Patents by Inventor John W. Frederick
John W. Frederick 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).
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Patent number: 12204699Abstract: An example display system includes an on-screen display (OSD) circuit, an input/output (I/O) controller, and a map engine. The OSD circuit operates a functionality of a display device. The I/O controller routes input from a peripheral device to the OSD circuit when the OSD mode is active. The map engine causes activation of the OSD mode when an input sequence received by the I/O controller corresponds to an OSD mode activation sequence.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Anthony N. Kaplanis, John W. Frederick, Timothy P. Guynes
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Publication number: 20240230020Abstract: In some examples, a mount includes a mounting plate. In some examples, the mounting plate includes mounting holes disposed in a rectangular pattern on the mounting plate to mount a device to the mounting plate. In some examples, the mount includes an adjustment mechanism disposed within a depression of the mounting plate. In some examples, the mount includes a coupler to couple the mounting plate to a support.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: Joseph Roy Torretto, Li-Pang Liang, Hung-Chang Chen, Chang-I Chen, John W. Frederick
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Publication number: 20240133510Abstract: In some examples, a mount includes a mounting plate. In some examples, the mounting plate includes mounting holes disposed in a rectangular pattern on the mounting plate to mount a device to the mounting plate. In some examples, the mount includes an adjustment mechanism disposed within a depression of the mounting plate. In some examples, the mount includes a coupler to couple the mounting plate to a support.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Joseph Roy Torretto, Li-Pang Liang, Hung-Chang Chen, Chang-I Chen, John W. Frederick
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Patent number: 11892959Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor that may access an assignment of a capability to a hardware port such as a Universal Serial Bus (“USB”) port. The apparatus may virtualize a USB port, assign capabilities to the virtual USB port, and provide electrical communication via the USB port subject to the assigned capabilities. The electrical communication may include power delivered via the USB port, or data communicated via the USB port.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: John W. Frederick, Syed S. Azam, Alexander Williams
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Patent number: 11830444Abstract: In some examples, a display can modify brightness of displays using pixel luminance by detecting a luminance of pixels included on the display, and modifying a screen brightness of the display by modifying a brightness of a backlight of the display within a predetermined time when the detected luminance of the pixels on the display exceeds a predetermined luminance threshold.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Tim Guynes, John W Frederick, Humberto M Fossati
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Patent number: 11762796Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor that may access an assignment of a component connected to a downstream USB port, from among a plurality of downstream USB ports that are downstream of a display device, to a first physical host device from among a plurality of physical host devices connected to the display device via respective upstream USB ports. The apparatus may bind, based on the assignment, the downstream USB port to a first upstream USB port that connects the first physical host device to the display device. The binding may cause the component to be coupled to the first physical host device. The apparatus facilitates assignment of individual components connected to downstream USB ports to one of a plurality of upstream USB ports.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Syed S. Azam, Alexander Williams, John W. Frederick
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Patent number: 11475862Abstract: One example of a device includes a display screen, a machine readable storage medium storing instructions and Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) data, and a processor. The processor is to execute the instructions to provide an on-screen display control to enable a user to select one of a plurality of EDID standards and format the EDID data based on the selected EDID standard.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: John W Frederick, Tim Guynes, Greg Staten, Syed S Azam
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Patent number: 11429196Abstract: A keyboard includes a processing resource and a memory resource storing machine-readable instructions to cause the processing resource to communicate, in response to the keyboard being in a computing device input mode, with a computing device connected to the keyboard, and communicate, in response to the keyboard being in a mobile device input mode, with a mobile device connected to the keyboard.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Anthony Kaplanis, John W. Frederick, Alexander Williams
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Publication number: 20220261369Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor that may access an assignment of a capability to a hardware port such as a Universal Serial Bus (“USB”) port. The apparatus may virtualize a USB port, assign capabilities to the virtual USB port, and provide electrical communication via the USB port subject to the assigned capabilities. The electrical communication may include power delivered via the USB port, or data communicated via the USB port.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: John W. Frederick, Syed S. Azam, Alexander Williams
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Patent number: 11416053Abstract: An example power controller includes a comparator to compare an amount of power supplied at a port of a display device to a first power threshold corresponding to a first operating mode of the display device and a second power threshold corresponding to a second operating mode of the display device. The first power threshold is different from the second power threshold. The power controller further includes a mode controller to configure the display device to operate in at least one of the first operating mode or the second operating mode based on an output of the comparator.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: John W. Frederick, Greg Staten, Wen-Shih Chen
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Publication number: 20220244794Abstract: An example display system includes an on-screen display (OSD) circuit, an input/output (I/O) controller, and a map engine. The OSD circuit operates a functionality of a display device. The I/O controller routes input from a peripheral device to the OSD circuit when the OSD mode is active. The map engine causes activation of the OSD mode when an input sequence received by the I/O controller corresponds to an OSD mode activation sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Anthony N. Kaplanis, John W. Frederick, Timothy P. Guynes
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Publication number: 20220147477Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor that may access an assignment of a component connected to a downstream USB port, from among a plurality of downstream USB ports that are downstream of a display device, to a first physical host device from among a plurality of physical host devices connected to the display device via respective upstream USB ports. The apparatus may bind, based on the assignment, the downstream USB port to a first upstream USB port that connects the first physical host device to the display device. The binding may cause the component to be coupled to the first physical host device. The apparatus facilitates assignment of individual components connected to downstream USB ports to one of a plurality of upstream USB ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2019Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Syed S. Azam, Alexander Williams, John W. Frederick
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Publication number: 20220137719Abstract: In some examples, a keyboard includes a processing resource and a memory resource storing machine-readable instructions to cause the processing resource to communicate, in response to the keyboard being in a computing device input mode, with a computing device connected to the keyboard, and communicate, in response to the keyboard being in a mobile device input mode, with a mobile device connected to the keyboard.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Anthony Kaplanis, John W. Frederick, Alexander Williams
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Patent number: 11282483Abstract: An example display device includes a first graphics input port to receive a first video signal, and a second graphics input port to receive a second video signal. A processor is provided to select extended display identification data (EDID) information associated with the display device, and change the EDID information of a full-screen resolution of the first and second video signals while a split screen output command is generated. A video scaler is provided to generate a split screen output with a full-screen display for both the first and second video signals based on the changed EDID information.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Chen Wen Shih, Tim Guynes, John W. Frederick, Timothy G. Solomon
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Patent number: 11263994Abstract: Displays having calibrators are disclosed. An example display includes a sensor to measure a plurality of readings for color settings of a color pattern presented by the display. A processor is to calculate average values corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of readings for the color settings. A calibration manager is to generate calibrated measurement values based on the average values. The calibrated measurement values to enable determination of color space information for the display.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Humberto M. Fossati, Greg Staten, John W. Frederick, Syed S. Azam
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Patent number: 11199915Abstract: A monitor includes: a circuit board; a display device controlled by the circuit board; and a touchpad to receive user input for the circuit board. The touchpad is slidable between a retracted position inside the monitor and an extended position where user input can be entered to the touchpad.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Timothy P. Guynes, John W. Frederick, Syed S. Azam
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Publication number: 20210369887Abstract: In some examples, a sanitization device includes an elongated member, a plurality of sanitizing sources located on a surface of the elongated member, and an attachment mechanism coupled to the elongated member, where the attachment mechanism is to couple the elongated member to an electronic device including a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2018Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Dimitre Mehandjiysky, Syed S. Azam, John W. Frederick, Jonathan Neuneker, Ian Christopher Shatto, Paul Michael Carson
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Publication number: 20210327392Abstract: One example of a device includes a display screen, a machine readable storage medium storing instructions and Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) data, and a processor. The processor is to execute the instructions to provide an on-screen display control to enable a user to select one of a plurality of EDID standards and format the EDID data based on the selected EDID standard.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2017Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: John W Frederick, Tim Guynes, Greg Staten, Syed S Azam
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Publication number: 20210241705Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a monitor consistent with the disclosure. For instance, the monitor may comprise a display screen including a plurality of virtual displays and a video connector to receive a plurality of video streams, wherein each video stream of the plurality of video streams is directed to a virtual display of the plurality of virtual displays.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: John W. Frederick, David Michael Nypaver, Wen Shin Chen
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Patent number: 11073882Abstract: In an example, a display device with power inputs includes a first power input to receive a first amount of input power, a second power input to receive a second amount of input power, a power allocator to combine at least a portion of the first amount of power with at least a portion of the second amount of power to form a combined output power, and a universal serial bus (USB) port to output at least a portion of the combined output power to a peripheral device.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Inventors: Humberto M. Fossati, Wen Shih Chen, John W. Frederick