Inventor · Los Gatos, CA, US

Steven P. Hotelling

211Patents
35h-index
195Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 4, 1990 → Apr 24, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8279180B2 Multipoint touch surface controller Physics 1,000 Active
US8031094B2 Touch controller with improved analog front end Physics 817 Active
US7656393B2 Electronic device having display and surrounding touch sensitive bezel for user interface and control Physics 639 Active
US7957762B2 Using ambient light sensor to augment proximity sensor output Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 603 Active
US9201547B2 Wide dynamic range capacitive sensing Physics 357 Active
US5825350A Electronic pointing apparatus and method Physics 306 Expired
US7538760B2 Force imaging input device and system Physics 257 Active
US5138154A Shaft angle encoder with rotating off-axis interference pattern Physics 239 Expired
US5698784A Vibratory rate gyroscope and methods of assembly and operation Physics 223 Expired
US8098233B2 Wide touchpad on a portable computer Physics 158 Active
US7859521B2 Integrated touch screen Physics 155 Active
US7812827B2 Simultaneous sensing arrangement Physics 119 Active
US8125463B2 Multipoint touchscreen Physics 113 Active
US7561146B1 Method and apparatus to reject accidental contact on a touchpad Physics 91 Expired
US8638320B2 Stylus orientation detection Physics 86 Active
US8217913B2 Integrated touch screen Physics 81 Active
US9952095B1 Methods and systems for modulation and demodulation of optical signals Physics 69 Active
US7428142B1 Lid-closed detector Physics 59 Expired
US8537126B2 Integrated touch sensitive display gate driver Physics 56 Active
US5594169A Optically sensed wire gyroscope apparatus and system, and methods for manufacture and cursor control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 55 Expired
US7834855B2 Wide touchpad on a portable computer Physics 52 Active
US9047009B2 Electronic device having display and surrounding touch sensitive bezel for user interface and control Physics 51 Active
US10038361B2 Haptic actuator including flexible flexure bearings having a wishbone shape and related methods Electricity 48 Active
US7728823B2 System and method for processing raw data of track pad device Physics 48 Active
US8593410B2 Touch sensor panel design Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.