Patents by Inventor Ståle A VAN DORP SKOGSTAD

Ståle A VAN DORP SKOGSTAD 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).

  • Portable communications devices
    Patent number: 10432778
    Abstract: A portable communications device comprises an interactive touchscreen display (20) having a transparent outer surface member occupying substantially all of a front surface of the communications device. A casing provides a rear surface of the communications device. The device further comprises an audible sound transmitter and an audible sound receiver arranged so as to receive vocal sounds produced by a user when the device is placed against the user's head. An ultrasonic transmitter (24) is separate from the audible sound transmitter. An elongate aperture (28) has a minimum dimension less than 100 ?m located between the transparent outer surface member and the casing. A channel connects the elongate aperture and the ultrasonic transmitter so as to permit ultrasonic signals to pass out of the elongate aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: ELLIPTIC LABORATORIES AS
    Inventors: Ståle A Van Dorp Skogstad, Tom Kavli, Haakon Bryhni
  • PORTABLE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES
    Publication number: 20180176364
    Abstract: A portable communications device comprises an interactive touchscreen display (20) having a transparent outer surface member occupying substantially all of a front surface of the communications device. A casing provides a rear surface of the communications device. The device further comprises an audible sound transmitter and an audible sound receiver arranged so as to receive vocal sounds produced by a user when the device is placed against the user's head. An ultrasonic transmitter (24) is separate from the audible sound transmitter. An elongate aperture (28) has a minimum dimension less than 100 ?m located between the transparent outer surface member and the casing. A channel connects the elongate aperture and the ultrasonic transmitter so as to permit ultrasonic signals to pass out of the elongate aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Ståle A VAN DORP SKOGSTAD, Tom KAVLI, Haakon BRYHNI