Patents by Inventor Shawn Richard PIPER

Shawn Richard PIPER 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).

  • Patent number: 11073911
    Abstract: Providing haptic feedback includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an electroactive polymer located between the first electrode and the second electrode such that when a voltage is applied between the electrodes, the electroactive polymer expands creating a force, and a haptic object to apply the force to create the haptic feedback, wherein the haptic object includes a base to receive the force from the electroactive polymer, and a vertex, opposite to and with a smaller surface area than the base, to apply localized haptic feedback to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Shawn Richard Piper, Brian Spate, Michael W. Hu
  • Patent number: 11046496
    Abstract: A protective device includes: a cling film sized and shaped to protect a surface of an electronic device, the protected surface of the electronic device comprising contacts for charging a battery of the electronic device; and a conductive pathway through the cling film corresponding to the contacts on the electronic device for charging the battery of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Tom E. Pearson, Michael W. Hu, Shawn Richard Piper
  • Patent number: 10812648
    Abstract: A device includes a context engine and a notification engine. The context engine determines a context indicator relative to received input while the notification engine selects, based on the context indicator and the received input, at least one type of notification from different types of notifications. A wearable electronic arrangement selectively communicates, and senses for different types of single user response to, at least a portion of the received input via the selected type of notification. The context engine receives feedback regarding the sensible different types of single user response to at least partially determine the context indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael W. Hu, Shawn Richard Piper, Brian Spate, Juli Unger
  • Publication number: 20200050149
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a first pinion component comprising a first pinion and a first cylinder centered therein, the first cylinder extending from a first surface of the first pinion, the first pinion having a first via and a second via; a first electrical path extending from a second surface of the first pinion, through the first via to the first surface of the first pinion, and further to a first surface portion of the first cylinder; a second electrical path extending from the second surface of the first pinion, through the second via to the first surface of the first pinion, and further to a second surface portion of the first cylinder, wherein the second electrical path is electrically isolated from the first electrical path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Brian Spate, Michael W. Hu, Shawn Richard Piper, Juli Unger
  • Publication number: 20200053200
    Abstract: A device includes a context engine and a notification engine. The context engine determines a context indicator relative to received input while the notification engine selects, based on the context indicator and the received input, at least one type of notification from different types of notifications. A wearable electronic arrangement selectively communicates, and senses for different types of single user response to, at least a portion of the received input via the selected type of notification. The context engine receives feedback regarding the sensible different types of single user response to at least partially determine the context indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael W. Hu, Shawn Richard Piper, Brian Spate, Juli Unger
  • Publication number: 20190361399
    Abstract: A glass cassette module may include a plurality of layers of glass, a first pinion gear mechanically coupled to a watch motor, a first rack comprising and interior gear meshing with the first pinion gear and layered between the plurality of layers of glass, an indicator disposed on the rack, and a digital screen to present stationary information to which the indicator indicates a value on the digital screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Brian Spate, Michael W. Hu, Shawn Richard Piper
  • Publication number: 20190241341
    Abstract: A protective device includes: a cling film sized and shaped to protect a surface of an electronic device, the protected surface of the electronic device comprising contacts for charging a battery of the electronic device; and a conductive pathway through the cling film corresponding to the contacts on the electronic device for charging the battery of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Tom E. Pearson, Michael W. Hu, Shawn Richard Piper
  • Publication number: 20190056788
    Abstract: Providing haptic feedback includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an electroactive polymer located between the first electrode and the second electrode such that when a voltage is applied between the electrodes, the electroactive polymer expands creating a force, and a haptic object to apply the force to create the haptic feedback, wherein the haptic object includes a base to receive the force from the electroactive polymer, and a vertex, opposite to and with a smaller surface area than the base, to apply localized haptic feedback to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Shawn Richard PIPER, Brian SPATE, Michael W. HU