Patents by Inventor Jay Wesley Johnson
Jay Wesley Johnson 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: 10048805Abstract: An apparatus can include a left optical trackpad that, responsive to object sensing, outputs a left optical trackpad signal; a right optical trackpad that, responsive to object sensing, outputs a right optical trackpad signal; assignment circuitry that assigns a status to the optical trackpads that is a right hand dominant status or a left hand dominant status; and control circuitry that outputs one or more commands based at least in part on the status and at least one of the right optical trackpad signal and the left optical trackpad signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Julie Anne Gordon, James S. Rutledge, Bradley Park Strazisar, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jay Wesley Johnson
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Patent number: 9304591Abstract: An apparatus includes sensor circuitry configured to sense spatial phenomena; application circuitry configured to respond to sensation of a spatial phenomenon by the sensor circuitry where a pre-existing relationship exists between the spatial phenomenon and the response of the application circuitry; and regulation circuitry configured to regulate the response of the application circuitry to the spatial phenomenon based at least in part on sensation of a different spatial phenomenon by the sensor circuitry. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2010Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Daryl Cromer, Axel Ramirez Flores, Harriss Christopher Neil Ganey, Jay Wesley Johnson, Howard Locker, Aaron Michael Stewart
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Publication number: 20150370362Abstract: An apparatus can include a left optical trackpad that, responsive to object sensing, outputs a left optical trackpad signal; a right optical trackpad that, responsive to object sensing, outputs a right optical trackpad signal; assignment circuitry that assigns a status to the optical trackpads that is a right hand dominant status or a left hand dominant status; and control circuitry that outputs one or more commands based at least in part on the status and at least one of the right optical trackpad signal and the left optical trackpad signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Julie Anne Morris, James S. Rutledge, Bradley Park Strazisar, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jay Wesley Johnson
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Patent number: 9195276Abstract: Embodiments provisioning various electronic devices with optical user input devices having one or more optical sensors are described. Embodiments broadly contemplate expanding the functionality of current user input devices through use of a variety of optical sensors in a variety of configurations, as described further herein.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2010Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Harriss Christopher Neil Ganey, Yang Jinping, Jay Wesley Johnson, Julie Anne Morris, James Stephen Rutledge, Bradley Park Strazisar
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Patent number: 9122323Abstract: An apparatus includes sensors configured to sense optical information, assignment circuitry configured to assign a dominant status to one of the sensors and a nondominant status to another one of the sensors and control circuitry configured to output one or more commands based on sensed optical information and status. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2010Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Julie Anne Morris, James S. Rutledge, Bradley Park Strazisar, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jay Wesley Johnson
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Publication number: 20120311090Abstract: Described herein are methods, systems, apparatuses and products providing an audio stream generated on a central information handling device from mixing a collection of audio streams captured at external audio capturing devices. An aspect provides for running a host audio aggregation application on an information handling device, the host audio aggregation application being configured to obtain audio transmitted by at least one secondary audio device external to the information handling device; generating at least one central audio stream via the host aggregation application by mixing the audio transmitted by the at least one secondary audio device and obtained by the host audio aggregation application; wherein the host aggregation application is configured to send the at least one central audio stream to one or more audio receivers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Howard Locker, Jay Wesley Johnson, Masayuki Kumagai
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Publication number: 20120113044Abstract: A multi-sensor device includes an optical sensor portion and a capacitive sensor portion where the capacitive sensor portion borders the optical sensor portion. Various other devices, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventors: Bradley Park Strazisar, Julie Anne Morris, James S. Rutledge, Aaron Michael Stewart, Harriss Christopher Neil Ganey, Jay Wesley Johnson
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Publication number: 20120112998Abstract: An apparatus includes sensors configured to sense optical information, assignment circuitry configured to assign a dominant status to one of the sensors and a nondominant status to another one of the sensors and control circuitry configured to output one or more commands based on sensed optical information and status. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventors: Julie Anne Morris, James S. Rutledge, Bradley Park Strazisar, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jay Wesley Johnson
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Publication number: 20120044146Abstract: Embodiments provisioning various electronic devices with optical user input devices having one or more optical sensors are described. Embodiments broadly contemplate expanding the functionality of current user input devices through use of a variety of optical sensors in a variety of configurations, as described further herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2010Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Harriss Christopher Neil Ganey, Yang Jinping, Jay Wesley Johnson, Julie Anne Morris, James Stephen Rutledge, Bradley Park Strazisar
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Publication number: 20120038546Abstract: An apparatus includes sensor circuitry configured to sense spatial phenomena; application circuitry configured to respond to sensation of a spatial phenomenon by the sensor circuitry where a pre-existing relationship exists between the spatial phenomenon and the response of the application circuitry; and regulation circuitry configured to regulate the response of the application circuitry to the spatial phenomenon based at least in part on sensation of a different spatial phenomenon by the sensor circuitry. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Inventors: Daryl Cromer, Axel Ramirez Flores, Harriss Christopher Neil Ganey, Jay Wesley Johnson, Howard Locker, Aaron Michael Stewart
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Publication number: 20120038675Abstract: An apparatus includes a planar display defining an outward pointing normal vector and an inward pointing normal vector; sensor circuitry configured to sense an initial relative position of the planar display and configured to sense a change in relative position of the planar display; and zoom circuitry configured to zoom an image presented on the planar display responsive to a change in relative position of the display sensed by the sensor circuitry where the change in relative position has a vector component along one of the normal vectors. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Inventors: Jay Wesley Johnson, Axel Ramirez Flores, Hariss Christopher Neil Ganey, Howard Locker, Aaron Michael Stewart