Patents by Inventor Bryan Hoover

Bryan Hoover 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).

  • Brightness control of a status indicator light
    Patent number: 9144132
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling the brightness and luminance of a light, such as an LED. The embodiment may vary the brightness and luminance of the LED in a variety of ways to achieve a variety of effects. The exemplary embodiment may vary the rate at which the LED's luminance changes, such that an observer perceives the change in the LED's brightness to be smooth and linear as a function of time, regardless of the ambient light level. Changes to the LED's luminance may be time-constrained and/or constrained by a maximum or minimum rate of change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan Hoover
  • Brightness Control of a Status Indicator Light
    Publication number: 20140103831
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling the brightness and luminance of a light, such as an LED. The embodiment may vary the brightness and luminance of the LED in a variety of ways to achieve a variety of effects. The exemplary embodiment may vary the rate at which the LED's luminance changes, such that an observer perceives the change in the LED's brightness to be smooth and linear as a function of time, regardless of the ambient light level. Changes to the LED's luminance may be time-constrained and/or constrained by a maximum or minimum rate of change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Bryan Hoover
  • Brightness control of a status indicator light
    Patent number: 8653745
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling the brightness and luminance of a light, such as an LED. The embodiment may vary the brightness and luminance of the LED in a variety of ways to achieve a variety of effects. The exemplary embodiment may vary the rate at which the LED's luminance changes, such that an observer perceives the change in the LED's brightness to be smooth and linear as a function of time, regardless of the ambient light level. Changes to the LED's luminance may be time-constrained and/or constrained by a maximum or minimum rate of change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan Hoover
  • Brightness control of a status indicator light
    Patent number: 8610367
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling the brightness and luminance of a light, such as an LED. The embodiment may vary the brightness and luminance of the LED in a variety of ways to achieve a variety of effects. The exemplary embodiment may vary the rate at which the LED's luminance changes, such that an observer perceives the change in the LED's brightness to be smooth and linear as a function of time, regardless of the ambient light level. Changes to the LED's luminance may be time-constrained and/or constrained by a maximum or minimum rate of change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan Hoover
  • Brightness control of a status indicator light
    Patent number: 8373355
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling the brightness and luminance of a light, such as an LED. The embodiment may vary the brightness and luminance of the LED in a variety of ways to achieve a variety of effects. The exemplary embodiment may vary the rate at which the LED's luminance changes, such that an observer perceives the change in the LED's brightness to be smooth and linear as a function of time, regardless of the ambient light level. Changes to the LED's luminance may be time-constrained and/or constrained by a maximum or minimum rate of change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan Hoover
  • BRIGHTNESS CONTROL OF A STATUS INDICATOR LIGHT
    Publication number: 20100253239
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling the brightness and luminance of a light, such as an LED. The embodiment may vary the brightness and luminance of the LED in a variety of ways to achieve a variety of effects. The exemplary embodiment may vary the rate at which the LED's luminance changes, such that an observer perceives the change in the LED's brightness to be smooth and linear as a function of time, regardless of the ambient light level. Changes to the LED's luminance may be time-constrained and/or constrained by a maximum or minimum rate of change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan Hoover
  • BRIGHTNESS CONTROL OF A STATUS INDICATOR LIGHT
    Publication number: 20100253228
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling the brightness and luminance of a light, such as an LED. The embodiment may vary the brightness and luminance of the LED in a variety of ways to achieve a variety of effects. The exemplary embodiment may vary the rate at which the LED's luminance changes, such that an observer perceives the change in the LED's brightness to be smooth and linear as a function of time, regardless of the ambient light level. Changes to the LED's luminance may be time-constrained and/or constrained by a maximum or minimum rate of change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan Hoover
  • BRIGHTNESS CONTROL OF A STATUS INDICATOR LIGHT
    Publication number: 20080111500
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling the brightness and luminance of a light, such as an LED. The embodiment may vary the brightness and luminance of the LED in a variety of ways to achieve a variety of effects. The exemplary embodiment may vary the rate at which the LED's luminance changes, such that an observer perceives the change in the LED's brightness to be smooth and linear as a function of time, regardless of the ambient light level. Changes to the LED's luminance may be time-constrained and/or constrained by a maximum or minimum rate of change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan Hoover