Patents by Inventor Hollis Jordan Gmyr

Hollis Jordan Gmyr 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).

  • Controller with dynamically indicated input devices
    Patent number: 9465407
    Abstract: A user interface of a controller has multiple touch-sensitive input transducers, e.g., capacitive pads. The pads are dynamically indicated: When any given touch sensitive input device is needed for input at a given step of the programming operation, an associated light source illuminates that input device so it is visible to the user. Those touch-panel input devices not needed for that are left unilluminated, and the microprocessor ignores any input from those input devices. At each step of the operation or programming of the controller, only those input transducers for the inputs that are permitted or relevant to that state are indicated. Correspondingly, only the inputs that are generated by actuating the input transducers for the valid (i.e., permitted or relevant) inputs results in a change in the state of the program in the microprocessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: ICM CONTROLS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew S. Kadah, Weidong Pan, Hollis Jordan Gmyr, James H. Ritchie, Eric Christopher Wood, Benjamin A. Freer, Michael Peter Muench, Kevin Jobsky
  • CONTROLLER WITH DYNAMICALLY INDICATED INPUT DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150160691
    Abstract: A user interface of a controller has multiple touch-sensitive input transducers, e.g., capacitive pads. The pads are dynamically indicated: When any given touch sensitive input device is needed for input at a given step of the programming operation, an associated light source illuminates that input device so it is visible to the user. Those touch-panel input devices not needed for that are left unilluminated, and the microprocessor ignores any input from those input devices. At each step of the operation or programming of the controller, only those input transducers for the inputs that are permitted or relevant to that state are indicated. Correspondingly, only the inputs that are generated by actuating the input transducers for the valid (i.e., permitted or relevant) inputs results in a change in the state of the program in the microprocessor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Andrew S. Kadah, Weidong Pan, Hollis Jordan Gmyr, James H. Ritchie, Eric Christopher Wood, Benjamin A. Freer, Michael Peter Muench, Kevin Jobsky