Patents by Inventor Fred Thomas

Fred Thomas 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: 11595573
    Abstract: In some examples, the disclosure describes a nano-position stage, an imaging device coupled to the nano-position stage, and a controller comprising instructions to: instruct the imaging device to capture a first image of a subject, instruct the nano-position stage to alter a position of the imaging device a distance based on a pixel size of the first image, instruct the imaging device to capture a second image of the subject at the altered position, and generate a third image of the subject utilizing the first image and the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventor: Fred Thomas
  • Publication number: 20220417426
    Abstract: In some examples, the disclosure describes a nano-position stage, an imaging device coupled to the nano-position stage, and a controller comprising instructions to: instruct the imaging device to capture a first image of a subject, instruct the nano-position stage to alter a position of the imaging device a distance based on a pixel size of the first image, instruct the imaging device to capture a second image of the subject at the altered position, and generate a third image of the subject utilizing the first image and the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Fred Thomas
  • Patent number: 11493672
    Abstract: There is disclosed a functional lamellar particle including an unconverted portion of the lamellar particle, wherein the unconverted portion includes a first metal, a converted portion of the lamellar particle disposed external to a surface of the unconverted portion, wherein the converted portion includes a chemical compound of the first metal; and a functional coating disposed external to a surface of the converted portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Jaroslaw Zieba, Kelly Janssen, Fred Thomas
  • Publication number: 20220268973
    Abstract: There is disclosed a functional lamellar particle including an unconverted portion of the lamellar particle, wherein the unconverted portion includes a first metal, a converted portion of the lamellar particle disposed external to a surface of the unconverted portion, wherein the converted portion includes a chemical compound of the first metal; and a functional coating disposed external to a surface of the converted portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Jaroslaw Zieba, Kelly Janssen, Fred Thomas
  • Patent number: 11360244
    Abstract: There is disclosed a functional lamellar particle including an unconverted portion of the lamellar particle, wherein the unconverted portion includes a first metal, a converted portion of the lamellar particle disposed external to a surface of the unconverted portion, wherein the converted portion includes a chemical compound of the first metal; and a functional coating disposed external to a surface of the converted portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Jaroslaw Zieba, Kelly Janssen, Fred Thomas
  • Patent number: 10459574
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a display stack comprising at least one layer to generate a digital display image. A front stack includes a position encoded contrast layer to provide a pattern of light in response to non-visible light applied to the position encoded contrast layer. The pattern of light encodes spatial information across a surface of the position encoded contrast layer. A hot mirror reflects the non-visible light applied to the position encoded contrast layer of the front stack and is optically transparent to visible light generated from the display stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Fred Thomas, Bruce Blaho
  • Patent number: 10429950
    Abstract: A display includes a display stack to generate a digital display image. A media layer includes a plurality of diffusive emissive elements disposed in a predetermined pattern. The diffusive emissive elements on the media layer emit a scattered signal in response to light incident to the media layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Fred Thomas, Bruce E. Blaho
  • Patent number: 10088917
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a light source to transmit non-visible light pulses strobed at a frequency and a duty cycle. A detector a detector receives a pattern of reflected light from a display in response to the non-visible light pulses. The pattern of reflected light had at least two different polarization states, where the detector determines a spatial location of the detector relative to the display based on discriminating between the at least two polarization states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Fred Thomas
  • Publication number: 20180251637
    Abstract: There is disclosed a functional lamellar particle including an unconverted portion of the lamellar particle, wherein the unconverted portion includes a first metal, a converted portion of the lamellar particle disposed external to a surface of the unconverted portion, wherein the converted portion includes a chemical compound of the first metal; and a functional coating disposed external to a surface of the converted portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Jaroslaw ZIEBA, Kelly JANSSEN, Fred THOMAS
  • Patent number: 10048779
    Abstract: An example computing system may include a display and an input device. The input device may include a touch sensor to provide touch data, and a contactless sensor to provide contactless data. A field of view of the contactless sensor is directed away from the touch sensor. A controller is to combine the touch data and the contactless data into combined data to generate a virtual hand to be displayed on the display. The virtual hand is to include an unsensed feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Fred Thomas, Robert Adam Baum, David H Hanes, John Michael Main
  • Publication number: 20170262090
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a display stack comprising at least one layer to generate a digital display image. A front stack includes a position encoded contrast layer to provide a pattern of light in response to non-visible light applied to the position encoded contrast layer. The pattern of light encodes spatial information across a surface of the position encoded contrast layer. A hot mirror reflects the non-visible light applied to the position encoded contrast layer of the front stack and is optically transparent to visible light generated from the display stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Fred THOMAS, Bruce BLAHO
  • Publication number: 20170212611
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a light source to transmit non-visible light pulses strobed at a frequency and a duty cycle. A detector a detector receives a pattern of reflected light from a display in response to the non-visible light pulses. The pattern of reflected light had at least two different polarization states, where the detector determines a spatial location of the detector relative to the display based on discriminating between the at least two polarization states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventor: Fred Thomas
  • Publication number: 20170212610
    Abstract: A display includes a display stack to generate a digital display image. A media layer includes a plurality of diffusive emissive elements disposed in a predetermined pattern. The diffusive emissive elements on the media layer emit a scattered signal in response to light incident to the media layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Fred THOMAS, Bruce E. BLAHO
  • Publication number: 20150084866
    Abstract: An example computing system may include a display and an input device. The input device may include a touch sensor to provide touch data, and a contactless sensor to provide contactless data. A field of view of the contactless sensor is directed away from the touch sensor. A controller is to combine the touch data and the contactless data into combined data to generate a virtual hand to be displayed on the display. The virtual hand is to include an unsensed feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Fred Thomas, Robert Adam Baum, David H. Harnes, John Michael Main
  • Patent number: 8762637
    Abstract: According to an example, a data storage apparatus may include a non-volatile primary storage medium, a coupling interface to removably receive a non-volatile solid state device, a communication line connected to the non-volatile primary storage medium and the coupling interface, and a storage controller connected to the communication line. The storage controller may determine a memory type of the non-volatile solid state device, cache a first type of data in the non-volatile solid state device in response to a determination that the non-volatile to solid state device is of a first memory type, and cache a second type of data in the non-volatile solid state device in response to a determination that the non-volatile solid state device is of a second memory type, in which the second type of data differs from the first type of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Fred Thomas, Walter A. Gaspard
  • Publication number: 20090228620
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a digital adapter comprises at least one data input port to receive a digital signal originating from a network attached storage device coupled to the digital adapter, at least one data output port to interface with a digital rendering device communicatively coupled to the digital adapter; and digital signal converter logic to convert the digital signal originating from the network attached storage device from a first signal format to a second signal format, different from the first signal format, and transmit the digital signal in the second signal format through the at least one data output port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Fred Thomas, Paul Cesario, Bryce Wemple, Eric Peterson
  • Publication number: 20070049310
    Abstract: A wireless interface is included in an electronic product for connecting the product to a remote storage device. When the memory in the electronic product reaches a threshold level, the wireless interface initiates a connection to the remote storage device. Once the connection is established, the contents of the electronic products memory are transferred via the wireless interface to the remote storage device. After the transfer is completed, the memory of the electronic product can then be safely cleared for further use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: James Hagler, Fred Thomas
  • Publication number: 20060221796
    Abstract: An information storage apparatus uses an optical data element (nano-grating) with features that are smaller than the wavelength of light. The optical data element alters one or more properties of the light such as reflected amplitude, polarization, phase, wavelength, and spatial orientation to encode data in a massively multi-level format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventor: Fred Thomas
  • Patent number: D577719
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Lea Kobeli, Fred Thomas, Andrew Zee, Matthew Peterson, Arthur Sandoval, Kathy Miner, Daniel Thero, Kenneth Wood, Anthony Hernandez
  • Patent number: D579013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Lea Kobeli, Arthur Sandoval, Matthew Peterson, Fred Thomas, Andrew Zee, Kenneth Wood, Kathy Miner, Daniel Thero