Patents by Inventor Scott Thomas Smith

Scott Thomas Smith 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).

  • Presence sensing
    Patent number: 10372191
    Abstract: One embodiment may take the form of a method of operating a computing device in a reduced power state and collecting a first set of data from at least one sensor. Based on the first set of data, the computing device determines a probability that an object is within a threshold distance of the computing device and, if so, the device activates at least one secondary sensor to collect a second set of data. Based on the second set of data, the device determines if the object is a person. If it is a person, a position of the person relative to the computing device is determined and the computing device changes its state based on the position of the person. If the object is not a person, the computing device remains in a reduced power state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Allen Valko, Matt Waldon, Rudolph van der Merwe, William Matthew Vieta, Myra Haggerty, Alex T. Nelson, Karen Louise Jenkins, Scott Thomas Smith, Jan Erik Solem
  • Presence Sensing
    Publication number: 20120287035
    Abstract: One embodiment may take the form of a method of operating a computing device in a reduced power state and collecting a first set of data from at least one sensor. Based on the first set of data, the computing device determines a probability that an object is within a threshold distance of the computing device and, if so, the device activates at least one secondary sensor to collect a second set of data. Based on the second set of data, the device determines if the object is a person. If it is a person, a position of the person relative to the computing device is determined and the computing device changes its state based on the position of the person. If the object is not a person, the computing device remains in a reduced power state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Allen Valko, Matthew C. Waldon, Rudolph van der Merwe, William Matthew Vieta, Myra M. Haggerty, Alex T. Nelson, Karen Louise Jenkins, Scott Thomas Smith, Jan Erik Solem
  • Fully integrated solid state imager and camera display
    Patent number: 6992713
    Abstract: There is shown an single chip CMOS device for capturing a video image. The device includes an APS imager containing an array of pixels for providing a signal representing a scene, a row of extended dynamic range sample and hold circuits for receiving a signal from the array of pixels and a row of linear sample and hold circuits for receiving another signal for said array of pixels. Also included is an image processor for determining a controllable function and for processing a plurality of signals received from the extended dynamic range sample and hold circuits and the linear sample and hold circuits according to said controllable function to form a processed video signal. Further included is a memory for storing the controllable function and the processed video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Dialog Semiconductor GmbH
    Inventors: Nathaniel Joseph McCaffrey, Peter Ferdinand Zalud, Scott Thomas Smith, John Thomas Kalinowski
  • Fully integrated solid state imager and camera circuitry
    Publication number: 20030038887
    Abstract: There is shown an single chip CMOS device for capturing a video image. The device includes an APS imager containing an array of pixels for providing a signal representing a scene, a row of extended dynamic range sample and hold circuits for receiving a signal from the array of pixels and a row of linear sample and hold circuits for receiving another signal for said array of pixels. Also included is an image processor for determining a controllable function and for processing a plurality of signals received from the extended dynamic range sample and hold circuits and the linear sample and hold circuits according to said controllable function to form a processed video signal. Further included is a memory for storing the controllable function and the processed video signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Nathaniel Joseph McCaffrey, Peter Ferdinand Zalud, Scott Thomas Smith, John Thomas Kalinowski