Patents by Inventor Kevin E. Ridsdale

Kevin E. Ridsdale 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).

  • Devices and methods for processing touch inputs based on their intensities
    Patent number: 11182017
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface displays a first user interface of a first software application, detects an input on the touch-sensitive surface while displaying the first user interface, and, in response to detecting the input while displaying the first user interface, performs a first operation in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies intensity input criteria including that the input satisfies a first intensity threshold and the input remains on the touch-sensitive surface for a first predefined time period, and performs a second operation in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies tap criteria including that the input ceases to remain on the touch-sensitive surface during the first predefined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Jonathan R. Dascola, Olivier D. R. Gutknecht, Peter L. Hajas, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Kevin E. Ridsdale, Sophia Teutschler
  • Devices and methods for processing touch inputs based on their intensities
    Patent number: 10162452
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface displays a first user interface of a first software application, detects an input on the touch-sensitive surface while displaying the first user interface, and, in response to detecting the input while displaying the first user interface, performs a first operation in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies intensity input criteria including that the input satisfies a first intensity threshold, and performs a second operation in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies pan criteria including that the input has moved across the touch-sensitive surface by at least a predefined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Wayne C. Westerman, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Jonathan R. Dascola, Olivier D. R. Gutknecht, Peter L. Hajas, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Kevin E. Ridsdale, Sophia Teutschler, Nicole M. Wells
  • Devices and Methods for Processing Touch Inputs Based on Their Intensities
    Publication number: 20170045983
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface displays a first user interface of a first software application, detects an input on the touch-sensitive surface while displaying the first user interface, and, in response to detecting the input while displaying the first user interface, performs a first operation in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies intensity input criteria including that the input satisfies a first intensity threshold and the input remains on the touch-sensitive surface for a first predefined time period, and performs a second operation in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies tap criteria including that the input ceases to remain on the touch-sensitive surface during the first predefined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Jonathan R. Dascola, Olivier D.R. Gutknecht, Peter L. Hajas, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Kevin E. Ridsdale, Sophia Teutschler
  • Devices and Methods for Processing Touch Inputs Based on Their Intensities
    Publication number: 20170045982
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface displays a first user interface of a first software application, detects an input on the touch-sensitive surface while displaying the first user interface, and, in response to detecting the input while displaying the first user interface, performs a first operation in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies intensity input criteria including that the input satisfies a first intensity threshold, and performs a second operation in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies pan criteria including that the input has moved across the touch-sensitive surface by at least a predefined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Wayne C. Westerman, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Jonathan R. Dascola, Olivier D.R. Gutknecht, Peter L. Hajas, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Kevin E. Ridsdale, Sophia Teutschler, Nicole M. Wells
  • Devices and Methods for Processing Touch Inputs Based on Their Intensities
    Publication number: 20170045981
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface displays a first user interface of a first software application, detects an input on the touch-sensitive surface while displaying the first user interface, and, in response to detecting the input while displaying the first user interface, performs a first operation in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies intensity input criteria including that the input satisfies a first intensity threshold during a first predefined time period, and performs a second operation in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies long press criteria including that the input remains below the first intensity threshold during the first predefined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Gregory M. Apodaca, Jonathan R. Dascola, Christopher P. Foss, Olivier D.R. Gutknecht, Peter J. Hajas, Michael T. Jurewitz, Kenneth L. Kocienda, James T. Montgomerie, Kevin E. Ridsdale, Sophia Teutschler