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).

  • Publication number: 20150185832
    Abstract: For display alignment based on eye tracking, a method is disclosed that includes displaying, by use of a processor, a graphical object on a display screen, detecting an aspect of a user relative to the display screen, and moving the graphical object to reduce a viewing angle between the graphical object and the aspect of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Michaela Rose Case, John Weldon Nicholson, Aaron Michael Stewart
  • Publication number: 20150189247
    Abstract: The color of a projected image is dynamically corrected by sensing the color of the surface onto which the image is projected before the image is projected, and/or sensing the color of the surface between frames of the projected image, and/or by sensing the projected image as it is displayed on the surface and comparing what is sensed to the original image. Corrections to the color of the projected image are then made based on the sensed information from the surface onto which the image is projected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: JOHN WELDON NICHOLSON, HOWARD JEFFREY LOCKER, AARON MICHAEL STEWART, MICHAELA ROSE CASE
  • Publication number: 20150181111
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for gesture invoked image capture. An electronic device includes an image capture device. An initiation module enables the image capture device to capture images. A detection module recognizes an object held in a user's hands within a field of view of the image capture device. An imaging module captures an image of the object being held in the user's hands in response to recognizing that the user is holding an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Xin Feng, Jeffrey E. Skinner
  • Publication number: 20150180713
    Abstract: An apparatus, program product, and method are disclosed for receiving an automation setting from a sharing participant, the automation setting being associated with the sharing participant, comparing the received automation setting to a corresponding local automation setting, and adjusting the local automation setting based on the comparison of the received automation setting to the corresponding local automation setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Michaela Rose Case, Howard Locker, John Weldon Nicholson
  • Publication number: 20150160770
    Abstract: A method includes receiving sensed information corresponding to objects touching portions of a device having pressure sensors, generating a contact signature from the sensed information, selecting a control action corresponding to the contact signature, and controlling the device in accordance with the control action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Lance Warren Cassidy
  • Publication number: 20150161368
    Abstract: A method including receiving sensed information corresponding to a contact signature of a user holding a device, generating a contact signature from the sensed information, comparing the contact signature to a library of contact signatures, and authenticating the user based on the comparison to provide access to functions on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Lance Warren Cassidy, James Stephen Rutledge
  • Publication number: 20150153854
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a wearable information handling device, including: a display device; a band operatively coupled to the display, the band including a band input component; a processor operatively coupled to the display; and a memory device accessible to the processor and storing code executable by the processor to: receive user input via the band input component; map the user input received via the band input component to a predetermined action; and execute the predetermined action according to the user input. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Howard Locker, John Weldon Nicholson, Michaela Rose Case
  • Patent number: 9024975
    Abstract: A system, method, and program product is provided that automatically allocates a display screen into two areas when the display screen is pivoted from a landscape orientation to a portrait orientation. A hypervisor receives a pivot request (e.g., from a user) to pivot the display screen from a landscape orientation to a portrait orientation. When the display screen is oriented in the landscape orientation, a primary operating system displays its data on the display screen. Upon reception of the pivot request, the hypervisor allocates the display screen into a primary display area and a secondary display area. The hypervisor then displays data originating from the primary operating system in the primary display area and displays data originating from a second operating system in the secondary display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Justin Tyler Dubs, Harriss Christopher Neil Ganey, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki
  • Patent number: 9025327
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention include a portable tablet folio stand that is designed for use in multiple modes. The stand can allow a user to view the tablet from multiple angles, such as a movie viewing angle and a working angle. In the movie viewing angle, the tablet is optimally positioned for viewing the tablet screen, for instance to watch videos. In the working angle, the tablet is optimally positioned for performing tasks such as typing on the tablet. In some embodiments, the tablet stand can be configured to be portable and detachably coupled to a keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Noguchi, Eiji Shinohara, Hideaki Hasegawa, Hisashi Shima, Tomoyuki Takahashi, Aaron Michael Stewart
  • Publication number: 20150116286
    Abstract: An aspect provides a system, including: a stylus; one or more housing components containing a processor and a memory; a stylus input surface that registers input from the stylus using the processor and the memory; a tag protruding from the one or more housing components; and a stabilizing element incorporated into the one or more housing components; the stabilizing element configured to stabilize an end of the stylus when the stylus is disposed within the tag. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Michaela Rose Case, Christopher Miles Osborne, Thomas John Sluchak
  • Publication number: 20150049010
    Abstract: For organizing display data on a multiuser display, a position module determines a user position from an audible signal. An organization module organizes display data on a multiuser display in response to the user position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Michaela Rose Case, John Weldon Nicholson, Aaron Michael Stewart
  • Publication number: 20150049009
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: ascertaining user input to a display screen forming a predetermined shape associated with system-wide note taking; determining, using one or more processors, user input note data associated with the predetermined shape; and providing, in a predetermined location, a note including the user input note data. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Karen Ruth Kluttz, Daryl Cromer, Howard Locker, Aaron Michael Stewart, Michaela Rose Case
  • Patent number: 8954268
    Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting scheduled events in an automation system of a building at a predetermined location includes a location module, an arrival time module, and a regulator module. The location module determines a current location of a user in response to a triggering event. The arrival time module calculates an estimated time of arrival of the user at a residence. The regulator module adjusts a characteristic of a scheduled event in the automation system in response to comparing the estimated time of arrival of the user to a time of the scheduled event in the automation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Michaela Rose Case, Howard Locker, John Weldon Nicholson
  • Publication number: 20150022432
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving at a sensor of an information handling device image input; determining, using one or more processors, a predetermined gesture within the image input; capturing additional gesture input associated with the predetermined gesture; and processing an image rendered on a display device according to the additional gesture input associated with the predetermined gesture. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Xin Feng
  • Publication number: 20150022480
    Abstract: For organizing display data on a multiuser display, a position module determines a first user position from the disposition of a first touch object on the multiuser display. An organization module organizes the display data on the multiuser display in response to the first user position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Michaela Rose Case, Howard Locker, John Weldon Nicholson, Aaron Michael Stewart
  • Publication number: 20150022462
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, at an input surface, handwriting input; identifying, using one or more processors, one or more characters included in the handwriting input; modifying one or more of the one or more characters included in the handwriting input to match penmanship; and rendering, on a display device, the handwriting input including one or more modified characters. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Daryl Cromer, Aaron Michael Stewart, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Michaela Rose Case
  • Publication number: 20140372455
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: storing an object; obtaining data associated with the object; analyzing, using one or more processors, the data associated with the object to identify one or more key words in the data associated with the object to create one or more tags; and storing the one or more tags in a searchable format. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Daryl Cromer, Rod D. Waltermann, Aaron Michael Stewart
  • Publication number: 20140372467
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: obtaining, at an information handling device, user input search data; accessing contextual data; refining, using one or more processors, the user input search data based on the contextual data; searching, using one or more processors, a repository of stored tag data with refined user input search data to identify one or more stored tags matching one or more stored objects; and returning, using one or more processors, one or more results of the searching, the one or more results indicating one or more stored objects associated with stored tag data. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Rod D. Waltermann, Daryl Cromer, Aaron Michael Stewart
  • Publication number: 20140359539
    Abstract: For organizing display data on a multiuser display, a position module determines a first user position from a first hover presence at a multiuser display. An organization module organizes display data on the multiuser display in response to the first user position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Michaela Rose Case, John Weldon Nicholson, Aaron Michael Stewart
  • Publication number: 20140292668
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: detecting touch input at a surface of a touch sensitive device; and activating one or more actuators to provide haptic feedback in response to the touch input at the surface of the touch sensitive device; the haptic feedback comprising a tactile indicator to created via modulating one or more of: actuator frequency, actuator amplitude, and actuator duration. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ethan Joshua Fricklas, Michaela Rose Case, Aaron Michael Stewart, Thomas John Sluchak, JR.