Patents by Inventor Alexander A. Miles

Alexander A. Miles has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220026742
    Abstract: A pair of eyeglasses may include one or more adjustable lenses that are each configured to align with a respective one of a user's eyes. The adjustable lenses may each include electrically modulated optical material such as one or more liquid crystal cells. The liquid crystal cells may include arrays of electrodes that extend along one, two, three, four, or more than four directions. Control circuitry may apply control signals to the array of electrodes in each liquid crystal cell to produce a desired phase profile. Each lens may be foveated such that portions of the lens within the user's gaze exhibit a different phase profile than portions of the lens outside of the user's gaze. The control circuitry may adjust the location of the optically distinct area so that it remains aligned with the user's gaze.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick R. Gill, Miikka M. Kangas, Jeffrey G. Koller, Alexander A. Miles, Yu Horie
  • Patent number: 11086143
    Abstract: A pair of eyeglasses may include one or more adjustable lenses that are each configured to align with a respective one of a user's eyes. The adjustable lenses may each include electrically modulated optical material such as one or more liquid crystal cells. The liquid crystal cells may include arrays of electrodes that extend along one, two, three, four, or more than four directions. Control circuitry may apply control signals to the array of electrodes in each liquid crystal cell to produce a desired phase profile. Each lens may be foveated such that portions of the lens within the user's gaze exhibit a different phase profile than portions of the lens outside of the user's gaze. The control circuitry may adjust the location of the optically distinct area so that it remains aligned with the user's gaze.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick R. Gill, Miikka M. Kangas, Jeffrey G. Koller, Alexander A. Miles, Yu Horie
  • Patent number: 10986945
    Abstract: A pillow comprises an outer pillow shell case defining an inner pillow filling cavity for receiving filling material, wherein an internal member is provided inside the inner pillow filling cavity and attached to opposed ends of the outer pillow case shell, the internal member being configured to limit lateral expansion of the outer pillow shell case when the pillow is compressed in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventor: Alexander Miles
  • Publication number: 20200288890
    Abstract: A pillow comprises an outer pillow shell case defining an inner pillow filling cavity for receiving filling material, wherein an internal member is provided inside the inner pillow filling cavity and attached to opposed ends of the outer pillow case shell, the internal member being configured to limit lateral expansion of the outer pillow shell case when the pillow is compressed in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventor: Alexander Miles
  • Patent number: 9866508
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for aggregating and presenting recent activities for online synchronized content management system are disclosed. The system can identify recent events that are associated with a user account in a content management system. The recent events may refer to events or activities that have occurred within a threshold time duration in the past, across one or more client devices that are associated with the user account. The recent events may be about creating, modifying, viewing, accessing, renaming, deleting, or sharing of content. The system can aggregate two or more events in those recent events into one aggregated event when they meet a criterion, such as folder location similarity, time proximity, file type similarity, file name similarity, geographic proximity, user preference, etc. The system can then present the aggregated recent events at one of the client devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Waseem Daher, Alexander Miles, Nathan Borror, David Kjelkerud
  • Publication number: 20160294916
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for aggregating and presenting recent activities for online synchronized content management system are disclosed. The system can identify recent events that are associated with a user account in a content management system. The recent events may refer to events or activities that have occurred within a threshold time duration in the past, across one or more client devices that are associated with the user account. The recent events may be about creating, modifying, viewing, accessing, renaming, deleting, or sharing of content. The system can aggregate two or more events in those recent events into one aggregated event when they meet a criterion, such as folder location similarity, time proximity, file type similarity, file name similarity, geographic proximity, user preference, etc. The system can then present the aggregated recent events at one of the client devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Waseem Daher, Alexander Miles, Nathan Borror, David Kjelkerud