Patents by Inventor Scott Patrick DeBates
Scott Patrick DeBates 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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Patent number: 11294449Abstract: A computing device includes a control system that communicates with multiple sensors that capture data regarding a user. The control system communicates with each of the sensors to obtain information regarding the capabilities of each sensor, and uses this capability information to determine how to configure each of the sensors. The control system also selects one of the multiple sensors to be the master sensor, and the rest of the multiple sensors are slave sensors, and notifies the multiple sensors of whether they are a slave sensor or a master sensor. The master sensor collects sensor data for the multiple sensors, capturing data itself as well as receiving data captured by the slave sensors from the slave sensors. The master sensor sends an indication of the collected data (e.g., the collected data itself or data resulting from processing the collected data) to the control system for analysis and/or processing.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Scott Patrick DeBates, Vivek Kumar Tyagi, Sudhir C. Vissa, Douglas Alfred Lautner
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Patent number: 11284523Abstract: A foldable device includes a first housing portion, a second housing portion, and a hinge structure joined therebetween to permit the foldable device to be folded along an axis between an open mode and a closed mode. Touch sensors are disposed along one or more of the first housing portion or the second housing portion. The device includes a module implemented at least partially in hardware and configured to: determine touch sensor physical proximity; responsive to the touch sensor physical proximity not being less than a threshold, determine that the foldable device is in the open mode and cause the foldable device to be operated in a single sensor mode; and responsive to the touch sensor physical proximity being less than the threshold, determine that the foldable device is in a closed mode and cause the foldable device to be operated in a cumulative sensor mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Vivek Kumar Tyagi, Scott Patrick DeBates, Douglas Alfred Lautner
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Patent number: 11231766Abstract: A computing device includes a control system that communicates with multiple sensors that capture data regarding a user. The control system communicates with each of the sensors to obtain information regarding the capabilities of each sensor, and uses this capability information to determine how to configure each of the sensors. The control system also selects one of the multiple sensors to be the master sensor, and the rest of the multiple sensors are slave sensors, and notifies the multiple sensors of whether they are a slave sensor or a master sensor. The master sensor collects sensor data for the multiple sensors, capturing data itself as well as receiving data captured by the slave sensors from the slave sensors. The master sensor sends an indication of the collected data (e.g., the collected data itself or data resulting from processing the collected data) to the control system for analysis and/or processing.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Scott Patrick DeBates, Vivek Kumar Tyagi, Sudhir C. Vissa, Douglas Alfred Lautner
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Patent number: 11227254Abstract: An apparatus includes a first surface having an identification tag attached thereto and a second surface having an antenna attached thereto. The first surface engages the second surface to provide a seal for an article and to connect the antenna to the identification tag. A method for sealing an article includes providing a first surface having an identification tag attached thereto. A second surface having an antenna attached thereto is provided. The first surface is attached to the second surface to provide a seal for the article and to connect the antenna to the identification tag.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Scott Patrick DeBates, Douglas Alfred Lautner, Jagatkumar V. Shah
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Publication number: 20210259117Abstract: A foldable device includes a first housing portion, a second housing portion, and a hinge structure joined therebetween to permit the foldable device to be folded along an axis between an open mode and a closed mode. Touch sensors are disposed along one or more of the first housing portion or the second housing portion. The device includes a module implemented at least partially in hardware and configured to: determine touch sensor physical proximity; responsive to the touch sensor physical proximity not being less than a threshold, determine that the foldable device is in the open mode and cause the foldable device to be operated in a single sensor mode; and responsive to the touch sensor physical proximity being less than the threshold, determine that the foldable device is in a closed mode and cause the foldable device to be operated in a cumulative sensor mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Vivek Kumar Tyagi, Scott Patrick DeBates, Douglas Alfred Lautner
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Patent number: 11032922Abstract: A foldable device includes a first housing portion, a second housing portion, and a hinge structure joined therebetween to permit the foldable device to be folded along an axis between an open mode and a closed mode. Touch sensors are disposed along one or more of the first housing portion or the second housing portion. The device includes a module implemented at least partially in hardware and configured to: determine touch sensor physical proximity; responsive to the touch sensor physical proximity not being less than a threshold, determine that the foldable device is in the open mode and cause the foldable device to be operated in a single sensor mode; and responsive to the touch sensor physical proximity being less than the threshold, determine that the foldable device is in a closed mode and cause the foldable device to be operated in a cumulative sensor mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Vivek Kumar Tyagi, Scott Patrick DeBates, Douglas Alfred Lautner
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Patent number: 10973460Abstract: In aspects of a wearable article for determining a task, a system includes a delivery device usable to administer a liquid responsive to an applied force, and includes a wearable article with multiple sensors to detect movements of the wearable article and handling of the delivery device. A task determination module is implemented to receive sensor data identifying the movements of the wearable article and the applied force, and can determine a task from a set of tasks associated with the delivery device that corresponds to the movements of the wearable article. The task determination module can then determine whether the task was performed correctly based on a comparison of the sensor data to a correct pattern of use for the task.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Sudhir C. Vissa, Vivek Kumar Tyagi, Scott Patrick DeBates, Douglas Alfred Lautner
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Publication number: 20210064115Abstract: A computing device includes a control system that communicates with multiple sensors that capture data regarding a user. The control system communicates with each of the sensors to obtain information regarding the capabilities of each sensor, and uses this capability information to determine how to configure each of the sensors. The control system also selects one of the multiple sensors to be the master sensor, and the rest of the multiple sensors are slave sensors, and notifies the multiple sensors of whether they are a slave sensor or a master sensor. The master sensor collects sensor data for the multiple sensors, capturing data itself as well as receiving data captured by the slave sensors from the slave sensors. The master sensor sends an indication of the collected data (e.g., the collected data itself or data resulting from processing the collected data) to the control system for analysis and/or processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Scott Patrick DeBates, Vivek Kumar Tyagi, Sudhir C. Vissa, Douglas Alfred Lautner
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Publication number: 20210048873Abstract: A computing device includes a control system that communicates with multiple sensors that capture data regarding a user. The control system communicates with each of the sensors to obtain information regarding the capabilities of each sensor, and uses this capability information to determine how to configure each of the sensors. The control system also selects one of the multiple sensors to be the master sensor, and the rest of the multiple sensors are slave sensors, and notifies the multiple sensors of whether they are a slave sensor or a master sensor. The master sensor collects sensor data for the multiple sensors, capturing data itself as well as receiving data captured by the slave sensors from the slave sensors. The master sensor sends an indication of the collected data (e.g., the collected data itself or data resulting from processing the collected data) to the control system for analysis and/or processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Scott Patrick DeBates, Vivek Kumar Tyagi, Sudhir C. Vissa, Douglas Alfred Lautner
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Patent number: 10845864Abstract: A computing device includes a control system that communicates with multiple sensors that capture data regarding a user. The control system communicates with each of the sensors to obtain information regarding the capabilities of each sensor, and uses this capability information to determine how to configure each of the sensors. The control system also selects one of the multiple sensors to be the master sensor, and the rest of the multiple sensors are slave sensors, and notifies the multiple sensors of whether they are a slave sensor or a master sensor. The master sensor collects sensor data for the multiple sensors, capturing data itself as well as receiving data captured by the slave sensors from the slave sensors. The master sensor sends an indication of the collected data (e.g., the collected data itself or data resulting from processing the collected data) to the control system for analysis and/or processing.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Scott Patrick DeBates, Vivek Kumar Tyagi, Sudhir C. Vissa, Douglas Alfred Lautner
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Patent number: 10831246Abstract: Various embodiments provide dynamic display locations of virtual control buttons based upon detected movement of a computing device. A computing device displays a virtual control button at a first location, such as a location based upon a grip profile. At some point later, the computing device detects movement via a sensor included in the computing device. Upon detecting the movement, the computing device visually moves the virtual control button to at least a second location based upon the detected movement.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Scott Patrick DeBates, Douglas Alfred Lautner, Jagatkumar V. Shah
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Patent number: 10817173Abstract: Various embodiments provide virtual control buttons on a computing device, such as a mobile device, e.g. a smart phone, to produce a computing. The computing device includes a housing component defined by a top edge, a bottom edge, a left edge and a right edge. A touchscreen display defines at least a front surface of the housing component and wraps around at least one edge of the housing component to define at least portions of the one edge. The computing device is configured to receive touch input corresponding to a user gripping the device on the at least one edge. A grip profile is identified and corresponds to placement of a user's digits on the at least one edge. Responsive to identifying the grip profile, at least one virtual control button is visually placed on the touchscreen display based, at least in part, on the grip profile.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Scott Patrick DeBates, Douglas Alfred Lautner, Jagatkumar V. Shah
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Patent number: 10755077Abstract: In aspects of fingerprint authentication based on fingerprint imager orientation, a mobile device has a first housing moveably connected to a second housing in a device configuration that is one of a closed configuration in which the first housing and the second housing are rotated and folded together, or an open configuration in which the first housing and the second housing are rotated apart. The mobile device includes a fingerprint imager to capture a fingerprint image in either device configuration of the mobile device. The mobile device also includes an authentication module to determine an orientation of the fingerprint imager based on the device configuration, manipulate the captured fingerprint image to align with a reference fingerprint image, and authenticate the captured fingerprint image as manipulated to align with the reference fingerprint image for access to the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Scott Patrick DeBates, Douglas Alfred Lautner, Jagatkumar V. Shah
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Patent number: 10740423Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, user input comprising a query from a user, wherein the query does not comprise an explicit request for visual data; identifying, based upon results of the query, that visual data is associated with the query; and providing, based on the identifying, output associated with the identified visual data. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Daryl Cromer, Scott Patrick DeBates, Ming Qian, Song Wang, David Alexander Schwarz
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Publication number: 20200214631Abstract: In aspects of a wearable article for determining a task, a system includes a delivery device usable to administer a liquid responsive to an applied force, and includes a wearable article with multiple sensors to detect movements of the wearable article and handling of the delivery device. A task determination module is implemented to receive sensor data identifying the movements of the wearable article and the applied force, and can determine a task from a set of tasks associated with the delivery device that corresponds to the movements of the wearable article. The task determination module can then determine whether the task was performed correctly based on a comparison of the sensor data to a correct pattern of use for the task.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Sudhir C. Vissa, Vivek Kumar Tyagi, Scott Patrick DeBates, Douglas Alfred Lautner
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Patent number: 10691221Abstract: A system includes a wearable device that receives, via a wireless transceiver on the wearable device, a code from a wireless ignition device of a vehicle. The code is usable to start or stop an engine of the vehicle. One or more sensors on the wearable device detect a gesture performed by a user wearing the wearable device. Responsive to detecting the gesture, the wireless transceiver transmits the code to start or stop the engine of the vehicle to the wireless ignition device effective to cause the ignition device to start or stop the engine of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Scott Patrick DeBates, Douglas Alfred Lautner
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Publication number: 20200178406Abstract: A foldable device includes a first housing portion, a second housing portion, and a hinge structure joined therebetween to permit the foldable device to be folded along an axis between an open mode and a closed mode. Touch sensors are disposed along one or more of the first housing portion or the second housing portion. The device includes a module implemented at least partially in hardware and configured to: determine touch sensor physical proximity; responsive to the touch sensor physical proximity not being less than a threshold, determine that the foldable device is in the open mode and cause the foldable device to be operated in a single sensor mode; and responsive to the touch sensor physical proximity being less than the threshold, determine that the foldable device is in a closed mode and cause the foldable device to be operated in a cumulative sensor mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Vivek Kumar Tyagi, Scott Patrick DeBates, Douglas Alfred Lautner
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Patent number: 10653361Abstract: Various embodiments provide a mobile communication device, such as a mobile communication device, with functions including telecommunications capabilities, breath sensory functions and, in some instances, environmental air sensing functions. The breath sensory functions can be used to measure alcohol levels, as well as to detect properties that pertain to various health conditions and issues. The environmental air sensing functions can, in at least some embodiments, be provided along with the breath sensory functions.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Scott Patrick DeBates, Douglas Alfred Lautner
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Patent number: 10646161Abstract: In aspects of a wearable article for determining a task, a system includes a delivery device usable to administer a liquid responsive to an applied force, and includes a wearable article with multiple sensors to detect movements of the wearable article and handling of the delivery device. A task determination module is implemented to receive sensor data identifying the movements of the wearable article and the applied force, and can determine a task from a set of tasks associated with the delivery device that corresponds to the movements of the wearable article. The task determination module can then determine whether the task was performed correctly based on a comparison of the sensor data to a correct pattern of use for the task.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Inventors: Sudhir C. Vissa, Vivek Kumar Tyagi, Scott Patrick DeBates, Douglas Alfred Lautner
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Publication number: 20200121250Abstract: In aspects of a wearable article for determining a task, a system includes a delivery device usable to administer a liquid responsive to an applied force, and includes a wearable article with multiple sensors to detect movements of the wearable article and handling of the delivery device. A task determination module is implemented to receive sensor data identifying the movements of the wearable article and the applied force, and can determine a task from a set of tasks associated with the delivery device that corresponds to the movements of the wearable article. The task determination module can then determine whether the task was performed correctly based on a comparison of the sensor data to a correct pattern of use for the task.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Sudhir C. Vissa, Vivek Kumar Tyagi, Scott Patrick DeBates, Douglas Alfred Lautner