Patents by Inventor WiIliam Allen Yates

WiIliam Allen Yates 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).

  • Home entertainment device remote control
    Publication number: 20010035860
    Abstract: A remote control for controlling a device having a display screen provided with a movable object includes a touch pad. The pad is operable such that the screen is mapped to the pad area. The pad generates a signal indicative of an operator's touch on the pad. A controller moves the object on the screen to the location on the screen corresponding to the location of the touch on the pad. The pad generates a gesture signal indicative of a gesture performed on the pad corresponding to a control function. In response to an operator performing a gesture on the pad the controller controls the device to enable the control function corresponding to the gesture performed on the pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Applicant: Interlik Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack A. Segal, WiIliam Allen Yates, Steven B. Branton, Jeff Mossontte