Patents by Inventor Perry Faubert

Perry Faubert 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).

  • TACTILE FEEDBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160349912
    Abstract: A method includes displaying on a display at least one selection option comprising a first selection option and detecting a touch or cursor on the display. Tactile feedback having a first characteristic is provided when the touch or cursor is at a first location associated with the first selection option. Tactile feedback having a second characteristic is provided when the touch or cursor is detected at a second location not associated with the first selection option.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Perry FAUBERT, Jason Tyler GRIFFIN
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK
    Publication number: 20100328229
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing tactile feedback to a touch-sensitive display comprising detecting a touch on the touch-sensitive display and providing tactile feedback by one or more actuators in response to the touch, wherein tactile feedback is substantially the same regardless of a location of the touch. Tactile feedback may optionally be based on the location of the touch relative to the location of the actuators and may also optionally be based on the force of the touch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Arnett Weber, Perry Faubert, James Alexander Robinson
  • PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TACTILE TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME
    Publication number: 20100156814
    Abstract: A method of controlling an electronic device having a touch-sensitive input surface includes monitoring the touch-sensitive input surface of a touch event thereon, and modulating a force on the touch-sensitive input surface for causing a first movement of the touch-sensitive input surface relative to a base of the electronic device in response to detection of a touch event on the touch-sensitive input surface. The force is applied by at least one actuator in a single direction on the touch-sensitive input surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Arnett WEBER, Perry FAUBERT
  • PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME
    Publication number: 20100110018
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive input unit includes a base, a touch-sensitive input surface for detecting a touch event thereon, the touch-sensitive input surface connected to and moveable relative to the base, and an actuating arrangement including an elastically deformable substrate between the touch-sensitive input surface and the base, and a piezoelectric patch transducer fixed to the substrate for controlling a bending force on the substrate to control a force on the touch-sensitive input surface by modulating a charge at the patch transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Perry FAUBERT, Steven Henry FYKE, Arnett WEBER
  • PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME
    Publication number: 20100020036
    Abstract: A method includes displaying an image of a key on a touch-sensitive display and detecting a touch on the touch-sensitive display at a first location. When the first location is located in a predetermined area related the key, tactile feedback is provided that simulates a characteristic of a physical key. The touch-sensitive display may be part of a portable electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Edward Hui, Zhongming Ma, Perry Faubert, Arnett Weber