Category:Michael Shawn Gray of Elgin TX (US)

Michael Shawn Gray of Elgin TX (US)

Executive Summary

Michael Shawn Gray of Elgin TX (US) is an inventor who has filed 18 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} (9 patents), {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} (5 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 (3 patents), and they have worked with companies such as SigmaSense, LLC. (17 patents), SIGMASENSE, LLC. (1 patents). Their most frequent collaborators include (15 collaborations), (14 collaborations), (14 collaborations).

Patent Filing Activity

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Technology Areas

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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}): 9 patents
• G06F3/0412 ({Digitisers structurally integrated in a display}): 5 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): 3 patents
• G06F3/0416 ({Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers}): 3 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
• G06F3/04182 (Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means): 2 patents
• G06F3/1423 ({controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display}): 2 patents
• G06F3/04883 (for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text): 2 patents
• G06F21/31 (User authentication): 2 patents
• G05F1/46 (wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is dc (): 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
• 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
• H04N25/772 (comprising A/D, V/T, V/F, I/T or I/F converters): 1 patents
• H04N25/63 (applied to dark current): 1 patents
• H04N25/67 (applied to fixed-pattern noise, e.g. non-uniformity of response): 1 patents
• H04N25/778 (comprising amplifiers shared between a plurality of pixels, i.e. at least one part of the amplifier must be on the sensor array itself): 1 patents
• G01D5/20 (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
• G01D5/24 (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
• H03K5/24 (the characteristic being amplitude): 1 patents
• G06F3/041661 ({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
• G01R31/3835 (involving only voltage measurements): 1 patents
• G01R31/371 (with remote indication, e.g. on external chargers): 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
• G06F21/606 (Protecting data): 1 patents
• H04M1/724098 (by interfacing with external accessories (hands-free): 1 patents
• G06F3/0448 ({Details of the electrode shape, e.g. for enhancing the detection of touches, for generating specific electric field shapes, for enhancing display quality}): 1 patents
• G06F3/03545 ({Pens or stylus}): 1 patents
• G06F3/0393 ({Accessories for touch pads or touch screens, e.g. mechanical guides added to touch screens for drawing straight lines, hard keys overlaying touch screens or touch pads}): 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
• G06V40/1306 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING): 1 patents
• G06V40/1365 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING): 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
• G11C16/26 (Sensing or reading circuits; Data output circuits): 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
• G06F3/0445 ({using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer}): 1 patents

Companies

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List of Companies

• SigmaSense, LLC.: 17 patents
• SIGMASENSE, LLC.: 1 patents

Collaborators

• Daniel Keith Van Ostrand of Leander TX (US) (15 collaborations)
• Patrick Troy Gray of Cedar Park TX (US) (14 collaborations)
• Richard Stuart Seger, JR. of Belton TX (US) (14 collaborations)
• Timothy W. Markison of Mesa AZ (US) (7 collaborations)
• Kevin Joseph Derichs of Buda TX (US) (6 collaborations)
• Richard Stuart Seger, Jr. of Belton TX (US) (1 collaborations)
• Hans Howard Eilers of Leander TX (US) (1 collaborations)
• Sarah Marie Derichs of Buda TX (US) (1 collaborations)
• Phuong Huynh of Fairfax VA (US) (1 collaborations)
• Shayne X. Short, Ph.D. of College Station TX (US) (1 collaborations)
• Grant Howard McGibney (1 collaborations)