Patents by Inventor Raymond C. Combs

Raymond C. Combs 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 detecting user gestures from alternative touchpads of a handheld computerized device
    Patent number: 9678662
    Abstract: A method for controlling a control region on a display screen of a computerized system is presented. The method includes obtaining data from a touchpad. The data is associated with a position of a portion of the hand of a user when the user operates the touchpad. The method includes transmitting the data from the touchpad to the computerized device and analyzing the data in accordance with a model of a human hand. In certain embodiments, the method includes detecting an interaction of at least the portion of the hand of the user on the first touchpad with at least one object displayed on the display screen causing at least one property of the object to be controlled in accordance with the interaction of the portion of the hand of the user on the first touchpad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Handscape Inc.
    Inventors: Tong Luo, Chuan Lin, Raymond C. Combs
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING USER GESTURES FROM ALTERNATIVE TOUCHPADS OF A HANDHELD COMPUTERIZED DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150100910
    Abstract: A method for controlling a control region on a display screen of a computerized system is presented. The method includes obtaining data from a touchpad. The data is associated with a position of a portion of the hand of a user when the user operates the touchpad. The method includes transmitting the data from the touchpad to the computerized device and analyzing the data in accordance with a model of a human hand. In certain embodiments, the method includes detecting an interaction of at least the portion of the hand of the user on the first touchpad with at least one object displayed on the display screen causing at least one property of the object to be controlled in accordance with the interaction of the portion of the hand of the user on the first touchpad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Tong Luo, Chuan Lin, Raymond C. Combs
  • Air purifier
    Patent number: D807483
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Sprimo, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond C Combs, Chunxiao Han, Daniel Kendall Harden, Cole Justin Derby
  • Filter assembly for an air purifier
    Patent number: D857868
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SPRIMO, INC.
    Inventors: Raymond C Combs, Chunxiao Han, Daniel Kendall Harden, Cole Justin Derby