Patents by Inventor Matin Dinca

Matin Dinca 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).

  • Keyboard with thumb operated spacebar curser controller
    Patent number: 8803807
    Abstract: A keyboard with a thumb-controlled curser. In a preferred embodiment a circular aperture about one centimeter in diameter is provided in the spacebar of the keyboard. A keyboard user controls the position of the computer curser by moving a portion of his thumb across the port. A light source illuminates an exposed surface of the user's thumb as it moves across the port. Light patterns reflected from the user's thumb are focused on a sensor. The output from the sensor is transmitted to the computer processor where the thumb movements monitored by the sensor are turned into control signals for controlling the position of the curser on a computer monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Inventors: Clem Abrams, Richard A. Dean, Matin Dinca, Tharold E. Northup
  • Keyboard with thumb operated spacebar curser controller
    Publication number: 20130076623
    Abstract: A keyboard with a thumb-controlled curser. In a preferred embodiment a circular aperture about one centimeter in diameter is provided in the spacebar of the keyboard. A keyboard user controls the position of the computer curser by moving a portion of his thumb across the port. A light source illuminates an exposed surface of the user's thumb as it moves across the port. Light patterns reflected from the user's thumb are focused on a sensor. The output from the sensor is transmitted to the computer processor where the thumb movements monitored by the sensor are turned into control signals for controlling the position of the curser on a computer monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Clem Abrams, Richard A. Dean, Matin Dinca, Tharold E. Northup