Patents by Inventor David E. Washington

David E. Washington 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).

  • POSTURE DETECTION FOR INTELLIGENT LIGHTING ACCESSORY CONTROL
    Publication number: 20220369444
    Abstract: A method for intelligently controlling a lighting accessory coupled to a host device includes determining a posture of the lighting accessory, the posture being one of multiple user-selectable physical configurations; and selectively configuring a setting of an application executing on the host device based at least in part on the determined posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: David E. WASHINGTON, Danielle TENE, Whitney J. GIAIMO, Alexander BENNETT, Ann MCINROY, Natalia URBANOWICZ, Simon DEARSLEY
  • Posture detection for intelligent lighting accessory control
    Patent number: 11497103
    Abstract: A method for intelligently controlling a lighting accessory coupled to a host device includes determining a posture of the lighting accessory, the posture being one of multiple user-selectable physical configurations; and selectively configuring a setting of an application executing on the host device based at least in part on the determined posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Washington, Danielle Tene, Whitney J. Giaimo, Alexander Bennett, Ann McInroy, Natalia Urbanowicz, Simon Dearsley