Patents by Inventor Kirby Dotson

Kirby Dotson 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: 20050119036
    Abstract: Systems and methods for converting a signal representative of movement of an object in a first format into input device data of a second format that a computer application is configured to receive, are described. Certain embodiments of the invention include: a sensor unit including one or more sensors configured to measure movement of the object in one or more directions and create a signal representative of the movement of the object in a first format, a transmitter configured to communicate the signal, and a user station having driver software configured to receive the signal, convert the signal into simulated input device data having the second format, and provide the simulated input device data to the computer application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Amro Albanna, Rowena Albanna, Xuejun Tan, Kirby Dotson, David Addington
  • Publication number: 20050076161
    Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring a golf swing, and more particularly to systems and methods for converting movement of an object from a first format into input device data of a second format that a computer application is configured to receive, are described. Certain embodiments of the invention include: a sensor unit including one or more sensors configured to measure movement of the object in one or more directions and create a signal representative of the movement of the object in a first format, a transmitter configured to communicate the signal, and a user station having driver software configured to receive the signal, convert the signal into simulated input device data having the second format, and provide the simulated input device data to the computer application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Amro Albanna, Rowena Albanna, Xuejun Tan, Kirby Dotson, David Addington