Patents by Inventor Crispian Tompkin

Crispian Tompkin 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).

  • Publication number: 20070273641
    Abstract: An electronic display for an electronic device, the display being arranged to be able to indicate one or more user commands on the display, one or more of the user commands being indicatable on the display to be associated with a particular movement direction, and wherein the display is arranged to be moveable in that direction with respect to the electronic device to provide signalling to initiate the user command associated with that particular direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Mikko Aarras, Niilo Alfthan, Simon Bradford, Claus Allan Christensen, Anthony Dalby, Axel E. Meyer, William Sermon, Sameer Shirgaonkar, Crispian Tompkin, Chee Wong
  • Publication number: 20070268264
    Abstract: A foldable electronic apparatus comprising first and second parts being arranged to be foldable with respect to each other about a folding axis to define first and second apparatus folding configurations, wherein the first and second parts comprise respective first and second displays, wherein the device is arranged to have respective first and second operating modes according to whether the apparatus is in the first configuration or the second configuration, and wherein, in the first operating mode, the first display is arranged to act as a user input, and in the second operating mode, the first and second displays are arranged to act as displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Mikko Aarras, Niilo Alfthan, Simon Bradford, Claus Allan Christensen, Anthony Dalby, Axel E. Meyer, William Sermon, Sameer Shirgaonkar, Crispian Tompkin, Chee Wong
  • Patent number: D546825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Cecilia H. Sun, Kenneth Musgrave, Crispian Tompkin