Patents by Inventor Virginia Walker Keating

Virginia Walker Keating 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: 9484005
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for trimming content for projection within the bounds of a projection target. The systems and methods trim the content for projection based on one or more characteristics of the projection target, including a shape, outline, and distance to the projection target. Moreover, the systems and methods designate void areas where no content will be projected based on the one or more characteristics, and the void areas will be generated or otherwise projected along with the content so that the content is projected onto the projection target and the void areas are projected outside of the projection target such that the projected content does not significantly spill onto surfaces or objects outside of the projection target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ramin Rezaiifar, Joel Simbulan Bernarte, Niccolo Andrew Padovani, Virginia Walker Keating
  • Patent number: 9436286
    Abstract: An apparatus for data processing, according to one or more aspects of the disclosure, includes a processing system configured to communicate with at least one of a plurality of reference nodes worn on body parts to obtain body positioning data relating to relative position between the body parts, and provide body tracking based on the body positioning data. The body positioning data relates to ranging and/or angular position between each of the reference nodes and a reference plane defined by one or more of the reference nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Niccolo A. Padovani, David Jonathan Julian, Virginia Walker Keating, Rinat Burdo
  • Patent number: 9398443
    Abstract: A method of providing mode changes to wireless devices is provided. The method may include receiving a request from a wireless device to connect with a network device and sending a signal to the wireless device to enter a location defined mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Virginia Walker Keating, Michael Barboni
  • Patent number: 9361730
    Abstract: Method, computer program product, and apparatus for providing interactions of tangible and augmented reality objects are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for use with an augmented reality enabled device (ARD) comprises performing 3-dimensional tracking of one or more objects based at least in part on captured images of the one or more objects, detecting a state change of at least one object of the one or more objects based at least in part on the captured images, and causing an augmentation to be rendered in response to the state change of the at least one object, where a type of the augmentation is based at least in part on the state change of the at least one object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Virginia Walker Keating, Michael Gervautz, Per O. Nielsen
  • Patent number: 9360965
    Abstract: Methods and systems according to one or more embodiments are provided for combining touch inputs and offset non-touch gestures. In an embodiment, a method includes concurrently capturing touch input data on a screen of a user device and non-touch gesture input data, the non-touch gesture input data being indicative of a gesture performed in an area offset from the screen of the user device to inhibit obstruction of a user's view of the screen. The method also includes determining an input command based at least in part on a combination of the concurrently captured touch input data and the non-touch gesture input data. In addition, the method further includes affecting an operation of the user device based on the determined input command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Darrell Krulce, Francis Bernard MacDougall, Virginia Walker Keating, Andrew Everitt
  • Patent number: 9349218
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for controlling an augmented reality interface are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for use with an augmented reality enabled device (ARD) comprises receiving image data for tracking a plurality of objects, identifying an object to be selected from the plurality of objects, determining whether the object has been selected based at least in part on a set of selection criteria, and causing an augmentation to be rendered with the object if it is determined that the object has been selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Virginia Walker Keating, Michael Gervautz, Per O. Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20160109969
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and computer program products for using touch orientation to distinguish between users are disclosed herein. In one aspect, a method of identifying a user of a touch device from a plurality of users of the touch device is described. The method includes receiving touch data from a touch panel of the touch device, the touch data indicating a user's touch on the touch screen. The method further includes determining an orientation of the user's touch based on the received touch data. Finally, the method includes identifying the user of the plurality of users which touched the device, based at least in part on the orientation of the touch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Virginia Walker Keating, Suhail Jalil, Mohamed Imtiaz Ahmed, Robert Scott Tartz
  • Publication number: 20160080552
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for automatically configuring a mobile device based on user feature data. A mobile device can detect a change in orientation from a first to a second orientation based on images captured with a touchscreen of the mobile device. The device may then apply a first configuration to the mobile device when the mobile device is in the second orientation. The detection of the second orientation may include capturing a first image and a second image and extracting user feature data from the images. Once a shift in the extracted user feature data above a threshold indicating motion is detected, the first configuration may then be applied to a mobile device. A third image may also be captured, and if a shift back is detected, an initial configuration may be restored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Virginia Walker Keating, Robert Scott Tartz
  • Publication number: 20160011718
    Abstract: Methods and systems according to one or more embodiments are provided for combining touch inputs and offset non-touch gestures. In an embodiment, a method includes concurrently capturing touch input data on a screen of a user device and non-touch gesture input data, the non-touch gesture input data being indicative of a gesture performed in an area offset from the screen of the user device to inhibit obstruction of a user's view of the screen. The method also includes determining an input command based at least in part on a combination of the concurrently captured touch input data and the non-touch gesture input data. In addition, the method further includes affecting an operation of the user device based on the determined input command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Darrell KRULCE, Francis Bernard MACDOUGALL, Virginia Walker KEATING, Andrew EVERITT
  • Publication number: 20150381614
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for biometric based media data sharing. The method may include initiating, in a first device, biometric data capture of a user based, at least in part, on playback of media data by the first device. The method may also include determining that captured biometric data of the user does not correspond with biometric data associated with an authorized user of the first device. Furthermore, the method may also include in response to a failure to match the captured biometric data by the first device, establishing that the user is an authorized user of a second device based, at least in part, on the captured biometric data. The method may also include sharing the media data with the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Evan Robert Hildreth, Jonathan Karl Kies, Robert Scott Tartz, Joel Simbulan Bernarte, Xin Zhong, Virginia Walker Keating
  • Patent number: 9170676
    Abstract: Methods and systems according to one or more embodiments are provided for enhancing interactive inputs. In an embodiment, a method includes concurrently capturing touch input data on a screen of a user device and non-touch gesture input data off the screen of the user device. The method also includes determining an input command based at least in part on a combination of the concurrently captured touch input data and the non-touch gesture input data. And the method further includes affecting an operation of the user device based on the determined input command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Darrell L. Krulce, Francis B. MacDougall, Virginia Walker Keating, Andrew J. Everitt
  • Patent number: 9160182
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to timing and control of wireless power transfer. A wireless power charging device includes at least one transmitter and a processor in communication with the at least one transmitter. The transmitter is configured for transmitting wireless power to one or more electronic devices, and the processor is configured to deactivate the transmitter during a pre-determined time interval. The charging device may include charging modes that a user may select between from an interface of the charging device. Charging modes may be related to times of operation such as those based on a user schedule, based on energy rates, or with modes programmed by a user. A charging schedule may be created by a user through the interface of the charging device or from an external device in communication with the charging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Virginia Walker Keating, Miles Alexander Lyell Kirby, Michael John Mangan
  • Patent number: 9130394
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to wireless power. A host device peripheral may comprise a wireless power charging apparatus, which may include transmit circuitry and at least one antenna coupled to the transmit circuitry. The at least one antenna may be configured to wirelessly transmit power within an associated near-field region. Additionally, the host device peripheral may be configured to couple to a host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Rinat Burdo, Miles A. Kirby, Ernest T. Ozaki, Virginia Walker Keating, James I. Jaffee, Nigel P. Cook, Harry M. Hunsicker, Michael J. Mangan
  • Publication number: 20150220168
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus are described for obtaining user input via a stylus configured to serve as an interface for providing user input into a computing device. The computing device may obtain rotation-related information indicative of rotational position or rotational movement of the stylus about a longitudinal axis of the stylus. The computing device may identify an operation in response to the rotation-related information, and perform the identified operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Virginia Walker Keating, Niccolo Andrew Padovani, Gilad Bornstein, Thien Lee, Nathan Altman
  • Publication number: 20150220169
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus are described for obtaining user input via a stylus configured to serve as an interface for providing user input into a computing device. The computing device may obtain rotation-related information indicative of rotational position or rotational movement of the stylus about a longitudinal axis of the stylus. The computing device may identify an operation in response to the rotation-related information, and perform the identified operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Virginia Walker KEATING, Niccolo Andrew PADOVANI, Gilad BORNSTEIN, Thien LEE, Nathan ALTMAN
  • Publication number: 20150213245
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward providing ongoing authentication using biometric data. Fingerprints and/or other biometric data can be captured during the normal use of an electronic device, such as typing on a keyboard, and compared with associated reference biometrics to provide ongoing authentication to an application while the electronic device is being used. Comparison results may further be combined with additional physiological or behavioral biometrics to determine a level of authentication encompassing multiple biometric inputs and/or types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Scott TARTZ, Richard Oliver FARLEY, John Keith SCHNEIDER, Virginia Walker KEATING
  • Patent number: 9087403
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for maintaining continuity of augmentations are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for use with an augmented reality enabled device (ARD) comprises tracking a plurality of objects and a background based at least in part on visual information derived from an image, maintaining states of the plurality of objects based at least in part on information other than the visual information, and providing data for rendering augmentation in response to the states of the plurality of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Virginia Walker Keating, Michael Gervautz, Per O. Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20150179147
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for trimming content for projection within the bounds of a projection target. The systems and methods trim the content for projection based on one or more characteristics of the projection target, including a shape, outline, and distance to the projection target. Moreover, the systems and methods designate void areas where no content will be projected based on the one or more characteristics, and the void areas will be generated or otherwise projected along with the content so that the content is projected onto the projection target and the void areas are projected outside of the projection target such that the projected content does not significantly spill onto surfaces or objects outside of the projection target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ramin REZAIIFAR, Joel Simbulan BERNARTE, Niccolo Andrew PADOVANI, Virginia Walker KEATING
  • Publication number: 20150138376
    Abstract: A master device images an object device and uses the image to identify the object device. The master device then automatically interfaces with the identified object device, for example, by pairing with the object device. The master device interfaces with a second object device and initiates an interface between the first object device and the second object device. The master device may receive broadcast data from the object device including information about the visual appearance of the object device and use the broadcast data in the identification of the object device. The master device may retrieve data related to the object device and display the related data, which may be display the data over the displayed image of the object device. The master device may provide an interface to control the object device or be used to pass data to the object device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Matthew S. Grob, Serafin Diaz Spindola, Gerald V. Wright, JR., Virginia Walker Keating
  • Publication number: 20150137750
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to wireless power. A wireless charging device may comprise a charging region configured for placement of one or more chargeable devices. The charging device may further include at least one transmit antenna configured for transmitting wireless power within the charging region. Furthermore, the charging device is configured to exchange data between at least one chargeable device of the one or more chargeable devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Miles Alexander Lyell Kirby, Ernest Tadashi Ozaki, Rinat Burdo, Virginia Walker Keating, Michael John Mangan, Anne Katrin Konertz, Paul Eric Jacobs, William Henry Von Novak, III, Roy Franklin Quick, JR., Roy Howard Davis, Nigel P. Cook, Lukas Sieber, Hanspeter Widmer