Patents by Inventor Lee Saenz

Lee Saenz 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: 8755651
    Abstract: Described are tunable multiport optical filters that filter systems with many optical channels in a convenient and cost-effective manner. The tunable multiport optical filters of the invention are simple in design and have few optical components. The basic elements are a dispersion element and a rotating reflector. With properly arranged arrays of input and output optical fibers, individual wavelength components from a selected input beam are spatially separated and steered by the rotating reflector to selected output locations. The optical properties from the selected components may be measured by one or more photodetectors. The filters are also useful for selecting and routing optical signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Oclaro (North America Inc.)
    Inventors: Ming Wu, Deepak Devicharan, Scott R. Dahl, Xuefeng Yue, Michael Lee Saenz
  • Publication number: 20120020620
    Abstract: Described are tunable multiport optical filters that filter systems with many optical channels in a convenient and cost-effective manner. The tunable multiport optical filters of the invention are simple in design and have few optical components. The basic elements are a dispersion element and a rotating reflector. With properly arranged arrays of input and output optical fibers, individual wavelength components from a selected input beam are spatially separated and steered by the rotating reflector to selected output locations. The optical properties from the selected components may be measured by one or more photodetectors. The filters are also useful for selecting and routing optical signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Ming Wu, Deepak Devicharan, Scott R. Dahl, Xuefeng Yue, Michael Lee Saenz
  • Publication number: 20070190944
    Abstract: A system for automatic presence and ambient noise detection for a client device. An incoming message from a caller is received and in response to receiving the incoming message from the caller, a client device state is detected based on a callee situation as dynamically detected by using the client device. After detecting the client device state, the incoming message is converted according to a rule set. The converted incoming message is then rendered on the client device differently than the incoming message would have been by the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Christopher Doan, Lee Saenz, Shaw-Ben Shi