Patents by Inventor Tino Soelberg

Tino Soelberg 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).

  • Publication number: 20160263480
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device having a controller to modify sound produced by a gaming application according to an otological profile of a user. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: JACOB WOLFF-PETERSEN, TINO SOELBERG, ED GUNTIN
  • Publication number: 20160256773
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, determining first and second stimulus signals from first and second input functions of first and second gaming equipment devices used by first and second users to control a video game. A first contest between the first and second users is based on first and second game action results determined based on the first and second stimulus signals. A relative performance between the first and second users is determined from a comparison of first and second measures of the first and second stimulus signals. A second contest between the first user and the second user is based on the relative performance. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: KIM ROM, JEFFREY NICHOLAS MAHLMEISTER, JACOB WOLFF-PETERSEN, BRUCE HAWVER, FRANCIS ARNOLD GREVER, TINO SOELBERG, CHRISTOPHER JOHN NICOLELLA
  • Patent number: 9423874
    Abstract: A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a device comprising a processor, a first signal from a motion-sensitive component of the device; receiving, by the device, a second signal from a touch-sensitive interface of the device, detecting, by the device, from a combined signal comprising the first signal and the second signal, a selection of a portion of the device; and causing, by the device, a sensory feedback generator to provide a feedback signal in accordance with the combined signal. The feedback signal may comprise an audible sound, a visual effect, a tactile effect, or any combination thereof. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: STEELSERIES ApS
    Inventors: Jeffrey Nicholas Mahlmeister, Bruce Hawver, Jacob Wolff-Petersen, Kim Rom, Francis Arnold Grever, Tino Soelberg
  • Patent number: 9415299
    Abstract: A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting movement of a cover of the device with respect to a body of the device, and determining, in response to detecting movement of the cover, that the device is ready for use. If the device is ready for use, a signal is transmitted to a computing device, and the computing device is directed to perform an initializing procedure for a gaming engine executing on the computing device. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: STEELSERIES ApS
    Inventors: Harold Wikel, Kim Rom, Jeffrey Nicholas Mahlmeister, Jacob Wolff-Petersen, Bruce Hawver, Francis Arnold Grever, Tino Soelberg
  • Patent number: 9415301
    Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system having a processor that performs operations including receiving from a computer accessory a control signal for controlling a software application, determining a result that would arise if the control signal is supplied to the software application, and generating an updated control signal to produce a desired result responsive to detecting that the result is undesirable. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: STEELSERIES ApS
    Inventors: Kim Rom, Jeffrey Nicholas Mahlmeister, Jacob Wolff-Petersen, Bruce Hawver, Francis Arnold Grever, Tino Soelberg, Christopher John Nicolella
  • Patent number: 9409087
    Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor to perform operations including sensing a gesture performed by an object in a vicinity of a sensor, associating the gesture with the at least one gaming action responsive to determining that the gesture is a new gesture not previously associated with at least one gaming action of a plurality of gaming actions that control presentations produced by a gaming application, sensing by way of the sensor a subsequent instance of the gesture by the object or a different object, obtaining the at least one gaming action associated with the gesture responsive to detecting the subsequent instance of the gesture, and providing the at least one gaming action to the gaming application. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: STEELSERIES ApS
    Inventors: Tino Soelberg, III, Bruce Hawver, Jacob Wolff-Petersen, Jeffrey Nicholas Mahlmeister, Francis Arnold Grever, Kim Rom
  • Patent number: 9370717
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, determining first and second stimulus signals from first and second input functions of first and second gaming equipment devices used by first and second users to control a video game. A first contest between the first and second users is based on first and second game action results determined based on the first and second stimulus signals. A relative performance between the first and second users is determined from a comparison of first and second measures of the first and second stimulus signals. A second contest between the first user and the second user is based on the relative performance. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: STEELSERIES ApS
    Inventors: Kim Rom, Jeffrey Nicholas Mahlmeister, Jacob Wolff-Petersen, Bruce Hawver, Francis Arnold Grever, Tino Soelberg, Christopher John Nicolella
  • Patent number: 9364750
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a gaming console having a controller to receive a request to decrease or increase at least one of a plurality of sounds generated by a gaming application to enhance at least one condition in the gaming application, and modify sound produced by the gaming application according to the request. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: STEELSERIES Aps
    Inventors: Jacob Wolff-Petersen, Tino Soelberg
  • Patent number: 9364745
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device having a controller to modify sound produced by a gaming application according to an otological profile of a user. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: STEELSERIES ApS
    Inventors: Jacob Wolff-Petersen, Tino Soelberg, Ed Guntin
  • Publication number: 20160158647
    Abstract: A method for indicating a pre-game environment quality level may include, for example, obtaining a profile associated with a video game, where the profile comprises desirable performance metrics for initiating the video game, performing performance metric measurements in collaboration with a computing device from which the video game is to be played, comparing the performance metric measurements to the desirable performance metrics, determining a discrepancy between the performance metric measurements and the desirable performance metrics, determining a gaming quality level according to the determined discrepancy, and presenting at the computing device a quality indicator based on the determined quality level. The presenting can further include graphically displaying the quality indicator and the discrepancy. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: BRUCE HAWVER, JACOB WOLFF-PETERSEN, KIM ROM, FRANCIS ARNOLD GREVER, JEFFREY NICHOLAS MAHLMEISTER, TINO SOELBERG, CHRISTOPHER JOHN NICOLELLA
  • Publication number: 20160121210
    Abstract: The subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for determining a current performance of a gamer during a first gaming session of a gaming application, where the performance is determined from a first plurality of stimulus signals generated by a gaming accessory during the first gaming session according to a configuration setting assigned to the gaming accessory, identifying a prior performance of the gamer during a prior gaming session of the gaming application, where the prior performance is determined from a second plurality of stimulus signals generated by the gaming accessory according to the configuration setting, comparing the current performance to the prior performance to determine a change in performance of the gamer, and adjusting the configuration setting assigned to the gaming accessory according to the change in the performance of the gamer. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: JACOB WOLFF-PETERSEN, KIM ROM, FRANCIS ARNOLD GREVER, JEFFREY NICHOLAS MAHLMEISTER, BRUCE HAWVER, TINO SOELBERG, CHRISTOPHER JOHN NICOLELLA
  • Patent number: 9289689
    Abstract: A method for indicating a pre-game environment quality level may include, for example, obtaining a profile associated with a video game, where the profile comprises desirable performance metrics for initiating the video game, performing performance metric measurements in collaboration with a computing device from which the video game is to be played, comparing the performance metric measurements to the desirable performance metrics, determining a discrepancy between the performance metric measurements and the desirable performance metrics, determining a gaming quality level according to the determined discrepancy, and presenting at the computing device a quality indicator based on the determined quality level. The presenting can further include graphically displaying the quality indicator and the discrepancy. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: STEELSERIES ApS
    Inventors: Bruce Hawver, Jacob Wolff-Petersen, Kim Rom, Francis Arnold Grever, Jeffrey Nicholas Mahlmeister, Tino Soelberg, Christopher John Nicolella
  • Publication number: 20160067614
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an apparatus having a processor to detect a gaming accessory stimulation associated with a programmable layer of a number of programmable layers. The processor identifies a substitute gaming accessory stimulation of the programmable layer of the number of programmable layers of the gaming accessory. The substitute gaming accessory stimulation of the programmable layer is associated with the gaming accessory stimulation of the programmable layer of the number of programmable layers, according to a user profile of a number of user profiles associated with a user account. Other predetermined associations of stimulations of the gaming accessory with other substitute accessory stimulations are recorded in other user profiles of the number of user profiles, and the substitute gaming accessory stimulation is provided to a computing device to manage a gaming software application. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Jacob Wolff-Petersen, Tino Soelberg
  • Patent number: 9272221
    Abstract: The subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for determining a current performance of a gamer during a first gaming session of a gaming application, where the performance is determined from a first plurality of stimulus signals generated by a gaming accessory during the first gaming session according to a configuration setting assigned to the gaming accessory, identifying a prior performance of the gamer during a prior gaming session of the gaming application, where the prior performance is determined from a second plurality of stimulus signals generated by the gaming accessory according to the configuration setting, comparing the current performance to the prior performance to determine a change in performance of the gamer, and adjusting the configuration setting assigned to the gaming accessory according to the change in the performance of the gamer. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: STEELSERIES ApS
    Inventors: Jacob Wolff-Petersen, Kim Rom, Francis Arnold Grever, Jeffrey Nicholas Mahlmeister, Bruce Hawver, Tino Soelberg, Christopher John Nicolella
  • Publication number: 20160001179
    Abstract: A method that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a request from a mobile communication device to configure a computing environment for executing a software application, identifying a deficiency in an availability of a resource of the computing environment responsive to receiving the request, adjusting an operation of the computing environment to change the availability of the resource responsive to identifying the resource deficiency, and providing an action of a plurality of associable actions to the computer environment for use in the software application, where the action replaces a received stimulation of a user input that is associated with the executing of the software application. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: BRUCE HAWVER, KIM ROM, JEFFREY NICHOLAS MAHLMEISTER, JACOB WOLFF-PETERSEN, FRANCIS ARNOLD GREVER, TINO SOELBERG, CHRISTOPHER JOHN NICOLELLA
  • Patent number: 9216355
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an apparatus having a controller to identify a programming layer of a gaming accessory, to establish communications with a computing device communicatively coupled to a gaming software application, to establish communications with the gaming accessory, to receive from the gaming accessory a gaming accessory stimulation, to detect a match between the association and the received stimulation, to retrieve the substitute accessory stimulation, and to transmit the substitute accessory stimulation to the gaming software application. The detecting of the match between the gaming accessory stimulation and the substitute accessory stimulation for the programmable layer is by way of a predetermined association of the stimulation with the substitute accessory stimulation recorded in a user profile associated with a user account. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: STEELSERIES ApS
    Inventors: Jacob Wolff-Petersen, Tino Soelberg
  • Publication number: 20150297990
    Abstract: A device for online gaming includes a memory that stores instructions. A processor coupled to the memory, responsive to executing the instructions, performs operations including receiving a selection of a gaming accessory, receiving a selection of a game, and receiving inputs corresponding to selections of parameters for generating a vibration effect at the gaming accessory. The parameters include a control component of the gaming accessory, a game event associated with the control component, a vibration frequency of the vibration effect associated with the game event, a vibration intensity and duration, and a delay time associated with the event. The processor stores the selected parameters and presents the vibration effect during the game in accordance with occurrence of the game event and in accordance with the selected parameters; the vibration effect is presented after the occurrence of the game event in accordance with the delay time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Jeffrey Nicholas Mahlmeister, Tino Soelberg, Dave Astels, David Michael Tibbetts
  • Publication number: 20150302966
    Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a button including a fixed force magnet coupled to a first housing assembly component serving as a top portion of the button, a variable force magnet coupled to a second housing assembly serving as a bottom portion of the button, and a spring coupled to the fixed force magnetic and the variable force magnet for repelling the fixed force magnet from the variable force magnet according to a spring constant of the spring. The variable force magnet emitting a magnetic field to counter the spring constant and thereby adjust a force required to depress the button. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventor: Tino Soelberg
  • Publication number: 20150298001
    Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor that performs operations including detecting a first depression range of a button that includes an electro-mechanical sensor for detecting the first depression range, comparing the first depression range to a first actuation threshold, and asserting a first actuation state when the first depression range is at or exceeds the first actuation threshold. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventor: Tino Soelberg
  • Patent number: 9165425
    Abstract: A method that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a request from a mobile communication device to configure a computing environment for executing a software application, identifying a deficiency in an availability of a resource of the computing environment responsive to receiving the request, adjusting an operation of the computing environment to change the availability of the resource responsive to identifying the resource deficiency, and providing an action of a plurality of associable actions to the computer environment for use in the software application, where the action replaces a received stimulation of a user input that is associated with the executing of the software application. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: STEELSERIES ApS
    Inventors: Bruce Hawver, Kim Rom, Jeffrey Nicholas Mahlmeister, Jacob Wolff-Petersen, Arnold Francis Grever, Tino Soelberg, Christopher John Nicolella