Patents by Inventor John Weldon Nicholson

John Weldon Nicholson 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).

  • FILTERING AN AUDIO SIGNAL FOR A NON-REAL-TIME RECIPIENT
    Publication number: 20150140972
    Abstract: For filtering an audio signal for a non-real-time recipient, a signal module may detect communication of an audio signal to the non-real-time recipient. A management module may filter the audio signal with a high-latency audio filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Jianbang Zhang, John Weldon Nicholson
  • Buffering mechanism for camera-based gesturing
    Patent number: 9024958
    Abstract: A method can include buffering video data to a buffer that includes a buffer capacity that corresponds to a video time interval; sampling video data at a sampling rate of at least once per video time interval; processing the sampled video data for gesture evidence; and, responsive to gesture evidence in the sampled video data, processing the buffered video data for additional gesture evidence. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki, Howard J. Locker, Daryl C. Cromer
  • DEVICE POWER MANAGEMENT BASED ON DETECTED POWER SOURCE
    Publication number: 20150121098
    Abstract: An aspect provides an information handling device, including: a connection to an external power supply; a processor; and a memory; the memory having instructions executable by the processor to: detect that the connection to the external power supply is providing an input of power; ascertain via the connection to the external power supply that the input of power is derived from a source having a predetermined characteristic; and automatically adjust a power consumption setting of the information handling device based on the predetermined characteristic. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Kenneth Scott Seethaler, Howard Locker, Randall Scott Springfield
  • Establishing an input region for sensor input
    Patent number: 9019218
    Abstract: An apparatus for establishing an input region for sensor input includes a storage device storing machine-readable code and a processor executing the machine-readable code. The machine-readable code includes a recognizing module recognizes a control gesture sensed by a sensor. The machine-readable code includes an establishing module establishes an input region for sensor input in response to the recognition module recognizing the control gesture. The input region includes a confined region of a total sensing area sensed by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, John Miles Hunt, Hiroshi Ito, Elif Karakaya
  • Modulation of haptic feedback
    Patent number: 9019088
    Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology by which a device includes one or more haptic feedback mechanisms that may be operated in a controlled manner to output amplitude-controlled vibrations. In one aspect, the vibrations from at least two haptic feedback mechanisms are combined, providing different amplitudes at different device locations. In one aspect, a haptic feedback mechanism outputs vibrations with a one amplitude in one state, and another, different amplitude in at least one other state, as controlled by the controller. The different states may correspond to different weights being driven at different times, and/or different positions of one or more weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki, Scott Edwards Kelso, Axel Ramirez Flores, Howard Locker, John Weldon Nicholson, John Miles Hunt
  • Object movement on small display screens
    Patent number: 9001061
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: detecting a selection of an object on a touch screen display using touch based input; providing a visual indication of the object on the touch screen display in response to the detection of a selection; accepting gesture input at the touch screen display to fly out from the underlying document while maintaining the visual indication of the object on the touch screen display, such that during the fly out more of the underlying document is displayed; and moving the visual indication of the object about the underlying document in response to the accepted gesture input at the touch screen display. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Howard Locker, John Miles Hunt, John Weldon Nicholson, Scott Edwards Kelso, Steven Richard Perrin
  • MOTION MODIFIED STEERING VECTOR
    Publication number: 20150085615
    Abstract: For a motion modified steering vector, a motion module modifies a prior steering vector with a motion vector. A steering module spatially filters audio signals using the modified steering vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Steven Richard Perrin, John Miles Hunt, Jian Li, John Weldon Nicholson, Song Wang, Jianbang Zhang
  • WEARABLE INFORMATION HANDLING DEVICE OUTPUTS
    Publication number: 20150084735
    Abstract: An aspect provides a wearable information handling device, including: a display; a band; one or more processors operatively coupled to the display; and a memory device accessible to the one or more processors and storing code executable by the one or more processors to: after identifying information to be communicated, form an output directed to the band of the wearable information handling device; and provide the output to the band; the output actuating one or more elements of the band. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Miles Hunt, John Weldon Nicholson
  • INTEGRATING MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TOUCH BASED INPUTS
    Publication number: 20150084873
    Abstract: For integrating multiple different touch based inputs, a method is disclosed that includes detecting a pressure at a screen pressure module, enabling a first touch module based on the pressure exceeding a pressure threshold value, and integrating input from a second touch module and the first touch module, the input from the first touch module and the second touch module being concurrently received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch, Howard Locker, John Weldon Nicholson, Matthew Price Roper
  • CONTEXT-BASED AUDIO FILTER SELECTION
    Publication number: 20150088512
    Abstract: For context-based audio filter selection, a type module determines a recipient type for a recipient process of an audio signal. The recipient type includes a human destination recipient type and a speech recognition recipient type. A filter module selects an audio filter in response to the recipient type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: John Miles Hunt, John Weldon Nicholson
  • DEVICE CONTROL BASED ON WORN HEADPHONE DETECTION
    Publication number: 20150078573
    Abstract: A system and method include receiving a headphone worn signal at a system representative of a detection of headphones being worn and controlling selection of a playback device via the system for audible sounds as a function of the headphone worn signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: John Weldon Nicholson
  • BIOMETRIC PASSWORD SECURITY
    Publication number: 20150081301
    Abstract: A system includes a user speech profile stored on a computer readable storage device, the speech profile containing a plurality of phonemes with user identifying characteristics for the phonemes, and a speech processor coupled to access the speech profile to generate a phrase containing user distinguishing phonemes based on a difference between the user identifying characteristics for such phonemes and average user identifying characteristics, such that the phrase has discriminability from other users. The speech processor may also or alternatively select the phrase as a function of ambient noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte, Ltd.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Steven Richard Perrin
  • MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL ASSISTANT ACTION ITEMS
    Publication number: 20150074524
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: operating an audio receiver and a memory of an information handling device to store audio; receiving input activating a virtual assistant of the information handling device; and after activation of the virtual assistant, processing the audio stored to identify one or more actionable items for the virtual assistant. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Steven Richard Perrin, Song Wang, John Miles Hunt, Jianbang Zhang, Jian Li, Toby John Bowen
  • ORGANIZING DISPLAY DATA ON A MULTIUSER DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20150049010
    Abstract: For organizing display data on a multiuser display, a position module determines a user position from an audible signal. An organization module organizes display data on a multiuser display in response to the user position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Michaela Rose Case, John Weldon Nicholson, Aaron Michael Stewart
  • USING INFORMATION HANDLING DEVICE FOOTPRINT FOR TRANSFER
    Publication number: 20150042538
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: displaying content on a display screen of a first device; determining a position of a second device relative to the display screen of the first device; selecting a portion of the display screen of the first device based on a determined position of the second device; and transferring the portion of the display screen selected to one or more devices. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch, John Weldon Nicholson, Steven Richard Perrin, Scott Edwards Kelso
  • DEVICE IMPLEMENTED LEARNING VALIDATION
    Publication number: 20150046161
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: collecting, at one or more device sensors, one or more inputs selected from the group of inputs consisting of audio inputs from a learning environment and visual inputs from a learning environment; processing, using one or more processors, the one or more inputs to detect an unauthorized behavior pattern; mapping, using the one or more processors, the unauthorized behavior pattern to a predetermined action; and executing the predetermined action. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Richard Wayne Cheston, Goran Hans Wibran, John Weldon Nicholson
  • Using location-based logic to adjust building automation schedules
    Patent number: 8954268
    Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting scheduled events in an automation system of a building at a predetermined location includes a location module, an arrival time module, and a regulator module. The location module determines a current location of a user in response to a triggering event. The arrival time module calculates an estimated time of arrival of the user at a residence. The regulator module adjusts a characteristic of a scheduled event in the automation system in response to comparing the estimated time of arrival of the user to a time of the scheduled event in the automation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Michaela Rose Case, Howard Locker, John Weldon Nicholson
  • PRESERVING PHASE SHIFT IN SPATIAL FILTERING
    Publication number: 20150030179
    Abstract: For preserving phase shift in spatial filtering is disclosed, an electronic device includes a microphone array. A filtering module spatially filters a plurality of received audio signals from the microphone array to increase the signal-to-noise ratio in one or more corresponding output audio signals. A phase module preserves a phase shift of at least one received audio signal in the corresponding output audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Jianbang Zhang, Jian Li, John Weldon Nicholson, Steven Richard Perrin
  • ORGANIZING DISPLAY DATA ON A MULTIUSER DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20150022480
    Abstract: For organizing display data on a multiuser display, a position module determines a first user position from the disposition of a first touch object on the multiuser display. An organization module organizes the display data on the multiuser display in response to the first user position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Michaela Rose Case, Howard Locker, John Weldon Nicholson, Aaron Michael Stewart
  • SPEAKING PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20150023221
    Abstract: For speaking participant identification, a communication module simulates a virtual communication channel for each participant in a media conference. An identification module identifies a speaking participant. The communication module further communicates audio input over the virtual communication channel for the speaking participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Mark Charles Davis, Elif Karakaya, Scott Edwards Kelso