Patents by Inventor Girishpurushottam Hoogar

Girishpurushottam Hoogar 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).

  • Sanitary enforcement action for device
    Patent number: 11270571
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, an indication that an activity session has ended; determining, using a sensor, whether one or more user contact portions of the information handling device were cleaned after the indication was received; and performing, responsive to determining that the one or more user contact portions were not cleaned, a sanitary enforcement action. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew David Hansen, Russell Speight VanBlon, Girishpurushottam Hoogar
  • Techniques to switch between different types of virtual assistance based on threshold being met
    Patent number: 11269667
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device may include at least one processor, a display accessible to the at least one processor, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive, at the device, input from at least one sensor. The instructions may also be executable to determine whether a threshold is met based at least in part on the input from the at least one sensor. Responsive to the threshold not being met, the instructions may be executable to provide virtual assistance audibly. Responsive to the threshold being met, the instructions may be executable to present visual virtual assistance on the display using an avatar or other character. In various examples, the device may be a headset or other augmented reality device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Girishpurushottam Hoogar, John Weldon Nicholson
  • TECHNIQUES TO SWITCH BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF VIRTUAL ASSISTANCE BASED ON THRESHOLD BEING MET
    Publication number: 20220019450
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device may include at least one processor, a display accessible to the at least one processor, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive, at the device, input from at least one sensor. The instructions may also be executable to determine whether a threshold is met based at least in part on the input from the at least one sensor. Responsive to the threshold not being met, the instructions may be executable to provide virtual assistance audibly. Responsive to the threshold being met, the instructions may be executable to present visual virtual assistance on the display using an avatar or other character. In various examples, the device may be a headset or other augmented reality device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Girishpurushottam Hoogar, John Weldon Nicholson