Patents by Inventor Mark D. Finney

Mark D. Finney 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).

  • Patent number: 12548530
    Abstract: A computing device includes an illumination controller configured to receive input from one or more sources. The input indicates one or more operating parameters of the computing device. Attributes for light emission are determined from at least two illumination sources of a light guide based on the input. The at least two illumination sources are controlled to illuminate the light guide to indicate the one or more operating parameters via an amount of the light guide that is illuminated. The light guide may be illuminated by blended light including light from each of the illumination sources to indicate an operating parameter that is different relative to operating parameters indicated by light emission from the individual illumination sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Puckpol Chutakanonta, Wayne G. Morrison, Mark D. Finney
  • Publication number: 20250233937
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a device housing. An illuminative fabric display is coupled to the device housing. One or more processors of the electronic device are configured to cause the illuminative fabric display to present content. The presentation of content can be in response to user input and may occur only when one or more sensors determine that a primary display of the electronic device defines a bottom side of the electronic device in three-dimensional space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal, Mark D. Finney, Eunji Kim, Mayank Gupta
  • Publication number: 20250124837
    Abstract: An electronic device enables techniques for ambience style adaptation of different portions of an adaptive display device in a surface support configuration. The device includes a flexible electronic display, that is mounted in a flexible enclosure that enables the display to be bent into a configuration for use in a surface support configuration, such as standing on a desk or table. The device further includes a processor communicatively coupled to the electronic display, and which obtains context data from one or more data sources, wherein the context data is associated with one or more of a user and an environment surrounding the electronic device, and determines a device context. Based on the device context, a customization display theme for the electronic device is loaded, and the customization display theme is presented on the display of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: AMIT KUMAR AGRAWAL, BILL RYAN, MARK D. FINNEY, JAMES SLOSS
  • Patent number: 7834853
    Abstract: A keypad (1200) includes a plurality of keys (1202) and a plurality of key dividers (1204-1210) wherein each of the key dividers includes a plurality of raised guide portions (1212-1214) and at least one tactile cue portion (1214) that is interposed between the plurality of raised guide portions (1212-1214). In one example, the keypad (1200) is a bell keypad and is made up of an elastomeric substrate (44) that includes the key dividers (1212-1214), a keypad dome array (48) that supports the silicone substrate (44) and a keypad sheet (36), such as a top sheet of a front assembly, having keypad indicia thereon and slots operatively sized to receive the plurality of key dividers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Finney, Steve C. Emmert
  • Publication number: 20080037765
    Abstract: A keypad (1200) includes a plurality of keys (1202) and a plurality of key dividers (1204-1210) wherein each of the key dividers includes a plurality of raised guide portions (1212-1214) and at least one tactile cue portion (1214) that is interposed between the plurality of raised guide portions (1212-1214). In one example, the keypad (1200) is a bell keypad and is made up of an elastomeric substrate (44) that includes the key dividers (1212-1214), a keypad dome array (48) that supports the silicone substrate (44) and a keypad sheet (36), such as a top sheet of a front assembly, having keypad indicia thereon and slots operatively sized to receive the plurality of key dividers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Finney, Steve C. Emmert
  • Patent number: D522893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: X-Rite Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark D. Finney, Robert A. Lamfers, Steven M. Beukema
  • Patent number: D523766
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: X-Rite, Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark D. Finney, Robert A. Lamfers, Steven M. Beukema
  • Patent number: D523767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: X-Rite, Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark D. Finney, Robert A. Lamfers, Steven M. Beukema
  • Patent number: D561146
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Finney, Sung-Gul Hwang, Cheol Woo Park, Tim Sutherland
  • Patent number: D561147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Finney, Sung-Gul Hwang, Cheol Woo Park, Tim Sutherland
  • Patent number: D490852
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Sanford, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark D. Finney, Eliot Kim, Steve McPhilliamy
  • Patent number: D494621
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Sanford, L.P.
    Inventors: Neville Andrews, Mark D. Finney, Eliot Kim, Steve McPhilliamy
  • Patent number: D590797
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Motorola Inc
    Inventors: Mark D. Finney, Sung-Gul Hwang, Paul M. Pierce
  • Patent number: D600228
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Motorola Inc
    Inventors: Mark D. Finney, Mark W. Oliver, Paul M. Pierce, Tim Sutherland
  • Patent number: D602896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Finney, Ruben D. Castano, Burton S. Lowry
  • Patent number: D602897
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Finney, Ruben D. Castano, Burton S. Lowry
  • Patent number: D609670
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Finney, Mark W. Oliver, Paul M. Pierce, Tim Sutherland
  • Patent number: D619983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Fujimura, Mark D. Finney, John W. McConnell, Joel Soto
  • Patent number: D637575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: John W. McConnell, Matthew B. Ansley, Mark D. Finney
  • Patent number: D1114733
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Eunji Kim, Mark D. Finney, Joel Soto