Patents by Inventor Greg Hermann

Greg Hermann 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).

  • Adaptive touch input controls
    Patent number: 9937416
    Abstract: Various embodiments relating to providing touch input control of a computing device are disclosed. In one example, responsive to detecting a touch input on a display, a zero point of an adaptive virtual control may be established at a display location of the touch input. Responsive to a translation of the touch input on the display away from the zero point being greater than a radius of the adaptive virtual control, the zero point may be translated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Ayoub, Greg Hermann, Michael Ellis, Benjamin Cammarano
  • ADAPTIVE TOUCH INPUT CONTROLS
    Publication number: 20140364214
    Abstract: Various embodiments relating to providing touch input control of a computing device are disclosed. In one example, responsive to detecting a touch input on a display, a zero point of an adaptive virtual control may be established at a display location of the touch input. Responsive to a translation of the touch input on the display away from the zero point being greater than a radius of the adaptive virtual control, the zero point may be translated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dan Ayoub, Greg Hermann, Michael Ellis, Benjamin Cammarano