Patents by Inventor PATRICK RICHARD WIBBELER

PATRICK RICHARD WIBBELER 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 and apparatus for choosing an intended target element from an imprecise touch on a touch screen display
    Patent number: 9001059
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for an improved workflow for choosing an intended target element from an imprecise touch on a touch screen display comprises determining whether a touch is within a bounding box of precisely one of a plurality of elements on a touch screen display; expanding the bounding box of all of the elements in the plurality of elements; determining whether the touch is within the expanded bounding box of at least one element in the plurality of elements; calculating a distance between the touch and a center of the bounding box for at least two elements in the plurality of elements, wherein the touch is determined to be within the expanded bounding box of the at least two elements; and determining a target element based on the shortest calculated distance between the touch and a center of the bounding box of the at least two elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Patrick Richard Wibbeler
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHOOSING AN INTENDED TARGET ELEMENT FROM AN IMPRECISE TOUCH ON A TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20130328788
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for an improved workflow for choosing an intended target element from an imprecise touch on a touch screen display comprises determining whether a touch is within a bounding box of precisely one of a plurality of elements on a touch screen display; expanding the bounding box of all of the elements in the plurality of elements; determining whether the touch is within the expanded bounding box of at least one element in the plurality of elements; calculating a distance between the touch and a center of the bounding box for at least two elements in the plurality of elements, wherein the touch is determined to be within the expanded bounding box of the at least two elements; and determining a target element based on the shortest calculated distance between the touch and a center of the bounding box of the at least two elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: ADOBE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: PATRICK RICHARD WIBBELER