Patents by Inventor Daryl Cromer

Daryl Cromer 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: 20200312293
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a device employing two or more audio capture devices, an audio signal; determining a distance between two of the two or more audio capture devices capturing the audio signal; and reducing, using a noise cancellation technique employing the determined distance, an amount of unwanted noise from the audio signal. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Howard Locker, Daryl Cromer
  • Publication number: 20200310533
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: determining, using a processor, a location of a virtual object within a physical environment with respect to a user having a headset; generating, on a display of the headset of the user, an augmented reality scene of the physical environment having the virtual object; and maintaining, within the augmented reality scene and as the user moves throughout the physical environment, the location of the virtual object, wherein the maintaining comprises identifying a position of the user with respect to other users each having headsets. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Howard Locker, Daryl Cromer
  • Publication number: 20200314585
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for low-fuel indicator enablement based on fuel station locations. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The memory stores code executable by the processor to calculate a current fuel range for a vehicle. The memory stores code executable by the processor to determine locations of fuel stations within a proximity of the vehicle. The memory stores code executable by the processor to enable a low-fuel indicator for the vehicle in response to the current fuel range of the vehicle being less than a threshold fuel range as determined based on the locations of the fuel stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Daryl Cromer, Howard Locker
  • Patent number: 10791417
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for low-fuel indicator enablement based on fuel station locations. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The memory stores code executable by the processor to calculate a current fuel range for a vehicle. The memory stores code executable by the processor to determine locations of fuel stations within a proximity of the vehicle. The memory stores code executable by the processor to enable a low-fuel indicator for the vehicle in response to the current fuel range of the vehicle being less than a threshold fuel range as determined based on the locations of the fuel stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Daryl Cromer, Howard Locker
  • Publication number: 20200273454
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, at an input device of an information handling device, voice input; determining, using a processor, whether the voice input corresponds to a voice command; identifying, responsive to determining that the voice input corresponds to a voice command, that the voice command is associated with an enabled voice command; determining, using a processor, whether a characteristic of the voice command corresponds to a predetermined input characteristic; and performing, responsive to identifying that the voice command is associated with the enabled voice command and responsive to determining that the characteristic corresponds to the predetermined input characteristic, an action corresponding to the enabled voice command. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Daryl Cromer, Howard Locker
  • Publication number: 20200265223
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, an indication to convert handwriting input to machine typeset, wherein the handwriting input comprises one or more handwriting objects; determining, using a processor, a recognition confidence level for each of the one or more handwriting objects; and converting, response to the determining, each of the one or more handwriting objects having a recognition confidence level above a predetermined confidence threshold to one or more corresponding machine typeset words. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Daryl Cromer, Howard Locker
  • Publication number: 20200260598
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a hinge coupling at least a first device housing to a second device housing. A flexible display is coupled to the first device housing and the second device housing and spans the hinge. The first device housing defines a curvilinear recess forming at least some of the flexible display into an asymmetrical service loop when the first device housing and the second device housing pivot about the hinge from an axially displaced open position to a closed position. Additional hinges and device housings can be added to accommodate flexible displays of varying lengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Daryl Cromer, Scott P DeBates, Grant Lloyd, Alberto R Cavallaro
  • Patent number: 10740423
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, user input comprising a query from a user, wherein the query does not comprise an explicit request for visual data; identifying, based upon results of the query, that visual data is associated with the query; and providing, based on the identifying, output associated with the identified visual data. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Daryl Cromer, Scott Patrick DeBates, Ming Qian, Song Wang, David Alexander Schwarz
  • Patent number: 10701818
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a hinge coupling at least a first device housing to a second device housing. A flexible display is coupled to the first device housing and the second device housing and spans the hinge. The first device housing defines a curvilinear recess forming at least some of the flexible display into an asymmetrical service loop when the first device housing and the second device housing pivot about the hinge from an axially displaced open position to a closed position. Additional hinges and device housings can be added to accommodate flexible displays of varying lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Daryl Cromer, Scott P DeBates, Grant Lloyd, Alberto R Cavallaro
  • Patent number: 10629220
    Abstract: An apparatus for selective AEC filter bypass is disclosed. A method and computer program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. An apparatus for selective AEC filter bypass is disclosed that includes a filter for an audio handling device that performs acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) on a microphone signal to produce an AEC-filtered microphone signal, a bypass controller that determines whether an AEC bypass parameter corresponding to an audio stream is enabled and a mixer that combines the audio stream with the AEC-filtered microphone signal to produce an AEC-filtered selectively combined signal in response to determining that the AEC bypass parameter corresponding to the audio stream is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE LTD
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Daryl Cromer, Howard Locker
  • Patent number: 10607606
    Abstract: In one aspect, a first device includes a processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to execute a digital assistant, receive input for the digital assistant to perform a task, determine the task indicated in the input, determine whether to use a second device for processing the input based on the determination of the task at the first device, and transmit at least a portion of the input to the second device. The instructions are also executable by the processor to, responsive to a determination to not use the second device for processing the input, execute the task at the first device and using the digital assistant without receiving a response from the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Daryl Cromer, Mir Farooq Ali, David Alexander Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20190394890
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a hinge coupling at least a first device housing to a second device housing. A flexible display is coupled to the first device housing and the second device housing and spans the hinge. The first device housing defines a curvilinear recess forming at least some of the flexible display into an asymmetrical service loop when the first device housing and the second device housing pivot about the hinge from an axially displaced open position to a closed position. Additional hinges and device housings can be added to accommodate flexible displays of varying lengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Daryl Cromer, Scott P. DeBates, Grant Lloyd, Alberto R. Cavallaro
  • Patent number: 10485115
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a hinge coupling at least a first device housing to a second device housing. A flexible display is coupled to the first device housing and the second device housing and spans the hinge. The first device housing defines a curvilinear recess forming at least some of the flexible display into an asymmetrical service loop when the first device housing and the second device housing pivot about the hinge from an axially displaced open position to a closed position. Additional hinges and device housings can be added to accommodate flexible displays of varying lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Daryl Cromer, Scott P DeBates, Grant Lloyd, Alberto R Cavallaro
  • Publication number: 20190325016
    Abstract: A method, device and computer program product are provided. The method is under control of one or more processors includes program instructions to perform resource context awareness (RCA) by automatically. The method accesses an active destination resource at a computing device, matches the active destination resource to a resource context of interest (COI) from an RCA transfer library and transfers an outbound resource advancement (RA) content segment stored in memory of the computing device to the active destination resource based on the resource COI from the RCA transfer library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Daryl Cromer
  • Patent number: 10445488
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a network device, data from a source device and a user identification derived from a user device; storing, at the network device, the data from the source device; detecting, at the network device, a request from a destination device, the request from the destination device comprising a request for data derived from gesture input and associated with the user identification derived from the user device; and transferring, from the network device to the destination device, the data from source device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Daryl Cromer, John Weldon Nicholson
  • Publication number: 20190298230
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining, at an information handling device, at least one physiological data point that corresponds to a physiological metric associated with a user; determining, using a processor, an activity type of the user; determining, using a processor, whether the at least one physiological data point is outside a threshold range for the physiological metric based on the activity type; and providing, responsive to determining that the at least one physiological data point is outside the threshold range, a notification. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Daryl Cromer
  • Patent number: 10402407
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: obtaining, at an information handling device, user input search data; accessing contextual data; refining, using one or more processors, the user input search data based on the contextual data; searching, using one or more processors, a repository of stored tag data with refined user input search data to identify one or more stored tags matching one or more stored objects; and returning, using one or more processors, one or more results of the searching, the one or more results indicating one or more stored objects associated with stored tag data. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Rod D. Waltermann, Daryl Cromer, Aaron Michael Stewart
  • Patent number: 10387721
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, at an input surface, handwriting input; identifying, using one or more processors, one or more characters included in the handwriting input; modifying one or more of the one or more characters included in the handwriting input to match penmanship; and rendering, on a display device, the handwriting input including one or more modified characters. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Daryl Cromer, Aaron Michael Stewart, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Michaela Rose Case
  • Patent number: 10339932
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, using at least one thermal sensor associated with an information handling device, thermal data, determining, using a processor, if the thermal data is associated with a human; and activating, based on determining that the thermal data is associated with a human, at least one audio input device associated with the information handling device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Daryl Cromer
  • Publication number: 20190139549
    Abstract: In one aspect, a first device includes at least one processor, a microphone accessible to the at least one processor, a communication interface accessible to the at least one processor, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the at least one processor to await first voice input comprising a response cue and receive, from the microphone, the first voice input comprising the response cue. The instructions are also executable by the at least one processor to, responsive to receipt of the first voice input comprising the response cue, transmit a wake up command to a second device different from the first device. The wake up command is transmitted via the communication interface using a peripheral device communication protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Daryl Cromer