Brian Land

Brian Richards Land is a senior manager of sensing hardware at Apple Inc.

Background
Land previously worked at Gyration Inc. A patent filed on January 24, 1996 was granted on December 16, 1997 for methods of assembly and operation of a vibratory rate.

Apple
Land became a DEST (distinguished engineer, scientist or technologist) at Apple, with patents for touchscreen technology dating back to 2006. One filing from January 3, 2007 covers the storing of sensor values so that baseline calibration is not corrupted by the detection of fingers or other objects during bootup. His more recent work includes proximity sensors with adjustment for detected ambient light and temperature conditions.