Patents by Inventor John Philip Stoddard

John Philip Stoddard 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).

  • Patent number: 10303259
    Abstract: Various of the disclosed embodiments present depth-based user interaction systems facilitating natural and immersive user interactions. Particularly, various embodiments integrate immersive visual presentations with natural and fluid gesture motions. This integration facilitates more rapid user adoption and more precise user interactions. Some embodiments may take advantage of the particular form factors disclosed herein to accommodate user interactions. For example, dual depth sensor arrangements in a housing atop the interface's display may facilitate depth fields of view accommodating more natural gesture recognition than may be otherwise possible. In some embodiments, these gestures may be organized into a framework for universal control of the interface by the user and for application-specific control of the interface by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: YouSpace, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Brunner, Andrew Emmett Seligman, Hsin-Yi Chien, John Philip Stoddard, Po-Jui Chen, Elon Sharton-Bierig, Sierra Justine Gaston, Vivi Brunner
  • Patent number: 10303417
    Abstract: Various of the disclosed embodiments present depth-based user interaction systems. By anticipating various installation constraints and factors into the interface's design, various of the disclosed embodiments facilitate benefits such as complementary depth fields of view and display orientation flexibility. Some embodiments include a frame housing for the depth sensors. Within the housing, depth sensors may be affixed to a mount, such that each sensor's field of view is at a disparate angle. These disparate angles may facilitate gesture recognitions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible to achieve. When mounted in connection with a modular unit, the housing may provide a versatile means for integrating multiple module units into a composite interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: YouSpace, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Brunner, Hsin-Yi Chien, John Philip Stoddard, Po-Jui Chen, Vivi Brunner
  • Publication number: 20180284901
    Abstract: Various of the disclosed embodiments present depth-based user interaction systems facilitating natural and immersive user interactions. Particularly, various embodiments integrate immersive visual presentations with natural and fluid gesture motions. This integration facilitates more rapid user adoption and more precise user interactions. Some embodiments may take advantage of the particular form factors disclosed herein to accommodate user interactions. For example, dual depth sensor arrangements in a housing atop the interface's display may facilitate depth fields of view accommodating more natural gesture recognition than may be otherwise possible. In some embodiments, these gestures may be organized into a framework for universal control of the interface by the user and for application-specific control of the interface by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Ralph Brunner, Andrew Emmett Seligman, Hsin-Yi Chien, John Philip Stoddard, Po-Jui Chen, Elon Sharton-Bierig, Sierra Justine Gaston, Vivi Brunner
  • Publication number: 20180288894
    Abstract: Various of the disclosed embodiments present depth-based user interaction systems. By anticipating various installation constraints and factors into the interface's design, various of the disclosed embodiments facilitate benefits such as complementary depth fields of view and display orientation flexibility. Some embodiments include a frame housing for the depth sensors. Within the housing, depth sensors may be affixed to a mount, such that each sensor's field of view is at a disparate angle. These disparate angles may facilitate gesture recognitions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible to achieve. When mounted in connection with a modular unit, the housing may provide a versatile means for integrating multiple module units into a composite interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Ralph Brunner, Hsin-Yi Chien, John Philip Stoddard, Po-Jui Chen, Vivi Brunner
  • Publication number: 20100319411
    Abstract: Self-steaming benefit compositions for treating fabrics. The present invention relates to compositions which are both self-steaming and include one or more benefit agents to provide benefits to fabrics. The present invention also relates to a method for treating fabrics utilizing the self-steaming benefit compositions of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Brian Joseph Roselle, Robert Henry Rohrbaugh, Paul Amaat Raymond Gerard France, Vincent York-Leung Wong, Kenneth John Edelman, John Philip Stoddard, Joseph Hei, Samuel B. Truslow, Velma Luisa Velazquez
  • Patent number: 7749401
    Abstract: Self-steaming benefit compositions for treating fabrics are described. The present invention relates to compositions which are both self-steaming and include one or more benefit agents to provide benefits to fabrics. The present invention also relates to a method for treating fabrics utilizing the self-steaming benefit compositions of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian Joseph Roselle, Robert Henry Rohrbaugh, Paul Amaat Raymond Gerard France, Vincent York-Leung Wong, Kenneth John Edelman, Julia Ann Glazer, John Philip Stoddard, Joseph Hei, Samuel B. Truslow, Velma Luisa Velazquez
  • Patent number: 7565715
    Abstract: A cleaning implement is provided for cleaning surfaces with a cleaning substrate. The cleaning implement includes a handle connected via a universal joint to a support head. The support head includes a substantially transparent top piece having a plurality of protruding and recessed region which diffract light to create visible shadow and bright zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Michael Harper, James Edward Poland, Douglas Michael McGahan, Gregory Clegg Spooner, Caroline Marie Flagiello, Margrethe Elizabeth Koshland, Anthony Piazza, John Philip Stoddard, Pontus Kaj Bjorn Wahlgren
  • Patent number: 7264140
    Abstract: A system and method for dispensing pharmaceutical samples is provided. The system comprises a dispenser base, a lid, and a dispensing portion. The dispensing portion further comprises a window, finger cutouts, and a front section of a spring plate. The front section may further comprise curved portions that assist in maintaining a pharmaceutical sample within the pharmaceutical dispenser until a user intentionally removes the pharmaceutical sample. A ramp located substantially adjacent to the spring plate guides the pharmaceutical samples down a loading chamber to the dispensing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Thomas Direct Sales, Inc.
    Inventors: John Philip Stoddard, Michael John Nuttall
  • Patent number: 7239505
    Abstract: An electronic device that has a body portion having an internal track, a display portion having a follower member that runs along the internal track and a support arm pivotally coupled to the body portion and to the display portion and enabling the display portion to move between multiple distinct positions relative to the body portion is described. A tablet personal computer can be converted from the tablet mode to the laptop mode in a direct and efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Leroy B. Keely, John Philip Stoddard, Jon H. LeFors
  • Patent number: D519038
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Thomas Direct Sales, Inc.
    Inventors: John Philip Stoddard, Michael John Nuttall
  • Patent number: D519657
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Thomas Direct Sales, Inc.
    Inventors: John Philip Stoddard, Michael John Nuttall
  • Patent number: D522201
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jennifer Ellen Davis-Wilson, Jerome Joo Ge Goh, Leo Kopelow, Christine Marie Kurjan, Adrian Benton James, John Philip Stoddard, Bryan Thomas White, Jan Hendrik Maria Verbiest
  • Patent number: D532170
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jennifer Ellen Davis-Wilson, Jerome Joo Ge Goh, Leo Kopelow, Christine Marie Kurjan, Adrian Benton James, John Philip Stoddard, Bryan Thomas White, Jan Hendrick Maria Verbiest
  • Patent number: D545019
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Michael Harper, James Edward Poland, John Philip Stoddard, Anthony Piazza, Pontus Kaj Björn Wahlgren
  • Patent number: D555857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Michael Harper, James Edward Poland, John Philip Stoddard, Anthony Piazza, Pontus Kaj Björn Wahlgren
  • Patent number: D564164
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Michael Harper, Leah Mallory Wood, James Edward Poland, Douglas Michael McGahan, Karl Edward Thuemmler, John Philip Stoddard, Caroline Marie Flagiello, Margrethe Elizabeth Koshland, Anthony Piazza, Pontus Kaj Björn Wahlgren, Gregory Clegg Spooner
  • Patent number: D571069
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Michael Harper, James Edward Poland, John Philip Stoddard, Margrethe Elizabeth Koshland, Anthony Piazza, Pontus Kaj Björn Wahlgren, Gregory Clegg Spooner
  • Patent number: D574565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Michael Harper, Jason Patrick Shaw, Lynn Ludwig Lindley, Glenn Allen Bradbury, Leonard Lik-Hang Tse, Patricia Ann Yuellig, John Philip Stoddard, Pontus Kaj Bjorn Wahlgren, Anthony Piazza, Paul Joseph Silberschatz, Margrethe Elizabeth Koshland
  • Patent number: D579615
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Churchill Ames, Brian David Andres, Raymond Charles Bell, Ralf Groene, Shannon Nichole Powers, Jason Patrick Shaw, John Philip Stoddard, Karl Edward Thuemmler
  • Patent number: D711538
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Tria Beauty, Inc.
    Inventors: David Youngquist, John Philip Stoddard, Jay M. Vahlensieck, Juan-Lorenzo G. Rubi, Harvey I-Heng Liu, Tobin Island