Patents by Inventor Fran.cedilla.ois Bauduin

Fran.cedilla.ois Bauduin 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).

  • Pointing device utilizing a photodetector array
    Patent number: 6124587
    Abstract: A cursor control device for personal computers and workstations includes various embodiments, some of which include a patterned ball and some of which rely on other patterned surfaces, which recognizes changes in the position of the pattern relative to a sensor having an array of photosensitive elements. Circuitry associated with the sensor determines movement of the pattern across the array, and translates that movement into conventional cursor control signals supplied to a host system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Logitech Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Bidiville, Eric Raeber, Javier Arreguit, Harthmuth Buczek, Floris A. Van Shaik, Fran.cedilla.ois Bauduin, Denis O'Keeffe
  • Pointing device utilizing a photodector array
    Patent number: 5854482
    Abstract: A cursor control device for personal computers and workstations includes various embodiments, some of which include a patterned ball and some of which rely on other patterned surfaces, which recognizes changes in the position of the pattern relative to a sensor having an array of photosensitive elements. Circuitry associated with the sensor determines movement of the pattern across the array, and translates that movement into conventional cursor control signals supplied to a host system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Logitech, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Bidiville, Eric Raeber, Javier Arreguit, Harthmuth Buczek, Floris A. Van Shaik, Fran.cedilla.ois Bauduin, Denis O'Keeffe
  • Pointing device utilizing a photodetector array
    Patent number: 5703356
    Abstract: A cursor control device for personal computers and workstations includes various embodiments, some of which include a patterned ball and some of which rely on other patterned surfaces, which recognizes changes in the position of the pattern relative to a sensor having an array of photosensitive elements. Circuitry associated with the sensor determines movement of the pattern across the array, and translates that movement into conventional cursor control signals supplied to a host system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Logitech, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Bidiville, Eric Raeber, Javier Arreguit, Harthmuth Buczek, Floris A. Van Shaik, Fran.cedilla.ois Bauduin, Denis O'Keeffe
  • Pointing device utilizing a photodetector array and controlled by a human finger contacting a prism
    Patent number: 5578817
    Abstract: A cursor control device for personal computers and workstations includes various embodiments, some of which include a patterned ball and some of which rely on other patterned surfaces, which recognizes changes in the position of the pattern relative to a sensor having an array of photosensitive elements. Circuitry associated with the sensor determines movement of the pattern across the array, and translates that movement into conventional cursor control signals supplied to a host system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Logitech, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Bidiville, Eric Raeber, Javier Arreguit, Harthmuth Buczek, Floris A. Van Shaik, Fran.cedilla.ois Bauduin, Denis O'Keeffe