Patents by Inventor James Castro

James Castro 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).

  • Publication number: 20240041224
    Abstract: A method of monitoring the condition of a soothing seat for an infant is provided. The method can include receiving an input from an electronic sensor of the soothing seat, the input indicative of a condition of the soothing seat, receiving one or more pre-determined parameters indicative of the condition of the soothing seat being in an actionable state, determining based on the input from the electronic sensor and the one or more pre-determined parameters that the condition of the soothing seat is in the actionable state, and controlling an output to implement a remedial action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: James CASTRO-GRIFFITHS, David CONNELL
  • Patent number: 11874707
    Abstract: This application is directed to a display assistant device that acts as a voice-activated user interface device. The display assistant device includes a base, a screen and a speaker. The base is configured for sitting on a surface. The screen has a rear surface and is supported by the base at the rear surface. A bottom edge of the screen is configured to be held above the surface by a predefined height, and the base is substantially hidden behind the screen from a front view of the display assistant device. The speaker is concealed inside the base and configured to project sound substantially towards the front view of the display assistant device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: James Castro, Marc Davidson, Chih-Min Chien, Daniel Corbalan, Carl Cepress, Liang Ching Tseng
  • Patent number: 11836009
    Abstract: This application is directed to a display assistant device that acts as a voice-activated user interface device. The display assistant device includes a base, a screen and a rear speaker. The base is configured for sitting on a surface. The screen has a rear surface and is supported by the base at the rear surface. A bottom edge of the screen is configured to be held above the surface by a predefined height, and the base is substantially hidden behind the screen from a front view of the display assistant device. The rear speaker is concealed inside the base and oriented to project sound towards the rear side of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Justin Leong, Xiapoing Qin, Christen Cameron Bilger, Philip Hobson Boothby, Frances Kwee, Matthew Michael Seflic, James Castro
  • Publication number: 20230221771
    Abstract: This application is directed to a display assistant device that acts as a voice-activated user interface device. The display assistant device includes a base, a screen and a speaker. The base is configured for sitting on a surface. The screen has a rear surface and is supported by the base at the rear surface. A bottom edge of the screen is configured to be held above the surface by a predefined height, and the base is substantially hidden behind the screen from a front view of the display assistant device. The speaker is concealed inside the base and configured to project sound substantially towards the front view of the display assistant device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: James Castro, Marc Davidson, Chih-Min Chien, Daniel Corbalan, Carl Cepress, Liang Ching Tseng
  • Publication number: 20230189418
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for sensor device. A sensor device may include a housing, a lens inserted into a first opening of the housing, a metal mask covering a portion of the interior of the lens, a passive infrared (PIR) sensor underneath the lens and the metal mask, and a light pipe around the PIR sensor, the lens, and the metal mask. Part of the light pipe may be positioned above an activation mechanism for a button. An airflow gasket may be around the PIR sensor. A filter circuit board may be under the PIR sensor and connected to leads of the PIR sensor. A control circuit board may include the activation mechanism for the button. A backplate may include a slot for attachment to a snap of a magazine in the housing of the sensor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Clare Zhang, James Castro, Ken Jenks, Bryan Macomber
  • Patent number: 11604493
    Abstract: This application is directed to a display assistant device that acts as a voice-activated user interface device. The display assistant device includes a base, a screen and a speaker. The base is configured for sitting on a surface. The screen has a rear surface and is supported by the base at the rear surface. A bottom edge of the screen is configured to be held above the surface by a predefined height, and the base is substantially hidden behind the screen from a front view of the display assistant device. The speaker is concealed inside the base and configured to project sound substantially towards the front view of the display assistant device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: James Castro, Marc Davidson, Chih-min Chien, Daniel Corbalan, Carl Cepress, Liang Ching Tseng
  • Patent number: 11596043
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for sensor device. A sensor device may include a housing, a lens inserted into a first opening of the housing, a metal mask covering a portion of the interior of the lens, a passive infrared (PIR) sensor underneath the lens and the metal mask, and a light pipe around the PIR sensor, the lens, and the metal mask. Part of the light pipe may be positioned above an activation mechanism for a button. An airflow gasket may be around the PIR sensor. A filter circuit board may be under the PIR sensor and connected to leads of the PIR sensor. A control circuit board may include the activation mechanism for the button. A backplate may include a slot for attachment to a snap of a magazine in the housing of the sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Clare Zhang, James Castro, Ken Jenks, Bryan Macomber
  • Publication number: 20220404864
    Abstract: This application is directed to a speaker assembly in which a speaker is mounted in an enclosure structure. The enclosure structure exposes a speaker opening of the speaker and provides a sealed enclosure for a rear portion of the speaker, and further includes an electrically conductive portion. One or more electronic components are coupled to the electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure (which is grounded in some implementations). The electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure is configured to provide electromagnetic shielding for the electronic components and forms part of the sealed enclosure of the speaker. In some implementations, the electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure is thermally coupled to the electronic components and acts as a heat sink that is configured to absorb heat generated by the electronic components and dissipate the generated heat away from the electronic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaoping Qin, Christen Cameron Bilger, Frederic Heckmann, Frances Kwee, Justin Leong, James Castro
  • Patent number: 11513565
    Abstract: This application is directed to a speaker assembly in which a speaker is mounted in an enclosure structure. The enclosure structure exposes a speaker opening of the speaker and provides a sealed enclosure for a rear portion of the speaker, and further includes an electrically conductive portion. One or more electronic components are coupled to the electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure (which is grounded in some implementations). The electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure is configured to provide electromagnetic shielding for the electronic components and forms part of the sealed enclosure of the speaker. In some implementations, the electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure is thermally coupled to the electronic components and acts as a heat sink that is configured to absorb heat generated by the electronic components and dissipate the generated heat away from the electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Xiaoping Qin, Christen Cameron Bilger, Frederic Heckmann, Frances Kwee, Justin Leong, James Castro
  • Patent number: 11209873
    Abstract: In a display assistant device, a display panel assembly has a plurality of first retention elements, and each first retention element is formed on a rear surface of the display panel assembly and adjacent to a respective first edge of the display panel assembly. A back cover is configured to hold the display panel assembly using a plurality of second retention elements. Each second retention element is arranged adjacent to a respective second edge of the back cover. When mated to each other, the first and second retention elements are configured to control an in-plane displacement of each second edge of the back cover in response to an impact of a force on the second edges, thereby limiting an out-of-plane displacement of each second edge of the back cover and protecting the first edges of the display panel assembly from falling apart from the second edges of the back cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: James Castro, Carl Cepress, Chih-Min Chien, Liang Cheng, Justin Leong, Xiaoping Qin
  • Patent number: 10996717
    Abstract: In a display assistant device, a speaker is mounted in a waveguide structure which is at least partially disposed beneath a display screen. The waveguide structure is mounted in an exterior housing which includes speaker grills distributed on a plurality of surfaces of the exterior housing, permitting sound waves from the speaker to be projected outside the exterior housing. A cover structure is disposed on top of the waveguide structure to conceal the waveguide structure and speaker within the exterior housing. The cover structure has a tilted bottom surface configured to be suspended above the waveguide structure and to be separated by a first space. Sound waves projected from an upper portion of the speaker are reflected by the tilted bottom surface and are guided through the first space to exit the device from a speaker grill portion located on a rear side of the exterior housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: James Castro, Carl Cepress, Liang Ching Tseng, Darren Torrie, Frances Kwee, Rex Price
  • Publication number: 20210018369
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for sensor device. A sensor device may include a housing, a lens inserted into a first opening of the housing, a metal mask covering a portion of the interior of the lens, a passive infrared (PIR) sensor underneath the lens and the metal mask, and a light pipe around the PIR sensor, the lens, and the metal mask. Part of the light pipe may be positioned above an activation mechanism for a button. An airflow gasket may be around the PIR sensor. A filter circuit board may be under the PIR sensor and connected to leads of the PIR sensor. A control circuit board may include the activation mechanism for the button. A backplate may include a slot for attachment to a snap of a magazine in the housing of the sensor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Clare Zhang, James Castro, Ken Jenks, Bryan Macomber
  • Publication number: 20210011518
    Abstract: This application is directed to a speaker assembly in which a speaker is mounted in an enclosure structure. The enclosure structure exposes a speaker opening of the speaker and provides a sealed enclosure for a rear portion of the speaker, and further includes an electrically conductive portion. One or more electronic components are coupled to the electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure (which is grounded in some implementations). The electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure is configured to provide electromagnetic shielding for the electronic components and forms part of the sealed enclosure of the speaker. In some implementations, the electrically conductive portion of the enclosure structure is thermally coupled to the electronic components and acts as a heat sink that is configured to absorb heat generated by the electronic components and dissipate the generated heat away from the electronic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaoping QIN, Christen Cameron BILGER, Frederic Heckmann, Frances KWEE, Justin LEONG, James CASTRO
  • Patent number: 10732051
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for sensor device. A sensor device may include a housing, a lens inserted into a first opening of the housing, a metal mask covering a portion of the interior of the lens, a passive infrared (PIR) sensor underneath the lens and the metal mask, and a light pipe around the PIR sensor, the lens, and the metal mask. Part of the light pipe may be positioned above an activation mechanism for a button. An airflow gasket may be around the PIR sensor. A filter circuit board may be under the PIR sensor and connected to leads of the PIR sensor. A control circuit board may include the activation mechanism for the button. A backplate may include a slot for attachment to a snap of a magazine in the housing of the sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Clare Zhang, James Castro, Ken Jenks, Bryan Macomber
  • Publication number: 20200110441
    Abstract: In a display assistant device, a display panel assembly has a plurality of first retention elements, and each first retention element is formed on a rear surface of the display panel assembly and adjacent to a respective first edge of the display panel assembly. A back cover is configured to hold the display panel assembly using a plurality of second retention elements. Each second retention element is arranged adjacent to a respective second edge of the back cover. When mated to each other, the first and second retention elements are configured to control an in-plane displacement of each second edge of the back cover in response to an impact of a force on the second edges, thereby limiting an out-of-plane displacement of each second edge of the back cover and protecting the first edges of the display panel assembly from falling apart from the second edges of the back cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: James Castro, Carl CEPRESS, Chih-min CHIEN, Liang CHENG, Justin LEONG, Xiaoping QIN
  • Publication number: 20200112786
    Abstract: In a display assistant device, a speaker is mounted in a waveguide structure which is at least partially disposed beneath a display screen. The waveguide structure is mounted in an exterior housing which includes speaker grills distributed on a plurality of surfaces of the exterior housing, permitting sound waves from the speaker to be projected outside the exterior housing. A cover structure is disposed on top of the waveguide structure to conceal the waveguide structure and speaker within the exterior housing. The cover structure has a tilted bottom surface configured to be suspended above the waveguide structure and to be separated by a first space. Sound waves projected from an upper portion of the speaker are reflected by the tilted bottom surface and are guided through the first space to exit the device from a speaker grill portion located on a rear side of the exterior housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: James Castro, Carl Cepress, Liang Ching Tseng, Darren Torrie, Frances Kwee, Rex Price
  • Publication number: 20200090662
    Abstract: This application is directed to a display assistant device that acts as a voice-activated user interface device. The display assistant device includes a base, a screen and a speaker. The base is configured for sitting on a surface. The screen has a rear surface and is supported by the base at the rear surface. A bottom edge of the screen is configured to be held above the surface by a predefined height, and the base is substantially hidden behind the screen from a front view of the display assistant device. The speaker is concealed inside the base and configured to project sound substantially towards the front view of the display assistant device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: James Castro, Marc Davidson, Chih-Min Chien, Daniel Corbalan, Carl Cepress
  • Patent number: D934244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Carl Cepress, Matthew Seflic, Maj Isabelle Olsson, James Castro, Katherine Morgenroth
  • Patent number: D951939
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Carl Cepress, Matthew Seflic, Maj Isabelle Olsson, James Castro, Katherine Morgenroth
  • Patent number: PP35727
    Abstract: A new prune cultivar designated ‘UC G2S-8’ has been developed. The fruit of this cultivar are medium, yellow in color and covered with a grayish waxy bloom. The ‘UC G2S-8’ tree is productive and a regular bearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Theodore M. DeJong, Sarah Castro, James F. Doyle, Carolyn DeBuse