Patents by Inventor Markku SUOMI

Markku SUOMI 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).

  • Floor and air cleaning systems and related methods
    Patent number: 11793379
    Abstract: An autonomous cleaning robot includes a drive system to move the autonomous cleaning robot about a floor surface in a space, a cleaning system to clean a floor surface in the space as the drive system moves the autonomous cleaning robot about the floor surface, and a controller configured to execute instructions to perform one or more operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher V. Jones, Markku Suomi
  • FLOOR AND AIR CLEANING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20220304529
    Abstract: An autonomous cleaning robot includes a drive system to move the autonomous cleaning robot about a floor surface in a space, a cleaning system to clean a floor surface in the space as the drive system moves the autonomous cleaning robot about the floor surface, and a controller configured to execute instructions to perform one or more operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher V. Jones, Markku Suomi
  • Use of a network address by a network accessory
    Patent number: 11218441
    Abstract: In some examples, a network accessory includes a computing device interface to communicate with a computing device that is separate from the network accessory, a network interface to communicate over a network, and a processor to access a first network address of the computing device and to use the first network address of the computing device to communicate information of the computing device over the network with a network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Isaac Lagnado, Chunghwa Wu, Stephen Doddridge, Markku Suomi, Aaron J. Slessinger, Thomas W. Dukes, Brett Bernard Faulk
  • Interposers with alignment guides
    Patent number: 10938150
    Abstract: An interposer may include a plurality of magnetic plates disposed in the interposer. The interposer may further include contact pins disposed on an exterior portion of the interposer and alignment guides disposed on the exterior portion of the interposer. In an example, the contact pins may provide a serial bus connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Timothy J Sutherland, Markku Suomi
  • USE OF A NETWORK ADDRESS BY A NETWORK ACCESSORY
    Publication number: 20210051131
    Abstract: In some examples, a network accessory includes a computing device interface to communicate with a computing device that is separate from the network accessory, a network interface to communicate over a network, and a processor to access a first network address of the computing device and to use the first network address of the computing device to communicate information of the computing device over the network with a network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Isaac Lagnado, Chunghwa Wu, Stephen Doddridge, Markku Suomi, Aaron J. Slessinger, Thomas W. Dukes, Brett Bernard Faulk
  • Use of a network address by a network accessory
    Patent number: 10862861
    Abstract: In some examples, a network accessory includes a computing device interface to communicate with a computing device that is separate from the network accessory, a network interface to communicate over a network, and a processor to access a first network address of the computing device and to use the first network address of the computing device to communicate information of the computing device over the network with a network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Isaac Lagnado, Chunghwa Wu, Stephen Doddridge, Markku Suomi, Aaron J. Slessinger, Thomas W. Dukes, Brett Bernard Faulk
  • USE OF A NETWORK ADDRESS BY A NETWORK ACCESSORY
    Publication number: 20180227265
    Abstract: In some examples, a network accessory includes a computing device interface to communicate with a computing device that is separate from the network accessory, a network interface to communicate over a network, and a processor to access a first network address of the computing device and to use the first network address of the computing device to communicate information of the computing device over the network with a network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Isaac LAGNADO, Chunghwa WU, Stephen DODDRIDGE, Markku SUOMI, Aaron J. SLESSINGER, Thomas W. DUKES, Brett Bernard FAULK