Patents by Inventor Eric Paul Kraemer

Eric Paul Kraemer 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).

  • Electronic device for collecting finger data and displaying a finger movement trace and related methods
    Patent number: 9202101
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a finger sensor, a display, and a controller coupled to the finger sensor and the display. The controller may be configured to collect finger data from multiple portions of a user's finger as the user's finger is moved around on the finger sensor along a finger travel path. The controller may also be configured to generate on the display a finger movement trace corresponding to the finger movement travel path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Eric Paul Kraemer, James Warren Neil, Peter Eric Sherlock
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR COLLECTING FINGER DATA AND DISPLAYING A FINGER MOVEMENT TRACE AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20140105470
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a finger sensor, a display, and a controller coupled to the finger sensor and the display. The controller may be configured to collect finger data from multiple portions of a user's finger as the user's finger is moved around on the finger sensor along a finger travel path. The controller may also be configured to generate on the display a finger movement trace corresponding to the finger movement travel path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: ERIC PAUL KRAEMER, JAMES WARREN NEIL, PETER ERIC SHERLOCK
  • Electronic device for collecting finger data and displaying a finger movement trace and related methods
    Patent number: 8638994
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a finger sensor, a display, and a controller coupled to the finger sensor and the display. The controller may be configured to collect finger data from multiple portions of a user's finger as the user's finger is moved around on the finger sensor along a finger travel path. The controller may also be configured to generate on the display a finger movement trace corresponding to the finger movement travel path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Authentec, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Paul Kraemer, Peter E. Sherlock, James Warren Neil
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR COLLECTING FINGER DATA AND DISPLAYING A FINGER MOVEMENT TRACE AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20120269406
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a finger sensor, a display, and a controller coupled to the finger sensor and the display. The controller may be configured to collect finger data from multiple portions of a user's finger as the user's finger is moved around on the finger sensor along a finger travel path. The controller may also be configured to generate on the display a finger movement trace corresponding to the finger movement travel path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: AuthenTec, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Paul Kraemer, Peter E. Sherlock, James Warren Neil