Patents by Inventor Stephen W. Foster

Stephen W. Foster 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: 20240264727
    Abstract: Devices, methods and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interfaces based on fingerprint sensor inputs are provided. An electronic device with a display and a fingerprint sensor may obtain fingerprint-verification criteria for controlling verification of fingerprints. For each of a plurality of respective inputs that correspond to respective restricted operations, the device may identify fingerprint features of the respective input. The device may determine fingerprint-verification information for the respective input. In response to detecting the respective input and in accordance with a determination that the fingerprint-verification information meets respective authorization criteria for the respective restricted operation, the device may perform the respective restricted operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin J. POPE, Daniel W. JARVIS, Nicholas G. MERZ, Scott A. MYERS, Michael A. CRETELLA, Michael ENG, James H. FOSTER, Terry L. GILTON, Myra HAGGERTY, Byron B. HAN, M. Evans HANKEY, Steven P. HOTELLING, Brian R. LAND, Stephen Brian LYNCH, Paul MEADE, Mushtaq A. SARWAR, John P. TERNUS, Paul M. THOMPSON, Marcel VAN OS, John A. WRIGHT
  • Patent number: 5635767
    Abstract: A high frequency bypass capacitor (36, 36') is built into a thin-film portion (16, 16') of a polymer carrier substrate (15) of a PBGA (10). The carrier substrate (15) has both a stiffener (18) and a thin-film portion (16, 16') which has multiple metal layers (24, 28, 30, 32). The power supply planes (28, 30) of these metal layers are used to form built-in bypass capacitors (36, 36'), wherein the power supply planes are specifically designed to be adjacent and parallel layers. An ultra thin film laminate construction provides thin dielectric films (26) between the metal layers to allow the bypass capacitor to be placed very dose to the attached semiconductor die (12) to further reduce parasitic inductance and resistance between die connections (14) and the bypass capacitor. The built-in feature minimizes inherent parasitic series inductance and resistance, thus enabling the filtering of unwanted low pulse width glitches on a power plane connected to VLSI devices at operating frequencies at or above 100 MHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: James F. Wenzel, Mona A. Chopra, Stephen W. Foster
  • Patent number: 4392553
    Abstract: A supermarket-type check-out counter is formed of a forward customer unloading module and a rear bagging module. A pair of transversely spaced apart conveyors interconnect the two modules. The check-out operator stands in the space between the modules and between the conveyors to receive goods which are placed by a customer upon a movable belt carried upon the unloading module for movement of goods towards the operator. An indicia scanning device is mounted within the portion of the unloading module adjacent the operator and rearwardly of the belt. Thus, the operator, using both hands, removes goods from the belt, slides the goods over the scanning device, and then slides the goods rearwardly upon either of the two conveyors, on either side of the operator, so that the goods are conveyed to the upper surface of the bagging module for subsequent placing within bags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1983
    Assignee: Almor Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen W. Foster
  • Patent number: 4265336
    Abstract: A check-out counter formed of a forward check-out module, having a conveyor belt for transporting merchandise along the top thereof, and a rear bagging module having an upper merchandise receiving deck. The two modules are spaced apart and a stowable second conveyor unit is provided to bridge the space when desired to carry merchandise from the check-out module to the bagging module deck. The conveyor unit is formed of a pair of spaced apart rollers mounted upon opposite ends of a support frame and carrying an endless conveyor belt. One end of the unit is pivotally connected to the bagging module and the othe end is releasably latched to a rear edge of the check-out module. Thus, the unit may alternatively be extended between the modules for conveyor use or may be stowed, hanging downwardly from its pivots in a non-use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1981
    Assignee: Almor Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen W. Foster
  • Patent number: 4182433
    Abstract: A check-out counter formed of a forward check-out module, having a conveyor belt for transporting merchandise along the top thereof, and a rear bagging module having an upper merchandise receiving deck. The two modules are spaced apart and a stowable second conveyor unit is provided to bridge the space when desired to carry merchandise from the check-out module to the bagging module deck. The conveyor unit is formed of a pair of spaced apart rollers mounted upon opposite ends of a support frame and carrying an endless conveyor belt. One end of the unit is pivotally connected to the bagging module and the other end is releasably latched to a rear edge of the check-out module. Thus, the unit may alternatively be extended between the modules for conveyor use or may be stowed, hanging downwardly from its pivots in a non-use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1980
    Assignee: Almor Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen W. Foster