Patents by Inventor LINCOLN PENN HANCOCK
LINCOLN PENN HANCOCK 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: 11624908Abstract: A device can include a display that includes a display area; and an optical assembly that includes an optical element that defines an origin of a view of a camera, where the optical element is positionable directly in front of the display area of the display.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Lincoln Penn Hancock, Jeffrey Earle Skinner, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu
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Patent number: 11201849Abstract: A device can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a microphone operatively coupled to the processor; a network interface operatively coupled to the processor; circuitry that parses audio signals received via the microphone for a name and a type of device; circuitry that analyzes network information associated with remote devices accessible via the network interface based at least in part on at least one of the name and the type of device to associate the name and the type of device with one of the remote devices; and circuitry that stores the name and the type of device to the memory in association with the one of the remote devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Jeffrey Earle Skinner, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Lincoln Penn Hancock, Song Wang, Ming Qian, John Weldon Nicholson, David Alexander Schwarz
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Patent number: 11178280Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: engaging, at an information handing device, in a conversational session with a user; receiving an input from a source other than the user during the conversational session; and performing, at the information handling device, an action related to the conversational input in response to the received input. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Daryl Cromer, Ming Qian, Song Wang, David Alexander Schwarz, Aaron Michael Stewart, Lincoln Penn Hancock, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Jeffrey E. Skinner
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Patent number: 11057549Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to identify coordinates of a camera relative to a screen and to present on the screen a video stream next to the coordinates responsive to identifying the coordinates of the camera.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Aaron M. Stewart, Lincoln Penn Hancock, Jeffrey Earle Skinner, Alden Rose
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Publication number: 20210199956Abstract: A device can include a display that includes a display area; and an optical assembly that includes an optical element that defines an origin of a view of a camera, where the optical element is positionable directly in front of the display area of the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Lincoln Penn Hancock, Jeffrey Earle Skinner, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu
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Patent number: 11030445Abstract: For sorting and displaying digital notes on a digital whiteboard, an apparatus is disclosed. A system, method, and program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus for sorting and displaying digital notes on a digital whiteboard includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores code executable by the processor. The processor receives a plurality of digital notes, identifies a plurality of categories, and sorts each digital note with at least one category based on metadata associated with each digital note. The processor displays, on the digital whiteboard, each of the plurality of digital notes at a location based on the at least one category.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Lincoln Penn Hancock, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Aaron Michael Stewart
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Patent number: 10945087Abstract: One embodiment provides an apparatus, including: a device housing; a sensor disposed within the device housing; a plurality of audio devices disposed within the device housing; a processor operatively coupled to the plurality of audio devices; and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to: activate a first set of the plurality of audio devices; detect, using the sensor, a use mode; and change, using the processor, to a second active set of the plurality of audio devices based on the use mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2016Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Lincoln Penn Hancock
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Publication number: 20210051245Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to identify coordinates of a camera relative to a screen and to present on the screen a video stream next to the coordinates responsive to identifying the coordinates of the camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Aaron M. Stewart, Lincoln Penn Hancock, Jeffrey Earle Skinner, Alden Rose
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Patent number: 10847163Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, voice input; determining, using at least one sensor associated with the information handling device, whether the voice input comprises voice input provided proximate to the information handling device; and providing, based on determining that the voice input is provided proximate to the information handling device, output responsive to the voice input. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Daryl Cromer, Ming Qian, David Alexander Schwarz, Lincoln Penn Hancock
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Presenting a portion of a first display on a second display positioned relative to the first display
Patent number: 10694145Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for presenting a portion of a first display on a second display positioned relative to the first display. An apparatus includes an information handling device that includes a processor, a display that is communicatively coupled to the processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable to determine a position of the information handling device relative to a display that is external to the information handling device, determine at least a portion of information presented on the external display that corresponds to the position of the information handling device, and present, on the display of the information handling device, the determined at least a portion of the external display.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE LTDInventors: Jeffrey Earle Skinner, Lincoln Penn Hancock, Aaron M. Stewart, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Alden Rose -
Patent number: 10576727Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, user input to generate a three dimensional projection of an object in physical space; generating, using a projection source, a plurality of perspective views of the object, wherein each of the plurality of perspective views is associated with a different angle of the object; and providing, using the plurality of perspective views, the three dimensional projection of the object at a predetermined location in the physical space using at least one reflective surface. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Aaron M. Stewart, Lincoln Penn Hancock
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Patent number: 10547939Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, an indication to adjust a pickup range of a microphone of the information handling device; determining, using a processor, a magnitude by which to adjust the pickup range; and adjusting the pickup range based on the determined magnitude. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Lincoln Penn Hancock
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Patent number: 10402042Abstract: For controlling a cursor using a force vector input by a user touch, an apparatus is disclosed. A system, method, and program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus for controlling a cursor using a force vector input by a user touch includes a force sensor operatively coupled to a surface, a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor to: measure a force vector input by a user touch at the surface, the force vector including a magnitude and a direction, translate the magnitude into a cursor velocity, and control movements of a cursor based on the cursor velocity and the determined direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Matthew Joseph Geary, Lincoln Penn Hancock, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Thomas John Sluchak, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu
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Publication number: 20190222555Abstract: A device can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a microphone operatively coupled to the processor; a network interface operatively coupled to the processor; circuitry that parses audio signals received via the microphone for a name and a type of device; circuitry that analyzes network information associated with remote devices accessible via the network interface based at least in part on at least one of the name and the type of device to associate the name and the type of device with one of the remote devices; and circuitry that stores the name and the type of device to the memory in association with the one of the remote devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2018Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Jeffrey Earle Skinner, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Lincoln Penn Hancock, Song Wang, Ming Qian, John Weldon Nicholson, David Alexander Schwarz
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Patent number: 10180704Abstract: A device can include a folding case that includes a fold region that defines a first portion and a second portion of the folding case; a housing disposed on the first portion of the folding case where the housing includes a processor, memory operatively coupled to the processor, and a keyboard operatively coupled to the processor; and a flexible display operatively coupled to the processor and disposed in part on the first portion of the folding case and disposed in part on the second portion of the folding case.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Aaron M. Stewart, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Jeffrey Earle Skinner, Lincoln Penn Hancock
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Publication number: 20190011955Abstract: A device can include a folding case that includes a fold region that defines a first portion and a second portion of the folding case; a housing disposed on the first portion of the folding case where the housing includes a processor, memory operatively coupled to the processor, and a keyboard operatively coupled to the processor; and a flexible display operatively coupled to the processor and disposed in part on the first portion of the folding case and disposed in part on the second portion of the folding case.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2017Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Aaron M. Stewart, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Jeffrey Earle Skinner, Lincoln Penn Hancock
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Publication number: 20180366126Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, voice input; determining, using at least one sensor associated with the information handling device, whether the voice input comprises voice input provided proximate to the information handling device; and providing, based on determining that the voice input is provided proximate to the information handling device, output responsive to the voice input. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2017Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Daryl Cromer, Ming Qian, David Alexander Schwarz, Lincoln Penn Hancock
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Publication number: 20180367669Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: engaging, at an information handing device, in a conversational session with a user; receiving an input from a source other than the user during the conversational session; and performing, at the information handling device, an action related to the conversational input in response to the received input. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2017Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Daryl Cromer, Ming Qian, Song Wang, David Alexander Schwarz, Aaron Michael Stewart, Lincoln Penn Hancock, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Jeffrey E. Skinner
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Publication number: 20180314882Abstract: For sorting and displaying digital notes on a digital whiteboard, an apparatus is disclosed. A system, method, and program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus for sorting and displaying digital notes on a digital whiteboard includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores code executable by the processor. The processor receives a plurality of digital notes, identifies a plurality of categories, and sorts each digital note with at least one category based on metadata associated with each digital note. The processor displays, on the digital whiteboard, each of the plurality of digital notes at a location based on the at least one category.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2017Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Lincoln Penn Hancock, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Aaron Michael Stewart
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Publication number: 20180290397Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, user input to generate a three dimensional projection of an object in physical space; generating, using a projection source, a plurality of perspective views of the object, wherein each of the plurality of perspective views is associated with a different angle of the object; and providing, using the plurality of perspective views, the three dimensional projection of the object at a predetermined location in the physical space using at least one reflective surface. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Aaron M. Stewart, Lincoln Penn Hancock