Patents by Inventor Knut Graf
Knut Graf 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).
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Patent number: 10521074Abstract: A system and method for a back stack in a multi-application environment, wherein the method comprises adding an entry to a last-in-first-out (LIFO) data structure, the entry comprising application state information descriptive of an application state of a software application and display state information descriptive of a display state of a display surface of a touch screen device, adjusting a LIFO data structure pointer to reflect a revised LIFO data structure state resulting from the adding the entry, receiving a back button actuation indication, in response to receiving the back button actuation indication, restoring the software application to the application state and restoring the display surface to the display state, and readjusting the LIFO data structure pointer to reflect an original LIFO data structure state that existing prior to the adding the entry.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Dell Products, LPInventors: Knut Graf, Mark W. Welker, Abu S. Sanaullah, Jorge A. Abullarade, Kenneth W. Stufflebeam, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
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Patent number: 10146424Abstract: A touch screen may emphasize the display of objects near the tip of a user input instrument located near the surface of the touch screen but not touching the touch screen. The objects may consist of words and the emphasis may consist of highlighting. The user input instrument may be a finger of a user or an electronic pen. As the user input instrument is moved, the objects emphasized may change. A user may select objects on a touch screen by entering into object-selection mode and moving the user input instrument along the surface of the touch screen. An initial touch of the user input instrument to the surface of the touch screen may select a nearest object or objects. As the user input instrument is moved along the surface, the selection of objects may change based upon the movement.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Dell Products, LPInventors: Knut Graf, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
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Patent number: 10013228Abstract: An information handling system includes a primary integrated display device housing and a second integrated display device housing attached via a hinge and a processor to determine a first relative orientation of the primary integrated display device housing to the second integrated display device housing from a plurality of orientation sensors. The processor further determines a working software application context by detecting at least a first software application running on the information handling system wherein the working software application context further includes an operating state rank of the first software application relative to other software applications.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Dell Products, LPInventors: Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Mark W. Welker, Abu S. Sanuallah, Claude L. Cox, Joseph Kozlowski, Jorge A. Abullarade, Knut Graf, Kenneth W. Stufflebeam
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Patent number: 9946373Abstract: A system and method is provided for, on a multi-display touch screen apparatus executing a single-display application program, establishing an interface between the multi-display touch screen apparatus and the single-display application program, the interface comprising a virtual display and virtual sensors, obtaining sensor data from physical sensors of the multi-display touch screen apparatus, providing at least a first subset of the sensor data to the single-display application program via the virtual sensors of the interface, specifying to the single-display application program virtual display parameters which emulate single display parameters of a single-display touch screen apparatus, receiving at the virtual display of the interface a window image to be displayed from the single-display application, and displaying the window image on at least a first one of multiple displays of the multi-display touch screen apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Dell Products, LPInventors: Knut Graf, Abu S. Sanaullah, Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Mark W. Welker, Claude L. Cox
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Publication number: 20170052751Abstract: An information handling system includes a primary integrated display device housing and a second integrated display device housing attached via a hinge and a processor to determine a first relative orientation of the primary integrated display device housing to the second integrated display device housing from a plurality of orientation sensors. The processor further determines a working software application context by detecting at least a first software application running on the information handling system wherein the working software application context further includes an operating state rank of the first software application relative to other software applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: Dell Products, LPInventors: Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Mark W. Welker, Abu S. Sanuallah, Claude L. Cox, Joseph Kozlowski, Jorge A. Abullarade, Knut Graf, Kenneth W. Stufflebeam
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Patent number: 9524139Abstract: An information handling system includes a primary integrated display device and a second integrated display device attached via a hinge and a processor. The processor determines a first relative orientation of the primary integrated display device to the second integrated display device from orientation sensors. The processor further determines a working software application context by detecting at least a first software application running on the information handling system wherein the working software application context further includes an operating state rank of the first software application relative to other software applications.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2013Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Dell Products, LPInventors: Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Mark L. Welker, Abu S. Sanuallah, Claude L. Cox, Joseph Kozlowski, Jorge A. Abullarade, Knut Graf, Kenneth W. Stufflebeam
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Publication number: 20160034059Abstract: A system and method is provided for, on a multi-display touch screen apparatus executing a single-display application program, establishing an interface between the multi-display touch screen apparatus and the single-display application program, the interface comprising a virtual display and virtual sensors, obtaining sensor data from physical sensors of the multi-display touch screen apparatus, providing at least a first subset of the sensor data to the single-display application program via the virtual sensors of the interface, specifying to the single-display application program virtual display parameters which emulate single display parameters of a single-display touch screen apparatus, receiving at the virtual display of the interface a window image to be displayed from the single-display application, and displaying the window image on at least a first one of multiple displays of the multi-display touch screen apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Knut Graf, Abu S. Sanaullah, Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Mark W. Welker, Claude L. Cox
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Publication number: 20160034597Abstract: A system and method for a back stack in a multi-application environment, wherein the method comprises adding an entry to a last-in-first-out (LIFO) data structure, the entry comprising application state information descriptive of an application state of a software application and display state information descriptive of a display state of a display surface of a touch screen device, adjusting a LIFO data structure pointer to reflect a revised LIFO data structure state resulting from the adding the entry, receiving a back button actuation indication, in response to receiving the back button actuation indication, restoring the software application to the application state and restoring the display surface to the display state, and readjusting the LIFO data structure pointer to reflect an original LIFO data structure state that existing prior to the adding the entry.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Knut Graf, Mark W. Welker, Abu S. Sanaullah, Jorge A. Abullarade, Kenneth W. Stufflebeam, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
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Publication number: 20150248215Abstract: A touch screen may emphasize the display of objects near the tip of a user input instrument located near the surface of the touch screen but not touching the touch screen. The objects may consist of words and the emphasis may consist of highlighting. The user input instrument may be a finger of a user or an electronic pen. As the user input instrument is moved, the objects emphasized may change. A user may select objects on a touch screen by entering into object-selection mode and moving the user input instrument along the surface of the touch screen. An initial touch of the user input instrument to the surface of the touch screen may select a nearest object or objects. As the user input instrument is moved along the surface, the selection of objects may change based upon the movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: Dell Products, LPInventors: Knut Graf, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
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Publication number: 20150116362Abstract: An information handling system includes a primary integrated display device and a second integrated display device attached via a hinge and a processor. The processor determines a first relative orientation of the primary integrated display device to the second integrated display device from orientation sensors. The processor further determines a working software application context by detecting at least a first software application running on the information handling system wherein the working software application context further includes an operating state rank of the first software application relative to other software applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: Dell Products, LPInventors: Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Mark L. Welker, Abu S. Sanuallah, Claude L. Cox, Joseph Kozlowski, Jorge A. Abullarade, Knut Graf, Kenneth W. Stufflebeam
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Patent number: 6368725Abstract: Process for the preparation of a powder lacquer composition based on polyester by a) common or separate heating to a temperature of 120-200° C. of A) 99-40 wt. % polyester precondensates, and/or of monomers usable for the preparation thereof, B) 1-60 wt. % pigments and C) 0-10 wt. % wetting additives and/or further additives which are conventionally used for lacquers, wherein the percentages by weight total 100%, b) homogeneous mixing of the components A), B) and C) with the application of shear forces and with the heating temperature maintained, c) dispersion of the mixture obtained in a dispersing medium at a temperature equal to or above the melting temperature of the starting components A), B) and C) with further polycondensation of the polyester precondensate A), and/or of the monomers, d) cooling of the dispersion and addition of a conventional cross-linking agent for the polyester and optionally of conventional additives, within the temperature range 60 to 140° C.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2000Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Knut Gräf, Hans-Ulrich Simmrock, Alexandra Jacobs, Volker Mörs, Bennett Ward
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Patent number: 5852120Abstract: Aqueous, heat-curable coating compound containingfrom 38.5 to 80% by weight of one or more film-forming copolymers and/or cocondensates which are emulsifiable in water or rendered water soluble by neutralisation with bases, having a number average molecular weight (Mn) of from 800 to 10,000, a hydroxyl number of from 60 to 390 and an acid number of from 15 to 60,B) from 0 to 25.5% by weight of one or more polyester oligomers having a calculated molecular weight of from 200 to 1000, a hydroxyl number of from 280 to 600 and an acid number of from 0 to 1.5,C) from 3.5 to 40% by weight of one or more amine resin cross-linking agents andD) from 0.5 to 28% by weight of one or more masked polyisocyanates,the percentages by weight of components A) to D) being based in each case on the solids contents by weight of the resins and adding up to 100% by weight,and water and optionally one or more organic solvents, pigments, fillers and/or the conventional auxiliary agents and additives used in lacquers.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 1997Date of Patent: December 22, 1998Assignee: Herberts GmbHInventors: Klaus Bederke, Volker Ducoffre, Knut Graf, Walter Schubert
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Patent number: 5521247Abstract: Aqueous coating agent including a water-dilutable mixture of binding agents ofI. 50 to 88 wt. % of a neutralised water-soluble reaction product including(A) 10 to 80 wt. % of a polyurethane resin with an acid number of 70 to 160, at least one terminal blocked isocyanate group devoid of free hydroxyl groups and fatty acid residues with more than 12 C-atoms and with a limiting viscosity number of 6.5 to 12.0 ml/g, measured in DMF at 20.degree. C., and(B) 20 to 90 wt. % of a polyester resin with an OH-number of 50 to 500, an acid number of less than 20, a limiting viscosity number of 8.0 to 13.0 ml/g, measured in DMF at 20.degree. C., with the reaction product having a limiting viscosity number of 13.5 to 18.0 ml/g measured in DMF at 20.degree. C.II. 10 to 40 wt. % of one or several blocked polyisocyanates not capable of being diluted with water, andIII. 2 to 30 wt. % of at least one amine resin by way of additional cross-linking agent.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1993Date of Patent: May 28, 1996Assignee: Herberts G.m.b.HInventors: Klaus Dobler, Michael Georgiadis, Wolfgang Goldner, Knut Graf
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Patent number: 5395659Abstract: Process for multilayer-lacquering of a substrate in which the outermost layer is prepared by use of a lacquer containing one or several cationic binding agents. It is possible to apply top coat and clear lacquer films based on cationic binding agents.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 1993Date of Patent: March 7, 1995Assignee: Herberts GmbHInventors: Knut Graf, Hans-Peter Patzschke, Dietrich Saatweber, Peter Schreiber
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Patent number: 4543375Abstract: Process for producing storable concentrates for producing paints containing water, undissolved, finely divided, as well as dissolved synthetic resins as paint binders, pigments, optionally paint additives and organic solvents by wet grinding in several stages, wherein(a) in a first grinding stage the undissolved synthetic resins, whereof at least 80% by weight are present with a particle size between 500 .mu.m and 20 mm, mixed with water, the solids content representing 30 to 70% by weight, based on the total mixture quantity, as well as 0 to 60% by weight of dissolved ionic synthetic resins (solids) are ground to a particle size of less than 200 .mu.m and preferably less than 100 .mu.m, and(b) 40 to 100% by weight of the dissolved ionic synthetic resins (solids) and pigments are added and the mixture is ground in a second grinding stage until 95% of all the particles have a particle size of less than 15 .mu.m.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1984Date of Patent: September 24, 1985Assignee: Herberts Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter HaftungInventors: Klaus P. Doebler, Knut Graf, Kurt E. Jager, Friedrich Johannsen, Jurgen Ritz, Dietrich Saatweber