Patents by Inventor John Grauer

John Grauer 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: 9507429
    Abstract: Various embodiments enable a user to provide an input to an application by covering or otherwise obscuring one or more cameras of a computing device in a predetermined sequence. For example, as content is displayed by a computing device, image information is captured with multiple cameras. Upon detecting a portion of a hand of a user, such as a finger, passing over two or more of the cameras, a sequence in which the hand passes over the cameras is compared to sequences stored by the computing device. In this example, each sequence stored by the computing device corresponds to an input to an application to launch the application, cause a function to be executed using the application, and the like. Accordingly, in response to the sequence matching one of the stored sequences, an input is provided to an application corresponding to the sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur John Grauer, Jr., Craig Reeves Brookes
  • Patent number: 9195471
    Abstract: Initiating a functionality of an electronic device using the device cover and/or other device inputs is described herein. In some implementations, a sequence of operations may be stored on the device to initiate a specific functionality of the device. Each operation in the sequence may correspond to a manipulation of a position of a device cover or an input from a device input component. Once the device determines that two or more received operations complete the stored sequence, the specific functionality of the device may be initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur John Grauer, Jr., Sasha Mikhael Perez, Scott L. Boggan
  • Patent number: 7240954
    Abstract: A close out seal has a base, a weather strip and a trim strip all permanently joined together to provide a single part capable of being readily installed in a rear quarter panel of an automotive vehicle. The weather strip has a sealing lip adapted to contact a rear window of the vehicle. The trim strip has a contoured inner surface portion adapted to seal around an upright end portion of a transverse overhead sport bar. The trim strip provides a cap for the rear quarter panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Larry M Storinsky, Martin Potok, Douglas P Smith, Daniel Bullion, John Griffin, David Baryla, Michael Boes, Jeffrey Tangen, John Grauer, Richard Maciejewski
  • Publication number: 20060097531
    Abstract: A close out seal has a base, a weather strip and a trim strip all permanently joined together to provide a single part capable of being readily installed in a rear quarter panel of an automotive vehicle. The weather strip has a sealing lip adapted to contact a rear window of the vehicle. The trim strip has a contoured inner surface portion adapted to seal around an upright end portion of a transverse overhead sport bar. The trim strip provides a cap for the rear quarter panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Larry Storinsky, Martin Potok, Douglas Smith, Daniel Bullion, John Griffin, David Baryla, Michael Boes, Jeffrey Tangen, John Grauer, Richard Maciejewski