Patents by Inventor Steven H. Baker

Steven H. Baker 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).

  • Determining what input to accept by a touch sensor after intentional and accidental lift-off and slide-off when gesturing or performing a function
    Patent number: 9886131
    Abstract: A method for determining what input should be accepted by a touch sensor after intentional and accidental lift-offs and slide-offs occur when gesturing or performing a function on the touch sensor by a finger or multiple fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: CIRQUE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven H. Baker, Trevor C. Clifton, Vadim Klishko, Daniel Byrne Kondel, Richard D. Woolley
  • CONTROLLER PREMONITION USING CAPACITIVE SENSING
    Publication number: 20170329440
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a virtual reality game controller with improved functionality by providing capacitive touch and proximity sensors on the controller to enable additional feedback to the user such that interaction with a physical object such as a game controller may be translated into interaction with a virtual tool in a virtual environment such as providing a visual indication in the virtual environment that a finger or thumb is approaching a button of a physical game controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Ethan Sturm, Steven H. Baker, Paul Vincent, David C. Taylor
  • DETERMINING WHAT INPUT TO ACCEPT BY A TOUCH SENSOR AFTER INTENTIONAL AND ACCIDENTAL LIFT-OFF and SLIDE-OFF WHEN GESTURING OR PERFORMING A FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20160117052
    Abstract: A method for determining what input should be accepted by a touch sensor after intentional and accidental lift-offs and slide-offs occur when gesturing or performing a function on the touch sensor by a finger or multiple fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Steven H. Baker, Trevor C. Clifton, Vadim Klishko, Daniel Byrne Kondel, Richard D. Woolley
  • DETERMINING WHAT INPUT TO ACCEPT BY A TOUCH SENSOR AFTER INTENTIONAL AND ACCIDENTAL LIFT-OFF and SLIDE-OFF WHEN GESTURING OR PERFORMING A FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20140118281
    Abstract: A method for determining what input should be accepted by a touch sensor after intentional and accidental lift-offs and slide-offs occur when gesturing or performing a function on the touch sensor by a finger or multiple fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: CIRQUE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven H. Baker, Trevor C. Clifton, Vadim Klishko, Daniel Byrne Kondel, Richard D. Woolley