Patents by Inventor Neil W. Griffiths

Neil W. Griffiths 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).

  • Audio/visual device graphical user interface
    Patent number: 9172897
    Abstract: A user interface for an audio/visual device incorporates one or both of a touch sensor having a touch surface on which is defined a racetrack surface having a ring shape and a display element on which is displayed a racetrack menu also having a ring shape, and where the user interface incorporates both, the ring shapes of the racetrack surface and the racetrack menu are structured to generally correspond such that the position of a marker on the racetrack menu is caused to correspond to the position at which a digit of a user's hand touches the racetrack surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Santiago Carvajal, Eric E. Dolecki, Neil W. Griffiths, John Michael Sakalowsky, Conor Sheehan, Benjamin D. Burge
  • AUDIO/VISUAL DEVICE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20120200775
    Abstract: A user interface for an audio/visual device incorporates one or both of a touch sensor having a touch surface on which is defined a racetrack surface having a ring shape and a display element on which is displayed a racetrack menu also having a ring shape, and where the user interface incorporates both, the ring shapes of the racetrack surface and the racetrack menu are structured to generally correspond such that the position of a marker on the racetrack menu is caused to correspond to the position at which a digit of a user's hand touches the racetrack surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Santiago Carvajal, Eric E. Dolecki, Neil W. Griffiths, John Michael Sakalowsky, Conor Sheehan, Benjamin Douglass Burge
  • AUDIO/VISUAL DEVICE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20120162541
    Abstract: A user interface for an audio/visual device incorporates one or both of a touch sensor having a touch surface on which is defined a racetrack surface having a ring shape and a display element on which is displayed a racetrack menu also having a ring shape, and where the user interface incorporates both, the ring shapes of the racetrack surface and the racetrack menu are structured to generally correspond such that the position of a marker on the racetrack menu is caused to correspond to the position at which a digit of a user's hand touches the racetrack surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Santiago Carvajal, Eric E. Dolecki, Neil W. Griffiths, John Michael Sakalowsky, Conor Sheehan, Benjamin Douglas Burge
  • Audio/Visual Device Graphical User Interface
    Publication number: 20110113368
    Abstract: A user interface for an audio/visual device incorporates one or both of a touch sensor having a touch surface on which is defined a racetrack surface having a ring shape and a display element on which is displayed a racetrack menu also having a ring shape, and where the user interface incorporates both, the ring shapes of the racetrack surface and the racetrack menu are structured to generally correspond such that the position of a marker on the racetrack menu is caused to correspond to the position at which a digit of a user's hand touches the racetrack surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Santiago Carvajal, Eric E. Dolecki, Neil W. Griffiths, John Michael Sakalowsky, Conor Sheehan, Benjamin Douglass Burge
  • Music system
    Patent number: D552074
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel J. Aquillano, Seth N. Green, Neil W. Griffiths, Cory S. White