Patents by Inventor Mark P. Florczak

Mark P. Florczak 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).

  • Capacitive detection of screen protector removal in mobile communication device
    Patent number: 10088872
    Abstract: Systems and methods for protecting a mobile device screen utilize a screen protector overlying the display screen lens, wherein the screen protector includes a conductive region. The device face includes a plurality of conductors underlying the screen protector at the conductive region. The conductors are capacitively coupled in the presence of the screen protector, and are capacitively decoupled when the screen protector is removed. This allows the device to detect removal of the screen protector and to perform a responsive action such as alerting a device user that the screen protector is not installed, instructing the user to install a screen protector, storing an indication that the screen protector is not installed and transmitting an indication that the screen protector is not installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Daniel S Thorstenson, James S Bender, Dale Bengtson, Mark P Florczak
  • Capacitive Detection of Screen Protector Removal in Mobile Communication Device
    Publication number: 20170108961
    Abstract: Systems and methods for protecting a mobile device screen utilize a screen protector overlying the display screen lens, wherein the screen protector includes a conductive region. The device face includes a plurality of conductors underlying the screen protector at the conductive region. The conductors are capacitively coupled in the presence of the screen protector, and are capacitively decoupled when the screen protector is removed. This allows the device to detect removal of the screen protector and to perform a responsive action such as alerting a device user that the screen protector is not installed, instructing the user to install a screen protector, storing an indication that the screen protector is not installed and transmitting an indication that the screen protector is not installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel S. Thorstenson, James S. Bender, Dale Bengtson, Mark P. Florczak