Patents by Inventor James A. Stockwell

James A. Stockwell 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: 20240061530
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying spurious signals in capacitive touch sensors. In some examples, the technology may include a capacitive touch sensor having an input surface, a stylus configured to transmit a first electrical signal through its exterior surface based on a determination of an orientation of the stylus, and one or more processors configured to: identify a contact to a first area of the input surface based on one or more changes in electrical charge sensed in the first area, determine that the one or more changes in electrical charge sensed in the first area include the first electrical signal, and determine whether to identify the contact to the first area as spurious based on the determination that the one or more changes in electrical charge sensed in the first area include the first electrical signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventor: Douglas James Stockwell
  • Patent number: 11836320
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying spurious signals in capacitive touch sensors. In some examples, the technology may include a capacitive touch sensor having an input surface, a stylus configured to transmit a first electrical signal through its exterior surface based on a determination of an orientation of the stylus, and one or more processors configured to: identify a contact to a first area of the input surface based on one or more changes in electrical charge sensed in the first area, determine that the one or more changes in electrical charge sensed in the first area include the first electrical signal, and determine whether to identify the contact to the first area as spurious based on the determination that the one or more changes in electrical charge sensed in the first area include the first electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Douglas James Stockwell
  • Publication number: 20230195263
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying spurious signals in capacitive touch sensors. In some examples, the technology may include a capacitive touch sensor having an input surface, a stylus configured to transmit a first electrical signal through its exterior surface based on a determination of an orientation of the stylus, and one or more processors configured to: identify a contact to a first area of the input surface based on one or more changes in electrical charge sensed in the first area, determine that the one or more changes in electrical charge sensed in the first area include the first electrical signal, and determine whether to identify the contact to the first area as spurious based on the determination that the one or more changes in electrical charge sensed in the first area include the first electrical signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Douglas James Stockwell
  • Patent number: 5253651
    Abstract: A peak flow meter has a flexible resilient vane which is rigidly mounted by one end and which has its other end engaged with a slider indicator which slides in a slot formed in a curved wall of the casing. In use, the human subject blows into the casing through a mouthpiece. The vane is bent by the expiration which vents through the part of the slot between the slider and the mouthpiece. The slider stops at the furthest point from the mouthpiece to which it is moved by the vane and that point is an indication of the peak expiratory flow of the human subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: Ferraris Development and Engineering Company Limited
    Inventors: James A. Stockwell, Ronald F. Checksfield
  • Patent number: 3952585
    Abstract: This invention relates to an applanation tonometer for measuring a patient's intraocular pressure by applying an applanating pressure to the cornea of the patient's eye to produce a flattened area of predetermined size thereon, such applanating pressure being determined conjointly by an adjustable main spring and at least one compensating spring, the characteristics of the compensating spring being such that the total applanating pressure will bear an approximately linear relationship to an indicating movement dependent on the adjustment of the main spring. Preferably, the adjustment of the main spring is effected by control means operative to adjust the anchorage of such spring, the control means also acting to effect movement of an indicating member for indicating the said applanating pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1971
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Inventors: Edward Sylvester Perkins, Henry James Stockwell
  • Patent number: D333004
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: Ferraris Development and Engineering Company Limited
    Inventors: George A. McNamee, James A. Stockwell, Ronald F. Checksfield
  • Patent number: D733687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Inventor: Christopher James Stockwell