Patents by Inventor Wesley Abram Luttrell
Wesley Abram Luttrell 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).
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Patent number: 10516816Abstract: One embodiment provides a system, including: an information handling device comprising a camera; and a cover for the information handling device, comprising: a movable area obscuring and exposing the camera; at least one button controlling activation of the camera; and a communication mechanism facilitating communication between the cover and the information handling device. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2014Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Vincent Charles Conzola
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Patent number: 10503212Abstract: One embodiment provides am information handling device, comprising: a housing, the housing comprising an access panel; the access panel comprising a plurality of locking mechanisms; wherein removal of the access panel requires activating each of the plurality of locking mechanism substantially simultaneously. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Matthew Joseph Geary, Jason Pratt Parrish, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Thomas John Sluchak
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Patent number: 10485056Abstract: A method includes sensing a hand position on a mobile device via sensors on the mobile device, providing information identifying the sensed hand position to a processor of the mobile device, identifying a position of a user interface on a touch screen display of the mobile device responsive to the information identifying the sensed hand position using the processor of the mobile device, and adjusting a user interface display position on the mobile device to the identified position using the processor of the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Vincent Charles Conzola, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne
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Patent number: 10437350Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: identifying two or more inputs ascertained via a device surface, the two or more inputs comprising: a symbol input; and one or more of an additional symbol input and a writing input; determining, using at least one processor, a relationship between the two or more inputs; and executing an action corresponding to the determined relationship. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Michaela Rose Case, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell
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Patent number: 10402042Abstract: For controlling a cursor using a force vector input by a user touch, an apparatus is disclosed. A system, method, and program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus for controlling a cursor using a force vector input by a user touch includes a force sensor operatively coupled to a surface, a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor to: measure a force vector input by a user touch at the surface, the force vector including a magnitude and a direction, translate the magnitude into a cursor velocity, and control movements of a cursor based on the cursor velocity and the determined direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Matthew Joseph Geary, Lincoln Penn Hancock, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Thomas John Sluchak, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu
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Patent number: 10331219Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: operating one or more sensors to detect gesture input proximate to a surface of an input device of an information handling device, wherein the input device is configured to receive one or more input types in addition to gesture input; determining, using a processor, if the gesture input detected matches a predetermined gesture; and executing at least one response action associated with the predetermined gesture. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2013Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singaore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Michaela Rose Case, Aaron Michael Stewart, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Mamoru Okada, Xin Feng
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Patent number: 10296279Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: receiving, using a processor, data to be displayed across at least two hingedly coupled display devices; determining, using a processor, the display mode of the data, the display mode being selected from the group consisting of an occluded mode and a non-occluded mode; in the occluded mode, processing, using a processor, the data to occlude pixels of the data based upon the determined display mode, the pixels being occluded at a location where a physical separation exists between the at least two hingedly coupled display devices; and displaying, using the at least two hingedly coupled display devices, the data according to the display mode determined. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2014Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Wesley Abram Luttrell, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Christopher Miles Osborne, Vincent Charles Conzola
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Patent number: 10241584Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for gesture detection. A method includes detecting an auditory cue associated with a predefined gesture based on input received from one or more sensors. The method includes detecting a gesture in response to the auditory cue based on gesture input received from the one or more sensors. The method includes performing an action associated with the detected gesture in response to determining the detected gesture is the predefined gesture associated with the auditory cue.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Matthew Joseph Geary, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne
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Publication number: 20180088672Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for interrupting a device. A method includes detecting an auditory cue associated with a predefined gesture based on input received from one or more sensors. The method includes detecting a gesture in response to the auditory cue based on gesture input received from the one or more sensors. The method includes performing an action associated with the detected gesture in response to determining the detected gesture is the predefined gesture associated with the auditory cue.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Matthew Joseph Geary, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne
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Publication number: 20170357403Abstract: For controlling a cursor using a force vector input by a user touch, an apparatus is disclosed. A system, method, and program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus for controlling a cursor using a force vector input by a user touch includes a force sensor operatively coupled to a surface, a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor to: measure a force vector input by a user touch at the surface, the force vector including a magnitude and a direction, translate the magnitude into a cursor velocity, and control movements of a cursor based on the cursor velocity and the determined direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2016Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Matthew Joseph Geary, Lincoln Penn Hancock, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Thomas John Sluchak, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu
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Publication number: 20170336833Abstract: One embodiment provides am information handling device, comprising: a housing, the housing comprising an access panel; the access panel comprising a plurality of locking mechanisms; wherein removal of the access panel requires activating each of the plurality of locking mechanism substantially simultaneously. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2016Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Matthew Joseph Geary, Jason Pratt Parrish, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Thomas John Sluchak
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Patent number: 9703419Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus includes a housing, a touch-enabled pad coupled to the housing, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive input to the touch-enabled pad and to present an indication of the input on the touch-enabled pad.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Vincent Charles Conzola
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Publication number: 20170103732Abstract: A method includes sensing a hand position on a mobile device via sensors on the mobile device, providing information identifying the sensed hand position to a processor of the mobile device, identifying a position of a user interface on a touch screen display of the mobile device responsive to the information identifying the sensed hand position using the processor of the mobile device, and adjusting a user interface display position on the mobile device to the identified position using the processor of the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2015Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Vincent Charles Conzola, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne
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Patent number: 9594970Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a first panel at least bearing a keyboard, a second panel at least bearing a display and which is coupled to the first panel at least at a junction, and at least one camera disposed on the device at or near the junction of the first panel and the second panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Christopher Miles Osborne, Michael William Stuart Ripp, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell
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Patent number: 9423890Abstract: An aspect provides a method including: identifying one or more symbols input to a surface of a first device; determining, using at least one processor, an association for the one or more symbols; executing an action corresponding to the determined association for the one or more symbols; and storing the one or more symbols identified and the determined association therefor in a lexicon accessible to other devices. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Michaela Rose Case, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell
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Publication number: 20160142594Abstract: One embodiment provides a system, including: an information handling device comprising a camera; and a cover for the information handling device, comprising: a movable area obscuring and exposing the camera; at least one button controlling activation of the camera; and a communication mechanism facilitating communication between the cover and the information handling device. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Vincent Charles Conzola
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Publication number: 20160124572Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus includes a housing, a touch-enabled pad coupled to the housing, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive input to the touch-enabled pad and to present an indication of the input on the touch-enabled pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2016Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Vincent Charles Conzola
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Patent number: 9310960Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus includes a housing, a touch-enabled pad coupled to the housing, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive input to the touch-enabled pad and to present an indication of the input on the touch-enabled pad.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Vincent Charles Conzola
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Publication number: 20160063338Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a first panel at least bearing a keyboard, a second panel at least bearing a display and which is coupled to the first panel at least at a junction, and at least one camera disposed on the device at or near the junction of the first panel and the second panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2014Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Christopher Miles Osborne, Michael William Stuart Ripp, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell
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Patent number: 9229543Abstract: An aspect provides a method including: identifying one or more symbols input to a surface of a first device; determining, using at least one processor, one or more modified input parameters associated with input of the one or more symbols; determining a modification to an association for the one or more symbols based on the one or more modified input parameters; and executing an action corresponding to a modified association for the one or more symbols. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Michaela Rose Case, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell