Patents by Inventor Jan D. Gerlings

Jan D. Gerlings 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).

  • System for speed adaptive positioning of a cursor responsive to a predetermined time interval after an initial application of force within a user interface
    Patent number: 7193610
    Abstract: A data processing system having a display; a cursor control connected to the display for displacement of a cursor represented on the display; and a user-interface coupled to the cursor control for user-manipulation of the cursor via the cursor control. The cursor control is operative to displace the cursor at a relatively low speed relative to the display during a predetermined time interval upon activation of the user-interface and to displace the cursor at a relatively high speed after the predetermined time interval has elapsed. The speeds may be at fixed respective values, v1 and v2. Alternatively, v1 and v2 may be the upper bounds of speed ranges, the cursor speed being continuously variable through the user-interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Renate M. Sombroek, Jan D. Gerlings
  • A system for speed adaptive positioning of a cursor
    Publication number: 20030080970
    Abstract: A data processing system is comprised of a display; a cursor control means connected to the display for displacement of a cursor represented on the display; and a user-interface means coupled to the cursor control means for user-manipulation of the cursor via the cursor control means. The cursor control means is operative to displace the cursor at a relatively low speed relative to the display during a predetermined time interval upon activation of the user-interface means and to displace the cursor at a relatively high speed after the predetermined time interval has elapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 1996
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: RENATE M. SOMBROEK, JAN D. GERLINGS