Patents by Inventor Robert Adam Baum

Robert Adam Baum 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).

  • Virtual hand based on combined data
    Patent number: 10048779
    Abstract: An example computing system may include a display and an input device. The input device may include a touch sensor to provide touch data, and a contactless sensor to provide contactless data. A field of view of the contactless sensor is directed away from the touch sensor. A controller is to combine the touch data and the contactless data into combined data to generate a virtual hand to be displayed on the display. The virtual hand is to include an unsensed feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Fred Thomas, Robert Adam Baum, David H Hanes, John Michael Main
  • VIRTUAL HAND BASED ON COMBINED DATA
    Publication number: 20150084866
    Abstract: An example computing system may include a display and an input device. The input device may include a touch sensor to provide touch data, and a contactless sensor to provide contactless data. A field of view of the contactless sensor is directed away from the touch sensor. A controller is to combine the touch data and the contactless data into combined data to generate a virtual hand to be displayed on the display. The virtual hand is to include an unsensed feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Fred Thomas, Robert Adam Baum, David H. Harnes, John Michael Main
  • CONFIGURATION OF A PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF PERIPHERAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140325092
    Abstract: An example apparatus in accordance with one implementation of the present disclosure includes an actuator to configure a physical characteristic of a peripheral device in communication with a primary device and a controller to obtain user preferences associated with an identity of a user of the primary device and to control the actuator to configure the physical characteristic in accordance with the user preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Francis Yockey, Robert Adam Baum, David H. Hanes, Rudy Widiaman