Patents by Inventor John T. Rowe, Jr.

John T. Rowe, Jr. 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).

  • Patent number: 4918262
    Abstract: A touch sensing display apparatus having improved electrical signal processing is described. A plurality of signal threshold comparison levels are employed by the electronic signal calculating and processing unit to identify actual touch signals and to exclude extraneous vibration and offset signal components. Static thresholds of comparison are utilized at lower signal levels and a dynamic, signal tracking threshold is utilized at higher signal levels. The apparatus is particularly effective for use in designs employing a suspended CRT display or other display device in which the screen of the display device is directly touched by a user to record selections of information presented or to input graphical or handwritten information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Dale R. Flowers, Kevin P. Goffinet, Anthony W. Miles, John T. Rowe, Jr., Kevin H. Vorhees