Patents by Inventor Steven M. Knapp

Steven M. Knapp 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).

  • Finger print sensor and auxiliary processor integration in an electronic device
    Patent number: 9396380
    Abstract: A system includes a fingerprint sensor and an auxiliary processor. The auxiliary processor is operable to arm the fingerprint sensor prior to the auxiliary processor entering a low power or sleep mode. The fingerprint sensor can detect a finger proximately located with the fingerprint sensor, capture and store fingerprint data from the finger, perform at least one pre-processing step after capturing the fingerprint data from the finger while the auxiliary processor is in the low power or sleep mode, and after the at least one pre-processing step and upon receiving a request from the auxiliary processor for the finger print data deliver the fingerprint data to the auxiliary processor. The auxiliary processor can compare the fingerprint data to reference data and determine whether the fingerprint data substantially matches the reference data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Y Merrell, Steven M. Knapp
  • FINGER PRINT SENSOR AND AUXILIARY PROCESSOR INTERGRATION IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160086010
    Abstract: A system includes a fingerprint sensor and an auxiliary processor. The auxiliary processor is operable to arm the fingerprint sensor prior to the auxiliary processor entering a low power or sleep mode. The fingerprint sensor can detect a finger proximately located with the fingerprint sensor, capture and store fingerprint data from the finger, perform at least one pre-processing step after capturing the fingerprint data from the finger while the auxiliary processor is in the low power or sleep mode, and after the at least one pre-processing step and upon receiving a request from the auxiliary processor for the finger print data deliver the fingerprint data to the auxiliary processor. The auxiliary processor can compare the fingerprint data to reference data and determine whether the fingerprint data substantially matches the reference data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Y. Merrell, Steven M. Knapp
  • Finger Print Sensor and Auxiliary Processor Integration in an Electronic Device
    Publication number: 20160026841
    Abstract: A system includes a fingerprint sensor and an auxiliary processor. The auxiliary processor is operable to arm the fingerprint sensor prior to the auxiliary processor entering a low power or sleep mode. The fingerprint sensor can detect a finger proximately located with the fingerprint sensor, capture and store fingerprint data from the finger, perform at least one pre-processing step after capturing the fingerprint data from the finger while the auxiliary processor is in the low power or sleep mode, and after the at least one pre-processing step and upon receiving a request from the auxiliary processor for the finger print data deliver the fingerprint data to the auxiliary processor. The auxiliary processor can compare the fingerprint data to reference data and determine whether the fingerprint data substantially matches the reference data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Y. Merrell, Steven M. Knapp
  • Finger print sensor and auxiliary processor integration in an electronic device
    Patent number: 9230150
    Abstract: A system includes a fingerprint sensor and an auxiliary processor. The auxiliary processor is operable to arm the fingerprint sensor prior to the auxiliary processor entering a low power or sleep mode. The fingerprint sensor can detect a finger proximately located with the fingerprint sensor, capture and store fingerprint data from the finger, perform at least one pre-processing step after capturing the fingerprint data from the finger while the auxiliary processor is in the low power or sleep mode, and after the at least one pre-processing step and upon receiving a request from the auxiliary processor for the finger print data deliver the fingerprint data to the auxiliary processor. The auxiliary processor can compare the fingerprint data to reference data and determine whether the fingerprint data substantially matches the reference data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Y. Merrell, Steven M. Knapp
  • Parallelization of application launch and activation of mobile data connection for applications requiring remote data in a device
    Patent number: 9042945
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided that launches a selected application on a User Equipment (UE) such that if the launched application requires a mobile data connection and the UE's modem is in a dormant state, then the UE will transition the UE's modem from the dormant state to an active state and/or establish a mobile data connection while or in parallel with the selected application's initialization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Andew W. Lenart, Steven M. Knapp, Valeriy F. Marchevsky
  • PARALLELIZATION OF APPLICATION LAUNCH AND ACTIVATION OF MOBILE DATA CONNECTION FOR APPLICATIONS REQUIRING REMOTE DATA IN A DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140378189
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided that launches a selected application on a User Equipment (UE) such that if the launched application requires a mobile data connection and the UE's modem is in a dormant state, then the UE will transition the UE's modem from the dormant state to an active state and/or establish a mobile data connection while or in parallel with the selected application's initialization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
    Inventors: Andew W. Lenart, Steven M. Knapp, Valeriy F. Marchevsky