Patents by Inventor Herbert H. F. Pfeifer

Herbert H. F. Pfeifer 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).

  • Digital camera with separate function and option icons and control switches
    Patent number: 6362851
    Abstract: A hand-held digital camera including a CCD for receiving an image and converting the image to a digital file of image data, a memory for storing the image data, a communication port for communicating between the hand-held digital camera and a digital computer, and a user interface for receiving input commands from the user. The user interface includes a LCD and a plurality of switches for permitting the user to communicate with the camera intuitively. A host interface facilitates the transfer of commands and data between the digital camera and the host computer via a communication link and permits a user to operate the digital camera remotely from the host computer. The display includes function icons which the user can cycle among using one of the switches. The display also includes option icons for certain of the function icons, which the user can cycle among using a second switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Logitech Europe, S.A.
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Lavelle, Paul Cameron Laughton, Susan Deborah Kare, Paul S. Montgomery, Herbert H. F. Pfeifer
  • Digital camera with separate function and option icons and control switches
    Patent number: 5541656
    Abstract: A hand-held digital camera including a CCD for receiving an image and converting the image to a digital file of image data, a memory for storing the image data, a communication port for communicating between the hand-held digital camera and a digital computer, and a user interface for receiving input commands from the user. The user interface includes a LCD and a plurality of switches for permitting the user to communicate with the camera intuitively. A host interface facilitates the transfer of commands and data between the digital camera and the host computer via a communication link and permits a user to operate the digital camera remotely from the host computer. The LCD includes function icons which the user can cycle among using one of the switches. The LCD also includes option icons for certain of the function icons, which the user can cycle among using a second switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Logitech, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan D. Kare, Mark T. Lavelle, Paul C. Laughton, Paul S. Montgomery, Herbert H. F. Pfeifer
  • Dynamoelectric machine
    Patent number: D306280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1990
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Herbert H. F. Pfeifer, Steven C. McDonald
  • Electronic mouse
    Patent number: D336900
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Logitech, Inc.
    Inventor: Herbert H. F. Pfeifer
  • Computer enclosure
    Patent number: D358135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Chiodo, Joseph M. Spano, Paul S. Montgomery, Herbert H. F. Pfeifer
  • Hand-held scanner
    Patent number: D358386
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: Logitech, Inc.
    Inventors: David N. McVicar, Paul S. Montgomery, Herbert H. F. Pfeifer
  • Computer monitor
    Patent number: D358585
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Dann, Michael F. Gifford, Siamak Z. Salimpour, Herbert H. F. Pfeifer, Paul S. Montgomery
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D358589
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Dann, Paul S. Montgomery, Herbert H. F. Pfeifer
  • Portable computer
    Patent number: D362236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Dann, Philip G. Yurkonis, Craig M. Leverault, Paul S. Montgomery, Herbert H. F. Pfeifer, Richard W. Seymour, David H. Powell
  • Configurable multi-product electronics enclosure
    Patent number: D378081
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Antonczak, Philip G. Yurkonis, Michael S. Dann, Paul S. Montgomery, Herbert H. F. Pfeifer, James G. Ammon
  • Computer peripherals housing
    Patent number: D382548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Alison Armstrong, Herbert H. F. Pfeifer, Paul Montgomery, Philip Yurkonis
  • Computer housing
    Patent number: D398907
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Yurkonis, Craig Leverault, Herbert H. F. Pfeifer, Paul Montgomery