Patents by Inventor Douglas Blair Hill

Douglas Blair Hill 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: 9588673
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving an input event generated when at least one contact is made on an interactive surface at a location corresponding to a graphical object; determining the number of contacts associated with the input event; tracking movement of the at least one contact on the interactive surface; identifying a graphical object manipulation based on the number of contacts, the movement of the at least one contact, and the graphical object type; and performing the graphical object manipulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC
    Inventors: Taco Van Ieperen, Douglas Blair Hill
  • Patent number: 9588951
    Abstract: A conferencing system comprises a plurality of computing devices communicating over at least one network during a conference session, at least one of the computing devices being configured to share content displayed thereby with other computing devices, the other computing devices displaying the shared content, at least one of the computing devices also being configured to accept input annotations made on the displayed shared content and to share input annotations with other computing devices over a channel independent of the shared content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC
    Inventors: Douglas Blair Hill, Bradley James Bax, Alexander Garin, Jeffrey Adam Mahovsky
  • Patent number: 8740395
    Abstract: A projection unit comprises a first light source outputting light that is used to project an image during normal projection unit use, and a second light source outputting light of a different intensity that is used to project an image outside of normal projection unit use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: SMART Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Douglas Blair Hill, Jackson Chan
  • Publication number: 20130262686
    Abstract: A method of establishing a collaborative event comprises creating an event session having an event identifier and setting up a wireless network to which one or more participant computing devices can connect having a network identifier associated with said event identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC
    Inventors: DOUGLAS BLAIR HILL, LUQING WANG, ANDREW LEUNG, PAUL VANETTI, DOUGLAS JOHN BROWN, MIN XIN, ASHRAF BADAWI, GISELLE GONCALVES, DAVID POPOVICH, EDWARD TSE, MICHAEL BOYLE
  • Publication number: 20130257716
    Abstract: A method of operating an interactive input system, comprises detecting user interaction with an interactive surface; acquiring schedule information from a scheduler; and transitioning said interactive input system to an operating mode according to at least one of said user interaction and said schedule information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC
    Inventors: MIN XIN, DOUGLAS BLAIR HILL, ALEXANDER GARIN
  • Publication number: 20120254782
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving an input event generated when at least one contact is made on an interactive surface at a location corresponding to a graphical object; determining the number of contacts associated with the input event; tracking movement of the at least one contact on the interactive surface; identifying a graphical object manipulation based on the number of contacts, the movement of the at least one contact, and the graphical object type; and performing the graphical object manipulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC
    Inventors: Taco Van Ieperen, Douglas Blair Hill
  • Publication number: 20120249410
    Abstract: A projection unit comprises a first light source outputting light that is used to project an image during normal projection unit use, and a second light source outputting light of a different intensity that is used to project an image outside of normal projection unit use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC
    Inventors: Douglas Blair Hill, Jackson Chan
  • Publication number: 20120179502
    Abstract: A method for coordinating resources for events, the method comprises identifying participants for an event; collecting information concerning the identified participants, the information at least comprising availability schedules; and providing an event monitoring interface to at least one participant device, the event monitoring interface presenting a representation of identified participants and at least one resource associated with the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC
    Inventors: Umar Farooq, Shymmon Banerjee, Andy Leung, Alex Alexeev, Sean Bacchus, Alexander Garin, Tom Willekes, Douglas Blair Hill, Jeff Lewis
  • Publication number: 20120144283
    Abstract: A conferencing system comprises a plurality of computing devices communicating over at least one network during a conference session, at least one of the computing devices being configured to share content displayed thereby with other computing devices, the other computing devices displaying the shared content, at least one of the computing devices also being configured to accept input annotations made on the displayed shared content and to share input annotations with other computing devices over a channel independent of the shared content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: DOUGLAS BLAIR HILL, Bradley James Bax, Alexander Garin, Jeffrey Adam Mahovsky
  • Patent number: 8120596
    Abstract: A tiled touch system comprises a display on which a computer-generated image is presented. The image is formed of an array of image segments. A digitizer is mapped to the display and senses pointer contacts made thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: SMART Technologies ULC
    Inventors: David Gregory Popovich, Douglas Blair Hill, Serguei Vdovine
  • Publication number: 20110246645
    Abstract: A method of using an assessment in a participant response system having a plurality of response devices includes locking an assessment portion to be loaded to create a locked assessment portion; transmitting the locked assessment portion to each response device for storage in each response device; unlocking the assessment portion on each response device at a time prior to a scheduled start time thereby to enable access to the assessment portion; and starting the assessment portion on each response device at the scheduled start time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC
    Inventors: Paul Martin, Michael Boyle, Douglas Blair Hill
  • Publication number: 20100115145
    Abstract: A plug-and-play device comprises a first plug-and-play interface for establishing a connection with a first computing device and a second plug-and-play interface for establishing a connection with a second computing device. Storage stores code that is automatically executed by the second computing device when the plug-and-play device is connected to the second computing device via the second plug-and-play interface. The code when executed by the second computing device initiates a screen display data exchange between the first and second computing devices through the plug-and-play device. A controller controls the first plug-and-play interface, the second plug-and-play interface and the storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC
    Inventors: SHYMMON BANERJEE, DOUGLAS BLAIR HILL, DAVID LABINE, MARK MCELHINNEY, VAUGHN KEENAN
  • Publication number: 20090198839
    Abstract: A plug-and-play device comprises a first plug-and-play interface for establishing a connection with a first computing device and a second plug-and-play interface for establishing a connection with a second computing device. Storage stores code that is automatically executed by the second computing device when the plug-and-play device is connected to the second computing device via the second plug-and-play interface. The code when executed by the second computing device initiates a screen display data exchange between the first and second computing devices through the plug-and-play device. A controller controls the first plug-and-play interface, the second plug-and-play interface and the storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: SMART Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Shymmon Banerjee, Douglas Blair Hill, David Labine, Mark McElhinney