Patents by Inventor Simon Dearsley

Simon Dearsley 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).

  • POSTURE DETECTION FOR INTELLIGENT LIGHTING ACCESSORY CONTROL
    Publication number: 20220369444
    Abstract: A method for intelligently controlling a lighting accessory coupled to a host device includes determining a posture of the lighting accessory, the posture being one of multiple user-selectable physical configurations; and selectively configuring a setting of an application executing on the host device based at least in part on the determined posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: David E. WASHINGTON, Danielle TENE, Whitney J. GIAIMO, Alexander BENNETT, Ann MCINROY, Natalia URBANOWICZ, Simon DEARSLEY
  • Posture detection for intelligent lighting accessory control
    Patent number: 11497103
    Abstract: A method for intelligently controlling a lighting accessory coupled to a host device includes determining a posture of the lighting accessory, the posture being one of multiple user-selectable physical configurations; and selectively configuring a setting of an application executing on the host device based at least in part on the determined posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Washington, Danielle Tene, Whitney J. Giaimo, Alexander Bennett, Ann McInroy, Natalia Urbanowicz, Simon Dearsley
  • USER INTERFACES AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20100283726
    Abstract: Apparatus for a portable electronic device, the apparatus arranged to detect substantially simultaneous user input from device user interface elements arranged to detect opposing user input, and to provide signalling, upon the detection of said opposing user input, for transferring electronic information content associated with the electronic device to a remote apparatus which is associatable with the electronic device. Apparatus for a portable electronic device, the apparatus arranged to detect movement of the device, relative to a remote apparatus which is associatable with the electronic device, as user input from the device, and to provide signalling, upon the detection of said relative movement, for transferring electronic information content associated with the electronic device to the remote apparatus which is associatable with the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mattias Andersson, Roni Burrell, Shunjiro Eguchi, Tom Jenkins, Daniel Dhondt, Edwin Shannon, Alejandro Sanguinetti, Zachary Ng, Lianne Mallett, Nicola Ralston, Manuel Gattinger, Joeske Schellen, Simon Dearsley
  • Handset
    Patent number: D640222
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Simon Dearsley
  • Handset
    Patent number: D721672
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Dearsley, Ashley Cichocki, Xu Cheng Xin, Jennifer Chen