Patents by Inventor Aaron Leiba
Aaron Leiba 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).
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Publication number: 20230391223Abstract: An agricultural vehicle that includes a removable energy module configured to provide energy to power operations of the agricultural vehicle and a connection interface. The connection interface is configured to autonomous mechanically and electrically couple and decouple the removable energy module to the agricultural vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Timothy Bucher, Steven Holmes, Robert Culbertson, Harjot Bal, Aaron Leiba, Nicholas Fischer
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Publication number: 20210290796Abstract: A delivery robot includes a cargo bin to carry cargo for delivery, and a door coupled to the cargo bin. The door to the cargo bin has an open state to allow access to an interior of the cargo bin, and a closed state to seal the interior of the cargo bin from an exterior environment. The delivery robot also includes a disinfecting light source operable to generate a disinfecting radiation to disinfect the interior of the cargo bin. The disinfecting light source is allowed to be activated when the door is in the closed state, and is prevented from being activated when the door is in the open state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: David Gillespie, Colin Janssen, Sean Plaice, Aaron Leiba, Ali Haghighat Kashani
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Patent number: 10031919Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for a distributed data environment in which data can be seamlessly accessed from remote computing devices are disclosed. For a given user having multiple computing devices, a personal distributed data bank can be formed from data storage capacities resident at the multiple computing device. The given user can access data on any of the multiple computing devices without knowing on which of the multiple computing devices the data resides. In one embodiment, an index for the user's data within the personal distributed data bank can be provided to facilitate searching, browsing and accessing of user data by the given user.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: David Robbins Falkenburg, Michael J. Nugent, Duncan Robert Kerr, Aaron Leiba
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Patent number: 9921666Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for operating a portable device based on an accelerometer are described. According to one embodiment of the invention, it is determined whether a portable device is moving using an accelerometer. It is determined a moving pattern of the portable device based on movement data provided by the accelerometer. A media content is selected based on the moving pattern of the portable device. The selected media content is played via the portable device. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Paul J. Wehrenberg, Aaron Leiba, Richard C. Williams, David R. Falkenburg, Louis G. Gerbarg, Ray L. Chang
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Patent number: 9829999Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for operating a portable device based on an accelerometer are described. According to one embodiment of the invention, an accelerometer attached to a portable device detects a movement of the portable device. In response, a machine executable code is executed within the portable device to perform one or more predetermined user configurable operations. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Paul J. Wehrenberg, Aaron Leiba, Richard C. Williams, David R. Falkenburg, Louis G. Gerbarg, Ray L. Chang
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Patent number: 9829929Abstract: A device is disclosed as including a hinge disposed intermediate of a display and a keyboard. the hinge includes an at least partially cylindrical housing and a friction band, the hinge providing rotation of the display and the keyboard around a pivot axis extending longitudinally along the hinge. The friction band comprises one or more compression members configured to extend around the pivot axis and in a compressed configuration with an inner surface of the housing to create friction between the inner surface of the housing and an outer surface of the one or more compression members.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Michelle Yu, James Tanner, Aaron Leiba
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Patent number: 9774156Abstract: An electrical connector may include a cord comprising wires and a plug extending from the cord. The plug may include a first top row of contacts included in a top portion of the plug and a first bottom row of contacts included in a bottom portion of the plug. The first top row of contacts may be coupled to the plurality of wires and include a first top differential signaling pair configured to carry signals according to a first communication protocol, and a second top differential signaling pair configured to carry signals according to a second communication protocol. The first bottom row of contacts may be coupled to the first top row of contacts and arranged to maintain a same arrangement of contacts and electrical paths the first top row of contacts to the plurality of wires when the plug is rotated one hundred and eighty degrees.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Aaron Leiba, Adam Rodriguez, Zhonghua Wu
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Patent number: 9575569Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for operating a portable device based on an accelerometer are described. According to one embodiment of the invention, an accelerometer attached to a portable device detects a movement of the portable device. In response, a machine executable code is executed within the portable device to perform one or more predetermined user configurable operations. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Paul J. Wehrenberg, Aaron Leiba, Richard C. Williams, David R. Falkenburg, Louis G. Gerbarg, Ray L. Chang
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Patent number: 9564723Abstract: An apparatus may include a conductive wire and a plug. The plug may be electrically and mechanically coupled to the conductive wire. The plug may include a non-conductive overmold, an electrically conductive barrel, and a lip. The non-conductive overmold may surround the conductive wire. The electrically conductive barrel may extend from the overmold, and may have a width that is smaller than a width of the overmold. The lip may extend from the barrel in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction in which the barrel extends from the overmold. A distance from an outer portion of the lip to an opposite outer portion of the lip may be at least twice a length that the barrel extends from the overmold.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Aaron Leiba
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Publication number: 20170010693Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for operating a portable device based on an accelerometer are described. According to one embodiment of the invention, an accelerometer attached to a portable device detects a movement of the portable device. In response, a machine executable code is executed within the portable device to perform one or more predetermined user configurable operations. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Paul J. Wehrenberg, Aaron Leiba, Richard C. Williams, David R. Falkenburg, Louis G, Gerbarg, Ray L. Chang
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Publication number: 20160308318Abstract: An electrical connector may include a cord comprising wires and a plug extending from the cord. The plug may include a first top row of contacts included in a top portion of the plug and a first bottom row of contacts included in a bottom portion of the plug. The first top row of contacts may be coupled to the plurality of wires and include a first top differential signaling pair configured to carry signals according to a first communication protocol, and a second top differential signaling pair configured to carry signals according to a second communication protocol. The first bottom row of contacts may be coupled to the first top row of contacts and arranged to maintain a same arrangement of contacts and electrical paths the first top row of contacts to the plurality of wires when the plug is rotated one hundred and eighty degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2014Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Aaron Leiba, Adam Rodriguez, Zhonghua Wu
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Patent number: 9436304Abstract: In one general aspect, a method can include receiving a plurality of indicators of interactions of a user with a plurality of locations of a touch-sensitive surface of an input area included in a base portion of a computing device. The method further includes receiving a plurality of indicators of pressure associated with at least a portion of the plurality of interactions, selecting a first interaction profile based on a first portion of the plurality of indicators of interactions and based on a first portion of the plurality of indicators of pressure, associating a first input mode with the first portion of the plurality of indicators of interactions based on the first interaction profile. The method still further includes associating a second input mode with a second portion of the plurality of indicators of interactions based on a second interaction profile different from the first interaction profile.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2013Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Aaron Leiba, Daniel Fourie, Matthew Dominic Tenuta, Aaron Matthew Eash
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Patent number: 9263818Abstract: An apparatus can include a support portion of a connector and at least a portion of wire component coupled to a first side of the support portion. The apparatus can include a protrusion portion have a distal portion, a proximal portion, and an opening disposed between the distal portion and the proximal portion. The proximal portion can be coupled to a second side of the support portion, and the protrusion portion can have a width tapering from the proximal portion to the distal portion. A contact can be disposed in the protrusion portion and can have a surface exposed to an ambient environment through the opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2013Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Lam, Aaron Leiba
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Patent number: 9250754Abstract: Trackpad apparatus and computing devices including trackpad apparatus are disclosed. In an example implementation, a trackpad apparatus includes a capacitive touch-sensing pattern disposed on a top surface of the trackpad apparatus and a capacitive pressure-sensing pattern disposed below the capacitive touch-sensing pattern. The trackpad apparatus also includes at least one controller. The at least one controller and the capacitive touch-sensing pattern are collectively configured to detect location-specific reductions in charge coupling in the capacitive touch-sensing pattern resulting from charge being shunted out of the capacitive touch-sensing pattern by one or more electrically conductive objects being placed in electrical contact with the top surface of the trackpad apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Matthew D. Tenuta, Aaron Leiba
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Patent number: 9231435Abstract: Solar power tracking techniques are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, a solar power tracking apparatus includes, but is not limited to, a voltage converter and a controller coupled to the voltage converter. The voltage converter includes an input capable of being coupled to a solar power source and an output capable of being coupled to an electronic load, such as, for example, a portable electronic device. The voltage converter is configured to monitor or detect an amount of power drawn by the electronic load at the output of the voltage converter. In response to the monitored power drawn, the controller is configured to control the voltage converter to reduce amount of power to be drawn subsequently if the monitored amount of power exceeds a predetermined threshold. As a result, the output voltage from the solar power source is maintained within a predetermined range. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2011Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Wendell B. Sander, Daniel A. Warren, Aaron Leiba
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Patent number: 9230430Abstract: A wearable device is disclosed that, while being worn by a user, may allow a user to authenticate to a second device such as a smartphone without having to enter an unlock code such as a personal identification number. The wearable device may detect when the user removes it. Removal of the wearable device may cause it to be disabled and prevent it from being used to authenticate a subsequent user to the second device until it is re-enabled.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Jay Pierre Civelli, Aaron Leiba, Chris Hopman
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Publication number: 20150340824Abstract: An apparatus may include a conductive wire and a plug. The plug may be electrically and mechanically coupled to the conductive wire. The plug may include a non-conductive overmold, an electrically conductive barrel, and a lip. The non-conductive overmold may surround the conductive wire. The electrically conductive barrel may extend from the overmold, and may have a width that is smaller than a width of the overmold. The lip may extend from the barrel in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction in which the barrel extends from the overmold. A distance from an outer portion of the lip to an opposite outer portion of the lip may be at least twice a length that the barrel extends from the overmold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventor: Aaron Leiba
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Patent number: 9166437Abstract: An apparatus includes a first cell subpack having a plurality of cells arranged in series and a second cell subpack connected in series to the first cell subpack. The second cell subpack includes a plurality of cells arranged in series and at least one cell arranged in parallel with one of the plurality of cells, arranged in series, of the second cell subpack, where the first cell subpack and the second cell subpack use a first voltage rail to provide at least a first voltage level and a second voltage rail to provide a second voltage level, where the first voltage level is different from the second voltage level.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: William Hamburgen, Frank Hislop, Brandon Harris, Aaron Leiba, Srikanth Lakshmikanthan
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Patent number: 9130289Abstract: An apparatus may include a conductive wire and a plug. The plug may be electrically and mechanically coupled to the conductive wire. The plug may include a non-conductive overmold, an electrically conductive barrel, and a lip. The non-conductive overmold may surround the conductive wire. The electrically conductive barrel may extend from the overmold, and may have a width that is smaller than a width of the overmold. The lip may extend from the barrel in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction in which the barrel extends from the overmold. A distance from an outer portion of the lip to an opposite outer portion of the lip may be at least twice a length that the barrel extends from the overmold.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2012Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Aaron Leiba
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Patent number: 9106016Abstract: According to an example embodiment, an electrical connector may include an electrical cord comprising a plurality of wires, and a plug connected to the electrical cord. The plug may include electrical contacts coupled to the plurality of electrical wires, and at least one latch. The at least one latch may be biased to extend away from the plug, an end surface of the at least one latch being within two tenths of a millimeter of an end surface of the plug opposite from the electrical cord.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2014Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Lam, Adam Rodriguez, Jeffrey Hayashida, Kenneth Ryan Loo, Aaron Leiba, Daniel Fourie