Patents by Inventor Dennis Kempin

Dennis Kempin 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).

  • Determining input received via tactile input device
    Patent number: 9330545
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may include instructions stored thereon. When executed by at least one processor, the instructions may be configured to cause a computing system including a tactile input device to at least detect a depression of the tactile input device, detect a number of contacts at the tactile input device, each of the detected contacts being associated with a duration and a distance moved, and determine, based on the number of detected contacts on the tactile input device, the durations of the detected contacts, and the distances moved of the detected contacts, a type of input to process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Kempin, Andrew de los Reyes
  • DETERMINING INPUT RECEIVED VIA TACTILE INPUT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150022461
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may include instructions stored thereon. When executed by at least one processor, the instructions may be configured to cause a computing system including a tactile input device to at least detect a depression of the tactile input device, detect a number of contacts at the tactile input device, each of the detected contacts being associated with a duration and a distance moved, and determine, based on the number of detected contacts on the tactile input device, the durations of the detected contacts, and the distances moved of the detected contacts, a type of input to process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Dennis Kempin, Andrew de los Reyes