Guy J Verrier

51573849, Oct 20, 1992

Apr 28, 1989

7/344879

Evon C. Greanias - Chevy Chase MD
Guy F. Verrier - Reston VA
Gordon W. Arbeitman - Gaithersburg MD
Alan R. Tannenbaum - Washington Grove MD
Yu L. An - Vienna VA

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G09G 500

340706

An advanced user interface for use with a computer system operating on an integrated operating environment. The integrated operating environment allows a plurality of application programs to be running simultaneously, one of which is designated the active application program to which all input data is directed. The advanced user interface allows a user to select among user-friendly input devices to operate any application program according to his individual preferences without change to the application program code. The advanced user interface includes alternate input modules which translate the input signals transmitted from the various input devices into input messages useable by the rest of the interface. The advanced user interface also includes interface profiles which contain mappings of the input messages against corresponding commands useable by the application programs, the integrated operating environment or other modules of the advanced user interface itself. An environment link module refers to the interface profiles and matches the input message against the corresponding command for the application program active at the time the input signal was transmitted and send the corresponding command to that application program.

55898564, Dec 31, 1996

Dec 30, 1994

8/378306

Frank L. Stein - Vienna VA
Guy F. Verrier - Boca Raton FL

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G09G 500

345173

A system and method are disclosed for dynamically labeling touch sensitive buttons in a digitizing display. The display is partitioned into a main panel display region and a button panel display region. A touch overlay is also partitioned into a main panel touch region and a main panel display region. A button panel driver program defines button touch areas and button display areas enabling the dynamic labeling and relabeling of the touch sensitive buttons and the simultaneous touching of combinations of the buttons with either a touch input or a stylus input to the overlay.

53862198, Jan 31, 1995

Jul 28, 1993

8/097582

Evon C. Greanias - Chevy Chase MD
Guy F. Verrier - Reston VA
Robert L. Donaldson - Annapolis MD

International Business Machines Corp. - Armonk NY

G09G 500

345174

An improved touch overlay for the viewing surface of a display for detecting both finger touch and stylus location is disclosed. An upper and a lower set of transparent conductors are disposed on at least one transparent flexible insulating substrate and are oriented orthogonally with respect to each other. Depending on the orientation of the transparent conductors, top and bottom cover layers may be added to the overlay. The separation between the upper and lower conductors and a separation from the user's finger on the top surface of the overlay from the upper conductors is optimized. To speed finger touch sensing, the ambient capacitance of the overlay is reduced by increasing the separation between the upper and lower conductors layers. For improved operation, the present invention features a separation of at least 3 mils between upper and lower conductors. The separation between the top surface and the upper conductors is held to a minimum consistent with the preservation of integrity of the upper conductors when stylus pressure is applied.

46863320, Aug 11, 1987

Jun 26, 1986

6/878949

Evon C. Greanias - Chevy Chase MD
C. Richard Guarnieri - Somers NY
John J. Seeland - Oakland Park FL
Guy F. Verrier - Reston VA
Robert L. Donaldson - Annapolis MD

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G08C 2100

178 19

A combined finger touch and stylus detection system is disclosed for use on the viewing surface of the visual display device. Transparent conductors arranged in horizontal and vertical grid are supported on a flexible, transparent overlay membrane which is adaptable to a variety of displays. A unique interconnection pattern is provided between the transparent conductors in the array and buses which interconnect the conductors with the supporting electronics, whereby a minimum number of bus wires can be employed to service the array conductors and yet both unique finger touch location sensing and unique stylus location sensing can be accomplished. The system includes a control processor which operates on stored program instructions which, in a first embodiment provides for the alternate detection of either finger touch location or stylus location and, in a second embodiment, provides for the simultaneous detection of both finger touch location and stylus location. The resulting system provides the unique function of combined finger touch and stylus detection, is adaptable to a variety of display surfaces, is provided with a structure which is easily manufacturable, and which has an inherent long-term reliability.

52529517, Oct 12, 1993

Oct 21, 1991

7/779702

Alan R. Tannenbaum - Washington Grove MD
John M. Zetts - Falls Church VA
Yu L. An - Vienna VA
Gordon W. Arbeitman - Gaithersburg MD
Evon C. Greanias - Boca Raton FL
Guy F. Verrier - Reston VA

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G09G 500

345156

An advanced user interface for use with a computer system operating on an integrated operating environment. The integrated operating environment allows a plurality of application programs to be running simultaneously, one of which is designated the active application program to which all input data is directed. The advanced user interface allows a user to select among user-friendly input devices to operate any application program according to his individual preferences without change to the application program code. The advanced user interface includes alternate input modules which translate the input signals transmitted from the various input devices into input messages useable by the rest of the interface. The advanced user interface also includes interface profiles which contain mappings of the input messages against corresponding commands useable by the application programs, the integrated operating environment or other modules of the advanced user interface itself. An environment link module refers to the interface profiles and matches the input message against the corresponding command for the application program active at the time the input signal was transmitted and send the corresponding command to that application program.

54142270, May 9, 1995

Apr 29, 1993

8/055472

Karl D. Schubert - Rockville MD
Guy F. Verrier - Boca Raton FL
Michael Gray - Annapolis MD

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G08C 2100
G09G 302

178 18

An architecture is disclosed for improved tilt detection for a radiative pickup stylus. The architecture includes a contact sensing mechanism and a coaxial conductor assembly which provides both position measurement and tilt sensing measurement features. By using the contact sensor to establish a calibration for the position and tilt detection elements, an improved, highly accurate position and tilt sensing capability is provided for radiative pickup stylus for a digitizing display.