Patents by Inventor Dennis E. Griffin

Dennis E. Griffin 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).

  • Patent number: 11194368
    Abstract: A user can provide input to a device in a 2-dimensional manner (such as by entering the data using a stylus or finger to apply pressure to a touchscreen) or in a 3-dimensional manner (such as by moving the device in 3-dimensional space). While the user input is being received, biometric data in the form of accelerometer data is collected. The accelerometer data indicates an amount of force applied in each of one or more directions over time. The collected accelerometer data thus provides an indication of the manner in which the device was moved, whether intentionally or unintentionally, while the user input was being received. The collected accelerometer data can be used in various manners, such as to verify the user input, as a signature of the user, as an authentication value to access a service or device, and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Follis, Dennis E. Griffin
  • Publication number: 20140160003
    Abstract: A user can provide input to a device in a 2-dimensional manner (such as by entering the data using a stylus or finger to apply pressure to a touchscreen) or in a 3-dimensional manner (such as by moving the device in 3-dimensional space). While the user input is being received, biometric data in the form of accelerometer data is collected. The accelerometer data indicates an amount of force applied in each of one or more directions over time. The collected accelerometer data thus provides an indication of the manner in which the device was moved, whether intentionally or unintentionally, while the user input was being received. The collected accelerometer data can be used in various manners, such as to verify the user input, as a signature of the user, as an authentication value to access a service or device, and so forth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Follis, Dennis E. Griffin
  • Patent number: 7620912
    Abstract: A system for intuitively associating behaviors with objects. The script or code defining those behaviors may then be automatically generated. The generated script or code is downloadable to a client system. The intuitiveness may involve gestures, such as dragging and dropping, between a source object and itself or between a source object and a destination object, that preferably assigns a behavioral association with objects without the requirement of knowing any specific programming or scripting language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas S. Benson, Dennis E. Griffin
  • Patent number: 6373490
    Abstract: A graphical rendering system and method is disclosed which stores generated and calculated path parameters along the entire user drawn path. These stored parameters are then editable or otherwise filtered at any point so as to create for the user different effects without the necessity of redrawing any portion of the path. Color changes or blends can be created along the length of the path or at any specific segment such as overdraws where the color is darker due to the overdraw. The system and method allow for changing of pen type and for giving different weights to certain of the stored parameters depending upon the currently selected pen type, color choice, light source shading, or desired rendered media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Macromedia, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Bendiksen, Dennis E. Griffin