Patents by Inventor Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert

Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert 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: 11073907
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may: determine multiple gaze vectors of a user viewing content of a foreground application displayed via a display; determine a pattern based at least on the multiple gaze vectors; determine if the pattern is a search pattern, a static pattern, or a reading pattern; if not so, make a first adjustment of an environment associated with the user; if so, determine if the foreground application is a productivity application; if not so, make the first adjustment of the environment associated with the user; if so, determine if the content of the foreground application is classified as productive; if not so, make the first adjustment of the environment associated with the user; and if so, make a second adjustment of the environment associated with the user, different from the first adjustment of the environment associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Spencer G. Bull, Tyler Ryan Cox, Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Michael S. Gatson, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer, Jake Mitchell Leland
  • Patent number: 11068082
    Abstract: A mouse usable as a wheel input device is described. In an embodiment, a mouse may include: a top surface; a sensor coupled to the top surface; a controller coupled to the sensor; and a memory coupled to the controller, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the controller, cause the mouse to: enter a mouse mode of operation in response to detection of a finger on the top surface; and enter a wheel mode of operation in response to detection of a turning of the mouse in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Kyu Sang Park, Frank Franciscus Maria Bertrand van Valkenhoef
  • Publication number: 20210208652
    Abstract: A device charger with accessory bays is described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: receive an indication, from a device charger coupled to the IHS, that an accessory has been ejected from the device charger; and in response to the indication, connect to the accessory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Mark R. Ligameri
  • Publication number: 20210211536
    Abstract: A robotic dock for video conferencing is described. In some embodiments, a dock may be configured to receive an Information Handling System (IHS), the dock comprising: a motor; a microcontroller coupled to the motor; and a memory coupled to the microcontroller, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the microcontroller, cause the dock to control the motor to rotate the IHS toward or away from a participant of a video conference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventor: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert
  • Publication number: 20210165452
    Abstract: Embodiments of a dock with an actively controlled heatsink for a multi-form factor Information Handling System (HS) are described. In some embodiments, a dock may include: a base, a plateau configured to receive an IHS, and an arm coupling a distal edge of the base to a proximal edge of the plateau, where the plateau comprises a heatsink configured to cool a heatpipe disposed within the IHS via a bottom surface of the IHS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventor: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert
  • Patent number: 10996719
    Abstract: Embodiments of a multi-form factor Information Handling System (IHS) with layered, foldable, bendable, flippable, rotatable, removable, displaceable, and/or slideable component(s) are described. In some embodiments, an IHS may include a first display and a second display coupled to the first display, where the second display further comprises a bendable, foldable, or flippable layer having: (i) a screen surface, and (ii) a keyboard surface opposing the screen surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Liam B. Quinn, Christopher Alan Robinette, Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert
  • Patent number: 10996718
    Abstract: Embodiments of a foldable case for a multi-form factor IHS with a detachable keyboard are described. In some embodiments, a folio case may include: a first panel comprising a left-side magnet and a right-side magnet; a second panel comprising a left-side magnet and a right-side magnet, where a top edge of the second panel is coupled to a bottom edge of the first panel; and a third panel comprising a left-side magnet and a right-side magnet, where a top edge of the third panel is coupled to a bottom edge of the second panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Mark R. Ligameri
  • Patent number: 10999088
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for providing proximity and context-based telepresence in electronic collaboration environments are described. For example, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: identify a position of a participant of a collaboration session; identify a context of the participant; prioritize collaboration session content captured by the IHS based upon the position and the context of the participant; and transmit the prioritized collaboration session content to a remote IHS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Vivek Viswanathan Iyer, Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Mark R. Ligameri
  • Patent number: 10938974
    Abstract: A robotic dock for video conferencing is described. In some embodiments, a dock may be configured to receive an Information Handling System (IHS), the dock comprising: a motor; a microcontroller coupled to the motor; and a memory coupled to the microcontroller, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the microcontroller, cause the dock to control the motor to rotate the IHS toward or away from a participant of a video conference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventor: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert
  • Patent number: 10928855
    Abstract: Embodiments of a dock with an actively controlled heatsink for a multi-form factor Information Handling System (IHS) are described. In some embodiments, a dock may include: a base, a plateau configured to receive an IHS, and an arm coupling a distal edge of the base to a proximal edge of the plateau, where the plateau comprises a heatsink configured to cool a heatpipe disposed within the IHS via a bottom surface of the IHS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventor: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert
  • Patent number: 10860059
    Abstract: Systems and methods for training a robotic dock for video conferencing are described. In some embodiments, a dock may be configured to receive an Information Handling System (IHS), the dock comprising: a motor; a microcontroller coupled to the motor; and a memory coupled to the microcontroller, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the microcontroller, cause the dock to: control the motor to automatically rotate the IHS with respect to a participant of the video conference; and in response to manual handling of the IHS, modify a behavior of the dock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventor: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert
  • Patent number: 10852853
    Abstract: A totem object placed on a touchscreen display provides inputs based upon touches made at the touchscreen display, such as with the rotational orientation or linear location of the totem object relative to a user interface presented outside the totem object. A visual access from the touchscreen display through the totem object passes a visual image from the touchscreen display for presentation at the totem object upper surface, such a numerical value of an input made by totem object position on the touchscreen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Jace W. Files, John T. Morrison, Mark R. Ligameri
  • Patent number: 10852773
    Abstract: Embodiments of a multi-form factor Information Handling System (IHS) with an accessory backpack are described. In some embodiments, an IHS may include a first display and a second display coupled to the first display, where the second display comprises a catch, and where the catch is configured to magnetically engage a corresponding hook of an accessory in response to a top surface of the accessory being placed under a back portion of the second display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Liam B. Quinn, Christopher Alan Robinette, Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert
  • Patent number: 10846939
    Abstract: An augmented reality workspace system includes a physical display device, a user tracking subsystem, and an augmented reality display subsystem, all coupled to a computing system. The computing system uses the augmented reality display subsystem to display an augmented reality element that appears located in a three-dimensional volume immediately adjacent the physical display device as viewed through the augmented reality display subsystem, and uses the physical display device to display a two-dimensional element in a manner that is coordinated with the augmented reality element displayed using the augmented reality display subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuël Petrus Knoppert
  • Patent number: 10817077
    Abstract: Context aware input masking by a touchscreen touch controller filters touch inputs by a totem at a touchscreen to those detected touches relevant to a user interface presented on a touchscreen display. For example, a rotational user interface that accepts values based upon the rotational orientation of a totem has rotational orientation inputs sent from the touch controller while linear inputs are withheld. As another example, a linear user interface that accepts values based upon a position along a length of the totem has linear inputs sent from the touch controller while rotational inputs are withheld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Yagiz Can Yildiz, Jace Files
  • Patent number: 10802549
    Abstract: Embodiments of a multi-form factor Information Handling System (IHS) with a multi-layered hinge are described. In some embodiments, an IHS may include a first display and a second display coupled to the first display via a hinge, where the hinge comprises a middle plate disposed between a bottom plate and a top plate, where the top plate is fixed with respect to the bottom plate, and where the middle plate slides with respect to the bottom plate in response to the hinge being rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Liam B. Quinn, Christopher Alan Robinette, Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert
  • Publication number: 20200319674
    Abstract: A charger stand or dock for multi-form factor Information Handling Systems (IHSs) is described. In some embodiments, a dock may include: a body; a tray insertable into the body, where the tray provides a leaning surface configured to support a display of an IHS in an inclined position; and a cap coupled to the body, where when the dock is open, the cap folds onto the body and increases the leaning surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventor: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert
  • Publication number: 20200319679
    Abstract: Embodiments of a foldable case for a multi-form factor IHS with a detachable keyboard are described. In some embodiments, a folio case may include: a first panel comprising a left-side magnet and a right-side magnet; a second panel comprising a left-side magnet and a right-side magnet, where a top edge of the second panel is coupled to a bottom edge of the first panel; and a third panel comprising a left-side magnet and a right-side magnet, where a top edge of the third panel is coupled to a bottom edge of the second panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Mark R. Ligameri
  • Publication number: 20200319681
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting a keyboard's position with respect to a display of a multi-form factor Information Handling System (IHS) are described. In some embodiments, an IHS may include: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: identify, using an infrared (IR) transceiver, a position of a keyboard disposed on a surface of a display; and render a graphical feature on the display based upon the position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: John T. Morrison, Jace W. Files, Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Mark R. Ligameri
  • Patent number: 10795502
    Abstract: A totem provides inputs with touches on a touchscreen display by reference to a totem user interface that defines a presentation on the touchscreen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Mark R. Ligameri, Jace W. Files, John T. Morrison