Patents by Inventor Michael W. Gough

Michael W. Gough 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).

  • Physical object detection and touchscreen interaction
    Patent number: 10146407
    Abstract: An input device, such as a multifunction straight edge or a keyboard, has a recognizable contact shape when placed on a touchscreen display surface of a computing device. The contact shape of the input device can be a defined pattern of contact points, and a location and orientation of the input device on the touchscreen display surface is determinable from the defined pattern of the contact points. The input device includes an interaction module that interfaces with a companion module of the computing device. The companion module can initiate a display of an object responsive to the input device being recognized on the touchscreen display surface. The interaction module can receive a user input to the input device, and communicate the user input to the companion module of the computing device to modify the display of the object on the touchscreen display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Remon Tijssen, Timothy W. Kukulski, Michael W. Gough, Geoffrey Charles Dowd, Gregory Cy Muscolino
  • PHYSICAL OBJECT DETECTION AND TOUCHSCREEN INTERACTION
    Publication number: 20140327628
    Abstract: An input device, such as a multifunction straight edge or a keyboard, has a recognizable contact shape when placed on a touchscreen display surface of a computing device. The contact shape of the input device can be a defined pattern of contact points, and a location and orientation of the input device on the touchscreen display surface is determinable from the defined pattern of the contact points. The input device includes an interaction module that interfaces with a companion module of the computing device. The companion module can initiate a display of an object responsive to the input device being recognized on the touchscreen display surface. The interaction module can receive a user input to the input device, and communicate the user input to the companion module of the computing device to modify the display of the object on the touchscreen display surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Remon Tijssen, Timothy W. Kukulski, Michael W. Gough, Geoffrey Charles Dowd, Gregory Cy Muscolino
  • Straight edge device
    Patent number: D719160
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael W. Gough, Geoffrey Charles Dowd, Sang Ik Lee