Patents by Inventor Todd S. Harple

Todd S. Harple 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: 9871956
    Abstract: Generally, this disclosure describes multiple lenses in a mobile device. A mobile device may include a housing including a first surface, an opposing second surface and third, fourth, fifth and sixth surfaces connecting the first surface and the second surface forming the housing; a plurality of lenses, each lens configured to capture a respective image, each lens positioned relative to the housing so that a respective lens axis associated with each lens is perpendicular within a tolerance to at least a portion of at least one surface and a first lens axis associated with a first lens is perpendicular within the tolerance to a second lens axis associated with a second lens; at least one image sensor coupled to the plurality of lenses, configured to convert each captured image into respective image data; and circuitry configured to receive and process the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Todd S. Harple, Gyan Prakash, Rajesh Poornachandran
  • Patent number: 9495017
    Abstract: Embodiments of computing systems, and related methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computing system may include a peripheral device (e.g., an image capture device and/or an audio output device) and control logic. The control logic may be coupled with a sensor system and the peripheral device to receive a trigger signal; receive, from the sensor system, one or more interaction signals indicative of a user interaction with the computing system; and, in response to receipt of the trigger signal and the one or more interaction signals, generate a control signal for output to the peripheral device to control operation of the peripheral device. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Wendy March, Jameson H. Williams, Mei Lu, Todd S. Harple, Bryan R. Peebler, Benjamin S. Weigand, Mariano J. Phielipp, Min Liu
  • Publication number: 20150153840
    Abstract: Embodiments of computing systems, and related methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computing system may include a peripheral device (e.g., an image capture device and/or an audio output device) and control logic. The control logic may be coupled with a sensor system and the peripheral device to receive a trigger signal; receive, from the sensor system, one or more interaction signals indicative of a user interaction with the computing system; and, in response to receipt of the trigger signal and the one or more interaction signals, generate a control signal for output to the peripheral device to control operation of the peripheral device. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Wendy March, Jameson H. Williams, Mei Lu, Todd S. Harple, Bryan R. Peebler, Benjamin S. Weigand, Mariano J. Phielipp, Min Liu
  • Publication number: 20140247373
    Abstract: Generally, this disclosure describes multiple lenses in a mobile device. A mobile device may include a housing including a first surface, an opposing second surface and third, fourth, fifth and sixth surfaces connecting the first surface and the second surface forming the housing; a plurality of lenses, each lens configured to capture a respective image, each lens positioned relative to the housing so that a respective lens axis associated with each lens is perpendicular within a tolerance to at least a portion of at least one surface and a first lens axis associated with a first lens is perpendicular within the tolerance to a second lens axis associated with a second lens; at least one image sensor coupled to the plurality of lenses, configured to convert each captured image into respective image data; and circuitry configured to receive and process the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventors: Todd S. Harple, Gyan Prakash, Rajesh Poornachandran