Patents by Inventor Carlos L. Ross

Carlos L. Ross 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: 10019778
    Abstract: Systems and methods that may be implemented to orchestrate external graphics, for example to support and extend switchable graphics capability beyond internal system components of a host information handling system so as to include an external discrete graphics processing unit (xGPU) that is not integrated or embedded within the chassis enclosure of the host information handling system, and that is coupled to the host information handling system from outside the host system chassis enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Danae Sierra, Carlos L. Ross, Louis Bruno, Philip J. Grossmann, Mark A. Casparian, Joe A. Olmsted, Alexander Galiano, Amaury Brito Alvarez, Henry A. Bove
  • Patent number: 9696793
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein that may be implemented to selectably suppress computing input events that are generated for an information handling system based on output signals received from a variable pressure or displacement (VPD) sensor that correspond to one or more pressure or displacement zones defined for the VPD sensor. Using the disclosed systems and methods, computing input events based on sensor output signals from one or more given VPD sensing zones may be selectably suppressed and/or withheld during sensor pressure or displacement changes from further host system processing according to a time delay, e.g., as a function of the elapsed time taken for a user to depress or release a given VPD sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Carlos L. Ross, Danae Sierra, Eyzen Medina, Alonzo F. Seay
  • Patent number: 9665191
    Abstract: User input devices with variable pressure buttons are configured. A user may specify a range of pressure to be associated with a pressure level. In some embodiments, a user may also associate a command or other instruction to an application with an identity of a variable pressure button and a pressure level of the button. In some embodiments, the associations may be represented in a configuration profile. In further embodiments, a microcontroller for a mouse may translate signals from variable pressure buttons into pressure levels based upon the configuration file. In many embodiments, a user may associate a reporting rate with a variable pressure button. A legacy application may receive reports of the state of the variable pressure button at the associated reporting rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
    Inventors: Mark A. Casparian, Carlos L. Ross, Danae Sierra, Frank C. Azor, A. Fleming Seay
  • Publication number: 20170103495
    Abstract: Systems and methods that may be implemented to orchestrate external graphics, for example to support and extend switchable graphics capability beyond internal system components of a host information handling system so as to include an external discrete graphics processing unit (xGPU) that is not integrated or embedded within the chassis enclosure of the host information handling system, and that is coupled to the host information handling system from outside the host system chassis enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Danae Sierra, Carlos L. Ross, Louis Bruno, Philip J. Grossmann, Mark A. Casparian, Joe A. Olmsted, Alexander Galiano, Amaury Brito Alvarez, Henry A. Bove
  • Patent number: 9558527
    Abstract: Systems and methods that may be implemented to orchestrate external graphics, for example to support and extend switchable graphics capability beyond internal system components of a host information handling system so as to include an external discrete graphics processing unit (xGPU) that is not integrated or embedded within the chassis enclosure of the host information handling system, and that is coupled to the host information handling system from outside the host system chassis enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Danae Sierra, Carlos L. Ross, Louis Bruno, Philip J. Grossmann, Mark A. Casparian, Joe A. Olmsted, Alexander Galiano, Amaury Brito Alvarez, Henry A. Bove
  • Publication number: 20160299573
    Abstract: User input devices with variable pressure buttons are configured. A user may specify a range of pressure to be associated with a pressure level. In some embodiments, a user may also associate a command or other instruction to an application with an identity of a variable pressure button and a pressure level of the button. In some embodiments, the associations may be represented in a configuration profile. In further embodiments, a microcontroller for a mouse may translate signals from variable pressure buttons into pressure levels based upon the configuration file. In many embodiments, a user may associate a reporting rate with a variable pressure button. A legacy application may receive reports of the state of the variable pressure button at the associated reporting rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Mark A. Casparian, Carlos L. Ross, Danae Sierra, Frank C. Azor, A. Fleming Seay
  • Patent number: 9389711
    Abstract: User input devices with variable pressure buttons are configured. A user may specify a range of pressure to be associated with a pressure level. In some embodiments, a user may also associate a command or other instruction to an application with an identity of a variable pressure button and a pressure level of the button. In some embodiments, the associations may be represented in a configuration profile. In further embodiments, a microcontroller for a mouse may translate signals from variable pressure buttons into pressure levels based upon the configuration file. In many embodiments, a user may associate a reporting rate with a variable pressure button. A legacy application may receive reports of the state of the variable pressure button at the associated reporting rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Mark A. Casparian, Carlos L. Ross, Danae Sierra, Frank C. Azor, A. Fleming Seay
  • Publication number: 20160117793
    Abstract: Systems and methods that may be implemented to orchestrate external graphics, for example to support and extend switchable graphics capability beyond internal system components of a host information handling system so as to include an external discrete graphics processing unit (xGPU) that is not integrated or embedded within the chassis enclosure of the host information handling system, and that is coupled to the host information handling system from outside the host system chassis enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Danae Sierra, Carlos L. Ross, Louis Bruno, Philip J. Grossmann, Mark A. Casparian, Joe A. Olmsted, Alexander Galiano, Amaury Brito Alvarez, Henry A. Bove
  • Publication number: 20150323987
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein that may be implemented to selectably suppress computing input events that are generated for an information handling system based on output signals received from a variable pressure or displacement (VPD) sensor that correspond to one or more pressure or displacement zones defined for the VPD sensor. Using the disclosed systems and methods, computing input events based on sensor output signals from one or more given VPD sensing zones may be selectably suppressed and/or withheld during sensor pressure or displacement changes from further host system processing according to a time delay, e.g., as a function of the elapsed time taken for a user to depress or release a given VPD sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Carlos L. Ross, Danae Sierra, Eyzen Medina, Alonzo F. Seay
  • Publication number: 20140176441
    Abstract: User input devices with variable pressure buttons are configured. A user may specify a range of pressure to be associated with a pressure level. In some embodiments, a user may also associate a command or other instruction to an application with an identity of a variable pressure button and a pressure level of the button. In some embodiments, the associations may be represented in a configuration profile. In further embodiments, a microcontroller for a mouse may translate signals from variable pressure buttons into pressure levels based upon the configuration file. In many embodiments, a user may associate a reporting rate with a variable pressure button. A legacy application may receive reports of the state of the variable pressure button at the associated reporting rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
    Inventors: Mark A. Casparian, Carlos L. Ross, Danae Sierra, Frank C. Azor, A. Fleming Seay