Patents by Inventor Thomas Robert Kubitza

Thomas Robert Kubitza 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).

  • Electronic paper display device
    Patent number: 10002588
    Abstract: A display device is described that comprises an electronic paper display but that does not include a power source that is capable of providing sufficient power to update the electronic paper display. Instead, the electronic paper display can only be updated when receiving external power via a digital data and power bus. The bus also provides pixel data for content to be displayed on the electronic paper display and at least one externally generated bias voltage level for the electronic paper display. The display device further comprises a processor that configured to drive the electronic paper display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Yen-Cherng Chen, James Scott, Stephen Edward Hodges, John Franciscus Marie Helmes, Stuart Taylor, Thomas Robert Kubitza, Sergey Antonovich, Refael Zabdi Whyte, Nicolas Villar
  • ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160275880
    Abstract: A display device is described that comprises an electronic paper display but that does not include a power source that is capable of providing sufficient power to update the electronic paper display. Instead, the electronic paper display can only be updated when receiving external power via a digital data and power bus. The bus also provides pixel data for content to be displayed on the electronic paper display and at least one externally generated bias voltage level for the electronic paper display. The display device further comprises a processor that configured to drive the electronic paper display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Nicholas Yen-Cherng Chen, James Scott, Stephen Edward Hodges, John Franciscus Marie Helmes, Stuart Taylor, Thomas Robert Kubitza, Sergey Antonovich, Refael Zabdi Whyte, Nicolas Villar
  • PROVIDING CONTENT TO ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160275906
    Abstract: A system provides a content service arranged to provide content for display on a display device which comprises an electronic paper display but which does not include a power source which is capable of providing sufficient power to update the electronic paper display. Instead, power is only provided to update the electronic paper display when in direct contact with a printer device. The power is provided via a contact based conductive digital data and power bus which also provides pixel data for content to be displayed on the electronic paper display. The display device further comprises a processing element which configured to drive the electronic paper display. The content service receives an identifier for a display device or printer device and identifies content based on the identifier received. The identified content is then transmitted to a printer device for display on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: James Scott, Nicholas Yen- Cherng Chen, Stephen Edward Hodges, John Franciscus Marie Helmes, Stuart Taylor, Thomas Robert Kubitza, Sergey Antonovich, Refael Zabdi Whyte