Patents by Inventor Xiangwen (Shane) Li

Xiangwen (Shane) Li 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).

  • Determining location or position of a portable electronic device
    Patent number: 10012490
    Abstract: Subject matter disclosed herein relates to arrangements and techniques that provide for determining a location and/or position of a portable electronic device in order to control features and/or modes of operation of the portable electronic device. A method comprises determining, via the portable electronic device, positional measurement values related to the portable electronic device, determining an absolute value of a difference between a first positional measurement value and a second positional measurement value, and determining an average of absolute values of multiple differences. The average is compared with a threshold. If the average exceeds the threshold, a first mode of operation of the portable electronic device is triggered, and if the average is below the threshold, a second mode of operation of the portable electronic device is triggered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Pilarinos, Xiangwen (Shane) Li, Jia (Ken) Li