Patents by Inventor Joseph Wai

Joseph Wai 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: 20240094610
    Abstract: A plate for an imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Really Right Stuff, LLC
    Inventors: Verent CHAN, Joseph M. JOHNSON, SR., Ricky WAI
  • Publication number: 20240077930
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods associated with selective powering of an electronic display in response to operating conditions, additional data, and/or predicting that the electronic display is not going to be viewed or visible. By selectively enabling the electronic display between power states based on a prediction of when a viewer is expected to view the electronic display, a perceivably always-on electronic display may be provided without the electronic display being always-on, thereby balancing consumer interests with technical requirements of a relatively long battery life and correspondingly low power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph F Alverson, Brad W. Simeral, Daniel J. Drusch, Daniel P. Kumar, Derek J. DiCarlo, Ricky Wai Kit Yuen, Roberto G. Yepez, Shashi K. Dua, Ardra Singh, Gabrielle Andrea Badie Belzberg, Kartik Venkatraman, Gierad Laput, Archana Venkatesh, Jingran Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240077929
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods associated with selective powering of an electronic display in response to sensed data indicating that the electronic display is not visible. By selectively enabling the electronic display between power states based on whether the electronic display is visible, a perceivably always-on electronic display may be provided without the electronic display being always-on, thereby balancing consumer interests with technical requirements of a relatively long battery life and correspondingly low power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph F. Alverson, Brad W. Simeral, Daniel J. Drusch, Daniel P. Kumar, Derek J. DiCarlo, Ricky Wai Kit Yuen, Roberto G. Yepez, Shashi K. Dua, Ardra Singh, Gabrielle Andrea Badie Belzberg, Kartik Venkatraman, Gierad Laput, Archana Venkatesh, Jingran Zhou
  • Patent number: 9442649
    Abstract: An object is zoomed upon selection. A scaling factor is calculated for zooming the object based on current viewing properties of a document and properties of the object as well as the current size of the application window and device. The scaling factor to zoom the object is calculated such that after the object is zoomed, viewing the object is similar to a viewing experience for the rest of the document. Text of the document may be displayed to increase the readability of the document. For example, the text may be displayed such that each line of displayed text averages out to a predetermined number of characters (e.g. 50-75 characters) per line. A display size and width of an average character are determined and used to calculate how many columns of text to display within the display. When the zoom level of the text changes, the text is redisplayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Tristan Davis, Ali Taleghani, Joseph Wai-Yan Woo, Edgar Mark Sunderland, Jessica Arwen Best, Michelle E. Lisse, Israel Amir Garza Santos
  • Patent number: 9292360
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for cross-platform application programming interfaces for applications. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, the cross-platform APIs support interoperability and extensibility with various application programs using a single language and/or set of APIs. Extensions authored for a particular application program may be used with other application programs that expose the same or a similar set of APIs, even if other object models or APIs associated with the application programs differ from one another. Thus, the APIs support cross-platform, cross-device, and cross-version compatibility of extensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Juan Gabriel Balmori Labra, Mark Brewster, Zhenyu Tang, Rolando Jimenez-Salgado, Lawrence Fubini Waldman, Joseph Wai-Yan Woo, Shahar Prish, Keyur Patel, Andrew Salamatov, David Claux, Jason Todd Henderson
  • Publication number: 20140344838
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for cross-platform application programming interfaces for applications. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, the cross-platform APIs support interoperability and extensibility with various application programs using a single language and/or set of APIs. Extensions authored for a particular application program may be used with other application programs that expose the same or a similar set of APIs, even if other object models or APIs associated with the application programs differ from one another. Thus, the APIs support cross-platform, cross-device, and cross-version compatibility of extensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Juan Gabriel Balmori Labra, Mark Brewster, Zhenyu Tang, Rolando Jimenez-Salgado, Lawrence Fubini Waldman, Joseph Wai-Yan Woo, Shahar Prish, Keyur Patel, Andrew Salamatov, David Claux, Jason Todd Henderson
  • Patent number: 8881179
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for cross-platform application programming interfaces for applications. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, the cross-platform APIs support interoperability and extensibility with various application programs using a single language and/or set of APIs. Extensions authored for a particular application program may be used with other application programs that expose the same or a similar set of APIs, even if other object models or APIs associated with the application programs differ from one another. Thus, the APIs support cross-platform, cross-device, and cross-version compatibility of extensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Juan Gabriel Balmori Labra, Mark Brewster, Zhenyu Tang, Rolando Jimenez-Salgado, Lawrence Fubini Waldman, Joseph Wai-Yan Woo, Shahar Prish, Keyur Patel, Andrew Salamatov, David Claux, Jason Todd Henderson
  • Publication number: 20130125145
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for cross-platform application programming interfaces for applications. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, the cross-platform APIs support interoperability and extensibility with various application programs using a single language and/or set of APIs. Extensions authored for a particular application program may be used with other application programs that expose the same or a similar set of APIs, even if other object models or APIs associated with the application programs differ from one another. Thus, the APIs support cross-platform, cross-device, and cross-version compatibility of extensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juan Gabriel Balmori Labra, Mark Brewster, Zhenyu Tang, Rolando Jimenez-Salgado, Lawrence Fubini Waldman, Joseph Wai-Yan Woo, Shahar Prish, Keyur Patel, Andrew Salamatov, David Claux, Jason Todd Henderson
  • Publication number: 20130111332
    Abstract: An object is zoomed upon selection. A scaling factor is calculated for zooming the object based on current viewing properties of a document and properties of the object as well as the current size of the application window and device. The scaling factor to zoom the object is calculated such that after the object is zoomed, viewing the object is similar to a viewing experience for the rest of the document. Text of the document may be displayed to increase the readability of the document. For example, the text may be displayed such that each line of displayed text averages out to a predetermined number of characters (e.g. 50-75 characters) per line. A display size and width of an average character are determined and used to calculate how many columns of text to display within the display. When the zoom level of the text changes, the text is redisplayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tristan Davis, Ali Taleghani, Joseph Wai-Yan Woo, Edgar Mark Sunderland, Jessica Arwen Best, Michelle E. Lisse, Israel Amir Garza Santos
  • Patent number: 6870976
    Abstract: A multiplexer/demultiplexer optical system component that is passively aligned upon assembly is disclosed. The optical system includes a lens block and a mirror-filter block. In some embodiments, optical filters are positioned and epoxyed to the mirror-filter block using a positioning tool. In some embodiments, optical filters are positioned and epoxyed on a support structure which has been etched to receive the optical filters. The mirror-filter block is a block having flat surfaces, one of which is a flat reflecting surface. The lens block is formed by injection molding and includes a barrel for holding and positioning an optical fiber, placement for a collimating lens, and placements for focusing lenses such that, when assembled, light incident on each of the focusing lenses propagates along the optical axis of the focusing lens. In some embodiments, the collimating lens and the focusing lenses are integrally formed with the lens block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Opnext, Inc.
    Inventors: Yeou-Yen Chen, Joseph Vanniasinkam, Jon Meyer, Chris Carroll, Joseph Wai, Christopher Viray, Bill Reysen, Bor-Long Twu