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).

  • Patent number: 10516816
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Vincent Charles Conzola
  • Patent number: 10503212
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthew Joseph Geary, Jason Pratt Parrish, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Thomas John Sluchak
  • Patent number: 10485056
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Vincent Charles Conzola, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne
  • Patent number: 10437350
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Michaela Rose Case, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell
  • Patent number: 10402042
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 10331219
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singaore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Michaela Rose Case, Aaron Michael Stewart, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Mamoru Okada, Xin Feng
  • Patent number: 10296279
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Wesley Abram Luttrell, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Christopher Miles Osborne, Vincent Charles Conzola
  • Patent number: 10241584
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Matthew Joseph Geary, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne
  • Publication number: 20180088672
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Matthew Joseph Geary, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne
  • Publication number: 20170357403
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    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
  • Publication number: 20170336833
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew Joseph Geary, Jason Pratt Parrish, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Thomas John Sluchak
  • Patent number: 9703419
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Vincent Charles Conzola
  • Publication number: 20170103732
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Vincent Charles Conzola, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne
  • Patent number: 9594970
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Miles Osborne, Michael William Stuart Ripp, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell
  • Patent number: 9423890
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Michaela Rose Case, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell
  • Publication number: 20160142594
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Vincent Charles Conzola
  • Publication number: 20160124572
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Vincent Charles Conzola
  • Patent number: 9310960
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Vincent Charles Conzola
  • Publication number: 20160063338
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Miles Osborne, Michael William Stuart Ripp, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell
  • Patent number: 9229543
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Michaela Rose Case, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell