Patents by Inventor Roger Ibars

Roger Ibars 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).

  • Remote control handset
    Patent number: 8193902
    Abstract: A remote control handset for intuitively navigating a user interface of an entertainment device, the user interface having a hierarchical menu structure. The remote control handset of the present invention is not required to have any buttons. The remote control handset has a first control surface, and a second control surface. The first control surface has a substantially planar portion and allows navigation with a level of the hierarchical menu structure. The second control surface has a component in an axis that is normal to the substantially planar portion of the first control surface, and is for navigating between the levels of the hierarchical menu structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Chris Shi-Chai Liu, Goro Takaki, Henry Newton-Dunn, Roger Ibars
  • REMOTE CONTROL HANDSET
    Publication number: 20090201168
    Abstract: A remote control handset for intuitively navigating a user interface of an entertainment device, the user interface having a hierarchical menu structure. The remote control handset of the present invention is not required to have any buttons. The remote control handset has a first control surface, and a second control surface. The first control surface has a substantially planar portion and allows navigation with a level of the hierarchical menu structure. The second control surface has a component in an axis that is normal to the substantially planar portion of the first control surface, and is for navigating between the levels of the hierarchical menu structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Chris Shi-Chai LIU, Goro Takaki, Henry Newton-Dunn, Roger Ibars