Inventor
ELIAS JOHN G
US47 patents
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APPLE INC
18 patentsUS8384675B2Feb 26, 2013
User interface gestures
APPLE INC58 citations99
US7812828B2Oct 12, 2010
Ellipse fitting for multi-touch surfaces
APPLE INC210 citations99
US7782307B2Aug 24, 2010
Maintaining activity after contact liftoff or touchdown
APPLE INC128 citations99
US7764274B2Jul 27, 2010
Capacitive sensing arrangement
APPLE INC91 citations99
US7705830B2Apr 27, 2010
System and method for packing multitouch gestures onto a hand
APPLE INC275 citations99
US7656394B2Feb 2, 2010
User interface gestures
APPLE INC87 citations99
US7619618B2Nov 17, 2009
Identifying contacts on a touch surface
APPLE INC108 citations99
US7339580B2Mar 4, 2008
Method and apparatus for integrating manual input
APPLE INC522 citations99
US9098142B2Aug 4, 2015
Sensor arrangement for use with a touch sensor that identifies hand parts
APPLE INC24 citations96
US8665240B2Mar 4, 2014
Degree of freedom extraction from multiple contacts
APPLE INC25 citations96
US11009949B1May 18, 2021
Segmented force sensors for wearable devices
APPLE INC13 citations84
US9891738B2Feb 13, 2018
Ultrasound-based force sensing of inputs
APPLE INC12 citations84
US9772721B2Sep 26, 2017
Ultrasound-based force sensing and touch sensing
APPLE INC6 citations84
US10890952B2Jan 12, 2021
Cover for electronic device
APPLE INC0 citations63
US10635217B2Apr 28, 2020
Ultrasound-based force sensing of inputs
APPLE INC1 citations63
US11860246B1Jan 2, 2024
Short-range position tracking using stationary magnetic field gradient
APPLE INC1 citations62
US10139868B2Nov 27, 2018
Cover for electronic device
APPLE INC0 citations52
US10013118B2Jul 3, 2018
Ultrasound-based force sensing and touch sensing
APPLE INC1 citations52
WESTERMAN WAYNE
14 patentsUS8633898B2Jan 21, 2014
Sensor arrangement for use with a touch sensor that identifies hand parts
WESTERMAN WAYNE52 citations99
US9342180B2May 17, 2016
Contact tracking and identification module for touch sensing
WESTERMAN WAYNE13 citations96
US8866752B2Oct 21, 2014
Contact tracking and identification module for touch sensing
WESTERMAN WAYNE21 citations96
US8736555B2May 27, 2014
Touch sensing through hand dissection
WESTERMAN WAYNE24 citations96
US8730177B2May 20, 2014
Contact tracking and identification module for touch sensing
WESTERMAN WAYNE26 citations96
US8698755B2Apr 15, 2014
Touch sensor contact information
WESTERMAN WAYNE22 citations96
US8629840B2Jan 14, 2014
Touch sensing architecture
WESTERMAN WAYNE25 citations96
US8576177B2Nov 5, 2013
Typing with a touch sensor
WESTERMAN WAYNE25 citations96
US9804701B2Oct 31, 2017
Contact tracking and identification module for touch sensing
WESTERMAN WAYNE4 citations92
US9448658B2Sep 20, 2016
Resting contacts
WESTERMAN WAYNE5 citations92
US9383855B2Jul 5, 2016
Identifying contacts on a touch surface
WESTERMAN WAYNE11 citations92
US9348452B2May 24, 2016
Writing using a touch sensor
WESTERMAN WAYNE8 citations92
US9329717B2May 3, 2016
Touch sensing with mobile sensors
WESTERMAN WAYNE11 citations92
US9626032B2Apr 18, 2017
Sensor arrangement for use with a touch sensor
WESTERMAN WAYNE2 citations84
WESTERMAN WAYNE CARL
6 patentsUS8674943B2Mar 18, 2014
Multi-touch hand position offset computation
WESTERMAN WAYNE CARL42 citations99
US8334846B2Dec 18, 2012
Multi-touch contact tracking using predicted paths
WESTERMAN WAYNE CARL47 citations99
US8330727B2Dec 11, 2012
Generating control signals from multiple contacts
WESTERMAN WAYNE CARL48 citations99
US8314775B2Nov 20, 2012
Multi-touch touch surface
WESTERMAN WAYNE CARL120 citations99
US7030861B1Apr 18, 2006
System and method for packing multi-touch gestures onto a hand
WESTERMAN WAYNE CARL1,004 citations99
US8514183B2Aug 20, 2013
Degree of freedom extraction from multiple contacts
WESTERMAN WAYNE CARL31 citations96
DU PONT
4 patentsUS4744076AMay 10, 1988
Bus structure having constant electrical characteristics
DU PONT21 citations82
US4618937AOct 21, 1986
Spot quantitation
DU PONT9 citations73
US4638456AJan 20, 1987
Spot quantitation
DU PONT10 citations66
US4814606AMar 21, 1989
Photodetector assembly for a laser scanning apparatus
DU PONT6 citations62