Patents by Inventor Lawrence Allen Stone

Lawrence Allen Stone 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: 11940723
    Abstract: A computing device includes: a housing supporting a transparent panel to define an enclosure; a camera supported within the enclosure, the camera having a field of view extending through the transparent panel; and a privacy shutter supported within the enclosure, between the transparent panel and the camera, the privacy shutter having a shutter magnet, and being movable via magnetic activation between (i) an enabled position obstructing the field of view, and (ii) a disabled position clearing the field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence Allen Stone, David William Reber, Dennis Barrett
  • Publication number: 20240077908
    Abstract: A dock for a computing device includes: a cradle configured to receive a first edge of the computing device; a body extending from the cradle, the body having: (i) a first mounting surface configured to removably support a first accessory module in a first volume adjacent to the computing device, and (ii) a second mounting surface configured to removably support, independently of the first accessory module, a second accessory module in a second volume disjoint from the first volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Lawrence Allen Stone, David William Reber, Brian D. Ryder, Chad Chaumont, Dennis Barrett
  • Patent number: 11815952
    Abstract: A dock for a computing device includes: a cradle configured to receive a first edge of the computing device; a body extending from the cradle, the body having: (i) a first mounting surface configured to removably support a first accessory module in a first volume adjacent to the computing device, and (ii) a second mounting surface configured to removably support, independently of the first accessory module, a second accessory module in a second volume disjoint from the first volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence Allen Stone, David William Reber, Brian D. Ryder, Chad Chaumont, Dennis Barrett
  • Publication number: 20220269149
    Abstract: A computing device includes: a housing supporting a transparent panel to define an enclosure; a camera supported within the enclosure, the camera having a field of view extending through the transparent panel; and a privacy shutter supported within the enclosure, between the transparent panel and the camera, the privacy shutter having a shutter magnet, and being movable via magnetic activation between (i) an enabled position obstructing the field of view, and (ii) a disabled position clearing the field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Lawrence Allen Stone, David William Reber, Dennis Barrett
  • Patent number: 11417020
    Abstract: A method includes: obtaining a stereo pair of images from a stereo camera assembly of a mobile computing device, the stereo pair of images depicting a first marker and a second marker each associated with the mobile computing device; determining, from the stereo pair of images, a distance between the first and second markers; comparing a threshold to a difference between the determined distance and a reference distance corresponding to the first and second reference markers; and when the difference exceeds the threshold, generating an alert notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Serguei Zolotov, Lawrence Allen Stone
  • Publication number: 20220253096
    Abstract: A dock for a computing device includes: a cradle configured to receive a first edge of the computing device; a body extending from the cradle, the body having: (i) a first mounting surface configured to removably support a first accessory module in a first volume adjacent to the computing device, and (ii) a second mounting surface configured to removably support, independently of the first accessory module, a second accessory module in a second volume disjoint from the first volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Lawrence Allen Stone, David William Reber, Brian D. Ryder, Chad Chaumont, Dennis Barrett
  • Publication number: 20210312663
    Abstract: A method includes: obtaining a stereo pair of images from a stereo camera assembly of a mobile computing device, the stereo pair of images depicting a first marker and a second marker each associated with the mobile computing device; determining, from the stereo pair of images, a distance between the first and second markers; comparing a threshold to a difference between the determined distance and a reference distance corresponding to the first and second reference markers; and when the difference exceeds the threshold, generating an alert notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Serguei Zolotov, Lawrence Allen Stone
  • Patent number: D384948
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Peter Karidis, Samuel Anthony Lucente, II, Michael Lamar King, Lawrence Allen Stone, Gerard McVicker, Michael P. Goldowsky