Patents by Inventor James C Gwilliam

James C Gwilliam 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).

  • Visual and touch interaction display
    Patent number: 9646469
    Abstract: A sensory display for experiencing rigidity and local shape in the display is provided. Rigidity and local shape of cells in an array of cells forming the display is controlled by three independent and different control mechanisms. Cell rigidity controllers control the rigidity of the cells. A shape array controller controls the shape of the array of cells. Cell pinning controllers controls the height of the cells. A computer control interface could control the respective control functionalities of each of the controllers. The display experience could be further enhanced with audio, images or video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: James C Gwilliam, Allison M Okamura, Andrew A Stanley
  • VISUAL AND TOUCH INTERACTION DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20160005277
    Abstract: A sensory display for experiencing rigidity and local shape in the display is provided. Rigidity and local shape of cells in an array of cells forming the display is controlled by three independent and different control mechanisms. Cell rigidity controllers control the rigidity of the cells. A shape array controller controls the shape of the array of cells. Cell pinning controllers controls the height of the cells. A computer control interface could control the respective control functionalities of each of the controllers. The display experience could be further enhanced with audio, images or video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: James C Gwilliam, Allison M Okamura, Andrew A Stanford