Patents by Inventor Nicholas D'Andre
Nicholas D'Andre 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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Publication number: 20250258642Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces and techniques for managing and visualizing sound reduction using a computer system. In accordance with some embodiments, the computer system displays a representation of a noise level including, in accordance with a sound reduction display option being enabled, a first indication of a noise level at a first time and a second indication of a noise level at a time different from the first time. In accordance with some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the sound reduction display option is not enabled, an indication of a noise level at the first time that indicates the noise level.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2025Publication date: August 14, 2025Inventors: Nicholas D. FELTON, Ruchi N. GOSWAMI, David HARRISON, Matthew E. LEON
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Patent number: 12389094Abstract: A camera comprising: a camera enclosure; an optomechanical assembly fixedly coupled to the camera enclosure; an image sensor assembly movably coupled to the camera enclosure, the image sensor assembly comprising: a substrate, an image sensor coupled to the substrate, a flexible printed circuit board coupled to the substrate, a conductive stiffener plate coupled to the flexible printed circuit board, and a passive heat exchanger thermally coupled to the image sensor to dissipate heat away from the image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2022Date of Patent: August 12, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nitin Kumar Chennupati, Nicholas D. Smyth, Julien C. Vittu
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Patent number: 12389704Abstract: Various embodiments include an image sensor package for a camera with sensor shift actuation. The camera may include one or more actuators (e.g., a voice coil motor (VCM) actuator) for moving the image sensor package relative to a lens group of the camera. The image sensor package may include an image sensor and a substrate. The image sensor may be electrically connected to a ledge surface of a lower portion of the substrate, via one or more wire bond electrical interconnects.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: August 12, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Nicholas D. Smyth
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Publication number: 20250251651Abstract: A ski pole assembly that includes: a ski pole, which defines a cavity; an extension, which is at least partially received by the cavity and is configured to traverse the cavity along a longitudinal axis of the ski pole; and a mounting mechanism that is configured to removably couple an attachment to the extension.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2025Publication date: August 7, 2025Inventors: Nicholas D. Woodman, David Thomas Platner, Ian Copeland Griggs, Huy Phuong Nguyen, Joseph Tucker
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Publication number: 20250254176Abstract: Systems and methods for proxy device orchestration as autonomous primary workspace are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS may be configured to provide a workspace orchestration service, the IHS comprising: 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: communicate with a proxy peripheral device disposed at a location where one or more client IHSs have primary workspaces instantiable through the workspace orchestration service; and provide one or more files to the proxy peripheral device, where the proxy peripheral device is configured to instantiate a primary workspace based upon the one or more files in the absence of any of the one or more client IHSs at the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2024Publication date: August 7, 2025Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Nicholas D. Grobelny, Girish S. Dhoble, David Konetski, Carlton A. Andrews
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Publication number: 20250252201Abstract: Systems and methods for hierarchical workspace orchestration are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, 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: determine, by a local management agent configured to instantiate a primary workspace, that an operation involving a subordinate workspace instantiated by a peripheral device coupled to the IHS comprises sensitive data; and determine whether to process the sensitive data prior to execution of the operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2024Publication date: August 7, 2025Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Girish S. Dhoble, Nicholas D. Grobelny
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Publication number: 20250252202Abstract: Systems and methods for user steering through workspace orchestration are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, 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, at a local management agent from a workspace orchestration service, one or more files configured to enable the local management agent to instantiate a workspace based upon a workspace definition, where the workspace definition enables the workspace to communicate with a selected peripheral device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2024Publication date: August 7, 2025Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Carlton A. Andrews, David Konetski, Nicholas D. Grobelny, Girish S. Dhoble
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Publication number: 20250254040Abstract: Systems and methods for workspace orchestration with ephemeral hardware attestation are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, 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: transmit measurement data from a local management agent to a workspace orchestration service; receive, at the local management agent in response to attestation of the measurement data by the workspace orchestration service, a workspace definition configured to enable the local management agent to instantiate a workspace; and instantiate the workspace.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2024Publication date: August 7, 2025Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Nicholas D. Grobelny, Joseph Kozlowski, Charles D. Robison
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Publication number: 20250252196Abstract: Systems and methods for hierarchical workspace orchestration are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: receive first one or more files from a workspace orchestration service, where the first one or more files are usable by the IHS to instantiate a first workspace; and provide second one or more files from the first workspace to a first peripheral device, where the second one or more other files are usable by the first peripheral device to instantiate a second workspace, where the second workspace is configured to provide third one or more files to a second peripheral device coupled to the first peripheral device, and where the third one or more files are usable by the second peripheral device to instantiate a third workspace.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2024Publication date: August 7, 2025Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Girish S. Dhoble, Nicholas D. Grobelny, Carlton A. Andrews
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Publication number: 20250254110Abstract: Systems and methods for bi-directional attestation for workspace orchestrators are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, 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, from a workspace orchestrator, a request to attest a workspace component within a workspace instantiated by a client IHS; send an indication of the request to an attester within the workspace component; and receive attestation evidence from the attester, where the attestation evidence is signed with an attestation key.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2024Publication date: August 7, 2025Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Charles D. Robison, Nicholas D. Grobelny, Carlton A. Andrews
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Publication number: 20250252194Abstract: Systems and methods for secure communications between subordinate workspaces and third parties are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, 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: transmit one or more files received from a workspace orchestration service to a peripheral device, where the one or more files enable the peripheral device to instantiate a subordinate workspace; and facilitate secure communications between the subordinate workspace and a third-party.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2024Publication date: August 7, 2025Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Nicholas D. Grobelny, Carlton A. Andrews, Charles D. Robison, Girish S. Dhoble
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Patent number: 12382125Abstract: Generative media content (e.g., generative audio) can be played back across multiple playback devices concurrently. A coordinator device can receive a multi-channel stream of media content, with at least some channels comprising generative media content. The coordinator device transmits each of the channels to a plurality of playback devices. A first playback device plays back a first subset of the channels according to first playback responsibilities and a second playback device plays back a second subset of the channels according to second playback responsibilities. The first and/or second playback responsibilities can be dynamically modified over time, for example in response to one or more input parameters.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2024Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas D'Amato, Dayn Wilberding, Aurelio Ramos, Daniel Jones, Steven Beckhardt, Gregory McAllister
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Patent number: 12380971Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods and user interfaces for viewing and managing signed clinical records. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for adding a signed clinical record to a computer system are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for displaying signed clinical records with unsigned clinical records, wherein signed clinical records include a visual indication that they are signed, are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for adding signed and/or unsigned clinical records related to vision are described.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2022Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Matthew W. Crowley, Kristin M. Canavan, Nicholas D. Felton, Eamon F. Gilravi, Christopher D. Lauritzen, Thomas J. Miller, Charmian B. Naguit
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Publication number: 20250247621Abstract: Various embodiments include a camera having an actuator with one or more moving coils and a dynamic flex circuit. In some embodiments, the camera may include a movable frame that is fixedly coupled with a lens group or an image sensor. The actuator may be a voice coil motor (VCM) actuator that moves the movable frame relative to one or more stationary structures of the camera. The VCM actuator may include a coil coupled with the movable frame, and a magnet coupled with the stationary structure(s). The dynamic flex circuit may be configured to provide an electrical connection between the coil and the stationary structure(s), and a portion of the dynamic flex circuit may provide service loop to allow motion of the movable frame enabled by the VCM actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2025Publication date: July 31, 2025Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventor: Nicholas D. Smyth
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Publication number: 20250245355Abstract: Systems and methods for third-party evaluation of workspace orchestration services are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, 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: evaluate a workspace orchestration service based, at least in part, upon (i) anonymized orchestration data received from the workspace orchestration service, and (ii) synthetic user data produced based, at least in part, upon user data and notify an Information Technology Decision Maker (ITDM) of the evaluation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2024Publication date: July 31, 2025Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Nicholas D. Grobelny, Carlton A. Andrews, Charles D. Robison, Girish S. Dhoble
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Publication number: 20250245338Abstract: A disclosed method for provisioning an information handling system includes accessing a custom certificate database (CCD) including one or more certificates corresponding to one or more custom firmware features and generating a custom db variable for the CCD, which is subordinate to a default OEM db variable for the CCD. The custom db variable may be provided to a system BIOS residing in an SPI flash device. Responsive to the BIOS validating the custom db variable against a Secure Boot platform key, the custom db variable may be stored to a second NVM device. The custom db variable may be injected into a default Secure Boot db variable residing on the SPI flash. Prior to executing any of the one or more custom firmware features associated with the CCD, the custom db variable is verified with a certificate residing in the SPI flash.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2024Publication date: July 31, 2025Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Amy Christine NELSON, Ibrahim SAYYED, Nicholas D. GROBELNY
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Publication number: 20250238252Abstract: Disclosed systems and methods respond to detecting an application workload requesting access to a host memory buffer (HMB) associated with a nonvolatile storage device of an information handling system by performing mutual authentication operations. The mutual authentication operations may include authenticating the application to the HMB and authenticating the HMB to the application. Responsive to successful completion of the mutual authentication operations, disclosed methods and systems may establish a secure communications tunnel enabling the application workload to access at least a portion of the HMB securely.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2024Publication date: July 24, 2025Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Nicholas D. GROBELNY, Shekar Babu SURYANARAYANA, Daniel L. HAMLIN
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Publication number: 20250240480Abstract: Generative media content (e.g., generative audio) can be played back across multiple playback devices concurrently. A coordinator device can receive a multi-channel stream of media content, with at least some channels comprising generative media content. The coordinator device transmits each of the channels to a plurality of playback devices. A first playback device plays back a first subset of the channels according to first playback responsibilities and a second playback device plays back a second subset of the channels according to second playback responsibilities. The first and/or second playback responsibilities can be dynamically modified over time, for example in response to one or more input parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2025Publication date: July 24, 2025Inventors: Nicholas D'Amato, Dayn Wilberding, Aurelio Ramos, Daniel Jones, Steven Beckhardt, Gregory McAllister
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Patent number: 12364475Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, an anvil, a backing member, and a concave surface. The housing has a plurality of staples and the anvil is opposed from the housing such that the anvil and the housing are configured to cooperate to clamp tissue. The anvil is configured to form staples ejected from the housing into the clamped tissue. The backing member is coupled with the anvil and the concave surface defines a gap between the backing member and an adjacent component of the apparatus. The anvil is configured to deflect in a direction towards the gap in response to actuation of the apparatus to at least one of clamp tissue or staple tissue.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONALInventors: Nicholas D. Courtwright, Jason E. Zerkle
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Patent number: D1085204Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2023Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: John George Muhlenkamp, IV, Nicholas D. Woodman, Huy Phuong Nguyen