Patents by Inventor William M. Johnston

William M. Johnston 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: 11966560
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents media items from different media applications in a unified media browsing application. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates browsing of media from different media applications based on category of media (e.g., movies, television shows, etc.). In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates setup of a unified media browsing application that presents media items from different media applications in a unified media browsing user interface. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays multiple episodes of a collection of episodic content (e.g., a television series) in a user interface for the collection of episodic content. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays representations of, and provides access to, live-event media items accessible on the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander W. Johnston, Dennis S. Park, Tito Lloyd Balsamo, Jonathan Lochhead, Yesmeen El-Shafey, Graham R. Clarke, Peter D. Anton, Jennifer L. C. Folse, William M. Bachman, Stephen O. Lemay, Gregg Suzuki, Alan C. Dye, Jeff Tan-Ang, Policarpo B. Wood
  • Patent number: 9400237
    Abstract: An ultra-high temperature optical method incorporates speckle optics for sensing displacement and strain measurements well above conventional measurement techniques. High temperature pattern materials are used which can endure experimental high temperature environments while simultaneously having a minimum optical aberration. A purge medium is used to reduce or eliminate optical distortions and to reduce, and/or eliminate oxidation of the target specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Russell W. Smith, H. Kevin Rivers, Joseph G. Sikora, Mark C. Roth, William M. Johnston
  • Publication number: 20140319355
    Abstract: An ultra-high temperature optical method incorporates speckle optics for sensing displacement and strain measurements well above conventional measurement techniques. High temperature pattern materials are used which can endure experimental high temperature environments while simultaneously having a minimum optical aberration. A purge medium is used to reduce or eliminate optical distortions and to reduce, and/or eliminate oxidation of the target specimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Russell W. Smith, H. Kevin Rivers, Joseph G. Sikora, Mark C. Roth, William M. Johnston
  • Patent number: 5152064
    Abstract: The apparatus comprises a chilling implement and a shaving implement. The chilling implement comprises a body with a roller at each end and containing a supply of shaving gel which is dispensed onto one of the rollers. The shaving implement comprises a drive unit and a plurality of cutting edges arranged in a flat plane when at rest. The edges can be deflected out of the plane linearly and perpendicularly to the plane or rockably about axes parallel to the plane and perpendicular to the cutting edges. The apparatus is spring loaded to return the edges to the plane. In refined embodiments the assemblies holding the cutting edges are pivotally attached to allow each assembly to also rock on an axis parallel to the cutting edges and the cutting edge assemblies are springably interconnected so that the plane of the cutting edges can be flat or twisted in either direction about an axis parallel to the plane. The shaving implement also comprises a roller with its axis parallel to the at-rest cutting edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Inventor: William M. Johnston