Patents by Inventor Jonathan Karl Kies

Jonathan Karl Kies 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: 10459561
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are related to a method for determining a touch pressure level on a touchscreen, comprising: detecting a touch event by the touchscreen; obtaining data relating to features associated with the touch event comprising a capacitance value, a touch area, and/or a touch duration; and determining a touch pressure level based on one or more of the features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Marc Bosch Ruiz, Galit Hofree, Robert Scott Tartz, Robyn Teresa Oliver, Jonathan Karl Kies, Virginia Walker Keating
  • Patent number: 9665198
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for adjusting the manner in which haptic feedback is provided to the user based on physical characteristics of the user. Physical characteristics may include stable physical characteristics that are non-changing with respect to a level of physical activity of the user. Examples of such stable physical characteristics may include age, gender, race, visual impairments and/or other physical characteristics. In some embodiments, the mobile device may adjust the haptic feedback by adjusting the intensity of the haptic feedback, frequency of the haptic feedback, duration for which the haptic feedback is provided to the user and changing a type of haptic feedback provided to the user of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Kies, Robert Scott Tartz, Ted Ray Gooding, Jeremiah Bunao Salamante
  • Patent number: 9612680
    Abstract: Sensor data from a sensor system of a mobile device may be used for determining a level of pressure exerted by a user on the mobile device. The sensor system may include one or more types of sensors, such as a microphone and one or more inertial sensors. The inertial sensors may include one or more gyroscopes and/or accelerometers. Based on the inertial sensor data, it may be determined whether and/or how the mobile device is being held. A process for determining a level of pressure exerted by a user on the mobile device may be adapted based, at least in part, on whether and/or how the mobile device is being held. The pressure-determining process may be adapted according to various other criteria, such as a position of a touch target in a display, ambient noise levels, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Kies, Sherman Sebastian Antao, Shankar Sadasivam
  • Publication number: 20170010732
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are related to a method for determining a touch pressure level on a touchscreen, comprising: detecting a touch event by the touchscreen; obtaining data relating to features associated with the touch event comprising a capacitance value, a touch area, and/or a touch duration; and determining a touch pressure level based on one or more of the features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Marc Bosch Ruiz, Galit Hofree, Robert Scott Tartz, Robyn Teresa Oliver, Jonathan Karl Kies, Virginia Walker Keating
  • Patent number: 9524092
    Abstract: Some implementations provide automatic display mode selection for a device, such as a mobile display device, according to a hierarchy of criteria. Each display mode may correspond with a set of display parameter settings, which may include a color depth setting, a brightness setting, etc. In some examples, one of the criteria may correspond with a software application being executed on the device. Some implementations involve creating a display device user profile and controlling a display of a mobile display device according to the user profile. The user profile may be built gradually over some number of days/weeks/months after the first use of the device. In some implementations, display parameter setting information or other device setting information corresponding to data in a user profile, including but not limited to demographic data, may be received by a mobile display device from another device, such as a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: SnapTrack, Inc.
    Inventors: Xia Ren, Sriram Akella, Matthew Brian Sampsell, Wilhelmus Adrianus De Groot, Jennifer Lee Gille, Thomas Gerald Fiske, Gianni Taraschi, Theodore Richard Santos, II, Gregory Paul Heinzinger, Shiae Shin Park, Mark Jerger, Mark Douglas Halfman, Brian Finkel, Jonathan Karl Kies
  • Publication number: 20160216824
    Abstract: Sensor data from a sensor system of a mobile device may be used for determining a level of pressure exerted by a user on the mobile device. The sensor system may include one or more types of sensors, such as a microphone and one or more inertial sensors. The inertial sensors may include one or more gyroscopes and/or accelerometers. Based on the inertial sensor data, it may be determined whether and/or how the mobile device is being held. A process for determining a level of pressure exerted by a user on the mobile device may be adapted based, at least in part, on whether and/or how the mobile device is being held. The pressure-determining process may be adapted according to various other criteria, such as a position of a touch target in a display, ambient noise levels, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Kies, Sherman Sebastian Antao, Shankar Sadasivam
  • Publication number: 20150381614
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for biometric based media data sharing. The method may include initiating, in a first device, biometric data capture of a user based, at least in part, on playback of media data by the first device. The method may also include determining that captured biometric data of the user does not correspond with biometric data associated with an authorized user of the first device. Furthermore, the method may also include in response to a failure to match the captured biometric data by the first device, establishing that the user is an authorized user of a second device based, at least in part, on the captured biometric data. The method may also include sharing the media data with the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Evan Robert Hildreth, Jonathan Karl Kies, Robert Scott Tartz, Joel Simbulan Bernarte, Xin Zhong, Virginia Walker Keating
  • Publication number: 20150373483
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure provide for a first device that may establish a wireless docking session with a second device. The first device may determine whether a profile of a second device matches a profile stored in the first device. When such a match exists, the first device may export data to the second device in a format associated with the profile of the second device. When such a match does not exist, the first device may provide an error message or export data to the second device in a format associated with a default profile of the first device. The profile may indicate an operating system, a peripheral component, a display size, a display resolution, a touch screen-capability, a font type, a user setting, a power source or availability, a hardware component, or a software module. Additional aspects, embodiments, and features are also provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Lochan Verma, Vijayalakshmi Rajasundaram Raveendran, Jonathan Karl Kies, Daniel James Guest, Hongyu Jiang
  • Publication number: 20150348496
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for selecting display operation modes for displaying content on a display device. The display device can utilize user selectable display operation modes for displaying content. Various display operation modes, based on various values of display parameters such as frame rate, color bit depth, maximum brightness level, color gamut, percentages of color gamut, white point, gamma, and the number of subframes or bit-planes per image frame can be presented, for example, to a user, for selection using a user interface. The user interface can be capable of providing the ability to select global display operation modes for all applications running on the display device or to assign display operation modes in-focus applications running on the display device. In some implementations, the display device can automatically select the appropriate display operation mode based, at least, on the content being displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Theodore Richard Santos, II, Gregory Paul Heinzinger, Shiae Shin Park, Mark Jerger, Mark Douglas Halfman, Brian Finkel, Jonathan Karl Kies
  • Publication number: 20150346987
    Abstract: Some implementations provide automatic display mode selection for a device, such as a mobile display device, according to a hierarchy of criteria. Each display mode may correspond with a set of display parameter settings, which may include a color depth setting, a brightness setting, etc. In some examples, one of the criteria may correspond with a software application being executed on the device. Some implementations involve creating a display device user profile and controlling a display of a mobile display device according to the user profile. The user profile may be built gradually over some number of days/weeks/months after the first use of the device. In some implementations, display parameter setting information or other device setting information corresponding to data in a user profile, including but not limited to demographic data, may be received by a mobile display device from another device, such as a server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Xia Ren, Sriram Akella, Matthew Brian Sampsell, Wilhelmus Adrianus De Groot, Jennifer Lee Gille, Thomas Gerald Fiske, Gianni Taraschi, Theodore Richard Santos, II, Gregory Paul Heinzinger, Shiae Shin Park, Mark Jerger, Mark Douglas Halfman, Brian Finkel, Jonathan Karl Kies
  • Publication number: 20150324049
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for adjusting the manner in which haptic feedback is provided to the user based on physical characteristics of the user. Physical characteristics may include stable physical characteristics that are non-changing with respect to a level of physical activity of the user. Examples of such stable physical characteristics may include age, gender, race, visual impairments and/or other physical characteristics. In some embodiments, the mobile device may adjust the haptic feedback by adjusting the intensity of the haptic feedback, frequency of the haptic feedback, duration for which the haptic feedback is provided to the user and changing a type of haptic feedback provided to the user of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Kies, Robert Scott Tartz, Ted Ray Gooding, Jeremiah Bunao Salamante