Patents by Inventor Scott Leonard Dill

Scott Leonard Dill 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: 20190025898
    Abstract: In some examples, a controller receives, from a sensor that is part of a device mounted on a moveable platform, measurement data. The controller detects, based on the measurement data, a change in transit motion status of the moveable platform. The controller triggers, in response to detecting the change in transit motion status of the moveable platform, a transition of the device from a first power state to a second, different power state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Sandeep Chennakeshu, Jesse William Bennett, Scott Leonard Dill
  • Patent number: 10158978
    Abstract: In some examples, a system receives, over a network, position data acquired by a position sensor of a device, and sensor data acquired by a further sensor of the device while the position sensor of the device is inactive, the sensor data from the further sensor indicating a direction of travel of the device. The system determines, using the sensor data acquired by the further sensor of the device, a heading and movement of the device relative to a position indicated by the position data, and updates a position of the device according to the determined heading and movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jason Wayne Jantzi, Mahendra Fuleshwar Prasad, Scott Leonard Dill, Jesse William Bennett, Alexander John Ogle
  • Patent number: 10126805
    Abstract: In some examples, a controller receives, from a sensor that is part of a device mounted on a moveable platform, measurement data. The controller detects, based on the measurement data, a change in transit motion status of the moveable platform. The controller triggers, in response to detecting the change in transit motion status of the moveable platform, a transition of the device from a first power state to a second, different power state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Sandeep Chennakeshu, Jesse William Bennett, Scott Leonard Dill
  • Publication number: 20180279221
    Abstract: A method for dynamic power management of electronic devices includes determining, at a server, a remaining battery life of an electronic device, wherein the electronic device is powered by a battery and associated with a power management profile for managing power consumption at the electronic device; and based on the determined remaining battery life, provisioning an updated power management profile for the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mahendra FULESHWAR PRASAD, Jonathan Quinn BRUBACHER, Scott Leonard DILL, Jason Wayne JANTZI, Alexander John OGLE
  • Publication number: 20180244465
    Abstract: In some examples, a system includes a communication interface, and at least one processor configured to cause sending, to a sensor device attached to a cargo transportation unit (CTU), parameter information through the communication interface, the parameter information controlling detection of a condition associated with the CTU by the sensor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Mahendra Fuleshwar Prasad, Jesse William Bennett, Scott Leonard Dill, Mark Edward Reaume, Jason Wayne Jantzi, Yu Gao, Alexander Karl Levato
  • Publication number: 20180039314
    Abstract: In some examples, a controller receives, from a sensor that is part of a device mounted on a moveable platform, measurement data. The controller detects, based on the measurement data, a change in transit motion status of the moveable platform. The controller triggers, in response to detecting the change in transit motion status of the moveable platform, a transition of the device from a first power state to a second, different power state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Sandeep Chennakeshu, Jesse William Bennett, Scott Leonard Dill
  • Publication number: 20170163314
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing, processing circuitry carried by the housing, and at least one wireless transceiver carried by the housing and a NFC device carried by the housing. The electronic device may also include a display carried by the housing and having an internal surface within the housing and a display surface opposite the internal surface, and an NFC antenna mounted on and extending across at least a portion of the internal surface of the display, wherein the NFC antenna comprises a substrate and electrically conductive traces thereon defining a plurality of loops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Lizhong Zhu, Libo Zhu, Scott Leonard Dill, Raymond Michael Dikun, Pha Cong Nguyen, Soo Liam Ooi, Randy Alan Wiessner
  • Patent number: 9609096
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing having a display opening therein, processing circuitry within the housing, and wireless transceiver circuitry within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry. The electronic device may also include NFC transceiver circuitry within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry, a display within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry, the display having an external surface exposed through the display opening and having an internal surface within the housing, and an NFC antenna positioned within the housing behind and aligned with the internal surface of the display and coupled to the NFC transceiver circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Lizhong Zhu, Libo Zhu, Scott Leonard Dill, Raymond Michael Dikun, Pha Cong Nguyen, Soo Liam Ooi, Randy Alan Wiessner
  • Publication number: 20140141835
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing having a display opening therein, processing circuitry within the housing, and wireless transceiver circuitry within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry. The electronic device may also include NFC transceiver circuitry within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry, a display within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry, the display having an external surface exposed through the display opening and having an internal surface within the housing, and an NFC antenna positioned within the housing behind and aligned with the internal surface of the display and coupled to the NFC transceiver circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: LIZHONG ZHU, LIBO ZHU, SCOTT LEONARD DILL, RAYMOND MICHAEL DIKUN, PHA CONG NGUYEN, SOO LIAM OOI, RANDY ALAN WIESSNER
  • Patent number: 8676116
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing having a display opening therein, processing circuitry within the housing, and wireless transceiver circuitry within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry. The electronic device may also include NFC transceiver circuitry within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry, a display within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry, the display having an external surface exposed through the display opening and having an internal surface within the housing, and an NFC antenna positioned within the housing behind and aligned with the internal surface of the display and coupled to the NFC transceiver circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Lizhong Zhu, Libo Zhu, Scott Leonard Dill, Raymond Michael Dikun, Pha Cong Nguyen, Soo Liam Ooi, Randy Alan Wiessner
  • Patent number: 8619044
    Abstract: A method of controlling an electronic device having a touch-sensitive display includes imparting, by an actuator, a force on the touch-sensitive display to provide tactile feedback, determining the force applied by the actuator on the touch-sensitive display, and adjusting a subsequent force imparted by the actuator based on the determined force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Pertuit, Scott Leonard Dill
  • Publication number: 20130134923
    Abstract: An apparatus, and an associated method, for providing charging energy to a portable power supply, sourced at the portable power supply of another portable electronic device. The portable electronic devices are arranged in a charging configuration in which the portable electronic device from which energy is to be sourced is coupled to the portable electronic device to which the charging energy is to be applied. A controller controls the charging operations to ensure that energy of a host portable power supply is not depleted beyond a minimum level, and the application of the charging energy is terminated when a recipient portable power supply is charged to a desired level or the host portable power supply is depleted to the minimum level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Gregory Smith, Michael Joseph DeLuca, James Abraham Keane, Ryan Alexander Geris, Scott Leonard Dill, Henry Yao-Tsu Chen, Eric Thomas Eaton, Jeffrey Charles Bos, Dusan Veselic
  • Publication number: 20130090073
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing having a display opening therein, processing circuitry within the housing, and wireless transceiver circuitry within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry. The electronic device may also include NFC transceiver circuitry within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry, a display within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry, the display having an external surface exposed through the display opening and having an internal surface within the housing, and an NFC antenna positioned within the housing behind and aligned with the internal surface of the display and coupled to the NFC transceiver circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Lizhong ZHU, Libo ZHU, Scott Leonard DILL, Raymond Michael DIKUN, Pha Cong NGUYEN, Soo Liam OOI, Randy Alan WIESSNER
  • Publication number: 20110074702
    Abstract: A method of controlling an electronic device having a touch-sensitive display includes imparting, by an actuator, a force on the touch-sensitive display to provide tactile feedback, determining the force applied by the actuator on the touch-sensitive display, and adjusting a subsequent force imparted by the actuator based on the determined force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Pertuit, Scott Leonard Dill
  • Patent number: D395310
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Glenn Beaumont, Dennis Walter Weigum, Scott Leonard Dill, Colleen Koons, John Michael Ihle, Jackson Andries Pope