Patents by Inventor Aaron Michael Stewart

Aaron Michael Stewart 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).

  • Camera mode selection based on context
    Patent number: 9998665
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: obtaining, using one or more sensors of a device, contextual data relating to a picture taking context; assigning, using a processor, the contextual data to a predetermined picture taking context; and selecting a camera from two or more cameras of the device based on the predetermined picture taking context. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Rod D. Waltermann, Aaron Michael Stewart, Robert James Kapinos, Christopher Miles Osborne, Michael William Stuart Ripp
  • Zooming and panning within a user interface
    Patent number: 9990117
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a processor, a display accessible to the processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to present a first portion of a user interface (UI) on the display and receive user input to present an expanded view of the UI and/or to pan within the UI. The instructions are also executable to, in response to receipt of the user input present the expanded view of the UI and present, in the expanded view, an indication of a location of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Ryan Cook, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu
  • Selective transmission of voice data
    Patent number: 9953643
    Abstract: Systems and methods that provide for voice command devices that receive sound but do not transfer the voice data beyond the system unless certain voice-filtering criteria have been met are described herein. In addition, embodiments provide devices that support voice command operation while external voice data transmission is in mute operation mode. As such, devices according to embodiments may process voice data locally responsive to the voice data matching voice-filtering criteria. Furthermore, systems and methods are described herein involving voice command devices that capture sound and analyze it in real-time on a word-by-word basis and decide whether to handle the voice data locally, transmit it externally, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Daryl Cromer, Scott Edwards Kelso, Aaron Michael Stewart
  • Minimizing nuisance audio in an interior space
    Patent number: 9922635
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, using one or more audio capture devices, nuisance audio; receiving, from one or more device sensors, contextual information; determining a mitigating audio signal based on the nuisance audio and contextual information; thereafter, emitting, from one or more audio source devices, mitigating audio into an interior space. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Rod D. Waltermann
  • PRESENTATION OF VIRTUAL REALITY OBJECT BASED ON ONE OR MORE CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20180032125
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus includes a housing, a processor coupled to the housing, a display coupled to the housing and accessible to the processor, and storage coupled to the housing and accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to determine that at least one condition is satisfied for presentation of a virtual reality object to control a device different from the apparatus. The instructions are also executable by the processor to present the virtual reality object on the display responsive to the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Nathan J. Peterson, Arnold S. Weksler, Aaron Michael Stewart, John Carl Mese, Russell Speight VanBlon
  • Preview pane for touch input devices
    Patent number: 9874992
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, comprising: displaying text data on a display device; receiving, using a processor, a user input positioning a cursor within the text data; and displaying, on a preview pane, at least a portion of the text data in which the cursor is positioned. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Skinner, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Aaron Michael Stewart
  • FORCE VECTOR CURSOR CONTROL
    Publication number: 20170357403
    Abstract: For controlling a cursor using a force vector input by a user touch, an apparatus is disclosed. A system, method, and program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus for controlling a cursor using a force vector input by a user touch includes a force sensor operatively coupled to a surface, a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor to: measure a force vector input by a user touch at the surface, the force vector including a magnitude and a direction, translate the magnitude into a cursor velocity, and control movements of a cursor based on the cursor velocity and the determined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew Joseph Geary, Lincoln Penn Hancock, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Thomas John Sluchak, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu
  • CONFIGURING VIRTUAL DISPLAY ZONES WITHIN ONE FLEXIBLE DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20170345396
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a processor, a display accessible to the processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to identify a location of at least one fold line along which the display is folded, where a first display zone is established on a first side of the fold line and a second display zone is established on a second side of the fold line. The instructions are also executable to, based on identification of the location of the at least one fold line, establish a first display mode in the first display zone and a second display mode in the second display zone, where the first display mode is different from the second display mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: JONATHAN JEN-WEI YU, AARON MICHAEL STEWART, TAKUMI IMAI, KEITA ISHII
  • Control input handling
    Patent number: 9823748
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: accepting, at an input component of an information handling device, input of a user; identifying, using a processor, the input of the user as controlling input; determining, using a processor, one or more control factors associated with the controlling input; classifying, using a processor, the controlling input as one of a permissible control action and an impermissible control action for an application running on the information handling device based on the one or more control factors; and performing an action selected from the group consisting of: accepting, at the input component, confirming input; and providing feedback to one or more users. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Aaron Michael Stewart, Corinna Paine Proctor
  • Obscuring displayed information
    Patent number: 9824475
    Abstract: A method can include rendering pixel representations of information to a rectangular display; and rendering pixel representations of perspectival text to the rectangular display where the pixel representations of perspectival text overlay a portion of the pixel representations of information. Various other methods, apparatuses, systems, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Howard J. Locker, John Weldon Nicholson, Michaela Rose Case
  • AUDIO DEVICE ARRAYS IN CONVERTIBLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20170325038
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an apparatus, including: a device housing; a sensor disposed within the device housing; a plurality of audio devices disposed within the device housing; a processor operatively coupled to the plurality of audio devices; and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to: activate a first set of the plurality of audio devices; detect, using the sensor, a use mode; and change, using the processor, to a second active set of the plurality of audio devices based on the use mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Lincoln Penn Hancock
  • Systems and methods to identify device with which to participate in communication of audio data
    Patent number: 9807499
    Abstract: In one aspect, a first device includes a processor and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to receive information pertaining to a location of a user and, based at least in part on the information, determine an apparatus to actuate from among plural apparatuses to participate in communication concerning audio data. The instructions are also executable to, based at least in part on the determination, participate in communication with the apparatus concerning audio data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Lincoln Penn Hancock
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IDENTIFY DEVICE WITH WHICH TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNICATION OF AUDIO DATA
    Publication number: 20170289676
    Abstract: In one aspect, a first device includes a processor and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to receive information pertaining to a location of a user and, based at least in part on the information, determine an apparatus to actuate from among plural apparatuses to participate in communication concerning audio data. The instructions are also executable to, based at least in part on the determination, participate in communication with the apparatus concerning audio data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: AARON MICHAEL STEWART, JEFFREY E. SKINNER, JONATHAN JEN-WEI YU, LINCOLN PENN HANCOCK
  • INCREASING ACTIVATION CUE UNIQUENESS
    Publication number: 20170287492
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including receiving, at an audio capture device, a customized activation cue; identifying, using a processor, contextual information associated with a user; analyzing, using the contextual information, characteristics of the customized activation cue; identifying, based on the analyzation, a uniqueness associated with the customized activation cue; and responsive to said identifying, notifying a user that the customized activation cue has inadequate uniqueness. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Rod D. Waltermann, Russell Speight VanBlon
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OF OUTPUT FROM LIGHT OUTPUT APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170285594
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a processor, a communication interface accessible to the processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to identify an activity associated with a user. The instructions are also executable by the processor to use the communication interface to transmit at least one command to a light output apparatus to adjust light from the light output apparatus based on the identified activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: AARON MICHAEL STEWART, JOHN CARL MESE, RUSSELL SPEIGHT VANBLON
  • MINIMIZING NUISANCE AUDIO IN AN INTERIOR SPACE
    Publication number: 20170287460
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, using one or more audio capture devices, nuisance audio; receiving, from one or more device sensors, contextual information; determining a mitigating audio signal based on the nuisance audio and contextual information; thereafter, emitting, from one or more audio source devices, mitigating audio into an interior space. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Rod D. Waltermann
  • INTELLIGENT NOTIFICATION DELIVERY
    Publication number: 20170289954
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, at an electronic device, an event has occurred; detecting, using a device sensor, that the electronic device is proximate to at least one other person; accessing, in a storage location, a rule set including a rule regarding the detecting that the electronic device is proximate to at least one other person; identifying, using a processor of the electronic device, a type of notification for the event based on the rule set; and providing, using an output device of the electronic device, a notification of the type identified. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: John Carl Mese, Scott Edwards Kelso, Aaron Michael Stewart, Russell Speight VanBlon, Nathan J. Peterson, Arnold S. Weksler
  • VIRTUAL INTERFACE OFFSET
    Publication number: 20170212676
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method including: detecting, using a processor, user input to a surface, the user input being associated with a virtual interface; identifying, within the user input, a palm input pattern; and adjusting the virtual interface based on at least one aspect of the identified palm pattern. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Skinner, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Aaron Michael Stewart
  • TOGGLING BETWEEN PRESENTATION AND NON-PRESENTATION OF REPRESENTATIONS OF INPUT
    Publication number: 20170212643
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a processor, a display accessible to the processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to present a user interface (UI) on the display and present at least a first option on the display and a second option on the display. The first option is selectable to present at the device, at least a first representation of first user input of a first Input type. The second option is selectable to present, at the device, at least a second representation of second user input of a second input type. The first user input and the second user input pertain to the UI, and the first input type is different from fee second input type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Thomas Ryan Cook, Jeffrey E. Skinner
  • Wearable device with public display and private display areas
    Patent number: 9715363
    Abstract: For displaying data on a wearable device, a public display wearable on a wrist presents public data. A private display wearable on the wrist presents private data. The private data may include a correspondent identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, III, Lance Warren Cassidy, Jr., Jeffrey E. Skinner, Kirsten Uta Schambra Stevens, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu