Patents by Inventor Frank Gilliam Perry, III

Frank Gilliam Perry, III 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).

  • User interface with enlarged icon display of key function
    Patent number: 9043725
    Abstract: To improve the consumer experience with portable electronic devices, a user interface combines the use of capacitive sensors with tactile sensors in an input device. When a user places a finger, stylus, or other input instrument near a given key button, a capacitive sensor causes the display to display temporarily an indication of the function of that key in an enlarged format. The user may then press the associated key button to activate the desired function. In one exemplary embodiment, the capacitive sensor fixes the functionality to the function indicated in the display. In this embodiment, a tactile input applied to any key, whether the correct key, multiple keys, or a single incorrect key, results in activating the function indicated in the display as a result of the capacitive input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Ivan Nelson Wakefield, Frank Gilliam Perry, III
  • USER INTERFACE WITH ENLARGED ICON DISPLAY OF KEY FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20090027347
    Abstract: To improve the consumer experience with portable electronic devices, a user interface combines the use of capacitive sensors with tactile sensors in an input device. When a user places a finger, stylus, or other input instrument near a given key button, a capacitive sensor causes the display to display temporarily an indication of the function of that key in an enlarged format. The user may then press the associated key button to activate the desired function. In one exemplary embodiment, the capacitive sensor fixes the functionality to the function indicated in the display. In this embodiment, a tactile input applied to any key, whether the correct key, multiple keys, or a single incorrect key, results in activating the function indicated in the display as a result of the capacitive input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Ivan Nelson Wakefield, Frank Gilliam Perry, III