Patents by Inventor Fred Umminger

Fred Umminger 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).

  • Publication number: 20160054797
    Abstract: A glove interface object is provided, comprising: an index finger portion; a resistance circuit including an index resistor defined along a length of the index finger portion, and a power source for applying a current across the index resistor; a thumb portion; a probe circuit including a thumb contact defined on the thumb portion, the probe circuit configured to read a voltage, via the thumb contact, at a location along the length of the index resistor at which contact between the thumb contact and the index resistor occurs; a data processing module for processing the voltage read by the probe circuit to generate thumb-index control data that is indicative of the location at which the contact between the thumb contact and the index resistor occurs; a communications module configured to send the thumb-index control data to a computing device for processing to define a setting for a virtual environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Todd Tokubo, Fred Umminger