Patents by Inventor RICK (RICKY) THOMAS BURKS

RICK (RICKY) THOMAS BURKS 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).

  • Multi-region touchpad
    Patent number: 9886108
    Abstract: Examples of a multi-region touchpad are disclosed. In one example implementation, a multi-region touchpad may include a multi-region touchpad sensor having a region and a secondary region to receive an input corresponding to a movement against the multi-region touchpad sensor and a touchpad controller. The touchpad controller may process the received input, and may transmit touch position indicative of the received input to a touchpad driver of a computing device communicatively coupled to the touchpad device. Further, the touchpad driver may cause an operating system of the computing device to treat a touch with a touch position beginning in the primary region and extending into the secondary region as a continuous touch. Similarly, the touchpad driver may cause the operating system to treat a touch with a touch position beginning in the secondary region as a navigational command to cause the operating system to perform a navigational function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stacy L Wolff, Ilchan Lee, Christine I Harper, Evan Joel Wilson, John P McCarthy, Rick (Ricky) Thomas Burks
  • Multi-Region Touchpad
    Publication number: 20160124532
    Abstract: Examples of a multi-region touchpad are disclosed. In one example implementation, a multi-region touchpad may include a multi-region touchpad sensor having a region and a secondary region to receive an input corresponding to a movement against the multi-region touchpad sensor and a touchpad controller. The touchpad controller may process the received input, and may transmit touch position indicative of the received input to a touchpad driver of a computing device communicatively coupled to the touchpad device. Further, the touchpad driver may cause an operating system of the computing device to treat a touch with a touch position beginning in the primary region and extending into the secondary region as a continuous touch. Similarly, the touchpad driver may cause the operating system to treat a touch with a touch position beginning in the secondary region as a navigational command to cause the operating system to perform a navigational function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: STACY L. WOLFF, ILCHAN LEE, CHRISTINE I. HARPER, EVAN JOEL WILSON, JOHN P McCARTHY, RICK (RICKY) THOMAS BURKS