Patents by Inventor Alexander Wayne Clark

Alexander Wayne Clark 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: 20210223825
    Abstract: In an example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method may include detecting, by a computing device, termination of a wired connection via a connector, after a module is detached from a cavity of the computing device, and automatically switching from the wired connection to a wireless connection between the module and the computing device, to maintain the data communications between the module and the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Seiler, Adolfo Gomez, Aaron M. Laaveg, Paul Howard Mazurkiewicz, Alexander Wayne Clark, Nicole Aranci, Adam Jordan Christon, Michael Leighton Nash, Andrew Warren Willard, Barbara Palmer Pickering, Hoang Van Ngo
  • Publication number: 20210216269
    Abstract: An example device includes a headset interface to connect a headset that includes a speaker and a first microphone, a second microphone to detect ambient sound in an environment of the device, and a processor connected to the headset interface and the second microphone. The processor is to perform a volume adjustment to sound to be outputted at the speaker of the headset based on the ambient sound detected by the second microphone during a call that uses the headset. The processor is further to compensate the volume adjustment for a user's voice detected at the first microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Wayne Clark, Kent E. Biggs
  • Publication number: 20210209919
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to sensory feedback, For example, a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing resource of a parent device to cause the parent device to provide primary sensory feedback, transmit a notification message from the parent device to a child device to cause the child device to provide secondary sensory feedback in response to receipt of the notification message, where the notification message includes instructions to provide secondary sensory feedback synchronized with the primary sensory feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Wayne CLARK, Michael C. BARTHA, Brandon James Lee HAIST
  • Publication number: 20210208479
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein provide a computing device. As an example, the computing device includes a camera comprising a lens, and a housing comprising an opening extending through the housing, wherein the opening is to accommodate the lens. The housing further includes a shutter to selectively obscure the opening, and a mechanical trigger, upon receiving an electrical signal, to move the shutter to obscure the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Wayne Clark, Derek Kanas, King Sui Kei, Peter Siyuan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210208393
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to display adjustments. For example, a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing resource to sense a contour of an object using a sensor of a display. The instructions can cause the processing resource to determine a contour of a perimeter of the display that fits a portion of the shape of the object. The instructions can cause the processing resource to adjust the perimeter of the display to the determined contour of the perimeter via an actuator of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Wayne CLARK, Brandon James Lee HAIST
  • Publication number: 20210208267
    Abstract: Examples associated with device operation mode change are described. One example device includes a data store. The data store may store contextual data correlating spatial data with a set of operations modes for the device. The spatial data includes data describing quantities and locations of persons relative to the device. A scanner detects a set of current spatial data of the device, including current quantities and current locations of persons relative to the device. A mode change module controls the device to enter a selected operation mode based on comparing the current spatial data to the contextual data. A learning module updates the contextual data based on a user behavior in response to the device entering the selected operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Wayne Clark, Nick Thama
  • Publication number: 20210201028
    Abstract: An example virtual reality (VR) system includes a VR headset, a plurality of monitoring stations, and an image processing device. Each of the monitoring stations includes an image sensor to capture images of the VR headset and an environment in which the VR headset is used. The image processing device is to process the images captured by the monitoring stations to detect an object in the environment, and to transmit, to the VR headset, information that includes notification of the object detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Wayne CLARK, Brandon James Lee HAIST, Henry WANG
  • Publication number: 20210191735
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein provide the ability for a computing device to adjust settings on a computing device. In one example method, the computing device captures, via a first sensor of a computing device, images of an environment that the computing device is currently in, and detects objects in the environment as captured by the images. As an example, the computing device determines a location of the environment based on contextual data gathered from the detected objects and adjusts a setting on the computing device based on the determined location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Wayne CLARK, Kent E. BIGGS, Qian LIN, Madhu Sudan ATHREYA
  • Publication number: 20210192091
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to keyboards. In some examples, a keyboard may comprise a key including a display and a controller. The controller may determine the keyboard in a secure input mode and modify the display of the key in response to the keyboard being in a secure input mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: ALEXANDER WAYNE CLARK, KENT E BIGGS, KENNETH CHAN
  • Patent number: 11042188
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein provide a computing device that provides a cable management system. As an example, the computing device includes a tray and a port disposed along an interior perimeter of the tray. As an example, a groove in the tray is to receive a cable that is connectable to the port at a first end of the cable, wherein the cable is to be routed through the groove and a second end of the cable is to emerge external to the computing device. As an example, a lid is to conceal the interior perimeter of the tray, wherein the lid is to secure a connection of the first end of the cable to the port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kent E Biggs, Alexander Wayne Clark
  • Patent number: 11039677
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to adjustable backpacks. In some examples, a backpack may comprise a spindle coupled to a set of straps and a load, a distance sensor, an actuator coupled to the spindle, an angle sensor, and an angle adjuster coupled to the load. The actuator may actuate in response to a first signal from the distance sensor to adjust a length of the set of straps. The angle adjuster may activate in response to a second signal from the angle sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Wayne Clark, Brandon James Lee Haist, Ricky Thomas Burks
  • Publication number: 20210182330
    Abstract: In an example, an apparatus having a voice assistant application that generates a graphical image response is provided. The apparatus includes a microphone and a processor in communication with the microphone. The microphone receives a secure voice assistant mode activation command and a voice command. The processor is to execute a voice assistant application, wherein the voice assistant application is to generate a graphical image response in response to the secure voice assistant mode activation command and the voice command, to change a privacy setting in the apparatus in response to the secure voice assistant mode activation command, to transmit the voice command from the microphone to the voice assistant application, and to transmit the graphical image response to a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Wayne CLARK, Kent E. BIGGS, Henry WANG
  • Patent number: 11036454
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to display control. In some examples, a computing device may include a first processing resource, a second processing resource, a first display controlled by the first processing resource, and a second display storable in a first position within a pocket of the first display and controlled by the second processing resource. The second processing resource may provide notification data content to the second display when the second display is stored within the first position and the first processing resource of the computing device is in a non-active mode. The second processing resource may share control of the second display with the first processing resource when the second display is in a second position extended from the first display and while the computing device is in an active mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Wayne Clark, Ann Alejandro Villegas, Hsing-Hung Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11029560
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to liquid crystal display (LCD) lighting modes. An example device can include an LCD, a wide gamut light-emitting diode (LED) light set to backlight the LCD, a narrow gamut LED light set to backlight the LCD and a controller communicatively coupled to the LCD. The controller can switch the LCD between a wide gamut lighting mode, a narrow gamut lighting mode, and a high brightness lighting mode in response to changes in ambient light and content displayed on the LCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Hsing-Hung Hsieh, Alexander Wayne Clark, Ann Alejandro Villegas
  • Patent number: 11019442
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein provide the ability for a computing device to configure one microphone at a time from physically colocated devices to remain active for participating in a teleconference. In one example method, the computing device determines whether a first device with a first microphone on the teleconference is physically colocated with respect to a second device with a second microphone on the teleconference. When the first and second devices are physically colocated with respect to each other, the computing device configures either the first or second microphone to remain active for participating in the teleconference while the other of the first or second microphone is to be muted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Wayne Clark, Mary G Baker, Kent E Biggs
  • Publication number: 20210127045
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein provide an image capture device. As an example, the image capture device includes an image sensor, a shutter, and a touch-enabled layer disposed above the image sensor. A controller of the image capture device is to register a user touch interaction with the touch-enabled layer and, based on a gesture detected from the user touch interaction, cycle between engaging the shutter to cover the image sensor and disengaging the shutter to expose the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Wayne Clark, Tony Moon, Alan Man Pan Tam
  • Publication number: 20210116966
    Abstract: In an example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method may include determining which edge of a computing device a display module is to attach to, determining an orientation of the display module with respect to the edge the display module is to attach to, and adjusting a display setting on the display module based on the orientation and the edge the display module is to attach to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Wayne Clark, Rahul V. Lakdawala, Chao-Chiang Lin
  • Publication number: 20210090545
    Abstract: In some examples, an audio output device can provide audio setting modification based on presence detection by receiving an input from a camera in response to the camera detecting the presence of a person, and modify an audio setting of the audio output device in response to receiving the input from the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Wayne Clark, Henry Wang
  • Publication number: 20210027208
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein provide the ability to determine the availability of a conference room. In on example, a computing device may determine whether there is a user present in a conference room, determine scheduling of the conference room, and illustrate, on a display outside the conference room, availability of the conference room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Wayne Clark, Kent E. Biggs, Robert C. Brooks
  • Publication number: 20210013464
    Abstract: An example battery replacement device includes a body, and an alignment guide coupled to the body to fit around a portion of an electrical device to guide the battery replacement device in alignment with the electrical device. The battery replacement device also includes a battery coupling device formed at a first portion of the body to couple to a used battery of the electrical device, and a recess defined in a second portion of the body to retain a replacement battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: ALEXANDER WAYNE CLARK, ANDREW ELSEY, CHAN-WOO PARK