Patents by Inventor Panos Costa Panay

Panos Costa Panay 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: 11284181
    Abstract: An electronic device for charging earphones includes a housing, a processor, a power supply, a wireless communication device, and a hardware storage device in data communication with the processor. The housing is configured to couple with the earphones. The power supply is in electrical communication with the processor and with an electrical contact to provide electrical communication with earphones. The wireless communication device is in data communication with the processor and configured to be in wireless data communication with the earphones. The hardware storage device is in data communication with the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kaitlyn Marley Schoeck, Ralf Groene, Panos Costa Panay, Young Soo Kim, Woo Ram Lee, Juha Eero Olavi Kuosmanen
  • Publication number: 20220030104
    Abstract: Examples that relate to calling on a computing device are disclosed. One example provides a computing device, comprising, a first display a second display, a sensor system a logic subsystem and a storage subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to output, via one or both of the first display and the second display, a notification of an incoming phone call at the computing device, and based on output from the sensor system indicating a relative angle between the first display and the second display being changed to an angle greater than a predetermined angle, answer the incoming phone call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. SCHENONE, Otso Joona Casimir TUOMI, Eduardo SONNINO, Spencer Lee DAVIS, Sergio Eduardo RODRIGUEZ VIRGEN, TJ RHOADES, Panos Costa PANAY
  • Patent number: 11201962
    Abstract: Examples that relate to calling on a computing device are disclosed. One example provides a computing device, comprising, a first display a second display, a sensor system a logic subsystem and a storage subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to output, via one or both of the first display and the second display, a notification of an incoming phone call at the computing device, and based on output from the sensor system indicating a relative angle between the first display and the second display being changed to an angle greater than a predetermined angle, answer the incoming phone call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Schenone, Otso Joona Casimir Tuomi, Eduardo Sonnino, Spencer Lee Davis, Sergio Eduardo Rodriguez Virgen, T J Rhoades, Panos Costa Panay
  • Publication number: 20210337689
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a body panel, a cap layer affixed to the body panel, and a covering enclosing external surfaces of the body panel such that the covering has no visible or tactile seams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Panos Costa PANAY, Young Soo KIM, James Alec ISHIHARA, Timothy ESCOLIN, Byungkwan MIN, Ralf GROENE, Trevor NOAH
  • Publication number: 20210096732
    Abstract: Examples are related to operating a user interface of a dual-screen computing device. One example provides a computing device, comprising a first portion comprising a first display and a first touch sensor, and a second portion comprising a second display and a second touch sensor, the second portion connected to the first via a hinge, the hinge defining a seam between the first display and the second display. The computing device is configured to receive a touch input at the first display moving an application that is currently displayed on the first display and not on the second display toward the second display, detect the touch input releasing the application within a predetermined area, and span the application across the first display and the second display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eduardo SONNINO, Scott D. SCHENONE, Spencer Lee DAVIS, Sergio Eduardo RODRIGUEZ VIRGEN, Otso Joona Casimir TUOMI, TJ RHOADES, Young Soo KIM, Panos Costa PANAY, Trevor Cliff NOAH
  • Publication number: 20210096611
    Abstract: One example provides a computing device including a first portion including a first display, a second portion including a second display and a camera, the second portion connected to the first portion via a hinge, a hinge angle sensing mechanism including one or more sensors, a logic device, and a storage device holding instructions executable by the logic device to execute a camera application and to receive sensor data from the one or more sensors, based at least in part on the sensor data received from the one or more sensors, determine a device pose, output the camera application to the first display when the device pose is indicative of the camera being world-facing, and output the camera application to the second display when the device pose is indicative of the camera being user-facing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. SCHENONE, Otso Joona Casimir TUOMI, Eduardo SONNINO, Spencer Lee DAVIS, Sergio Eduardo RODRIGUEZ VIRGEN, TJ RHOADES, Sean Shiang-Ning WHELAN, Tyler WHITE, Peter Eugene HAMMERQUIST, Panos Costa PANAY
  • Publication number: 20210096715
    Abstract: A hinged mobile computing device may include a first touch screen and a second touch screen. A processor may recognize an engagement action on a virtual object displayed on one of the screens, lift the virtual object, move the virtual object in accordance with a recognized dragging action, and drop the virtual object at a target destination. Dropping the virtual object may insert the virtual object into an application program, share the virtual object to the application program or an operating system, open the virtual object in a new instance of an application program, or pin the virtual object to a predetermined location on one of the screens. In some embodiments, the virtual object may be flicked subsequent to the engagement action to share, open, or pin the virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Woo Ram LEE, Scott D. SCHENONE, Kristine Cherie SULLIVAN, Eduardo SONNINO, Joseph Harold PITT, Panos Costa PANAY, Trevor Cliff NOAH
  • Publication number: 20210099570
    Abstract: Examples that relate to calling on a computing device are disclosed. One example provides a computing device, comprising, a first display a second display, a sensor system a logic subsystem and a storage subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to output, via one or both of the first display and the second display, a notification of an incoming phone call at the computing device, and based on output from the sensor system indicating a relative angle between the first display and the second display being changed to an angle greater than a predetermined angle, answer the incoming phone call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. SCHENONE, Otso Joona Casimir TUOMI, Eduardo SONNINO, Spencer Lee DAVIS, Sergio Eduardo RODRIGUEZ VIRGEN, TJ RHOADES, Panos Costa PANAY
  • Publication number: 20200204898
    Abstract: An electronic device for charging earphones includes a housing, a processor, a power supply, a wireless communication device, and a hardware storage device in data communication with the processor. The housing is configured to couple with the earphones. The power supply is in electrical communication with the processor and with an electrical contact to provide electrical communication with earphones. The wireless communication device is in data communication with the processor and configured to be in wireless data communication with the earphones. The hardware storage device is in data communication with the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Kaitlyn Marley SCHOECK, Ralf GROENE, Panos Costa PANAY, Young Soo KIM, Woo Ram LEE, Juha Eero Olavi KUOSMANEN
  • Patent number: D820251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Hua Wang, Jan Raken, Ralf Groene, Panos Costa Panay, Karsten Aagaard, Casey Cook Zelig
  • Patent number: D820829
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Hua Wang, Jan Raken, Ralf Groene, Panos Costa Panay, Karsten Aagaard, Casey Cook Zelig
  • Patent number: D821387
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Hua Wang, Jan Raken, Ralf Groene, Panos Costa Panay, Karsten Aagaard, Casey Cook Zelig
  • Patent number: D827633
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Hua Wang, Jan Raken, Ralf Groene, Panos Costa Panay
  • Patent number: D941291
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy G. Escolin, Young Soo Kim, Scott Schenone, Panos Costa Panay, Ralf Groene, Brian Min, Ryan Eugene Whitaker