Inventor

HINCKLEY KENNETH P

US132 patents

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HINCKLEY KENNETH P

MICROSOFT CORP

Distributed sensing techniques for mobile devices

Proximity detection using wireless signal strengths

Enhanced scrolling

Automatic scrolling

Capacitance touch slider

Speed-dependent automatic zooming interface

Method and system for accelerated data navigation

Manual controlled scrolling

Automatic scrolling

Capacitance touch slider

Accessing 2D graphic content using axonometric layer views

Recognizing gestures and using gestures for interacting with software applications

Delimiters for selection-action pen gesture phrases

Mobile phone operation based upon context sensing

Method and apparatus using multiple sensors in a device with a display

Manual controlled scrolling

Capacitance touch slider

Capacitance touch slider

Method and apparatus for providing a three-dimensional task gallery computer interface

Method and apparatus for computer input using six degrees of freedom

Method and apparatus for handling dismissed dialogue boxes

Method of interacting with a computer using a proximity sensor in a computer input device

Proximity sensor in a computer input device

Method of interacting with a computer using a proximity sensor in a computer input device

Distributed sensing techniques for mobile devices

Method and apparatus for providing a three-dimensional task gallery computer interface

Method for displaying information responsive to sensing a physical presence proximate to a computer input device

Method and apparatus for supporting two-dimensional windows in a three-dimensional environment

Positional scrolling

Automatic scrolling

Touch-sensitive device for scrolling a document on a display

Smart ring

Extending digital artifacts through an interactive surface

Accelerated data navigation

Accelerated data navigation

HINCKLEY KENNETH P

Multi-screen pinch and expand gestures

Multi-screen hold and drag gesture

Brush, carbon-copy, and fill gestures

Page manipulations using on and off-screen gestures

Multi-screen hold and page-flip gesture

Method and apparatus using multiple sensors in a device with a display

Edge gestures

Radial menus with bezel gestures

Use of bezel as an input mechanism

Off-screen gestures to create on-screen input

Multi-screen synchronous slide gesture

Supplementing a touch input mechanism with fingerprint detection

Throwing gestures for mobile devices

Detecting and responding to unintentional contact with a computing device

GROSSMAN TOVI

Handle flags