Patents by Inventor Vijay M. Rao

Vijay M. Rao 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).

  • Patent number: 10877559
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a system to provide tactile feedback during non-contact interaction. A system may comprise at least display circuitry, sensing circuitry, tactile feedback circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may cause the display circuitry to present a user interface. The sensing circuitry may sense when a body part of a user (e.g., a hand, a finger, etc.) is proximate to the user interface and may generate position data based on a sensed position of the body part. The processing circuitry may determine a relative position of the body part with respect to the user interface based on the position data, and may determine if the body part is interacting with the user interface based on the relative position. If it is determined that the body part is interacting with the user interface, the processing circuitry may cause the tactile feedback circuitry to generate directional feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin J. Doran, Stephen H. Hall, Murali Veeramoney, Vijay M. Rao, Royce Fernald
  • Publication number: 20170336918
    Abstract: Devices for sensing touch on a surface using a minimum depth-value surface characterization, including associated methods, are disclosed and described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Holman, Kip C. Killpack, Brandon Gavino, Vinay K. Nooji, Abhay A. Dharmadhikari, Vijay M. Rao
  • Publication number: 20170285745
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a system to provide tactile feedback during non-contact interaction. A system may comprise at least display circuitry, sensing circuitry, tactile feedback circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may cause the display circuitry to present a user interface. The sensing circuitry may sense when a body part of a user (e.g., a hand, a finger, etc.) is proximate to the user interface and may generate position data based on a sensed position of the body part. The processing circuitry may determine a relative position of the body part with respect to the user interface based on the position data, and may determine if the body part is interacting with the user interface based on the relative position. If it is determined that the body part is interacting with the user interface, the processing circuitry may cause the tactile feedback circuitry to generate directional feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: KEVIN J. DORAN, STEPHEN H. HALL, MURALI VEERAMONEY, VIJAY M. RAO, ROYCE FERNALD
  • Patent number: 6778645
    Abstract: A method for coordinating a point-to-point data session includes generating messages to a party at a first end of an existing voice telephone call. The messages instruct the party of what to do with a telephone. Instructions are transmitted to a modem at the first end to allow the modem to support the point-to-point data session on the existing voice telephone call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Vijay M. Rao
  • Patent number: 6597687
    Abstract: A computer-implemented approach for concurrently enabling voice calls and having a computer system coupled to a packet switched network over a first communications line. The approach includes a step of detecting whether a computer system is coupled to a packet switched network via the first communications line and if the computer system is coupled to the packet switched network, a step of concurrently enabling voice communications over the first communications line using a first voice telephony device coupled to the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Vijay M. Rao