Patents by Inventor Nathaniel Saal

Nathaniel Saal 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).

  • METHOD FOR ACTUATING A TACTILE INTERFACE LAYER
    Publication number: 20170199571
    Abstract: A method for actuating a tactile interface layer of a device that defines a surface with a deformable region, comprising the steps of deforming a deformable region of the surface into a formation tactilely distinguishable from the surface, detecting a force from the user on a deformed deformable region, interpreting the force as a command for the deformable region, and manipulating the deformable region of the surface based on the command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Tactus Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig M. Ciesla, Micah Yairi, Nathaniel Saal
  • DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20170199572
    Abstract: One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes: a substrate including a first transparent material and defining an attachment surface, an open channel opposite the attachment surface, and a fluid conduit intersecting the open channel and passing through the attachment surface; a tactile layer including a second transparent material and defining a tactile surface, a peripheral region bonded to the attachment surface opposite the tactile surface, and a deformable region adjacent the fluid conduit and disconnected from the attachment surface; a closing panel bonded to the substrate opposite the attachment surface and enclosing the open channel to define a fluid channel; a working fluid; and a displacement device configured to displace the working fluid into the fluid channel and through the fluid conduit to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting to an expanded setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Tactus Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Micah Yairi, Craig M. Ciesla, Nathaniel Saal, Curtis A. Ray, Michael Hammersley, Brandon Miller, Ben Calub, Carl Del Rosario, Mario S. Garcia, Ron Menigoz, David Henry Krevor, Jonathon Jenkins
  • Method for actuating a tactile interface layer
    Patent number: 9448630
    Abstract: A method for actuating a tactile interface layer of a device that defines a surface with a deformable region, comprising the steps of deforming a deformable region of the surface into a formation tactilely distinguishable from the surface, detecting a force from the user on a deformed deformable region, interpreting the force as a command for the deformable region, and manipulating the deformable region of the surface based on the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Tactus Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig M. Ciesla, Micah Yairi, Nathaniel Saal