Patents by Inventor Kevin Paul TIMMERMAN

Kevin Paul TIMMERMAN 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).

  • Electronic device having touch-sensitive display and method of controlling same to identify touches on the touch-sensitive display
    Patent number: 8994670
    Abstract: A method includes detecting a first touch at a first touch location on a touch-sensitive display, detecting a second touch at a second touch location on the touch-sensitive display, and when a first distance from the first touch location to the second touch location meets a distance threshold and a second distance from the previous touch location to the first touch location does not meet the distance threshold, identifying the second touch as a new touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Blackberry Limited
    Inventors: Kuo-Feng Tong, Jeffrey John Paul Dippel, Kevin Paul Timmerman
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME
    Publication number: 20130021263
    Abstract: A method includes detecting a first touch at a first touch location on a touch-sensitive display, detecting a second touch at a second touch location on the touch-sensitive display, and when a first distance from the first touch location to the second touch location meets a distance threshold and a second distance from the previous touch location to the first touch location does not meet the distance threshold, identifying the second touch as a new touch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Kuo-Feng TONG, Jeffrey John Paul DIPPEL, Kevin Paul TIMMERMAN
  • TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME
    Publication number: 20120327014
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive display includes a display, a capacitive touch sensor disposed on the display, a cover spaced from the capacitive touch sensor, and a liquid disposed in a cavity between the capacitive touch sensor and the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: John Edward DOLSON, James Alexander ROBINSON, Amit Pal SINGH, Christopher Ying Wai HO, Kevin Paul TIMMERMAN