Patents by Inventor VENKATA SURYA NARAYANA (MURTHY) PULLELA

VENKATA SURYA NARAYANA (MURTHY) PULLELA 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).

  • Electronic device with sensing assembly and method for interpreting consecutive gestures
    Patent number: 8619029
    Abstract: A method for interpreting at least two consecutive gestures includes providing a sensing assembly having at least one photoreceiver and a plurality of phototransmitters, wherein each phototransmitter is positioned to emit infrared light away from the electronic device about a corresponding central transmission axis, wherein each central transmission axis is oriented in a different direction with respect to the others, and controlling emission of infrared light by each of the phototransmitters during each of a plurality of time periods. During each of the plurality of phototransmitters and for each of the plurality of time periods, a corresponding measured signal is generated which is indicative of a respective amount of infrared light which originated from that phototransmitter during that time period and was reflected by the external object prior to being received by a photoreceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Rachid Alameh, Thomas Merrell, Kenneth Paitl, Venkata Surya Narayana (Murthy) Pullela
  • Electronic Device with Sensing Assembly and Method for Interpreting Consecutive Gestures
    Publication number: 20100295781
    Abstract: A method for interpreting at least two consecutive gestures includes providing a sensing assembly having at least one photoreceiver and a plurality of phototransmitters, wherein each phototransmitter is positioned to emit infrared light away from the electronic device about a corresponding central transmission axis, wherein each central transmission axis is oriented in a different direction with respect to the others, and controlling emission of infrared light by each of the phototransmitters during each of a plurality of time periods. During each of the plurality of phototransmitters and for each of the plurality of time periods, a corresponding measured signal is generated which is indicative of a respective amount of infrared light which originated from that phototransmitter during that time period and was reflected by the external object prior to being received by a photoreceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: RACHID ALAMEH, THOMAS MERRELL, KENNETH PAITL, VENKATA SURYA NARAYANA (MURTHY) PULLELA