Patents

I hold 63 granted US patents with over 100 filed, covering touch sensing, haptics, force interaction, and novel input methods.

The patents span my work at Amazon, Touchco, and Sensel and some early work at Microsoft Research.

Some highlights include:

A method to make drag-and-drop more robust via dynamic click and release force
Methods for finger, palm, and stylus classification for palm-rejection and related use-cases
A method for devices to know each-other’s location via WiFi-direct sensor fusion
A method for selective transparency in a head mounted display
Methods for more dynamic e-ink rendering
Methods related to ink annotations in reflowable text

Granted US Patents

Moscovich, T., Rosenberg, I. “Dynamic adjustment of a click threshold corresponding to a force-based tactile sensor,” Patent # 12,265,679. Filed August 2023, granted April 2025.

Rajanna, V., Lochun, D., Rosenberg, I., Moscovich, T. “Simulation of a physical interface utilizing touch tracking, force sensing, and haptic feedback,” Patent # 12,254,135. Filed March 2023, granted March 2025.

Zarraga, J., Grau, A., Haniger, B., Bozarth, B., Miller, B., Rosenberg, I., Thomas, J., Rosenberg, M., Nyboer, P., Martinez, R., Isaacson, S., Oberg, S., Miller, T., Moscovich, T., Yu, Y. “Method and apparatus for variable impedance touch sensor array force aware interaction with handheld display devices,” Patent # 12,056,322. Filed November 2022, granted August 2024.

Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Rajanna, V., Moscovich, T. “System and method for detecting and characterizing touch inputs at a human-computer interface,” Patent # 11,954,285. Filed March 2023, granted April 2024.

Moscovich, T., Rosenberg, I. “Dynamic adjustment of a click threshold corresponding to a force-based tactile sensor,” Patent # 11,747,942. Filed April 2021, granted September 2023.

Grau, A., Haniger, B., Rosenberg, M., Martinez, R., Isaacson, S., Oberg, S., Miller, T., Moscovich, T. “Method and apparatus for automotive variable impedance touch sensor array,” Patent # 11,740,722. Filed May 2022, granted August 2023.

Moscovich, T., Isaacson, S., Li, S. Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Palomino, S. “System and method for calibrating a touch sensor,” Patent # 11,693,520. Filed September 2022, granted July 2023.

Zarraga, J., Grau, A., Haniger, B., Bozarth, B., Miller, B., Rosenberg, I., Thomas, J., Rosenberg, M., Nyboer, P., Martinez, R., Isaacson, S., Oberg, S., Miller, T., Moscovich, T., Yu, Y. “Method and apparatus for variable impedance touch sensor array force aware interaction in large surface devices,” Patent # 11,656,718. Filed April 2021, granted May 2023.

Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Junus, J., Lochun, D., Moscovich, T., Li, S., Grau, A. “Sensor module and method for detecting and characterizing side inputs at devices,” Patent # 11,656,717. Filed April 2022, granted May 2023.

Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Rajanna, V., Moscovich, T. “System and method for detecting and characterizing touch inputs at a human-computer interface,” Patent # 11,635,847. Filed January 2022, granted April 2023.

Zarraga, J., Grau, A., Haniger, B., Bozarth, B., Miller, B., Rosenberg, I., Thomas, J., Rosenberg, M., Nyboer, P., Martinez, R., Isaacson, S., Oberg, S., Miller, T., Moscovich, T., Yu, Y. “Method and apparatus for variable impedance touch sensor array gesture recognition,” Patent # 11,614,820. Filed April 2022, granted March 2023.

Zarraga, J., Grau, A., Haniger, B., Bozarth, B., Miller, B., Rosenberg, I., Thomas, J., Rosenberg, M., Nyboer, P., Martinez, R., Isaacson, S., Oberg, S., Miller, T., Moscovich, T., Yu, Y. “Method and apparatus for variable impedance touch sensor array force aware interaction with handheld display devices,” Patent # 11,513,648. Filed December 2019, granted November 2022.

Moscovich, T., Isaacson, S., Li, S., Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Palomino, S. “System and method for calibrating a touch sensor,” Patent # 11,494,034. Filed December 2021, granted November 2022.

Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Moscovich, T. “System and method for detecting and characterizing inputs on a touch sensor surface,” Patent # 11,460,924. Filed February 2021, granted October 2022.

Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Moscovich, T. “System for detecting and characterizing inputs on a touch sensor,” Patent # 11,435,851. Filed June 2021, granted September 2022.

Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Miller, B., Watson, C., Moscovich, T., Grau, A. “System and method for a touch sensor interfacing a computer system and a user,” Patent # 11,409,388. Filed January 2021, granted August 2022.

Zarraga, J., Grau, A., Haniger, B., Bozarth, B., Miller, B., Rosenberg, I., Thomas, J., Rosenberg, M., Nyboer, P., Martinez, R., Isaacson, S., Oberg, S., Miller, T., Moscovich, T., Yu, Y. “Method and apparatus for variable impedance touch sensor array gesture recognition,” Patent # 11,353,983. Filed December 2020, granted June 2022.

Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Rajanna, V., Moscovich, T. “System and method for detecting and characterizing touch inputs at a human-computer interface,” Patent # 11,334,190. Filed March 2021, granted May 2022.

Moscovich, T., Isaacson, S., Li, S., Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Palomino, S. “System and method for calibrating a touch sensor,” Patent # 11,231,812. Filed March 2021, granted January 2022.

Zarraga, J., Grau, A., Haniger, B., Bozarth, B., Miller, B., Rosenberg, I., Thomas, J., Rosenberg, M., Nyboer, P., Martinez, R., Isaacson, S., Oberg, S., Miller, T., Moscovich, T., Yu, Y. “Method and apparatus for indirect force aware touch control with variable impedance touch sensor arrays,” Patent # 11,194,415. Filed December 2019, granted December 2021.

Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Moscovich, T. “System for detecting and characterizing inputs on a touch sensor,” Patent # 11,073,939. Filed October 2019, granted July 2021.

Moscovich, T., Rosenberg, I. “Dynamic adjustment of a click threshold corresponding to a force-based tactile sensor,” Patent # 11,016,610. Filed April 2020, granted May 2021.

Zarraga, J., Grau, A., Haniger, B., Bozarth, B., Miller, B., Rosenberg, I., Thomas, J., Rosenberg, M., Nyboer, P., Martinez, R., Isaacson, S., Oberg, S., Miller, T., Moscovich, T., Yu, Y. “Method and apparatus for variable impedance touch sensor array force aware interaction in large surface devices,” Patent # 10,990,223. Filed July 2019, granted April 2021.

Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Moscovich, T. “System and method for detecting and characterizing inputs on a touch sensor surface,” Patent # 10,963,059. Filed December 2019, granted March 2021.

Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Miller, B., Watson, C., Moscovich, T., Grau, A. “Human-computer interface system,” Patent # 10,936,112. Filed May 2019, granted March 2021.

Rosenberg, I., Beguin, J., Perlin, K., Moscovich, T. “Gestures and touches on force-sensitive input devices,” Patent # 10,921,920. Filed July 2018, granted February 2021.

Zarraga, J., Grau, A., Haniger, B., Bozarth, B., Miller, B., Rosenberg, I., Thomas, J., Rosenberg, M., Nyboer, P., Martinez, R., Isaacson, S., Oberg, S., Miller, T., Moscovich, T., Yu, Y. “Method and apparatus for variable impedance touch sensor arrays in non-planar controls,” Patent # 10,891,050. Filed September 2019, granted January 2021.

Zarraga, J., Grau, A., Haniger, B., Bozarth, B., Miller, B., Rosenberg, I., Thomas, J., Rosenberg, M., Nyboer, P., Martinez, R., Isaacson, S., Oberg, S., Miller, T., Moscovich, T., Yu, Y. “Method and apparatus for variable impedance touch sensor array gesture recognition,” Patent # 10,871,848. Filed April 2019, granted December 2020.

Moscovich, T., Rosenberg, I. “Dynamic adjustment of a click threshold corresponding to a force-based tactile sensor,” Patent # 10,656,763. Filed January 2019, granted May 2020.

Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Moscovich, T. “Method for detecting and characterizing inputs on a touch sensor surface,” Patent # 10,564,839. Filed December 2017, granted February 2020.

Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Moscovich, T. “System for detecting and characterizing inputs on a touch sensor,” Patent # 10,489,004. Filed September 2017, granted November 2019.

Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Moscovich, T. “System for detecting and characterizing inputs on a touch sensor,” Patent # 10,481,747. Filed September 2017, granted November 2019.

Yun, T., Moscovich, T. “Automatic quote generation,” Patent # 10,452,771. Filed February 2016, granted October 2019.

Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Miller, B., Watson, C., Moscovich, T., Grau, A. “Human-computer interface system,” Patent # 10,331,265. Filed March 2017, granted June 2019.

Rosenberg, I., Beguin, J., Perlin, K., Moscovich, T. “Gestures and touches on force-sensitive input devices,” Patent # 10,019,096. Filed January 2016, granted July 2018.

Worley, C., Beguin, J., Moscovich, T. “Straight line gesture recognition and rendering,” Patent # 9,857,909. Filed July 2015, granted January 2018.

Rosenberg, I., Beguin, J., Moscovich, T. “Touch distinction,” Patent # 9,785,272. Filed July 2010, granted October 2017.

Worley, C., Zarraga, J., Doan, O., Moscovich, T. “Controlling display layers of a head-mounted display (HMD) system,” Patent # 9,766,462. Filed October 2015, granted September 2017.

Moscovich, T., Doan, O. “Inter-device bearing estimation based on beamforming and motion data,” Patent # 9,609,468. Filed February 2016, granted March 2017.

Ramani, I., Albanowski, K., Prado, G., Moscovich, T., Pillai, B., Riding, M., Garrido, E., Santoso, A. “Method and device for reducing latency for rendering and displaying stylus strokes,” Patent # 9,529,463. Filed September 2014, granted December 2016.

Bozarth, B., Beguin, J., Puckett, J., Rosenberg, I., Moscovich, T. “Incremental page transitions on electronic paper displays,” Patent # 9,460,667. Filed November 2011, granted October 2016.

Worley, C., Beguin, J., Moscovich, T. “Straight line gesture recognition and rendering,” Patent # 9,373,049. Filed April 2012, granted June 2016.

Moscovich, T., Rosenberg, I. “Rendering pipeline for color electrophoretic displays,” Patent # 9,311,688. Filed May 2012, granted April 2016.

Yun, T., Beguin, J., Gao, S., Moscovich, T., Bozarth, B., Rosenberg, I. “Stylus and electronic display,” Patent # 9,285,903. Filed September 2011, granted March 2016.

Moscovich, T., Bozarth, B., Beguin, J., Rosenberg, I., Yun, T. “Transferring content to a substantially similar location in a virtual notebook using a stylus enabled device,” Patent # 9,256,588. Filed September 2011, granted February 2016.

Yun, T., Moscovich, T. “Automatic quote generation,” Patent # 9,256,889. Filed September 2012, granted February 2016.

Moscovich, T., Doan, O. “Inter-device bearing estimation based on beamforming and motion data,” Patent # 9,253,592. Filed June 2014, granted February 2016.

Rosenberg, I., Beguin, J., Perlin, K., Moscovich, T. “Gestures and touches on force-sensitive input devices,” Patent # 9,244,562. Filed July 2010, granted January 2016.

Rosenberg, I., Beguin, J., Moscovich, T. “Capacitive stylus,” Patent # 9,195,351. Filed March 2012, granted November 2015.

Worley, C., Zarraga, J., Doan, O., Moscovich, T. “Touch control for immersion in a tablet goggles accessory,” Patent # 9,158,115. Filed September 2013, granted October 2015.

Worley, C., Beguin, J., Moscovich, T. “Straight line gesture recognition and rendering,” Patent # 9,098,186. Filed April 2012, granted August 2015.

Moscovich, T., Yun, T. “Synchronizing physical and electronic copies of media using electronic bookmarks,” Patent # 9,049,398. Filed March 2012, granted June 2015.

Rosenberg, I., Beguin, J., Moscovich, T. “Two-sided touch sensor,” Patent # 8,810,524. Filed July 2010, granted August 2014.

Bargeron, D., Moscovich, T., Shilman, M., Wei, Z. “Recognizing, anchoring and reflowing digital ink annotations,” Patent # 8,250,463. Filed May 2007, granted August 2012.

Bargeron, D., Moscovich, T., Shilman, M., Wei, Z. “Digital ink annotation process and system for recognizing, anchoring and reflowing digital ink annotations,” Patent # 7,218,783. Filed June 2003, granted May 2007.

Design Patents

Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Lim, S., Martinez, R., Miller, B., Moscovich, T. “Touch sensor drum keyboard,” Patent # D842,924. Filed January 2017, granted March 2019.

Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Miller, B., Martinez, R., Lim, S., Moscovich, T. “Touch sensor piano keyboard,” Patent # D835,181. Filed August 2016, granted December 2018.

Rosenberg, I., Lim, S., Martinez, R., Miller, B., Moscovich, T. “Touch sensor audio-video keyboard,” Patent # D822,033. Filed April 2017, granted July 2018.

Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Miller, B., Chedid, S., Lim, S., Moscovich, T. “Touch sensor art keyboard,” Patent # D816,081. Filed August 2016, granted April 2018.

Rosenberg, I., Zarraga, J., Miller, B., Lim, S., Moscovich, T. “Touch sensor typewriter keyboard,” Patent # D813,235. Filed August 2016, granted March 2018.