Patents by Inventor Christopher A. Whitman

Christopher A. Whitman 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: 9946383
    Abstract: Conductive trace routing techniques for display and bezel sensors are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes display sensors, bezel sensors, and a plurality of conductive traces. The display sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are arranged in conjunction with a display area of a display device to support interaction with a user interface displayed by the display device. The bezel sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are disposed in a bezel that at least partially surrounds the display device and is outside the display area. The plurality of conductive traces are disposed between the display and bezel sensors and communicatively couple the display sensors and the bezel sensors to one or more computing components that are configured to process inputs received from the display sensors and the bezel sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew N. Cady, Christopher A. Whitman, Steven Nabil Bathiche, Thomas Charles Oliver, Rajesh Manohar Dighde
  • Patent number: 9933868
    Abstract: Flexible touch sensor techniques are described. A touch sensitive device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a touch controller and a flexible printed circuit having a flexible substrate and touch sensors formed thereon using a plurality of flexible traces arranged to detect proximity of an object. The plurality of flexible traces are extended along the flexible substrate to directly terminate onto a connector of the printed circuit board thereby forming a communicative coupling between the touch sensors and the touch controller, which thereby permits the touch controller to determine a location of the proximity of the object in relation to the touch sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Rajesh Manohar Dighde, Sung Ku Lee, Christopher A. Whitman
  • Patent number: 9477337
    Abstract: Conductive trace routing techniques for display and bezel sensors are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes display sensors, bezel sensors, and a plurality of conductive traces. The display sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are arranged in conjunction with a display area of a display device to support interaction with a user interface displayed by the display device. The bezel sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are disposed in a bezel that at least partially surrounds the display device and is outside the display area. The plurality of conductive traces are disposed between the display and bezel sensors and communicatively couple the display sensors and the bezel sensors to one or more computing components that are configured to process inputs received from the display sensors and the bezel sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew N. Cady, Christopher A. Whitman, Steven Nabil Bathiche, Thomas Charles Oliver, Rajesh Manohar Dighde
  • Publication number: 20160291787
    Abstract: Conductive trace routing techniques for display and bezel sensors are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes display sensors, bezel sensors, and a plurality of conductive traces. The display sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are arranged in conjunction with a display area of a display device to support interaction with a user interface displayed by the display device. The bezel sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are disposed in a bezel that at least partially surrounds the display device and is outside the display area. The plurality of conductive traces are disposed between the display and bezel sensors and communicatively couple the display sensors and the bezel sensors to one or more computing components that are configured to process inputs received from the display sensors and the bezel sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew N. Cady, Christopher A. Whitman, Steven Nabil Bathiche, Thomas Charles Oliver, Rajesh Manohar Dighde
  • Publication number: 20160170511
    Abstract: Flexible touch sensor techniques are described. A touch sensitive device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a touch controller and a flexible printed circuit having a flexible substrate and touch sensors formed thereon using a plurality of flexible traces arranged to detect proximity of an object. The plurality of flexible traces are extended along the flexible substrate to directly terminate onto a connector of the printed circuit board thereby forming a communicative coupling between the touch sensors and the touch controller, which thereby permits the touch controller to determine a location of the proximity of the object in relation to the touch sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Rajesh Manohar Dighde, Sung Ku Lee, Christopher A. Whitman
  • Patent number: 9338666
    Abstract: Binding techniques are described that are configured to bind an apparatus for operation with a computing device. A computing device may include one or more object detection sensors that are configured to detect proximity of an object, a wireless communication module configured to support wireless communication, and one or more modules implemented at least partially in hardware. The one or more modules are configured to perform operations that include recognizing a first event as involving detection of proximity of an apparatus by the one or more object detection sensors, recognizing a second event as involving receipt of a wireless communication by the wireless communication module from the apparatus, and responsive to the recognizing of the first and second events, causing the apparatus to be bound for operation with the computing device such that the apparatus is configured to initiate one or more host side commands of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Nabil Bathiche, Christopher A. Whitman, Yann Florian Daniel Riche, Sarah Graham Williams
  • Patent number: 9304949
    Abstract: One or more sensors are disposed to sense user inputs in an active display area as well as user inputs in an extended area that is outside of the active display area. Data for user inputs, such as gestures, may include data from user inputs sensed in both the active display area and outside of the active display area. The user inputs can begin and/or end outside of the active display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher A. Whitman, Rajesh Manohar Dighde
  • Patent number: 9304948
    Abstract: One or more sensors are disposed to sense user inputs in an active display area as well as user inputs in an extended area that is outside of the active display area. Data for user inputs, such as gestures, may include data from user inputs sensed in both the active display area and outside of the active display area. The user inputs can begin and/or end outside of the active display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher A. Whitman, Rajesh Manohar Dighde
  • Patent number: 9232409
    Abstract: Binding techniques are described that are configured to bind an apparatus for operation with a computing device. A computing device may include one or more object detection sensors that are configured to detect proximity of an object, a wireless communication module configured to support wireless communication, and one or more modules implemented at least partially in hardware. The one or more modules are configured to perform operations that include recognizing a first event as involving detection of proximity of an apparatus by the one or more object detection sensors, recognizing a second event as involving receipt of a wireless communication by the wireless communication module from the apparatus, and responsive to the recognizing of the first and second events, causing the apparatus to be bound for operation with the computing device such that the apparatus is configured to initiate one or more host side commands of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Nabil Bathiche, Christopher A. Whitman, Yann Florian Daniel Riche, Sarah Graham Williams
  • Publication number: 20150341801
    Abstract: Binding techniques are described that are configured to bind an apparatus for operation with a computing device. A computing device may include one or more object detection sensors that are configured to detect proximity of an object, a wireless communication module configured to support wireless communication, and one or more modules implemented at least partially in hardware. The one or more modules are configured to perform operations that include recognizing a first event as involving detection of proximity of an apparatus by the one or more object detection sensors, recognizing a second event as involving receipt of a wireless communication by the wireless communication module from the apparatus, and responsive to the recognizing of the first and second events, causing the apparatus to be bound for operation with the computing device such that the apparatus is configured to initiate one or more host side commands of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Steven Nabil Bathiche, Christopher A. Whitman, Yann Florian Daniel Riche, Sarah Graham Williams
  • Publication number: 20150261364
    Abstract: Conductive trace routing techniques for display and bezel sensors are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes display sensors, bezel sensors, and a plurality of conductive traces. The display sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are arranged in conjunction with a display area of a display device to support interaction with a user interface displayed by the display device. The bezel sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are disposed in a bezel that at least partially surrounds the display device and is outside the display area. The plurality of conductive traces are disposed between the display and bezel sensors and communicatively couple the display sensors and the bezel sensors to one or more computing components that are configured to process inputs received from the display sensors and the bezel sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew N. Cady, Christopher A. Whitman, Steven Nabil Bathiche, Thomas Charles Oliver, Rajesh Manohar Dighde
  • Publication number: 20150172932
    Abstract: Binding techniques are described that are configured to bind an apparatus for operation with a computing device. A computing device may include one or more object detection sensors that are configured to detect proximity of an object, a wireless communication module configured to support wireless communication, and one or more modules implemented at least partially in hardware. The one or more modules are configured to perform operations that include recognizing a first event as involving detection of proximity of an apparatus by the one or more object detection sensors, recognizing a second event as involving receipt of a wireless communication by the wireless communication module from the apparatus, and responsive to the recognizing of the first and second events, causing the apparatus to be bound for operation with the computing device such that the apparatus is configured to initiate one or more host side commands of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Nabil Bathiche, Christopher A. Whitman, Yann Florian Daniel Riche, Sarah Graham Williams
  • Publication number: 20140043275
    Abstract: One or more sensors are disposed to sense user inputs in an active display area as well as user inputs in an extended area that is outside of the active display area. Data for user inputs, such as gestures, may include data from user inputs sensed in both the active display area and outside of the active display area. The user inputs can begin and/or end outside of the active display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher A. Whitman, Rajesh Manohar Dighde
  • Publication number: 20130229363
    Abstract: One or more sensors are disposed to sense user inputs in an active display area as well as user inputs in an extended area that is outside of the active display area. Data for user inputs, such as gestures, may include data from user inputs sensed in both the active display area and outside of the active display area. The user inputs can begin and/or end outside of the active display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventors: Christopher A. Whitman, Rajesh Manohar Dighde
  • Publication number: 20130229335
    Abstract: One or more sensors are disposed to sense user inputs in an active display area as well as user inputs in an extended area that is outside of the active display area. Data for user inputs, such as gestures, may include data from user inputs sensed in both the active display area and outside of the active display area. The user inputs can begin and/or end outside of the active display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher A. Whitman, Rajesh Manohar Dighde
  • Patent number: 8063940
    Abstract: Image stabilization systems and methods are disclosed. One embodiment of the image stabilization method, among others, includes detecting motion of a camera, and responsive to the detected motion, changing an optical filter orientation to displace an image provided on a sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Donald J. Stavely, Christopher A. Whitman, Gregory V. Hofer, David K. Campbell, Jason E. Yost
  • Patent number: 8045009
    Abstract: Image-exposure systems and methods are disclosed. One embodiment of the system includes a motion detecting device, and logic configured to determine when to terminate an image-exposure based on detected motion of a camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Donald J. Stavely, Christopher A. Whitman, Gregory V. Hofer, David K. Campbell, Jason E. Yost
  • Patent number: 7548647
    Abstract: A device that performs automatic red-eye correction on a digital image saves the original image data and a location indicator from each portion of the digital image on which red-eye correction is performed to facilitate the subsequent undoing of red-eye correction. Red-eye correction may be undone at any time after red-eye correction has been performed by replacing the corrected image data with the original image data that is stored with the corrected digital image, and the device on which red-eye correction is undone may be distinct from the device that captured the digital image and from the device that performed red-eye correction on the digital image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Christopher A. Whitman
  • Patent number: 7542091
    Abstract: A power management method and associated apparatus allows a device to make maximum use of its battery before replacement or recharging. After a battery failure, the device may be shut down properly and disabled until the battery is replaced or recharged. An exemplary embodiment is described in the context of a digital camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Heather N Bean, Christopher A. Whitman
  • Patent number: 7502057
    Abstract: Reducing or eliminated color-dependent vignetting in a digital camera includes: providing a raw array of data corresponding to an image of a scene for each color that the camera can image; and adjusting the raw arrays such that the array for each color exhibits substantially the same amount of vignetting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher A Whitman, Kevin J Matherson, Robert E Sobol, David K Campbell