Patents by Inventor Mark Bisbee

Mark Bisbee 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: 20220005653
    Abstract: A dynamic keyboard able to change and adapt the functionality of the keyboard depending on the scenario in which it is being implemented. Each key can have one or more modes assigned to it that is able to change depending on the use. Groups of keys can have more than one mode assigned to it. Different groups of keys can have different modes assigned to them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: TACTUAL LABS CO.
    Inventors: Mark Bisbee, Braon Moseley
  • Patent number: 10496172
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for providing haptic feedback are disclosed. An apparatus may include one or more processors and a touch sensor coupled to the one or more processors for sensing a user input. The apparatus may also contain a haptic feedback system and a force sensor coupled to the haptic feedback system for measuring a force of the user input. The haptic feedback system may provide a haptic effect based at least in part upon the force of the user input and a configuration of the haptic feedback system, and the one or more processors may change the configuration of the haptic feedback system based upon an application being executed, or a user-selected configuration, or a power mode, or a combination of the aforementioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark Bisbee, Kevin Johnson
  • Publication number: 20190187810
    Abstract: A stylus system comprises a sensor having a plurality of first conductors and a plurality of second conductors. A receiver is associated with each of the first plurality of conductors and each of the second plurality of conductors. The stylus system has a signal processor configured to perform a Fast Fourier Transform on the signals received by the receivers during a plurality of successive interleaved touch integration periods and stylus integration periods. The system identifies touch events from the FFT of the signals received on the receivers during a touch integration period; and determines the location of a stylus, and information transmitted by the stylus from the FFT of the signals received on the receivers during a stylus integration period or a touch integration period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Tactual Labs Co.
    Inventors: Robert Alack, JR., Ron Ship, Tom Jose, Braon Moseley, Dan Morelli, Mark Bisbee
  • Patent number: 10254884
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a touch panel. The touch panel may include a cover layer, of a plurality of layers, configured to receive a touch force applied to the touch panel. The touch panel may include a force determination set of layers, of the plurality of layers, to determine a magnitude of the touch force applied to the touch panel. The force determination set of layers may include a piezoelectric layer with a set of force determination pixels. The set of force determination pixels may be arranged in a matrix to address the set of force determination pixels. A force determination pixel may be configured to generate a charge for determining a location of the touch force applied to the touch panel and a magnitude of the touch force applied to the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Stacy Withers, Kevin Johnson, David Johnson, Rizwan Muhammad Khan Afridi, Adithya Naresh, Ronald Scott Lee, Mark Bisbee
  • Publication number: 20190094967
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for providing haptic feedback are disclosed. An apparatus may include one or more processors and a touch sensor coupled to the one or more processors for sensing a user input. The apparatus may also contain a haptic feedback system and a force sensor coupled to the haptic feedback system for measuring a force of the user input. The haptic feedback system may provide a haptic effect based at least in part upon the force of the user input and a configuration of the haptic feedback system, and the one or more processors may change the configuration of the haptic feedback system based upon an application being executed, or a user-selected configuration, or a power mode, or a combination of the aforementioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Bisbee, Kevin Johnson
  • Publication number: 20180143728
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a touch panel. The touch panel may include a cover layer, of a plurality of layers, configured to receive a touch force applied to the touch panel. The touch panel may include a force determination set of layers, of the plurality of layers, to determine a magnitude of the touch force applied to the touch panel. The force determination set of layers may include a piezoelectric layer with a set of force determination pixels. The set of force determination pixels may be arranged in a matrix to address the set of force determination pixels. A force determination pixel may be configured to generate a charge for determining a location of the touch force applied to the touch panel and a magnitude of the touch force applied to the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Richard Stacy Withers, Kevin Johnson, David Johnson, Rizwan Muhammad Khan Afridi, Adithya Naresh, Ronald Scott Lee, Mark Bisbee