Adaptable User Interface and Mechanism for a Portable Electronic Device

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20080204418A1
SERIAL NO

11679228

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

A multimodal electronic device (100) includes a shutter enabled dynamic keypad for presenting one of a plurality of keypad configurations to a user. Each keypad configuration, which is presented by an optical shutter (204) that opens or closes windows or shutters that are geometrically configured as alphanumeric or device keys or symbols. Each keypad configuration, in one embodiment, is limited to those needed for the particular mode of operation of the device (100). The optical shutter (204) is a low-resolution display that presents user actuation targets to a user in a low-resolution key area. As each mode of the device changes, the corresponding keypad configuration presented changes accordingly.

Loading the Abstract Image... loading....

First Claim

See full text

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddress
GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043

International Classification(s)

  • [Classification Symbol]
  • [Patents Count]

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Baciu, Paul N Mundelein, IL 3 78
Cranfill, David B Antioch, IL 18 650
Cybart, Adam McHenry, IL 15 544
Daverman, RDodge D Chicago, IL 1 28
Emmert, Steve C Crystal Lake, IL 30 754
Foo, Ken K Gurnee, IL 20 594
Zhuang, Zhiming Kildeer, IL 69 941

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation