Patents by Inventor Donald John Elloway

Donald John Elloway 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).

  • Illumination systems incorporating a light guide and a reflective structure and related methods
    Patent number: 8872764
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems and methods for illumination systems with one or more reflective structures over a light guide. In one aspect, each reflective structure can have an absorber structure with a width greater than a width of the reflective structure. The absorber structure can have overhanging portions that are in parallel with and laterally protrude past one or more edges of the reflective structure, or the absorber structure can have enclosing portions that substantially enclose the reflective structure. The reflective structures can include light-turning features, such as facets, and/or conductive wires, such as touch sensor wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jyotindra Raj Shakya, Russel Allyn Martin, Ion Bita, Donald John Elloway, Rashmi Raghavendra Rao
  • EAR POSITION AND GESTURE DETECTION WITH MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140099992
    Abstract: A mobile device may include a sensor array. The sensor array may be a touch sensor array, such as a projected capacitive touch (PCT) sensor array. The mobile device may be configured to determine whether one or more sensor signals from the sensor array indicate an ear gesture and/or the presence of an ear. One or more device operations may be invoked according to the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: David William Burns, Daniel Felnhofer, Donald John Elloway
  • ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS INCORPORATING A LIGHT GUIDE AND A REFLECTIVE STRUCTURE AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20140002345
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems and methods for illumination systems with one or more reflective structures over a light guide. In one aspect, each reflective structure can have an absorber structure with a width greater than a width of the reflective structure. The absorber structure can have overhanging portions that are in parallel with and laterally protrude past one or more edges of the reflective structure, or the absorber structure can have enclosing portions that substantially enclose the reflective structure. The reflective structures can include light-turning features, such as facets, and/or conductive wires, such as touch sensor wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jyotindra Raj Shakya, Russel Allyn Martin, Ion Bita, Donald John Elloway, Rashmi Raghavendra Rao