Patents by Inventor Christopher A. Miles

Christopher A. Miles 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: 20150331654
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: receiving, using a processor, data to be displayed across at least two hingedly coupled display devices; determining, using a processor, the display mode of the data, the display mode being selected from the group consisting of an occluded mode and a non-occluded mode; in the occluded mode, processing, using a processor, the data to occlude pixels of the data based upon the determined display mode, the pixels being occluded at a location where a physical separation exists between the at least two hingedly coupled display devices; and displaying, using the at least two hingedly coupled display devices, the data according to the display mode determined. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Wesley Abram Luttrell, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Christopher Miles Osborne, Vincent Charles Conzola
  • Patent number: 9185275
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a processor; memory operatively coupled to the processor; a display operatively coupled to the processor; a camera that includes a lens, an active state and a dormant state; a housing that houses at least the processor and the camera and that includes a surface where the surface comprises an aperture aligned with the lens of the camera; a flap where, in a first orientation, the flap covers the aperture and where, in a second orientation, the flap exposes the aperture; and circuitry that determines the state of the camera based on the orientation of the flap. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Miles Osborne, David Wayne Hill
  • Publication number: 20150279335
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and program product are disclosed for receiving a proximity input indicator signal associated with an information handling device, the information handling device comprising a display, determining a proximity of a user to the information handling device based on the proximity input indicator signal, and modifying one or more display settings of the information handling device in response to the determined proximity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Michael William Stuart Ripp, Christopher Miles Osborne
  • Publication number: 20150253956
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus includes a housing, a touch-enabled pad coupled to the housing, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive input to the touch-enabled pad and to present an indication of the input on the touch-enabled pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Vincent Charles Conzola
  • Patent number: 9098119
    Abstract: An embodiment provides an apparatus, including: an input device having one or more keys; and a controller receiving input from the one or more keys; one or more of the one or more keys having a recessed surface relative to a bezel surface of the input device; the recessed surface responding to user input in the absence of mechanical displacement. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Christopher Miles Osborne, Hiroki Hirano, Masaaki Neguchi
  • 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: 20150111787
    Abstract: Described herein is a digital microfluidic droplet generator (DMDG) and a microfluidic platform for processing material introduced into the DMDG. The combination is particularly suited for hydrogen/deuterium exchange and mass spectrometer (HDX-MS) processing and analysis of membrane proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Kwang-Fu C. Shen, Julian P. Whitelegge, Kym Francis Faull, Libo Zhao, Christopher Miles Ryan
  • Publication number: 20150062206
    Abstract: For integrating multiple different touch based inputs, a method is disclosed that includes detecting a pressure at a screen pressure module, enabling a first touch module based on the pressure exceeding a pressure threshold value, and integrating input from a second touch module and the first touch module, the input from the first touch module and the second touch module being concurrently received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE, LTD.
    Inventor: Christopher Miles Osborne
  • Publication number: 20150022464
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a processor; memory operatively coupled to the processor; a touchscreen display operatively coupled to the processor; a stylus that includes a first axial end, a second axial end and an axially translatable grip; and a housing that includes a stylus socket for docking the stylus. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Christopher Miles Osborne, Scott Edwards Kelso, Michaela Rose Case, Howard J. Locker
  • Publication number: 20150015777
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a processor; memory operatively coupled to the processor; a display operatively coupled to the processor; a camera that includes a lens, an active state and a dormant state; a housing that houses at least the processor and the camera and that includes a surface where the surface comprises an aperture aligned with the lens of the camera; a flap where, in a first orientation, the flap covers the aperture and where, in a second orientation, the flap exposes the aperture; and circuitry that determines the state of the camera based on the orientation of the flap. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher Miles Osborne, David Wayne Hill
  • Publication number: 20140340368
    Abstract: An aspect provides an information handling device, including: one or more processors; a memory device that stores instructions executed by the one or more processors; and a housing that contains the one or more processors and the memory device; the housing having a substantially rectangular shape with a length and height dimension that exceed a width dimension; and the housing further comprising a shaped pen dock running along an end of the housing defining the width dimension. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Michaela Rose Case, Scott Edwards Kelso, Christopher Miles Osborne
  • Publication number: 20140340369
    Abstract: An aspect provides an expandable pen, including: an internal portion; an external portion that is flexible; and a biased component that is flexible and positioned between the internal portion and the external portion; the biased component applying force to the external portion to flex it away from the internal portion. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Michaela Rose Case, Christopher Miles Osborne, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Howard Locker, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Scott Edwards Kelso
  • Patent number: 8854575
    Abstract: A display including an electroluminescent layer, a liquid crystal layer, a barrier layer arranged between the electroluminescent layer and the liquid crystal layer to restrict migration of liquid crystal from the liquid crystal layer to the electroluminescent layer, and a first electrode and a second electrode arranged such that the electroluminescent layer and the liquid crystal layer are disposed between the first and second electrodes and arranged to apply an electric field across both the electroluminescent layer and the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Mflex UK Limited
    Inventor: Christopher Miles Evans
  • Publication number: 20140285440
    Abstract: An embodiment provides an apparatus, including: an input device having one or more keys; and a controller receiving input from the one or more keys; one or more of the one or more keys having a recessed surface relative to a bezel surface of the input device; the recessed surface responding to user input in the absence of mechanical displacement. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Christopher Miles Osborne, Hiroki Hirano, Masaaki Neguchi
  • Publication number: 20140254123
    Abstract: A system can include a keyboard housing that includes a keyboard and a positionable keyboard bezel, a display housing that includes a display, a hinge that pivotably connects the keyboard housing and the display housing for orienting the display housing with respect to the keyboard housing, and a positioning mechanism that positions the keyboard bezel in a first state with respect to the keyboard for a first orientation of the display housing with respect to the keyboard housing and that positions the keyboard bezel in a second state with respect to the keyboard for a second orientation of the display housing with respect to the keyboard housing. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Miles Osborne, Aaron Michael Stewart, Fusanobu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8704975
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display comprising a mask defining the information to be displayed and an electroluminescent (EL) backlight. The mask compress a layer (13) of physically-stabilized liquid crystal switchable to define the information to be displayed mounted in front of an EL layer (16) of the backlight. At least one pair of electrodes (12, 20) are arranged to generate, in use, an electric field across both the EL layer (16) and the LC layer (13). A barrier layer (15) is provided between the LC layer (13) and the EL layer (16) that restricts migration of liquid crystal from the LC layer (13) to the EL layer (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: MFlex UK Limited
    Inventors: Yong Zhao, Christopher Miles Evans
  • Patent number: 8698979
    Abstract: A display including an electroluminescent layer, a liquid crystal layer, a barrier layer arranged between the electroluminescent layer and the liquid crystal layer to restrict migration of liquid crystal from the liquid crystal layer to the electroluminescent layer, and a first electrode and a second electrode arranged such that the electroluminescent layer and the liquid crystal layer are disposed between the first and second electrodes and arranged to apply an electric field across both the electroluminescent layer and the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Mflex UK Limited
    Inventors: Yong Zhao, Christopher James Newton Fryer, Richard Guy Blakesley, Christopher Miles Evans, William Frank Tyldesley
  • Patent number: 8698978
    Abstract: A display including an electroluminescent layer, a liquid crystal layer, and a first electrode and a second electrode arranged such that the electroluminescent layer and the liquid crystal layer are disposed between the first and second electrodes and arranged to apply an electric field across both the electroluminescent layer and the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: MFlex UK Limited
    Inventors: Christopher James Newton Fryer, Richard Guy Blakesley, William Frank Tyldesley, Christopher Miles Evans
  • Patent number: 8622206
    Abstract: Improved peel-to-open packages including sachets, pouches, and the like are disclosed. The packages are made of substrate layers removably adhered together using an adhesive pattern of seal(s) that are characterized by peel forces. The adhesive pattern is designed to provide for controlled opening of the packages, in some embodiments to a predetermined stopping point, such that any product(s) contained therein are presented to the consumer for removal. Further design features include, but are not limited to, offset tabs, textures, color variations and text, which may further provide for easy, intuitive opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Miles Miller, Randy Joseph Lakes, Matthew Joshua Brewer, Barbara Ann Cappel
  • Patent number: 8495784
    Abstract: A device for treating a target surface, such as occurs when cleaning a window. The device has a squeegee blade or other member to apply pressure to the target surface. A sheet movably covers the blade, to present a fresh covering to the target surface with each use. The fresh surface provides for improved removal of the liquid from, or improved treatment of the liquid on, the target surface. Additionally a sheet may comprise a prewetted substrate to apply the liquid to the target surface. One or both of the sheets may be disposed in a cartridge insertable to and removable from the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark John Steinhardt, William Michael Cannon, Nicola John Policicchio, Patricia R. Soll, Kuang-Kai Liu, Christopher Miles Miller, Kevin Michael Rodgers, David Keith Dycher, Gregory Clegg Spooner, Bengt Ivar Anders Ivarsson, William Fraser Gwynfor Jones, Stanley Yuk Ming Chan