Patents by Inventor Scott Edwards Kelso

Scott Edwards Kelso 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).

  • Publication number: 20160179772
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, in an input overlay application, handwriting ink strokes; determining handwriting units for the handwriting ink strokes; accepting editing input of the handwriting ink strokes; and reflowing handwriting ink strokes based on the editing input. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Richard Perrin, Jianbang Zhang, John Weldon Nicholson, Scott Edwards Kelso, Bradley Park Strazisar, Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch
  • Publication number: 20160154555
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a processor, a touch-enabled display accessible to the processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive first input to the touch-enabled display at an area of the touch-enabled display which presents at least partially thereat an icon associated with a first application. The instructions are also executable to, in response to receipt of the first input, initiate the first application and execute a search at least in part based on the first input using the first application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Richard Perrin, Jianbang Zhang, John Weldon Nicholson, Scott Edwards Kelso
  • Publication number: 20160147407
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, from an input device, user input; detecting, at an input device, a modifier key input comprising input from a single modifier key location; determining, using a processor, a location of a cursor; and modifying, using a processor, at least one character associated with the location of a cursor based upon the modifier key input. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Scott Edwards Kelso
  • Patent number: 9317142
    Abstract: An aspect provides an information handling device, including: one or more processors; a memory device that stores instructions executed by the one or more processors; and a housing that contains the one or more processors and the memory device; the housing having a substantially rectangular shape with a length and height dimension that exceed a width dimension; and the housing further comprising a shaped pen dock running along an end of the housing defining the width dimension. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Michaela Rose Case, Scott Edwards Kelso, Christopher Miles Osborne
  • Patent number: 9304610
    Abstract: An aspect provides an expandable pen, including: an internal portion; an external portion that is flexible; and a biased component that is flexible and positioned between the internal portion and the external portion; the biased component applying force to the external portion to flex it away from the internal portion. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Michaela Rose Case, Christopher Miles Osborne, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Howard Locker, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Scott Edwards Kelso
  • Patent number: 9304612
    Abstract: A method includes capturing stylus input via a background task running on a mobile device, wherein the stylus input is from user interactions with the stylus separate from the mobile device, suppressing display of stylus input on a display screen of the mobile device while capturing stylus input via the background task, and storing the stylus input on a computer readable storage device accessible by the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthew Price Roper, Jian Li, Scott Edwards Kelso, Geoffrey Simon Bula
  • Patent number: 9300150
    Abstract: An aspect provides an information handling device, including: one or more processors; a memory device assessable to the one or more processors and storing code executable by the one or more processors; one or more rechargeable batteries providing power to one or more of the one or more processors and the memory device; and a wireless charging coil system operatively coupled to the one or more rechargeable batteries; the wireless charging coil system comprising two or more coil portions oriented at an angle with respect to one another such that the two or more coil portions are aligned along two or more charging planes. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian Li, Scott Edwards Kelso
  • Publication number: 20160042165
    Abstract: For secure handwriting input for password fields, an apparatus for using a tone indicator to identify language in text recognition is disclosed. The apparatus may include a processor, a handwriting input unit operatively coupled to the processor, a display operatively coupled to the processor, a handwriting element module that identifies a handwriting element from handwriting input, an input replication module that controls the display to present the handwriting element, and a privacy module that controls the display to obscure the handwriting element in response to a predetermined trigger event. Obscuring the handwriting element may include removing the handwriting element, rendering transparent the handwriting element, replacing the handwriting element and an area surrounding the handwriting element with a colored area, and/or replacing the handwriting element with an anonymizing symbol. A method and computer program product also perform the functions of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Scott Edwards Kelso, Steven Richard Perrin, Jianbang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160018960
    Abstract: A method can include receiving information via a touch-sensitive user interface; analyzing at least a portion of the information to determine a hand preference; and controlling a graphical user interface based at least in part on the determined hand preference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Xin Feng, Scott Edwards Kelso
  • Publication number: 20160012315
    Abstract: For context-aware handwriting recognition for input fields, an apparatus, system, method, and computer program product are disclosed. The apparatus may include a processor, a handwriting input unit operatively coupled to the processor, a display operatively coupled to the processor, a field metadata module that obtains metadata related to an input field, a field type module that identifies a field type of the input field associated with the handwriting input based on the metadata, and a recognition tuning module that adjusts a handwriting recognition engine based on the field type. Adjusting the handwriting recognition engine may include increasing a weight given to text having particular characteristics, based on the field type. Obtaining the metadata related to an input field may include querying an application for properties of the input field and/or identifying text adjacent to the input field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Richard Perrin, Scott Edwards Kelso, John Weldon Nicholson, Jianbang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9235275
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a processor; memory operatively coupled to the processor; a touchscreen display operatively coupled to the processor; a stylus that includes a first axial end, a second axial end and an axially translatable grip; and a housing that includes a stylus socket for docking the stylus. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Christopher Miles Osborne, Scott Edwards Kelso, Michaela Rose Case, Howard J. Locker
  • Publication number: 20150370350
    Abstract: In one aspect, a first device includes a display, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive data from an input device pertaining to the orientation of the input device and, at least in part based on the data, determine whether the input device is positioned to provide input to the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: John Miles Hunt, John Weldon Nicholson, Scott Edwards Kelso, Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch
  • Publication number: 20150363011
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including detecting, using a processor, pen input to a surface of an electronic device; accessing, using a processor, one or more other inputs associated in time with the pen input; and adjusting, using a processor, a location of a display output representing the pen input using both of the detected pen input and the one or more other inputs. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Scott Edwards Kelso, Xin Feng
  • Publication number: 20150346946
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a touch-enabled display, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to determine that an input device is within a proximity to the touch-enabled display, and in response to the determination and without supplemental input from a person, present on the touch-enabled display a user interface (UI) for providing input to the first device at least in part based on manipulation of the input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: SCOTT EDWARDS KELSO, John Weldon Nicholson, Steven Richard Perrin, Jian Li
  • Publication number: 20150347364
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a touch-enabled display, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to present at least a first input area at a first location on the touch-enabled display and receive first input to the touch-enabled display. The instructions are also executable to determine whether at least the first input is to be represented at the first input area, and highlight the first input area at least in part in response to a determination that at least the first input is to be represented at the first input area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Jianbang Zhang, John Weldon Nicholson, Scott Edwards Kelso, Steven Richard Perrin
  • Publication number: 20150348510
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a touch-enabled display, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive input to the touch-enabled display and present a representation of the input on the touch-enabled display. The representation is presented with the width of one or more contours of the representation being correlated to the size of at least a portion of the input to the touch-enabled display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianbang Zhang, John Weldon Nicholson, Scott Edwards Kelso, Steven Richard Perrin
  • Publication number: 20150341551
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a camera, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to initiate the camera and project light from the device at an angle corresponding to a field of view of the camera according to a current focal length of the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Steven Richard Perrin, John Weldon Nicholson, Scott Edwards Kelso
  • Patent number: 9197760
    Abstract: A mobile networked device includes a processor, a control program stored on a computer readable medium, a sensor to detect whether the networked device is being held by a user, and wherein the control program receives signals from the sensor and places the device into an in-hand mode when the received signals are representative of the user holding the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Elif Karakaya, Robert A. Bowser, Scott Edwards Kelso, Jian Li, Bradley Park Strazisar, Song Erin Wang, Jianbang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150331501
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: communicating data from a smart pen to a device using a pen input data channel having a first bandwidth; said data including short range wireless connection data; establishing, using said data, a short range wireless connection between the smart pen and the device; and communicating, in a connected condition, higher bandwidth data between the smart pen and the device using the short range wireless connection. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Scott Edwards Kelso, Steven Richard Perrin
  • Publication number: 20150331502
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, using a processor, a pen characteristic; identifying, using a processor, an inability to communicate between the pen and an input component using the pen characteristic; and responsive to detecting the inability, disabling a pen feature. Other embodiments, including systems, devices and products, are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Steven Richard Perrin, John Weldon Nicholson, Scott Edwards Kelso