Patents by Inventor Thomas Moore King

Thomas Moore King 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).

  • Touch surface overlay panel
    Patent number: 9261965
    Abstract: An application runs on an electronic device having a touch surface, with one or more virtual controls on the touch surface. An overlay panel is attached to the electronic device, with one or more physical actuators mounted within a nonconductive frame. Each physical actuator has one or more conductive elements configured to create a conductive path through the physical actuator. Each physical actuator is aligned with and makes contact with one or more associated virtual controls on the touch surface, such that a user can operate the virtual control(s) by actuating the associated physical actuator(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas Moore King, Christopher David Braun
  • TOUCH SURFACE OVERLAY PANEL
    Publication number: 20150220147
    Abstract: An application runs on an electronic device having a touch surface, with one or more virtual controls on the touch surface. An overlay panel is attached to the electronic device, with one or more physical actuators mounted within a nonconductive frame. Each physical actuator has one or more conductive elements configured to create a conductive path through the physical actuator. Each physical actuator is aligned with and makes contact with one or more associated virtual controls on the touch surface, such that a user can operate the virtual control(s) by actuating the associated physical actuator(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Thomas Moore King, Christopher David Braun