Patents by Inventor Joseph Hoppy

Joseph Hoppy 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: 20070190511
    Abstract: An electronic learning/teaching device operates with and without a printed sheet element having an arrangement of selectable content by means of a user responsive sensor array beneath a surface configured to receive the element. The sensor array is formed by cross-points of two sets of crossing conductive lines, one set being driven sequentially with a radio frequency square wave and the other set being sampled sequentially though a high impedance amplifier connection with an asynchronous detection circuit. Where more than one cross-point location is user activated, algorithms are used to identify one cross-point sensor location as the user activated selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: MATTEL, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Ernst, John Taylor, Dagan Galarneau, Joseph Hoppy, James Bishop, Philip Pyrce, James Meade