Patents by Inventor Jani C. Mäenpää

Jani C. Mäenpää 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).

  • CONTROLLING OF USER INPUT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120169617
    Abstract: Locking or unlocking of a user input of a portable device is detected from the way in which a user has stroked her finger on a touch screen. The stroke is checked for two different determinations which require that the touch screen is touched according to a predetermined track and with a force pattern that has at least one substantial change so as to avoid the need to provide the apparatus with any mechanical buttons at all while providing user-reproducible indication of locking or unlocking of the user input with the touch screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jani C. Mäenpää