic feedback device may be activated in response to determining that the detent is crossed. A portion of the output pattern that corresponds to the detent that is crossed may be output by the virtual detent bezel device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Anna-Marie Mansour, James Lundell, Corrie Bates, Megan E. Hansen