公开(公告)号：US20200042085A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-06

申请号：US16049870

申请日：2018-07-31

Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Inventor： Matthew J. Warren ,  Laura F. Storey ,  Dominik Ullmann ,  Fraser I. MacIntosh

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/045

Abstract: An input device for a graphical user interface is provided. The device includes a finger sensor component for attachment to a finger of a user's hand, a touch sensitive elongate member for positioning along the finger, a thumb sensor component attached to a thumb of the user's hand, and a touch sensitive elongate member for positioning along the thumb. The finger and thumb sensors sense an intersection of contact between the two touch sensitive elongate members to define an input of a coordinate in a two-dimensional plane of a graphical user interface as defined by the lengths of the elongate members providing axis dimensions. The device also includes a pressure sensitive to sense a discrete input event by increased pressure at the intersection of contact of the two touch sensitive elongate members. The device communicates sensed inputs to a remote graphical user interface.

公开(公告)号：US10049554B1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-14

申请号：US15592360

申请日：2017-05-11

Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

Inventor： Dawn N. Ahukanna ,  Fraser I. MacIntosh ,  Laura F. Storey ,  Dominik Ullmann ,  Matthew J. Warren

IPC: G08B21/00 ,  G08B21/18 ,  G01V7/06 ,  G01P15/00 ,  G01D5/12

Abstract: An apparatus for an embedded sensor cable assembly, where a first cable assembly includes a cable portion and a connector portion. The cable portion includes a first embedded sensor and a second embedded sensor, where the first embedded sensor is electrically coupled to the second embedded sensor and where the first embedded sensor and the second embedded sensor is capable of registering orientation measurements. A microcontroller is electrically coupled to the connector portion, first embedded sensor and the second embedded sensor, where the microcontroller is capable of receiving the orientation measurements from the first embedded sensor and the second embedded sensor.

公开(公告)号：US10678331B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-09

申请号：US16049870

申请日：2018-07-31

Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Inventor： Matthew J. Warren ,  Laura F. Storey ,  Dominik Ullmann ,  Fraser I. MacIntosh

IPC: G09G1/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/045 ,  G06F3/038

Abstract: An input device for a graphical user interface is provided. The device includes a finger sensor component for attachment to a finger of a user's hand, a touch sensitive elongate member for positioning along the finger, a thumb sensor component attached to a thumb of the user's hand, and a touch sensitive elongate member for positioning along the thumb. The finger and thumb sensors sense an intersection of contact between the two touch sensitive elongate members to define an input of a coordinate in a two-dimensional plane of a graphical user interface as defined by the lengths of the elongate members providing axis dimensions. The device also includes a pressure sensitive to sense a discrete input event by increased pressure at the intersection of contact of the two touch sensitive elongate members. The device communicates sensed inputs to a remote graphical user interface.

公开(公告)号：US09940814B1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-10

申请号：US15722263

申请日：2017-10-02

Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

Inventor： Dawn N. Ahukanna ,  Fraser I. MacIntosh ,  Laura F. Storey ,  Dominik Ullmann ,  Matthew J. Warren

IPC: G08B21/00 ,  G08B21/18 ,  G01D5/12 ,  G01P15/00 ,  G01V7/06

CPC classification number: G08B21/182 ,  G01D5/12 ,  G01D7/005 ,  G01D21/00 ,  G01P15/00 ,  G01V7/06 ,  G08B5/36 ,  G08B21/02

Abstract: An apparatus for an embedded sensor cable assembly, where a first cable assembly includes a cable portion and a connector portion. The cable portion includes a first embedded sensor and a second embedded sensor, where the first embedded sensor is electrically coupled to the second embedded sensor and where the first embedded sensor and the second embedded sensor is capable of registering orientation measurements. A microcontroller is electrically coupled to the connector portion, first embedded sensor and the second embedded sensor, where the microcontroller is capable of receiving the orientation measurements from the first embedded sensor and the second embedded sensor.