Patents by Inventor Roger J. Jellicoe
Roger J. Jellicoe 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).
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Patent number: 8707215Abstract: A hand-held device and method for operating a single pointer touch sensitive user interface of a hand-held electronic device are provided. The method includes defining as being active a first one of a set of two or more controllable interface functions including at least a first controllable interface function and a second controllable interface function. A control gesture is then detected and the control gesture is associated with the active one of the set of two or more controllable interface functions, where the detected pattern adjusts the performance of the active controllable interface function. A transition gesture is then detected including a pointer pattern movement, which is not included as a control gesture for any of the two or more controllable interface functions, where upon detection of the transition gesture, the transition gesture defines a second one of the set of two or more controllable interface functions as being the active one of the set of two or more controllable interface functions.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2008Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Hafid Hamadene, Roger J. Jellicoe, Donald W. Zerrien
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Publication number: 20130033645Abstract: A system and apparatus for modifying content displayed by a portable computing device responsive to an orientation associated with the portable computing device. When in a first orientation, the portable computing device displays video content in a single window of a display device. In one embodiment, the single window fully occupies the display device. Responsive to determining the portable computing device is in a second orientation, a first window and a second window are generated. Video content is displayed in the first window and data associated with an application is concurrently displayed in the second window. For example, the first window occupies a first percentage of the display device and the second window occupies a second percentage of the display device, allowing concurrent viewing of the video content and the data associated with the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC.Inventor: Roger J. Jellicoe
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Patent number: 8265688Abstract: The present invention provides a hand-held device including a split touch sensitive input surface, the touch sensitive input surface including a first touch sensitive array, which has a position sensor adapted for detecting a relative position of a first pointer device, and a second touch sensitive array which has a position sensor adapted for detecting a relative position of a second pointer device. The second touch sensitive array is separate from the first touch sensitive array and is located on a common side with the first touch sensitive array.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2008Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Hafid Hamadene, Roger J. Jellicoe, Donald W Zerrien, Lawrence John Chapa
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Publication number: 20100315348Abstract: Touch screen data entry accuracy can be improved utilizing a touch screen interface coupled with a computing device and a data entry-enhancing touch screen surface. The touch screen interface can include a sensory system that can be configured to detect input sensations predefined input areas displayed within a graphical user interface (GUI). The data entry-enhancing touch screen surface can include one or more focused entry depressions that can be configured to centrally direct an activation device into a user-desired input area. Each focused entry depression can be spatially aligned with a predefined input area of the GUI. The activation of additional predefined input areas of the GUI that are within close proximity to the user-desired input area can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2009Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.Inventors: Roger J. JELLICOE, Jason P. WOJACK
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Publication number: 20090327978Abstract: A hand-held device and method for operating a single pointer touch sensitive user interface of a hand-held electronic device are provided. The method includes defining as being active a first one of a set of two or more controllable interface functions including at least a first controllable interface function and a second controllable interface function. A control gesture is then detected and the control gesture is associated with the active one of the set of two or more controllable interface functions, where the detected pattern adjusts the performance of the active controllable interface function. A transition gesture is then detected including a pointer pattern movement, which is not included as a control gesture for any of the two or more controllable interface functions, where upon detection of the transition gesture, the transition gesture defines a second one of the set of two or more controllable interface functions as being the active one of the set of two or more controllable interface functions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.Inventors: Hafid Hamadene, Roger J. Jellicoe, Donald W. Zerrien
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Publication number: 20090325643Abstract: The present invention provides a hand-held device including a split touch sensitive input surface, the touch sensitive input surface including a first touch sensitive array, which has a position sensor adapted for detecting a relative position of a first pointer device, and a second touch sensitive array which has a position sensor adapted for detecting a relative position of a second pointer device. The second touch sensitive array is separate from the first touch sensitive array and is located on a common side with the first touch sensitive array.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: Hafid Hamadene, Roger J. Jellicoe, Donald W. Zerrien, Lawrence John Chapa
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Publication number: 20080157922Abstract: A portable electronic device including first and second housing portions (102, 104) pivotally coupled to a link (402). The first and second housing portions pivot in unison relative to the link by virtue a recess of the first housing portion engaging a protrusion of the second housing portion and a protrusion of the first housing portion engaging a recess of the second housing portion when the first and second housing portions pivot relative to the link.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.Inventors: JASON M. THOMPSON, ROGER J. JELLICOE, KARL R. VOSS
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Publication number: 20080112113Abstract: A portable electronic device, for example, a cellular telephone, (100) including a hinge assembly (106) interconnecting first and second housing portions, wherein the housing portions are pivotal about respective non-collinear pivot axes, and a user-interface element, for example, an image capture or a display device, disposed on the hinge assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2006Publication date: May 15, 2008Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.Inventors: MICHAEL J. SAWADSKI, ROGER J. JELLICOE, GILES D. McWILLIAM, KARL R. VOSS
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Patent number: 7107018Abstract: A communication device having a front housing and first and second independent keypad housings having respective keypads functionally connected to the front housing. The front housing has a speaker, a microphone, and a display panel. Each keypad has a key configuration that is different than the other. The front housing, first keypad housing, and second keypad housing are constructed to overlap and stack in a nested configuration in which each of the keypads is concealed by the front housing. The front housing is movable relative to each of the keypad housings from the nested configuration to an extended position in which one of the keypads is exposed and physically accessible by a user.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2003Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventor: Roger J. Jellicoe