Patents by Inventor Jeff Gokingco

Jeff Gokingco 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).

  • Sensor device with flexible interface and updatable information store
    Patent number: 8384559
    Abstract: A sensor device includes an interface that receives a request. The sensor device includes an updatable information store that responds to the request if the request is directed to the updatable information store, the updatable information store being in a first power domain of the sensor device. The sensor device also includes a power manager that activates a sensor element in the sensor device in response to receiving the request if the request is a request for measurement of a parameter by the sensor element. The sensor element is in a second power domain of the sensor device. The sensor element communicates measured parameter information to the updatable information store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: William Hong, Jeff Gokingco
  • IDENTIFYING AMBIENT LIGHT TYPE AND ILLUMINANCE COMPENSATION USING A PLURALITY OF PHOTODETECTORS
    Publication number: 20120001841
    Abstract: A method for determining an ambient light type is described. The method includes receiving measurement information from multiple photodetectors configured for different light spectra, calculating a color ratio using the measurement information, obtaining a correction value using the color ratio, applying the correction value to at least one of the first and second measurement information to obtain a photopic illuminance value, and determining an ambient light type using the photopic illumination value and the color ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: JEFF GOKINGCO, WAYNE T. HOLCOMBE, MIROSLAV SVAJDA
  • SENSOR DEVICE WITH FLEXIBLE INTERFACE AND UPDATABLE INFORMATION STORE
    Publication number: 20110248865
    Abstract: A sensor device includes an interface that receives a request. The sensor device includes an updatable information store that responds to the request if the request is directed to the updatable information store, the updatable information store being in a first power domain of the sensor device. The sensor device also includes a power manager that activates a sensor element in the sensor device in response to receiving the request if the request is a request for measurement of a parameter by the sensor element. The sensor element is in a second power domain of the sensor device. The sensor element communicates measured parameter information to the updatable information store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: SILICON LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: William Hong, Jeff Gokingco