Patents by Inventor Robert Jacob Herman

Robert Jacob Herman 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).

  • Patent number: 7705837
    Abstract: A computer tablet includes a wireless receiver, and a pen is configured to be manipulated by a person to ride against the computer tablet and thereby provide input to the computer tablet. The pen includes a wireless transmitter. A processor associated with the computer tablet outputs an alarm when a signal from the transmitter of the pen is not sensed by the computer tablet within a time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Howard Jeffrey Locker, Daryl Carvis Cromer, Robert Jacob Herman, Thomas R. Hildner, Jeffrey Michael Samitt
  • Publication number: 20080055278
    Abstract: A computer tablet includes a wireless receiver, and a pen is configured to be manipulated by a person to ride against the computer tablet and thereby provide input to the computer tablet. The pen includes a wireless transmitter. A processor associated with the computer tablet outputs an alarm when a signal from the transmitter of the pen is not sensed by the computer tablet within a time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Howard Jeffrey Locker, Daryl Carvis Cromer, Robert Jacob Herman, Thomas R. Hildner, Jeffrey Michael Samitt