Patents and Patent Applications Pending

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#US11468640B2

10-11-2022

Depth plane selection for multi-depth plane display systems by user categorization. Read More

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#US11067805B2

07-20-2021

Systems and methods for operating a display system based on user perceptibility. Read More

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#US20150297190A1

05-25-2021

Device and method of medical imaging. Read More

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#WO2019143844A1

07-25-2019

Eye center of rotation determination, depth plane selection, and render camera positioning in display systems. Read More

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#10048769

8/14/2018

Three-dimensional computer-aided system user interface

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#US9478067B1

10-25-2016

Augmented reality environment with secondary sensory feedback. Read More

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#9038818

5/26/2015

A device and method for sanitary can packaging

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#8973792

03-10-15

Fabric Article Folding Machine and Method, Ted Selker, Gal Rozov.

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#US8994688B2

03-31-2015

Flat panel display with integral touch screen. Read More

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#8957847

2/18/2015

Low Distraction Interfaces. Kenneth Karakotsios, Steven Ka Cheung Moy, Isaac S. Noble, Edwin Joseph Selker.

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#US8942434B1

01-27-2015

Conflict resolution for pupil detection. Read More

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#8917167

12/23/2014

Haptic Device, Ted Selker.

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#US8643680B2

02-04-2014

Gaze-based content display. Read More

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#8594838 B2

11/26/2013:

Vending Machine. Edwin Selker, Connie Dickie, Matthew Hockenberry, Jon Wetzel, Julius Akinyemi

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#8373667 B2

05-06-13

Flat Panel Display with Integral Touch Screen. Edwin J. Selker. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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#8643680 B2

10-11-12

Gaze-based content display. Leo B. Baldwin, Edwin Joseph Selker.

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#13494626

06-12-12

Environmentally Responsive GUI. Edwin J. Selker.

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#13423252

03/18/2012

Slatted Solar Reflector. Edwin J. Selker.

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#13405340

02/26/2012

System and Method for the 3D Display, Viewing and Purchase of Clothing and Accessories. Edwin J. Selker.

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#20110048406

03-03-11

Tracking Solar Panel Mount. James T. Hoffman, Ted Selker

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#13290107

11-06-11

HAPTIC Device. Edwin J. Selker

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#0218381

09-11-08

Occupant Exit Alert System. Ted Selker, Steven Buckley.

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#7100835

09-05-06

Methods and apparatus for wireless RFID cardholder signature and data entry. Edwin Joseph Selker

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#7383911

3/24/2005

Wireless seatbelt buckle switch harvesting energy and method. Steven Yellin Schondorf, Kristin Marie Schondorf, Ted Selker, Scott Howard Gaboury, Thomas Michael McQuade

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#6863220 B2

03-08-05

Manually-operated switch for enabling and disabling an RFID card. Edwin Joseph Selker. (Licensed by Panasonic.)

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#036622

2/26/2004

Apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for displaying information on signs. Semyon Dukach, Matt W. D. Mankins, Leonid Fridman, Salvatore A. D’Agostino, Brad Harkavy, Edwin J. Selker, Edward W. Porter. (Used in Vert products.)

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#6614421

09-02-03

Keyboard having buttons positioned for operation by heel of hand. Edwin Joseph Selker, Barton Allen Smith, Todd Clossen Wyant.

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#06577329

06-10-03

Method and system for relevance feedback through gaze tracking and ticker interfaces. Myron Flickner, David Koons, Qi Lu, Paul Maglio, Carlos Hitoshi Morimoto, Edwin J. Selker.

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#06549933

04/15/2003

Managing, accessing, and retrieving networked information using physical objects associated with the networked Information. Robert Barrett, Paul Maglio, Edwin J. Selker.

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#6549219

04/15/2003

Pie menu graphical user interface. Edwin J. Selker.

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#06522763

02/18/2003

Impactresistant electronic device.

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#0164962

Nov-02

Apparatuses, and computer programs for displaying information on mobile units, with reporting by and control of, such units Matt W. Mankins, Leonid Fridman, Brad Harkavy, Michael Platsidakis, Edwin J. Selker, Adam M. Whiton.

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#06384810

05-07-02

A keyboard with belt clip attachment and height adjustment. Edwin Joseph Selker.

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#06341061

01/22/2002

Standup notebook computer. Christopher Eisbach, Eric Andrew Knopf, Derek Solomon Pai, Ramiro Ramirez, Edwin Joseph Selker, Todd C. Wyant.

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#06297807

10-02-01

Microphone sheath having pointing device and control buttons. Christopher Eisbach, Edwin Joseph Selker.

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#06271834

08-07-01

Integrated pointing device having tactile feedback. Kim Wesley May, Edwin Joseph Selker.

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#06240521

05/29/2001

Sleep mode transition between processors sharing an instruction set and an address space. Ronald Jason Barber, Edwin J. Selker.

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#06229697

05-08-01

Notebook computer having a resilient, portfolio-type case.

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#06195082

02/27/2001

Low-noise circuit board for TrackPoint pointing device. Kim May, Edwin J. Selker, Barton Allen Smith. (Used in TrackPoint products.)

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#06188390

02/13/2001

Keyboard having third button for multimode operation. Edwin J. Selker, Barton Allen Smith, Shumin Zhai. (Used in TrackPoint products, 1998 and newer.)

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#06182098

01/30/2001

Next/current/last ticker graphical presentation method. Edwin J. Selker.

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#06076784

06-06-00

Continuous moving keyboard/wrist rest. Edwin J. Selker.

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#06005209

12/21/1999

Thin keyboard having torsion bar keyswitch hinge members. Winslow Scott Burleson William Marvin Dyer, Christopher Karl Eisbach, Derek Solomon Pai, Edwin J. Selker.

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#05982304

11-09-99

Piezoelectric switch with tactile response. Edwin Joseph Selker, Jonathan Nobel Betts.

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#05973670

10/26/1999

Tactile feedback controller for computer cursor control device. Ronald Jason Barber, Edwin Joseph Selker.

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#05953425

09/14/1999

Personal area network security lock and recharger combination apparatus for equipment access and utilization. Edwin Joseph Selker.

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#05945979

08/31/1999

Combined digital and analog cursor control. Joseph D. Rutledge, Edwin Joseph Selker, John Daniel Upton.

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#05923325

07/13/1999

System and method for enhancing conveyed user information relating to symbols in a graphical user interface. Ronald Jason Barber, Edwin J. Selker.

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#05912659

06/15/1999

Graphics display pointer with integrated selection. Joseph D. Rutledge, Edwin J. Selker. (Used in all Trackpoint TrackPoint devices from 1998 on.)

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#05908467

06-01-99

System and method for displaying file parameters. Robert Carl Barrett, Daniel Clark Kellem, Paul Philip Maglio, Edwin J. Selker.

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#05894282

04/13/1999

Floating triangle analog-to-digital conversion system and method. Jonathan Noble Betts, John Robert Haggis, Edwin J. Selker, Barton Allen Smith. (Used in Philips chips to reduce cost of 16bit A/D conversion.)

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#05874697

02/23/1999

Thin keyboard switch assembly with hinged actuator mechanism. Edwin J. Selker, William Marvin Dyer, Jeffery Daniel Allison.

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#05870082

02-09-99

Pointing device with reciprocating grip cap. Edwin Selker, Barton Smith, Todd Wyant.

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#05867808

02-02-99

Force transducer with screen-printed strain gauges. Edwin J. Selker, Barton A. Smith, Boris Kamentser. (Used in many TrackPoint products.)

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#4780707

10/25/1988

Analog input device for a computer. Edwin J. Selker. (Used in many products.)

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#05798754

08/25/1998

Grip cap for computer control stick. Edwin J. Selker, Kazunori Seki, Michio Suzuki, Kenshin Yonemochi. (Used in all TrackPoint products after 1995.)

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#05793358

08-11-98

Method and means for managing a luminescent laptop keyboard. Dragutin Petkovic, Edwin J. Selker.

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#05777704

07-07-98

Backlighting an LCD-base notebook computer under varying ambient light conditions. Edwin J. Selker.

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#05767840

06/16/1998

Six-degrees-of freedom movement sensor having strain gauge mechanical supports. Edwin J. Selker.

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#05764219

06-09-98

Controller for improved computer pointing devices. Joseph D. Rutledge, Edwin J. Selker

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#05736974

04-07-98

Method and apparatus for improving visibility and select ability of icons. Edwin J. Selker. (Used in OS/2 Smart Guides.)

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#05734835

03/31/1998

Inexpensive World Wide Web terminal appliance using disk synchronized with raster refresh for storage of display pages. Edwin J. Selker.

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#05699534

12/16/1997

Multiple display pointers for computer graphical user interfaces. Ronald Jason Barber, Daniel Alexander Ford, Edwin J. Selker.

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#05699082

12/16/1997

Enhanced program access in a graphical user interface. Ronald Franklin Marks, Edwin J. Selker.

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#05696535

12-09-97

Graphics display pointer with integrated selection. Joseph D. Rutledge, Edwin J. Selker

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#05694123

12-02-97

Keyboard with integrated pointing device and click button with lock down for drag operation in a computer system with a graphical user interface. Edwin Selker, Michio Suzuki, Tomoyuki Yoshiharu, Uchiyama. (Used in ThinkPad 755 and 760 products.)

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#05689246

11/18/1997

Intraoral communication system. Rowan L. Dordick, Edwin J. Selker.

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#05658152

08/19/1997

Three-prong swivel plug. Edwin J. Selker.

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#05586243

12/17/1996

Multiple display pointers for computer graphical user interfaces. Ronald J. Barber, Daniel A. Ford, Edwin J. Selker. Also referred to by some patents as #05777615, 07/07/1998

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#05579033

11/26/1996

Pointing device for retrofitting onto the keyboard of an existing computer system. Joseph D. Rutledge, Edwin J. Selker

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#05570268

10/29/1996

Stowable wrist rest for portable computers. Edwin J. Selker.

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#05565888

10/15/1996

Method and apparatus for improving visibility and selectability of icons. Edwin J. Selker.

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#05544530

08/13/1996

Assembly suitable for life-testing a multi-dimensional force transducer. Charles A. Rudisill, Joseph D. Rutledge, Edwin J. Selker. (Used in manufacture.)

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#05539369

07/23/1996

Multiple-toroid induction device. Edwin J. Selker, Jason M. Jacobs, Robert J. Kelley, Joseph D. Rutledge

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#05521596

05/28/1996

Analog input device located in the primary typing area of a keyboard. Edwin J. Selker, Joseph D. Rutledge. (Used in many TrackPoint products.)

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#05512892

04/30/1996

Hand-held control device. Liam P. Corballis, Joseph D. Rutledge, Edwin J. Selker. Used in FAA demonstration ground traffic control system.

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#05489900

02-06-96

Force-sensitive transducer for use in a computer keyboard. Mathew F. Cali, Jerome J. Cuomo, Donald J. Mikalsan, Joseph D. Rutledge, Edwin J. Selker. (Used in many TrackPoint products.)

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#05423690

06/13/1995

Universal electrical power plug for multination use with self-setting contact pins. Edwin J. Selker. (Convinced ThinkPad to make smaller cords)

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#05349321

09/20/1994

Power cord transformer. Edwin J. Selker. (Convinced ThinkPad to make smaller cords)

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#05274363

12/28/1993

Interactive display system. Edwin J. Selker, Lawrence H. Koved.

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Looking for standup pointing device patent (1984 and in keyboard pointing device 1984)