Patents by Inventor Loren Mart

Loren Mart 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).

  • Prosthetic device for use with touch-screen displays
    Patent number: 6794609
    Abstract: Representative embodiments provide for a prosthetic device, including a pointer region, an electrically conductive touch pad supported by the pointer region and configured for selectively contacting a touch-screen display, and an electric heating circuit which is configured to selectively heat the electrically conductive touch pad in response to an actuation of a switch. Also provided is a method for using a prosthetic device including using prosthesis of a user to support at least a portion of the prosthetic device that includes an electrically conductive touch pad, warming the electrically conductive touch pad in response to a user input to the prosthetic device, and selectively contacting the touch-screen display using the electrically conductive touch pad in response to a user manipulation of the prosthetic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Loren Mart
  • PROSTHETIC DEVICE FOR USE WITH TOUCH-SCREEN DISPLAYS
    Publication number: 20040164065
    Abstract: Representative embodiments provide for a prosthetic device, including a pointer region, an electrically conductive touch pad supported by the pointer region and configured for selectively contacting a touch-screen display, and an electric heating circuit which is configured to selectively heat the electrically conductive touch pad in response to an actuation of a switch. Also provided is a method for using a prosthetic device including using prosthesis of a user to support at least a portion of the prosthetic device that includes an electrically conductive touch pad, warming the electrically conductive touch pad in response to a user input to the prosthetic device, and selectively contacting the touch-screen display using the electrically conductive touch pad in response to a user manipulation of the prosthetic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventor: Loren Mart