Patents by Inventor William R. Dobson

William R. Dobson 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).

  • Publication number: 20240069639
    Abstract: A haptic system can include a user device including one or more haptic actuators and one or more sensors. The haptic system can be configured to perform operations including controlling the haptic actuator(s) to produce a haptic output based on a haptic output profile associated with a desired action of a user of the haptic system; detecting, using the one or more sensors, one or more user response characteristics in response to the haptic output; determining, based at least in part on the one or more user response characteristics, data describing a user action of the user performed after the haptic actuator(s) produces the haptic output; comparing the data describing the user action with data indicative of the desired action to generate an effectiveness metric; and determining a subsequent haptic output profile for a subsequent haptic output based at least in part on the effectiveness metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kelly Elizabeth Dobson, Franziska Schlagenhauf, William Earl Singhose, Khalid Lief Sorensen, Nina R. Sinatra
  • Patent number: 4949483
    Abstract: A display frame for holding a magazine or a similar article to display the cover. The frame has a front and rear piece, the rear having a back and walls while the front has a bezel and walls. The walls telescope together and ratchets and pawls hold the set position. Removable tabs in the frame can be broken out or retained to position the magazine within the frame for the desired aesthetic appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: William R. Dobson
    Inventors: William R. Dobson, Robert L. Browning