Logitech Europe S.a.

Welch Allyn, Inc.

Amx Corporation

Mathew Bates

John Moriarty

Alexis Richard

Azmat Ali

Simone Mandelli

Sylvain Sauvage

Malachy Spollen

Stephen Harvey

Mel Reynolds

Simone Chevalley

James Jackson

Denis O'Keeffe

Brian Stephens

Chia Feng Lee

James Lynch

Ronan Carroll

Barbara Glover

Alex Zaliauskas

James Rennick

Benjamin Riot

Marten Helwig

Keith J Tritschler

Niall White

Denis Pavillard

Michael D McAtamney

Aidan Kehoe

Stephen A Montgomery

Eric Hsu

John Skeehan

Pai-Cheng Chu

James J Shortt

Richard Milhe

Paul Krizan

Tarak Fekih

Li-Jen Chien

Shaun Robinson

Ranjit Sidhu

Lai He

Yun Zou

Lloyd Klarke

Desmond Kavanagh

Ben King

Beatrice Santiccioli

Samuel Lising

YingChieh Hung

Linju Tsai

Jose Arcellana

Kevin Forde

David Fleming

Martin Lee

Boualem Sekhri

Audio visual device

Protective cover for a tablet computer

In certain embodiments, a protective cover for an input device includes a housing having an outer portion and an inner portion, with the inner portion including a first end and a second end, and a plurality of keys disposed in an area at the first end of the inner portion of the housing. A holder can be configured to receive and secure an input device with at least a portion of the holder coupled to the second end of the inner portion of the housing. The housing can be configurable in a plurality of positions including a closed configuration, an open configuration, a first active configuration, and a second active configuration. The protective cover can further include a plurality of magnets coupled to the housing and configured to secure the housing in one or more of the closed, open, and active configurations.

Aspects of the invention relate to an apparatus including a housing and a slot disposed in the housing, the slot configured to hold an input device in a plurality of upright configurations including at least a forward-facing upright configuration such that the input device faces the front portion of the housing, and at least a backward-facing upright configuration such that the input device faces the back portion of the housing. The slot can be overmolded with a rubber compound (e.g. silicon-based) and configured to provide an improved coefficient of friction to reduce slippage of the input device when held in the slot. In some aspects, the housing includes a surface, and the overmolded portion of the slot can protrude above the surface of the housing.

Certain embodiments relate to a protective cover with a housing and a latch mechanism. The latch can be hingeably coupled to a back portion of the housing such that the latch is configured to rotate, via the hinge coupling, from a closed position to an open position. The latch can further be slideably coupled to the housing such that the latch is configured to laterally slide out from the back portion of the housing to an extended position, where the bottom side of the latch can be configured to couple to and secure an input device to the surface of the housing.

In certain embodiments, a protective cover includes a housing having a surface, and a latch mechanism hingeably coupled to the housing. The latch can include a top side and a bottom side, the bottom side configured to couple to and secure an input device to the surface of the housing. The latch can be configured to rotate, via the hinge coupling, between a first configuration and second configuration. In the first configuration, the top side of the latch can be flush with the surface of the housing and the bottom side embedded within the housing such that the latch does not protrude from the housing. In the second configuration, the latch can be rotated relative to the first configuration and protrude from the housing. The latch can be operable to be rotated open from the first configuration to the second configuration via the hinge coupling.

Protective folio for an input device

Folio tablet case

A system and method for an easy to use and intuitive user interface on a remote control. In one embodiment, a touch sensitive area is extended beyond a screen. In one embodiment, soft buttons lie partially on the screen and partially off it (on the extended touch-sensitive area). This allows for an increased input area for the user, without the increase in cost associated with a larger screen. Moreover, this allows for a smooth, flat, and sleek upper surface of the remote control. In one embodiment, a remote control provides different user experiences based upon the context of use of the remote control. For instance, the color of the screen as well as the color of backlighting for certain buttons is dependent upon what mode the remote control is in.

Easy to use and intuitive user interface for a remote control

A remote control includes a screen configured to display a plurality of soft buttons in a first order. The remote control further includes a memory configured to store use information for the plurality of soft buttons. The use information includes a number of button presses for each of the plurality of soft buttons. The remote control further includes a processor configured to determine whether one of the plurality of soft buttons is pressed a great number of times than a second of the plurality of soft buttons, and to change the display of the plurality of soft buttons to a second order where the one of the plurality of soft buttons is displayed in the second order at a higher position than in the first order.

Convenient and easy to use button layout for a remote control

Growing community of inventors

Blackrock, Ireland

Mathew Bates