Patents by Inventor Todd Siler

Todd Siler 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).

  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ENHANCE COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING AND ITS MANIFESTATION INTO PHYSICAL FORM AND TRANSLATION INTO USEFUL INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20070122779
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for enhancing cognitive functioning and its manifestation into physical form and translation into useful information for improving functioning in human experience, for example, business, academic or personal endeavors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventor: Todd Siler
  • Method and apparatus to enhance cognitive functioning and its manifestation into physical form and translation into useful information
    Publication number: 20060195408
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for enhancing cognitive functioning and its manifestation into physical form and translation into useful information for improving functioning in human experience, for example, business, academic or personal endeavors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventor: Todd Siler
  • Three-dimensional tactile computer input device
    Patent number: 5396265
    Abstract: A tactile computer input device which simulates an object being designed is used with a computer aided design (CAD) system. The input device allows a user to manually manipulate the input device as if it were the object under design. A preferred embodiment is directed toward the design of sheet metal parts. The design begins with a virtual metal sheet which is then manipulated by a user through manual manipulation of the input device. Bending of the virtual object is accomplished by bending of the input device. Stretching and shrinking of the virtual object is accomplished by expanding and compressing the input device. Spatial orientation of the virtual object follows the spatial orientation of the input device by providing the input device with a Polhemus orientation sensor. Other functions for manipulating the virtual sheet metal object include cutting, embossing, and punching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Karl T. Ulrich, Marc Filerman, Emanuel Sachs, Andrew Roberts, Todd Siler, Daniel J. Berkery, David C. Robertson