Category:Patrick Troy Gray of Cedar Park TX (US)

Patrick Troy Gray of Cedar Park TX (US)

Executive Summary

Patrick Troy Gray of Cedar Park TX (US) is an inventor who has filed 13 patents. Their primary areas of innovation include {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes} (6 patents), {Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving (Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally (4 patents), {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} (3 patents), and they have worked with companies such as SigmaSense, LLC. (9 patents), SIGMASENSE, LLC. (4 patents). Their most frequent collaborators include (12 collaborations), (11 collaborations), (10 collaborations).

Patent Filing Activity

Technology Areas

List of Technology Areas

• G06F3/0446 ({using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes}): 6 patents
• G06F3/04166 ({Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving (Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally): 4 patents
• G06F3/0412 ({Digitisers structurally integrated in a display}): 3 patents
• G11C16/26 (Sensing or reading circuits; Data output circuits): 2 patents
• G06F2203/04108 (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models): 2 patents
• B60R16/037 (VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR): 2 patents
• G01R31/371 (with remote indication, e.g. on external chargers): 2 patents
• G06F3/0445 ({using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer}): 2 patents
• G06F3/017 ({Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser): 1 patents
• G01R27/16 (MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits): 1 patents
• B60W50/0098 (Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit {, e.g. process diagnostic or vehicle driver interfaces}): 1 patents
• B60N2/002 ({Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon (detection means responsive to presence or absence of children): 1 patents
• B60R21/01532 (including means for detecting the presence or position of passengers, passenger seats or child seats {, and the related safety parameters therefor, e.g. speed or timing of airbag inflation in relation to occupant position or seat belt use}): 1 patents
• B60N2/0244 ({with logic circuits}): 1 patents
• B60N2002/0268 (SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR): 1 patents
• G01R31/367 (Software therefor, e.g. for battery testing using modelling or look-up tables): 1 patents
• G01R31/382 (MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits): 1 patents
• G01R31/392 (MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits): 1 patents
• G06F3/1423 ({controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display}): 1 patents
• G06F21/31 (User authentication): 1 patents
• G06F3/0416 ({Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers}): 1 patents
• G06F3/04883 (for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text): 1 patents
• G01R31/3835 (involving only voltage measurements): 1 patents
• G01R31/3842 (MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits): 1 patents
• H02J7/0047 (Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries): 1 patents
• H02J7/0063 (Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries): 1 patents
• G06F1/1652 ({the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable}): 1 patents
• G06F1/1616 ({with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position}): 1 patents
• G06F1/1643 ({the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration): 1 patents
• G06F1/1647 ({including at least an additional display (): 1 patents
• G06F1/1692 ({the I/O peripheral being a secondary touch screen used as control interface, e.g. virtual buttons or sliders}): 1 patents
• G06F3/0444 ({using a single conductive element covering the whole sensing surface, e.g. by sensing the electrical current flowing at the corners}): 1 patents
• G06F3/04182 (Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means): 1 patents
• G06V40/1306 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING): 1 patents
• G06V40/1365 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING): 1 patents
• G06F3/016 ({Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user}): 1 patents
• G05F1/46 (wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is dc (): 1 patents
• G01D5/14 (MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR): 1 patents
• G06F3/04164 ({Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads}): 1 patents
• G06F3/041662 ({Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving (Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally): 1 patents

Companies

List of Companies

• SigmaSense, LLC.: 9 patents
• SIGMASENSE, LLC.: 4 patents

Collaborators

• Daniel Keith Van Ostrand of Leander TX (US) (12 collaborations)
• Richard Stuart Seger, JR. of Belton TX (US) (11 collaborations)
• Michael Shawn Gray of Elgin TX (US) (10 collaborations)
• Timothy W. Markison of Mesa AZ (US) (5 collaborations)
• Kevin Joseph Derichs of Buda TX (US) (4 collaborations)
• Gerald Dale Morrison of Redmond WA (US) (2 collaborations)
• Phuong Huynh of Fairfax VA (US) (1 collaborations)
• Richard Stuart Seger, Jr. of Belton TX (US) (1 collaborations)
• Michael Frederick David Olley of Scottsdale AZ (US) (1 collaborations)
• Shayne X. Short, Ph.D. of College Station TX (US) (1 collaborations)
• Shayne X. Short of College Station TX (US) (1 collaborations)