Patents by Inventor Andrew David Fernandez
Andrew David Fernandez 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).
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Patent number: 11953755Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein include techniques for maintaining multiple cameras in focus on same objects and/or at same distances. In some examples, a subordinate camera may be configured to focus based on the focus of a primary camera. For instance, a focus relationship between the primary camera and the subordinate camera may be determined. The focus relationship may characterize the trajectory of the lens position of the subordinate camera with respect to the lens position of the primary camera. In various examples, the focus relationship may be updated.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Richard L. Baer, Andrew David Fernandez, Santiago Alban
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Publication number: 20230288664Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein include techniques for maintaining multiple cameras in focus on same objects and/or at same distances. In some examples, a subordinate camera may be configured to focus based on the focus of a primary camera. For instance, a focus relationship between the primary camera and the subordinate camera may be determined. The focus relationship may characterize the trajectory of the lens position of the subordinate camera with respect to the lens position of the primary camera. In various examples, the focus relationship may be updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Richard L. Baer, Andrew David Fernandez, Santiago Alban
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Patent number: 11693209Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein include techniques for maintaining multiple cameras in focus on same objects and/or at same distances. In some examples, a subordinate camera may be configured to focus based on the focus of a primary camera. For instance, a focus relationship between the primary camera and the subordinate camera may be determined. The focus relationship may characterize the trajectory of the lens position of the subordinate camera with respect to the lens position of the primary camera. In various examples, the focus relationship may be updated.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Richard L. Baer, Andrew David Fernandez, Santiago Alban
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Publication number: 20220260806Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein include techniques for maintaining multiple cameras in focus on same objects and/or at same distances. In some examples, a subordinate camera may be configured to focus based on the focus of a primary camera. For instance, a focus relationship between the primary camera and the subordinate camera may be determined. The focus relationship may characterize the trajectory of the lens position of the subordinate camera with respect to the lens position of the primary camera. In various examples, the focus relationship may be updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Richard L. Baer, Andrew David Fernandez, Santiago Alban
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Patent number: 11327273Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein include techniques for maintaining multiple cameras in focus on same objects and/or at same distances. In some examples, a subordinate camera may be configured to focus based on the focus of a primary camera. For instance, a focus relationship between the primary camera and the subordinate camera may be determined. The focus relationship may characterize the trajectory of the lens position of the subordinate camera with respect to the lens position of the primary camera. In various examples, the focus relationship may be updated.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Richard L. Baer, Andrew David Fernandez, Santiago Alban
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Publication number: 20210055506Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein include techniques for maintaining multiple cameras in focus on same objects and/or at same distances. In some examples, a subordinate camera may be configured to focus based on the focus of a primary camera. For instance, a focus relationship between the primary camera and the subordinate camera may be determined. The focus relationship may characterize the trajectory of the lens position of the subordinate camera with respect to the lens position of the primary camera. In various examples, the focus relationship may be updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Richard L. Baer, Andrew David Fernandez, Santiago Alban
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Patent number: 10830990Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein include techniques for maintaining multiple cameras in focus on same objects and/or at same distances. In some examples, a subordinate camera may be configured to focus based on the focus of a primary camera. For instance, a focus relationship between the primary camera and the subordinate camera may be determined. The focus relationship may characterize the trajectory of the lens position of the subordinate camera with respect to the lens position of the primary camera. In various examples, the focus relationship may be updated.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Richard L. Baer, Andrew David Fernandez, Santiago Alban
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Publication number: 20200026030Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein include techniques for maintaining multiple cameras in focus on same objects and/or at same distances. In some examples, a subordinate camera may be configured to focus based on the focus of a primary camera. For instance, a focus relationship between the primary camera and the subordinate camera may be determined. The focus relationship may characterize the trajectory of the lens position of the subordinate camera with respect to the lens position of the primary camera. In various examples, the focus relationship may be updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Richard L. Baer, Andrew David Fernandez, Santiago Alban
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Patent number: 10429608Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein include techniques for maintaining multiple cameras in focus on same objects and/or at same distances. In some examples, a subordinate camera may be configured to focus based on the focus of a primary camera. For instance, a focus relationship between the primary camera and the subordinate camera may be determined. The focus relationship may characterize the trajectory of the lens position of the subordinate camera with respect to the lens position of the primary camera. In various examples, the focus relationship may be updated.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Richard L. Baer, Andrew David Fernandez, Santiago Alban
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Patent number: 9035762Abstract: A method and system for determining a location of a first device that emits a signal: provide at least three sensors separated and spaced apart from each other; at each of the sensors, receive the signal emitted by the first device; determine the received signals for each of the sensors; determine cross-correlations of the received signals for pairs of the sensors; and determine the location of the first device from the magnitudes of the cross-correlations of the received signals.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2008Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Keysight Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Robert Thomas Cutler, Deitrich Werner Vook, Andrew David Fernandez
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Patent number: 8504322Abstract: A system and a method for displaying an emitter location are disclosed. The system includes a plurality of receivers at different locations in a field. Each receiver generates a receiver signal that depends on the magnitude of a signal from the emitter. The system also includes a processor that receives the receiver signal and generates a likelihood map indicative of an approximation of a probability as a function of position in the field of the emitter location. The likelihood map includes a plurality of receiver maps. Each receiver map includes a probability as a function of position in the field of the emitter location based on the signal magnitude for at least one of the receiver signals. Each receiver map may depend on a ratio of the signal magnitudes from a corresponding pair of the receivers, or on one of the signal magnitudes from a corresponding one of the receivers.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2008Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Andrew David Fernandez, David Gines, Robert Thomas Cutler, Dietrich Werner Vook
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Publication number: 20100138184Abstract: A system and a method for displaying an emitter location are disclosed. The system includes a plurality of receivers at different locations in a field. Each receiver generates a receiver signal that depends on the magnitude of a signal from the emitter. The system also includes a processor that receives the receiver signal and generates a likelihood map indicative of an approximation of a probability as a function of position in the field of the emitter location. The likelihood map includes a plurality of receiver maps. Each receiver map includes a probability as a function of position in the field of the emitter location based on the signal magnitude for at least one of the receiver signals. Each receiver map may depend on a ratio of the signal magnitudes from a corresponding pair of the receivers, or on one of the signal magnitudes from a corresponding one of the receivers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2008Publication date: June 3, 2010Inventors: Andrew David Fernandez, David Gines, Robert Thomas Cutler, Dietrich Werner Vook
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Publication number: 20100134309Abstract: A method and system for determining a location of a first device that emits a signal: provide at least three sensors separated and spaced apart from each other; at each of the sensors, receive the signal emitted by the first device; determine the received signals for each of the sensors; determine cross-correlations of the received signals for pairs of the sensors; and determine the location of the first device from the magnitudes of the cross-correlations of the received signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2008Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: AGILENT TECHNOLGIES, INC.Inventors: Robert Thomas Cutler, Deitrich Werner Vook, Andrew David Fernandez