Patents by Inventor Carl C. Hansen

Carl C. Hansen 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).

  • Patent number: 10594785
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine readable mediums which provide for device discovery and P2P negotiation in infrastructure mode and then a transition to P2P mode. This allows devices to take advantage of the robustness and improved device discovery of infrastructure mode and the reduced latency of P2P mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Krishnan Rajamani, Gary C. Huang, Xintian E Lin, Carl C. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20180336002
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a sound generation device with proximity control. In general, a device may include sound generation functionality that may be controlled based on proximity sensing. The device may be, for example, a lighting device including circuitry to generate sound based on audio data received from a source outside of the device. Sensing circuitry in the device may generate sensor data that indicates when a user is proximate to the device. Control circuitry in the device may then control the sound generation based on sensor data. Various operations in the device may be based on the sensor data indicating that a user is proximate to the device, the identity of the user, that a certain condition has occurred, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Carl C. Hansen, Duncan Glendinning
  • Patent number: 9971457
    Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to audio augmentation of touch detection for surfaces. An apparatus may include a pedestal, the pedestal including an audio sensor to detect a vibration from a surface on which the apparatus is placed; an arm coupled with the pedestal; and a head element coupled with the arm, wherein the head element includes a visual sensor to detect location of an object in relation to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Carl C. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20170264676
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine readable mediums which provide for device discovery and P2P negotiation in infrastructure mode and then a transition to P2P mode. This allows devices to take advantage of the robustness and improved device discovery of infrastructure mode and the reduced latency of P2P mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Krishnan Rajamani, Gary C. Huang, Xintian E. Lin, Carl C. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20160378219
    Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to audio augmentation of touch detection for surfaces. An apparatus may include a pedestal, the pedestal including an audio sensor to detect a vibration from a surface on which the apparatus is placed; an arm coupled with the pedestal; and a head element coupled with the arm, wherein the head element includes a visual sensor to detect location of an object in relation to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Carl C. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20160192405
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of mapping a wireless local area network access point to a sink device. For example, a source device may include a radio to establish a peer to peer connection over a wireless communication channel between the source device and a sink device, the peer to peer connection to communicate from the source device to the sink device content to be displayed on a display device; and a controller to receive mapping information to map the sink device to a WLAN AP, the controller to communicate WLAN traffic with the WLAN AP during the peer to peer connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Krishnan Rajamani, Narjala Bhasker, Shriharsha S. Hegde, Carl C. Hansen, Charles L. Brabenac
  • Patent number: 9182826
    Abstract: Methods and systems may provide for generating text based on speech input and recognizing one or more hand gestures. Additionally, an adaptation of the text may be conducted based on the hand gestures. In one example, the hand gestures are associated with operations such as punctuation insertion operations, cursor movement operations, text selection operations, capitalization operations, pause of speech recognition operations, resume of speech recognition operations, application-specific actions, and so forth, wherein the adaptation of the text includes the associated operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Pauline S. Powledge, Carl C. Hansen, Martin Pettersson, David Poisner
  • Publication number: 20140142937
    Abstract: Methods and systems may provide for generating text based on speech input and recognizing one or more hand gestures. Additionally, an adaptation of the text may be conducted based on the hand gestures. In one example, the hand gestures are associated with operations such as punctuation insertion operations, cursor movement operations, text selection operations, capitalization operations, pause of speech recognition operations, resume of speech recognition operations, application-specific actions, and so forth, wherein the adaptation of the text includes the associated operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Pauline S. Powledge, Carl C. Hansen, Martin Pettersson, David Poisner
  • Publication number: 20040086096
    Abstract: A telephony service device has a digital interface, an analog telephone line interface, and circuitry operable to provide telephone service over the analog telephone line interface via a network connection to the digital interface. A telephone network signal detector comprising a part of the device is operable to detect a telephone network signal on one or more telephone lines connected to the analog telephone interface, and a switch is operable to automatically connect the telephony service device to a line on the analog telephone interface on which the telephone network signal detector did not detect a telephone network signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventor: Carl C. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20030215000
    Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting data. A pseudo-random mapping order generator generates pseudo-random mapping order that is to be modified according to a predetermined pattern, such as a symbol time. A bit mapper receives the pseudo-random mapping order and maps bits to channels according to the pseudo-random mapping order. The bits are transmitted to a receiver that synchronizes with the transmitter. A pseudo-random mapping order generator at the receiver generates the pseudo-random mapping order generated by the pseudo-random mapping order generator at the transmitter. A de-mapper receives the pseudo-random mapping order and de-maps the bits from the channels according to the pseudo-random mapping order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventor: Carl C. Hansen
  • Patent number: 4284085
    Abstract: An electrode for implantation into the cochlea. The purpose is to establish electrical communication to the acoustic nerves of the human ear, substantially in the area of the cochlea containing the acoustic nerves pertaining to that part of the audible spectrum, which is relevant to the intelligibility of speech. The problem is, that an electrode inserted into the cochlea certainly has made it possible to bring the patient in such a condition that she or he could interpret electrical signals supplied through the electrode as being sound but not as being intelligible speech.The invention provides an electrode, which has two conditions of curvature, the one of which is temporary and corresponds to the curvature in the middle of the particular turn of the cochlea and the other one of which is permanent and corresponds to the first position of the electrode in the cochlea in which position it obtains an optimum contact to the acoustic nerves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1981
    Inventors: Carl C. Hansen, Ole M. Lauridsen
  • Patent number: 4261372
    Abstract: An electrode in the form of a foil-like flexible, electrically insulating support member having nerve electrodes supported thereupon for implantation into the cochlea. The electrode establishes electrical communication to the acoustic nerves of the human ear, substantially in the area of the cochlea containing the auditory nerves pertaining to that part of the audible spectrum, which is relevant to the intelligibility of speech. The electrode is provided with two prongs and a shank, each prong having a length which corresponds to the length of the turn in the cochlea into which it is to be inserted during implantation and hence the two prongs are of different lengths. Further, each prong terminates in a bevelled pilot guiding member which guides each prong through its respective turn in the cochlea to thereby reduce damage to the auditory nerves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1981
    Inventors: Carl C. Hansen, Ole M. Lauridsen