Patents by Inventor Michael W. Hu

Michael W. Hu 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: 11073911
    Abstract: Providing haptic feedback includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an electroactive polymer located between the first electrode and the second electrode such that when a voltage is applied between the electrodes, the electroactive polymer expands creating a force, and a haptic object to apply the force to create the haptic feedback, wherein the haptic object includes a base to receive the force from the electroactive polymer, and a vertex, opposite to and with a smaller surface area than the base, to apply localized haptic feedback to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Shawn Richard Piper, Brian Spate, Michael W. Hu
  • Patent number: 11046496
    Abstract: A protective device includes: a cling film sized and shaped to protect a surface of an electronic device, the protected surface of the electronic device comprising contacts for charging a battery of the electronic device; and a conductive pathway through the cling film corresponding to the contacts on the electronic device for charging the battery of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Tom E. Pearson, Michael W. Hu, Shawn Richard Piper
  • Patent number: 10812648
    Abstract: A device includes a context engine and a notification engine. The context engine determines a context indicator relative to received input while the notification engine selects, based on the context indicator and the received input, at least one type of notification from different types of notifications. A wearable electronic arrangement selectively communicates, and senses for different types of single user response to, at least a portion of the received input via the selected type of notification. The context engine receives feedback regarding the sensible different types of single user response to at least partially determine the context indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael W. Hu, Shawn Richard Piper, Brian Spate, Juli Unger
  • Publication number: 20200050149
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a first pinion component comprising a first pinion and a first cylinder centered therein, the first cylinder extending from a first surface of the first pinion, the first pinion having a first via and a second via; a first electrical path extending from a second surface of the first pinion, through the first via to the first surface of the first pinion, and further to a first surface portion of the first cylinder; a second electrical path extending from the second surface of the first pinion, through the second via to the first surface of the first pinion, and further to a second surface portion of the first cylinder, wherein the second electrical path is electrically isolated from the first electrical path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Brian Spate, Michael W. Hu, Shawn Richard Piper, Juli Unger
  • Publication number: 20200053200
    Abstract: A device includes a context engine and a notification engine. The context engine determines a context indicator relative to received input while the notification engine selects, based on the context indicator and the received input, at least one type of notification from different types of notifications. A wearable electronic arrangement selectively communicates, and senses for different types of single user response to, at least a portion of the received input via the selected type of notification. The context engine receives feedback regarding the sensible different types of single user response to at least partially determine the context indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael W. Hu, Shawn Richard Piper, Brian Spate, Juli Unger
  • Publication number: 20190361399
    Abstract: A glass cassette module may include a plurality of layers of glass, a first pinion gear mechanically coupled to a watch motor, a first rack comprising and interior gear meshing with the first pinion gear and layered between the plurality of layers of glass, an indicator disposed on the rack, and a digital screen to present stationary information to which the indicator indicates a value on the digital screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Brian Spate, Michael W. Hu, Shawn Richard Piper
  • Patent number: 10459141
    Abstract: An apparatus include a housing having a top opening, and a sidewall and a bottom surface defining a cavity. The apparatus includes a display assembly. The display assembly includes an electronic transmissive display layer within the cavity to display an image viewable from the top opening of the housing. The display assembly includes a light collector within the cavity and having an optical opening at the top opening of the housing to collect ambient light. The display assembly includes a light guide layer within the cavity to guide the collected ambient light towards and through the display layer. The apparatus includes a processing device within the cavity to generate data to display using the display layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Shawn Piper, Michael W. Hu, Brian Spate
  • Publication number: 20190241341
    Abstract: A protective device includes: a cling film sized and shaped to protect a surface of an electronic device, the protected surface of the electronic device comprising contacts for charging a battery of the electronic device; and a conductive pathway through the cling film corresponding to the contacts on the electronic device for charging the battery of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Tom E. Pearson, Michael W. Hu, Shawn Richard Piper
  • Publication number: 20190056788
    Abstract: Providing haptic feedback includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an electroactive polymer located between the first electrode and the second electrode such that when a voltage is applied between the electrodes, the electroactive polymer expands creating a force, and a haptic object to apply the force to create the haptic feedback, wherein the haptic object includes a base to receive the force from the electroactive polymer, and a vertex, opposite to and with a smaller surface area than the base, to apply localized haptic feedback to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Shawn Richard PIPER, Brian SPATE, Michael W. HU
  • Publication number: 20190041566
    Abstract: An apparatus include a housing having a top opening, and a sidewall and a bottom surface defining a cavity. The apparatus includes a display assembly. The display assembly includes an electronic transmissive display layer within the cavity to display an image viewable from the top opening of the housing. The display assembly includes a light collector within the cavity and having an optical opening at the top opening of the housing to collect ambient light. The display assembly includes a light guide layer within the cavity to guide the collected ambient light towards and through the display layer. The apparatus includes a processing device within the cavity to generate data to display using the display layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Shawn PIPER, Michael W. HU, Brian SPATE
  • Publication number: 20180329495
    Abstract: An example method, for providing notifications in a wearable device, is disclosed. The method includes identifying an event, determining a category associated with the event, providing a first notification for the event based on the category, and providing a second notification for the event based on the category. The first notification includes a haptic pattern, and the second notification includes a lighting pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Murilo Juchem, MIchael W Hu, Greg Martin, Noah DiJulio
  • Patent number: 8848536
    Abstract: Stateless load balancing of network packets within a system avoids detection by a network client or end user for deep packet inspection or other bump-in-the-wire applications. At least one header field of a received packet is used in generating a hash value. The hash value is used to identify a processing resource within the system for processing the received packet. Before being sent to the identified resource, the received packet is encapsulated with a new header that includes an indication of ingress port. The encapsulation does not modify the original packet. On a return path from the identified processing resource, the ingress port is determined from the encapsulated packet, the encapsulated packet is decapsulated to obtain a recovered packet that is identical to the received packet, and the recovered packet is forwarded to the network through an egress port as determined from the recovered ingress port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: RadiSys Corporation
    Inventors: Michael W. Hu, Andrew P. Alleman
  • Patent number: 8711681
    Abstract: Backplane redundancy is provided for a system including multiple nodes that communicate packets through first and second switches. Assuming that the first switch is initially assigned to an active state and the second switch to a standby state, the nodes communicate the data packets through physically enabled first backplane links to the first switch. The nodes physically enable second backplane links that are in a condition to communicate the data packets to the second switch. A messageless failover process is initiated by temporarily disabling, at the first switch, the first backplane links between the first switch and the nodes. In response to the nodes detecting the disabled first backplane links to the first switch, the nodes reconfigure themselves to communicate the data packets through the second backplane links to the second switch and to stop communicating the packets through the first backplane links to the first switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Radisys Corporation
    Inventors: Michael W. Hu, Andrew P. Alleman
  • Publication number: 20140056146
    Abstract: Stateless load balancing of network packets within a system avoids detection by a network client or end user for deep packet inspection or other bump-in-the-wire applications. At least one header field of a received packet is used in generating a hash value. The hash value is used to identify a processing resource within the system for processing the received packet. Before being sent to the identified resource, the received packet is encapsulated with a new header that includes an indication of ingress port. The encapsulation does not modify the original packet. On a return path from the identified processing resource, the ingress port is determined from the encapsulated packet, the encapsulated packet is decapsulated to obtain a recovered packet that is identical to the received packet, and the recovered packet is forwarded to the network through an egress port as determined from the recovered ingress port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: RadiSys Corporation
    Inventors: Michael W. Hu, Andrew P. Alleman
  • Patent number: 8553552
    Abstract: Stateless load balancing of network packets within a system avoids detection by a network client or end user for deep packet inspection or other bump-in-the-wire applications. At least one header field of a received packet is used in generating a hash value. The hash value is used to identify a processing resource within the system for processing the received packet. Before being sent to the identified resource, the received packet is encapsulated with a new header that includes an indication of ingress port. The encapsulation does not modify the original packet. On a return path from the identified processing resource, the ingress port is determined from the encapsulated packet, the encapsulated packet is decapsulated to obtain a recovered packet that is identical to the received packet, and the recovered packet is forwarded to the network through an egress port as determined from the recovered ingress port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: RadiSys Corporation
    Inventors: Michael W. Hu, Andrew P. Alleman
  • Publication number: 20130201989
    Abstract: Stateless load balancing of network packets within a system avoids detection by a network client or end user for deep packet inspection or other bump-in-the-wire applications. At least one header field of a received packet is used in generating a hash value. The hash value is used to identify a processing resource within the system for processing the received packet. Before being sent to the identified resource, the received packet is encapsulated with a new header that includes an indication of ingress port. The encapsulation does not modify the original packet. On a return path from the identified processing resource, the ingress port is determined from the encapsulated packet, the encapsulated packet is decapsulated to obtain a recovered packet that is identical to the received packet, and the recovered packet is forwarded to the network through an egress port as determined from the recovered ingress port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: RADISYS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael W. Hu, Andrew P. Alleman
  • Publication number: 20130201819
    Abstract: Backplane redundancy is provided for a system including multiple nodes that communicate packets through first and second switches. Assuming that the first switch is initially assigned to an active state and the second switch to a standby state, the nodes communicate the data packets through physically enabled first backplane links to the first switch. The nodes physically enable second backplane links that are in a condition to communicate the data packets to the second switch. A messageless failover process is initiated by temporarily disabling, at the first switch, the first backplane links between the first switch and the nodes. In response to the nodes detecting the disabled first backplane links to the first switch, the nodes reconfigure themselves to communicate the data packets through the second backplane links to the second switch and to stop communicating the packets through the first backplane links to the first switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: RADISYS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael W. Hu, Andrew P. Alleman
  • Patent number: 5852773
    Abstract: A business transaction network including a wireless communication link for coupling a plurality of card transaction terminals to a host computer through a limited number of lines connected to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). The wireless link includes interface units for interfacing with the terminals and with the PSTN and encoding and decoding digital data based on analog signals from the terminals and from the PSTN, and spread spectrum wireless transceivers. A wireless concentrator/controller polls the plurality of terminals and selectively connects terminals to the PSTN through one of the telephone lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Wireless Transactions Corporation
    Inventor: Michael W. Hu
  • Patent number: 5722066
    Abstract: A business transaction network including a wireless communication link for coupling a card transaction terminal to a host computer through the public switched telephone network (PSTN). The wireless link includes two interface units for interfacing with the terminal and with the PSTN and encoding and decoding digital data based on analog signals from the terminal and from the PSTN, and two spread spectrum wireless transceivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Wireless Transactions Corporation
    Inventor: Michael W. Hu