Patents by Inventor Douglas Collins

Douglas Collins 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: 12077232
    Abstract: An axle cartridge member receives a pair of torsion stub axles at opposite lateral sides thereof. The torsion stub axles include elongated axle housings, which are sandwiched between two parallel plates to align the torsion stub axles with respect to one another. The cartridge member includes a central arch extending between the two torsion stub axles, which can provide additional ground clearance when the axle cartridge member is mounted to a trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NORCO INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Douglas Collins, Jon David Stough, Akos Peter Sefcsik, William A. Aske
  • Publication number: 20230236376
    Abstract: A network interface device bracket and a method of connecting a network device to a network via the network interface device bracket is provided. According to an example, the network interface device bracket may be adapted to be removably attached to the network interface device and removably mounted to a mounting surface. The network interface device bracket may include an internal housing that is adapted to connect a jumper cable connected to the network interface device to a drop cable connected to a service provider network and to store excess drop cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: William Keaton, Brian Edward Bond, Douglas Collins, David Moore
  • Publication number: 20220376410
    Abstract: An electrical harness assembly for an agricultural implement includes multiple harness segments coupled to one another. Each harness segment includes a first connector, a second connector, and a third connector. In addition, the second connector of each harness segment is configured to directly couple to the first connector of a subsequent harness segment, the third connector of each harness segment is configured to couple to a respective row unit component, and each harness segment does not include a harness controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jacob Allan Weis, Ryan Douglas Collins
  • Patent number: 10871897
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and apparatus, including computer program products, for identifying candidates for text entry. One or more inputs entering one or more characters are received. One or more first candidate characters are identified and presented for the inputs using a first dictionary. One or more second candidate characters related to a respective first candidate character are identified and presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Deborah Eileen Goldsmith, Chia-Chi Chou, Maria Celia Vigil, Leland Douglas Collins, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10152225
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and apparatus, including computer program products, for identifying candidates for text entry. One or more inputs entering one or more characters are received. One or more first candidate characters are identified and presented for the inputs using a first dictionary. One or more second candidate characters related to a respective first candidate character are identified and presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Deborah Eileen Goldsmith, Chia-Chi Chou, Maria Celia Vigil, Leland Douglas Collins, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9471560
    Abstract: Various techniques for autocorrecting virtual keyboard input for various languages (e.g., Japanese, Chinese) are disclosed. In one aspect, a system or process receives a sequence of keyboard events representing keystrokes on a virtual keyboard. A hierarchical data structure is traversed according to the sequence of keyboard events to determine candidate words for the sequence of keyboard events. A word lattice is constructed using a language model, including deriving weights or paths in the word lattice based on candidate word statistics and data from a keyboard error model. The word lattice is searched to determine one or more candidate sentences comprising candidate words based on the path weights. Paths through the word lattice can be pruned (e.g., discarded) to reduce the size and search time of the word lattice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kida, Leland Douglas Collins, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9465536
    Abstract: Text input is corrected on a touch-sensitive display by presenting a list of candidate words in the interface which can be selected by touch input. The candidate list can include candidate words having two or more character types (e.g., Roman, kana, kanji). In one aspect, the candidate list can be scrolled using a finger gesture. When a user's finger traverses a candidate word and the touch is released, the candidate word is inserted into a document being edited. In another aspect, characters can be erased by touching a key (e.g., a backspace or delete key) and making a sliding, swiping, or other finger gesture. A number of characters proportional to a distance (e.g., a linear distance) of the finger gesture across the display are erased. If there are characters in a text input area, those characters are erased first, followed by characters in the document being edited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Deborah Eileen Goldsmith, Takumi Takano, Toshiyuki Masui, Leland Douglas Collins, Jr., Yasuo Kida, Kenneth L. Kocienda
  • Patent number: 9355090
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and apparatus, including computer program products, for identifying candidates for text entry. One or more inputs entering one or more characters are received. One or more first candidate characters are identified and presented for the inputs using a first dictionary. One or more second candidate characters related to a respective first candidate character are identified and presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Deborah Eileen Goldsmith, Leland Douglas Collins, Jr., Chia-Chi Chou, Maria Celia Vigil
  • Patent number: 9000434
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate having a surface including an active semiconductor device including one of a laser and a photodiode; and a visual indicator disposed on the semiconductor body and at least adjacent to a portion of said active semiconductor device, the indicator having a state that shows if damage to the active semiconductor device may have occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Emcore Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Carson, Elaine Taylor, Douglas Collins
  • Patent number: 8949743
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and apparatus, including computer program products, for inputting text. A user interface element is presented on a touch-sensitive display of a device. The user interface element is associated with a plurality of characters, at least a subset of which is associated with respective gestures. A user input performing a gesture with respect to the user interface element is received. The character from the subset that is associated with the gesture performed with respect to the user interface element is inputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kida, Deborah Eileen Goldsmith, Elizabeth Caroline Furches, Leland Douglas Collins, Jr., Ken Kocienda, Bas Ording, Toshiyuki Masui, Yosuke Kurita, Shin Nishibori, Takumi Takano, Hongwei Guo, Maria Celia Vigil
  • Patent number: 8908973
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for inputting text. A handwriting area is presented on a touch-sensitive display of a device. A handwritten input is received in the handwriting area. One or more candidates are identified for the handwritten input and presented. An input selecting one of the candidates is received. The selected candidate is presented as a current input in a text input area of the touch sensitive display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Deborah Eileen Goldsmith, Leland Douglas Collins, Jr., Elizabeth Caroline Furches, Ken Kocienda
  • Publication number: 20140173494
    Abstract: Text input is corrected on a touch-sensitive display by presenting a list of candidate words in the interface which can be selected by touch input. The candidate list can include candidate words having two or more character types (e.g., Roman, kana, kanji). In one aspect, the candidate list can be scrolled using a finger gesture. When a user's finger traverses a candidate word and the touch is released, the candidate word is inserted into a document being edited. In another aspect, characters can be erased by touching a key (e.g., a backspace or delete key) and making a sliding, swiping, or other finger gesture. A number of characters proportional to a distance (e.g., a linear distance) of the finger gesture across the display are erased. If there are characters in a text input area, those characters are erased first, followed by characters in the document being edited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Deborah Eileen Goldsmith, Takumi Takano, Toshiyuki Masui, Leland Douglas Collins, Jr., Yasuo Kida, Kenneth L. Kocienda
  • Patent number: 8661340
    Abstract: Text input is corrected on a touch-sensitive display by presenting a list of candidate words in the interface which can be selected by touch input. The candidate list can include candidate words having two or more character types (e.g., Roman, kana, kanji). In one aspect, the candidate list can be scrolled using a finger gesture. When a user's finger traverses a candidate word and the touch is released, the candidate word is inserted into a document being edited. In another aspect, characters can be erased by touching a key (e.g., a backspace or delete key) and making a sliding, swiping, or other finger gesture. A number of characters proportional to a distance (e.g., a linear distance) of the finger gesture across the display are erased. If there are characters in a text input area, those characters are erased first, followed by characters in the document being edited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Deborah Eileen Goldsmith, Takumi Takano, Toshiyuki Masui, Leland Douglas Collins, Yasuo Kida, Ken Kocienda
  • Publication number: 20130094531
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate having a surface including an active semiconductor device including one of a laser and a photodiode; and a visual indicator disposed on the semiconductor body and at least adjacent to a portion of said active semiconductor device, the indicator having a state that shows if damage to the active semiconductor device may have occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Richard Carson, Elaine Taylor, Douglas Collins
  • Patent number: 8357556
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for protecting a semiconductor device from damage. The method may include the steps of providing an active semiconductor device on a surface of a semiconductor substrate where the active device is surrounded by an inactive semiconductor area, and providing a soft metallic guard element in the inactive semiconductor area around at least a portion of the periphery of the active device wherein the metallic guard element is connected to ground potential and not to the active device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Emcore Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Carson, Elaine Taylor, Douglas Collins
  • Publication number: 20120310626
    Abstract: Various techniques for autocorrecting virtual keyboard input for various languages (e.g., Japanese, Chinese) are disclosed. In one aspect, a system or process receives a sequence of keyboard events representing keystrokes on a virtual keyboard. A hierarchical data structure is traversed according to the sequence of keyboard events to determine candidate words for the sequence of keyboard events. A word lattice is constructed using a language model, including deriving weights or paths in the word lattice based on candidate word statistics and data from a keyboard error model. The word lattice is searched to determine one or more candidate sentences comprising candidate words based on the path weights. Paths through the word lattice can be pruned (e.g., discarded) to reduce the size and search time of the word lattice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Yasuo Kida, Leland Douglas Collins, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120124775
    Abstract: A hinge for coupling two parts to allow one part to be positioned at an arbitrary angle and to maintain said angle by providing a high static torque that resists rotation between the parts. The hinge includes a plurality of identical clips having a flat polygonal shape and a closed opening a receiving a cylindrical shaft. The clips are stacked to form a central opening having a polygonal shape and the shaft extends through the central opening to form an interference fit with the clips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Victor A. CECI, Raymond F. Augustine, JR., Douglas Collins
  • Patent number: D635563
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Stuart Brusca, Walter Slagle, Douglas Collins, Cara Oleksa, Angel Cordero, Marie Lee Marchesseault, Gadi Amit, Michael Massucco, Barbara Brattain
  • Patent number: D1002623
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: William Keaton, Brian Edward Bond, Douglas Collins, David Moore
  • Patent number: D1009557
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LARQ, INC.
    Inventors: Justin Wang, Gareth Brown, Matthew Chin, Stephen Kaes, Timothy Elliott, Deyan Huang, Lin Zhu, Joshua Abell, Douglas Collins