Patents by Inventor Tobias Isenberg

Tobias Isenberg 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).

  • Method for manipulating a graphic widget in a three-dimensional environment displayed on a touch panel of an interactive input system
    Patent number: 8416206
    Abstract: A method for manipulating a graphic widget in a three-dimensional environment displayed on a touch panel of an interactive input system is provided. The method includes tracking the x-y positions of two touch points associated with the graphic widget; and modifying the z-position of the graphic widget in accordance with changes in the distance between the x-y positions of the touch points. An interactive input system and computer readable medium embodying the method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: SMART Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Sheelagh Carpendale, Mark Stephen Hancock, Thomas Ten Cate, Tobias Isenberg
  • METHOD FOR MANIPULATING A GRAPHIC WIDGET IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENT DISPLAYED ON A TOUCH PANEL OF AN INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110069019
    Abstract: A method for manipulating a graphic widget in a three-dimensional environment displayed on a touch panel of an interactive input system is provided. The method includes tracking the x-y positions of two touch points associated with the graphic widget; and modifying the z-position of the graphic widget in accordance with changes in the distance between the x-y positions of the touch points. An interactive input system and computer readable medium embodying the method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: SMART Technologies ULC
    Inventors: SHEELAGH CARPENDALE, Mark Stephen Hancock, Thomas Ten Cate, Tobias Isenberg