Patents by Inventor Daniel Jordan Schantz

Daniel Jordan Schantz 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: 20170103732
    Abstract: A method includes sensing a hand position on a mobile device via sensors on the mobile device, providing information identifying the sensed hand position to a processor of the mobile device, identifying a position of a user interface on a touch screen display of the mobile device responsive to the information identifying the sensed hand position using the processor of the mobile device, and adjusting a user interface display position on the mobile device to the identified position using the processor of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Vincent Charles Conzola, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne
  • Patent number: 9594970
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a first panel at least bearing a keyboard, a second panel at least bearing a display and which is coupled to the first panel at least at a junction, and at least one camera disposed on the device at or near the junction of the first panel and the second panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Miles Osborne, Michael William Stuart Ripp, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell
  • Patent number: 9566512
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing input via a selectively arrangeable, multi-mode input controller is disclosed. A method and computer program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a processor, a first body having a first input device, a second body pivotably connected to the first body and having a second input device, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor, the code comprising code that receives indication of an orientation of the first body with respect to the second body and code that alters operation of the first input device based on the orientation of the first body with respect to the second body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Michaela Rose Case
  • Patent number: 9507241
    Abstract: For an adjustable camera field of view, a camera is disposed in an electronic device. A motivator modifies an optical path of the camera through one of a plurality of fields of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Brooks Waldner Flynn, Thomas Perelli
  • Patent number: 9423890
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method including: identifying one or more symbols input to a surface of a first device; determining, using at least one processor, an association for the one or more symbols; executing an action corresponding to the determined association for the one or more symbols; and storing the one or more symbols identified and the determined association therefor in a lexicon accessible to other devices. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Michaela Rose Case, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell
  • Publication number: 20160142594
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a system, including: an information handling device comprising a camera; and a cover for the information handling device, comprising: a movable area obscuring and exposing the camera; at least one button controlling activation of the camera; and a communication mechanism facilitating communication between the cover and the information handling device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Vincent Charles Conzola
  • Publication number: 20160124572
    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: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Vincent Charles Conzola
  • Patent number: 9317142
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Michaela Rose Case, Scott Edwards Kelso, Christopher Miles Osborne
  • Patent number: 9310960
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Vincent Charles Conzola
  • Patent number: 9304610
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Michaela Rose Case, Christopher Miles Osborne, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Howard Locker, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Scott Edwards Kelso
  • Publication number: 20160063338
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a first panel at least bearing a keyboard, a second panel at least bearing a display and which is coupled to the first panel at least at a junction, and at least one camera disposed on the device at or near the junction of the first panel and the second panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Miles Osborne, Michael William Stuart Ripp, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell
  • Patent number: 9235275
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Christopher Miles Osborne, Scott Edwards Kelso, Michaela Rose Case, Howard J. Locker
  • Patent number: 9229543
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method including: identifying one or more symbols input to a surface of a first device; determining, using at least one processor, one or more modified input parameters associated with input of the one or more symbols; determining a modification to an association for the one or more symbols based on the one or more modified input parameters; and executing an action corresponding to a modified association for the one or more symbols. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Michaela Rose Case, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20150261292
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving data relating to a focus of user gaze; associating, using a processor, the focus of user gaze with at least one predetermined area within a document displayed in a display device; and responsive to the associating, automatically updating a document status based on the focus of user gaze. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Vincent Charles Conzola, Daniel Jordan Schantz
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20150234479
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing input via a selectively arrangeable, multi-mode input controller is disclosed. A method and computer program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a processor, a first body having a first input device, a second body pivotably connected to the first body and having a second input device, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor, the code comprising code that receives indication of an orientation of the first body with respect to the second body and code that alters operation of the first input device based on the orientation of the first body with respect to the second body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Michaela Rose Case
  • 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: 20150002484
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method including: identifying one or more symbols input to a surface of a first device; determining, using at least one processor, an association for the one or more symbols; executing an action corresponding to the determined association for the one or more symbols; and storing the one or more symbols identified and the determined association therefor in a lexicon accessible to other devices. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Michaela Rose Case, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell
  • Publication number: 20150002483
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: identifying two or more inputs ascertained via a device surface, the two or more inputs comprising: a symbol input; and one or more of an additional symbol input and a writing input; determining, using at least one processor, a relationship between the two or more inputs; and executing an action corresponding to the determined relationship. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Michaela Rose Case, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell