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Christopher Stoumbos Phones & Addresses
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1836 NW Aspen Ave, Portland, OR 97210 (360) 896-9708
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Kirkland, WA
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14511 28Th St, Vancouver, WA 98683 (360) 896-9708
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Sammamish, WA
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212 7Th Ave, Kirkland, WA 98033 (360) 896-9708
Work
Position:
Construction and Extraction Occupations
Education
Degree:
Graduate or professional degree
Publications
Us Patents
Flexible Hinge And Removable Attachment
View pageUS Patent:
8570725, Oct 29, 2013
Filed:
Oct 12, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/651327
Inventors:
Eric Joseph Wahl - Kirkland WA, US
David C. Vandervoort - Seattle WA, US
Todd David Pleake - Sammamish WA, US
Rob Huala - Bellevue WA, US
Summer L. Schneider - Seattle WA, US
Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin - Seattle WA, US
Matthew David Mickelson - Seattle WA, US
Joel Lawrence Pelley - Bellevue WA, US
Timothy C. Shaw - Sammamish WA, US
Ralf Groene - Kirkland WA, US
Hua Wang - Sammamish WA, US
Christopher Harry Stoumbos - Sammamish WA, US
Karsten Aagaard - Monroe WA, US
David C. Vandervoort - Seattle WA, US
Todd David Pleake - Sammamish WA, US
Rob Huala - Bellevue WA, US
Summer L. Schneider - Seattle WA, US
Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin - Seattle WA, US
Matthew David Mickelson - Seattle WA, US
Joel Lawrence Pelley - Bellevue WA, US
Timothy C. Shaw - Sammamish WA, US
Ralf Groene - Kirkland WA, US
Hua Wang - Sammamish WA, US
Christopher Harry Stoumbos - Sammamish WA, US
Karsten Aagaard - Monroe WA, US
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA
International Classification:
G06F 1/16
US Classification:
36167909, 36167915, 36167917, 36167927, 36167928, 36167929
Abstract:
Flexible hinge and removable attachment techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a flexible hinge is configured to communicatively and physically couple an input device to a computing device and may implement functionality such as a support layer and minimum bend radius. The input device may also include functionality to promote a secure physical connection between the input device and the computing device. One example of this includes use of one or more protrusions that are configured to be removed from respective cavities of the computing device along a particular axis but mechanically bind along other axes. Other techniques include use of a laminate structure to form a connection portion of the input device.
Input Device Securing Techniques
View pageUS Patent:
8610015, Dec 17, 2013
Filed:
Oct 12, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/651304
Inventors:
Timothy C. Shaw - Sammamish WA, US
Rob Huala - Bellevue WA, US
David C. Vandervoort - Seattle WA, US
Matthew David Mickelson - Seattle WA, US
Christopher Harry Stoumbos - Sammamish WA, US
Joel Lawrence Pelley - Bellevue WA, US
Todd David Pleake - Sammamish WA, US
Hua Wang - Sammamish WA, US
Rob Huala - Bellevue WA, US
David C. Vandervoort - Seattle WA, US
Matthew David Mickelson - Seattle WA, US
Christopher Harry Stoumbos - Sammamish WA, US
Joel Lawrence Pelley - Bellevue WA, US
Todd David Pleake - Sammamish WA, US
Hua Wang - Sammamish WA, US
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA
International Classification:
H01H 1/10
US Classification:
200515
Abstract:
Input device adhesive techniques are described. A pressure sensitive key includes a sensor substrate having one or more conductors, a spacer layer, and a flexible contact layer. The spacer layer is disposed proximal to the sensor substrate and has at least one opening. The flexible contact layer is spaced apart from the sensor substrate by the spacer layer and configured to flex through the opening in response to an applied pressure to initiate an input. The flexible contact layer is secured to the spacer layer such that at first edge, the flexible contact layer is secured to the spacer layer at an approximate midpoint of the first edge and is not secured to the spacer along another portion of the first edge and at a second edge, the flexible contact layer is not secured to the spacer layer along an approximate midpoint of the second edge.
Pressure Sensitive Key Normalization
View pageUS Patent:
8646999, Feb 11, 2014
Filed:
Oct 15, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/651871
Inventors:
Jim Tom Belesiu - Mill Creek WA, US
Paul Henry Dietz - Redmond WA, US
Christopher Harry Stoumbos - Sammamish WA, US
Dennis J. Mathias - Kenmore WA, US
Paul Henry Dietz - Redmond WA, US
Christopher Harry Stoumbos - Sammamish WA, US
Dennis J. Mathias - Kenmore WA, US
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA
International Classification:
G06F 3/02
H01H 13/14
H01H 13/70
H01H 13/14
H01H 13/70
US Classification:
400490, 400472, 200212
Abstract:
Pressure sensitive key techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a device includes at least one pressure sensitive key having a flexible contact layer spaced apart from a sensor substrate by a spacer layer, the flexible contact layer configured to flex responsive to pressure to contact the sensor substrate to initiate an input, for a computing device, associated with the pressure sensitive key. At least one of the flexible contact layer or the sensor substrate are configured to at least partially normalize an output resulting from pressure applied at a first location of the flexible contact layer with an output resulting from pressure applied at a second location of the flexible contact layer that has lesser flexibility than the first location.
Disambiguating Intentional And Incidental Contact And Motion In Multi-Touch Pointing Devices
View pageUS Patent:
20120293420, Nov 22, 2012
Filed:
May 18, 2011
Appl. No.:
13/110013
Inventors:
Christopher Stoumbos - Sammamish WA, US
John Miller - Redmond WA, US
Robert Young - Kirkland WA, US
Hrvoje Benko - Seattle WA, US
David Perek - Redmond WA, US
Peter Ansell - Watford, GB
Oyvind Haehre - Loveland CO, US
John Miller - Redmond WA, US
Robert Young - Kirkland WA, US
Hrvoje Benko - Seattle WA, US
David Perek - Redmond WA, US
Peter Ansell - Watford, GB
Oyvind Haehre - Loveland CO, US
Assignee:
MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA
International Classification:
G06F 3/041
US Classification:
345173
Abstract:
An input device has both a touch sensor and a position sensor. A computer using data from the input device uses the relative motion of a contact on a touch sensor with respect to motion from a position detector to disambiguate intentional from incidental motion. The input device provides synchronized position sensor and touch sensor data to the computer to permit processing the relative motion and performing other computations on both position sensor and touch sensor data. The input device can encode the magnitude and direction of motion of the position sensor and combines it with the touch sensor data from the same time frame, and output the synchronized data to the computer.
Input Device Manufacture
View pageUS Patent:
20130227836, Sep 5, 2013
Filed:
Aug 27, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/595700
Inventors:
Matthew David Mickelson - Seattle WA, US
Joel Lawrence Pelley - Bellevue WA, US
Amey M. Teredesai - Redmond WA, US
Timothy C. Shaw - Sammamish WA, US
Christopher Strickland Beall - Woodinville WA, US
Christopher Harry Stoumbos - Sammamish WA, US
Joel Lawrence Pelley - Bellevue WA, US
Amey M. Teredesai - Redmond WA, US
Timothy C. Shaw - Sammamish WA, US
Christopher Strickland Beall - Woodinville WA, US
Christopher Harry Stoumbos - Sammamish WA, US
International Classification:
H01H 11/00
US Classification:
29622
Abstract:
Input device manufacture techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a plurality of layers of a key assembly is positioned in a fixture such that one or more projections of the fixture are disposed through one or more openings in each of the one or more layers. The positioned plurality of layers is secured to each other.
Force Concentrator
View pageUS Patent:
20130228433, Sep 5, 2013
Filed:
May 10, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/468949
Inventors:
Timothy C. Shaw - Sammamish WA, US
Jim Tom Belesiu - Mill Creek WA, US
Sharon Drasnin - Seattle WA, US
Christopher Harry Stoumbos - Sammamish WA, US
Paul Henry Dietz - Redmond WA, US
Dennis J. Mathias - Kenmore WA, US
Rob Huala - Bellevue WA, US
Jim Tom Belesiu - Mill Creek WA, US
Sharon Drasnin - Seattle WA, US
Christopher Harry Stoumbos - Sammamish WA, US
Paul Henry Dietz - Redmond WA, US
Dennis J. Mathias - Kenmore WA, US
Rob Huala - Bellevue WA, US
International Classification:
H01H 1/12
H01H 13/76
H01H 13/76
US Classification:
200 5 A, 200238
Abstract:
Force concentrator techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a pressure sensitive key includes a sensor substrate having a plurality of conductors, a flexible contact layer spaced apart from the sensor substrate and configured to flex to contact the sensor substrate to initiate an input; and a force concentrator layer disposed proximal to the flexible contact layer on a side opposite the sensor substrate. The force concentrator layer has a pad disposed thereon that is configured to cause pressure applied to the force concentrator layer to be channeled through the pad to cause the flexible contact layer to contact the sensor substrate to initiate the input.
Sensor Stack Venting
View pageUS Patent:
20130228435, Sep 5, 2013
Filed:
Oct 16, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/653184
Inventors:
Timothy C. Shaw - Sammamish WA, US
David C. Vandervoort - Seattle WA, US
Todd David Pleake - Sammamish WA, US
Rob Huala - Bellevue WA, US
Matthew David Mickelson - Seattle WA, US
Joel Lawrence Pelley - Bellevue WA, US
Christopher Harry Stoumbos - Sammamish WA, US
Richard Peter Spooner - Seattle WA, US
David C. Vandervoort - Seattle WA, US
Todd David Pleake - Sammamish WA, US
Rob Huala - Bellevue WA, US
Matthew David Mickelson - Seattle WA, US
Joel Lawrence Pelley - Bellevue WA, US
Christopher Harry Stoumbos - Sammamish WA, US
Richard Peter Spooner - Seattle WA, US
Assignee:
MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA
International Classification:
H01H 13/82
H01H 13/88
H01H 13/88
US Classification:
200 5 A, 29428
Abstract:
Sensor stack venting techniques are described. In one or more implementations, one or more vent structures are formed within layers of a pressure sensitive sensor stack for a device. Vent structures including channels, holes, slots, and so forth are designed to provide pathways for gas released by feature elements to escape. The pathways may be arranged to convey outgases through the layers to designated escape points in a controlled manner that prevents deformities typically caused by trapped gases. The escape points in some layers enable at least some other layers to be edge-sealed. Pathways may then be formed to convey gas from the edge-sealed layer(s) to an edge vented layer(s) having one or more escape points, such that feature elements in the edge-sealed layer(s) remain protected from contaminants.
Pressure Sensitive Keys
View pageUS Patent:
20130229350, Sep 5, 2013
Filed:
May 10, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/468882
Inventors:
Timothy C. Shaw - Sammamish WA, US
Jim Tom Belesiu - Mill Creek WA, US
Paul Henry Dietz - Redmond WA, US
Christopher Harry Stoumbos - Sammamish WA, US
Dennis J. Mathias - Kenmore WA, US
Jim Tom Belesiu - Mill Creek WA, US
Paul Henry Dietz - Redmond WA, US
Christopher Harry Stoumbos - Sammamish WA, US
Dennis J. Mathias - Kenmore WA, US
International Classification:
G06F 3/02
H01H 1/00
H01H 1/00
US Classification:
345168, 200245
Abstract:
Pressure sensitive key techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a device includes at least one pressure sensitive key having a flexible contact layer spaced apart from a sensor substrate by a spacer layer, the flexible contact layer configured to flex responsive to pressure to contact the sensor substrate to initiate an input, for a computing device, associated with the pressure sensitive key. At least one of the flexible contact layer or the sensor substrate are configured to at least partially normalize an output resulting from pressure applied at a first location of the flexible contact layer with an output resulting from pressure applied at a second location of the flexible contact layer that has lesser flexibility than the first location.