393 patents
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Design
Computer mouse
25 Jul 23
Maxime Dubreucq, Tony Mankit Kan, Ram Chaturabul, Libao Wu, Gavin James McGlynn, Gireg Emmanuel Mickaël Jappé
Filed: 11 May 22
Utility
Pre-amplification conditioning circuit for a transducer audio device
25 Jul 23
A microphone system includes a microphone and a pre-amplification conditioning circuit configured within a housing and comprising a pair of matched JFETs configured in a differential pair with common-source configuration and, when biased, are operable to receive and amplify the differential microphone output signal.
Aron Michael Rosenberg, Darrell Hayes, Matthew Fumio Yamamoto, Tyler Copeland Barkley
Filed: 31 Jan 22
Utility
User recognition and gaze tracking in a video system
4 Jul 23
Some embodiments include a method comprising receiving gaze data from an image sensor that indicates where a user is looking, determining a location that the user is directing their gaze on a display based on the gaze data, receiving a confirmation input from an input device, and generating and effectuating an input command based on the location on the display that the user is directing their gaze when the confirmation input is received.
Ludovico Novelli
Filed: 31 Dec 20
Design
Portable speaker
27 Jun 23
Pontus Wahlgren, Eric Fields, Jeremiah Baker, Dominic Amae
Filed: 22 Jan 21
Design
Mouse
27 Jun 23
Tanyel Yalazoglu, Paul Benjamin Wolfson, Nicholas Jinkinson, Cheng Hann Wu, Benjamin Ehrenberg
Filed: 26 Feb 21
Utility
Two-dimensional optical sensor and serial peripheral interface adaptation
30 May 23
A system can include a serial, full-duplex, synchronous peripheral communication interface composed of four communication lines that communicatively couple a host processor to an optical sensor, the four communication lines including: a clock (CLK) line; a chip select (CS) line; a host output (MOSI) line; and a sensor output (MISO) line, the MISO line operating according to the following conditions when the CS line is selected: provide a service register data indicating when one or more predetermined conditions have occurred prior to receiving any commands from the host processor; provide a state register data defining the one or more predetermined conditions that occurred; and in response to receiving a command from the host processor received after the service register data and state register data is provided, the command requesting input device operational data, provide the operational data to the host processor.
François Morier, Berni Joss
Filed: 22 Jul 22
Utility
Electrostatic brake for peripheral device buttons
30 May 23
A peripheral device for a computing system comprises an electrical switch and a user depressible button.
Victor Faraut, Jan Stoeckli
Filed: 30 Dec 21
Utility
System and methods for integrated multistreaming of media with graphical overlays
30 May 23
This present disclosure describes a system and methods for integrated multistreaming of media with graphical overlays.
Murtaza Hussain, Salman Budhwani, Ali Moiz
Filed: 24 Mar 22
Utility
Peripheral electronic devices having synchronized operating modes
23 May 23
A method is disclosed for synchronizing operating modes across a plurality of peripheral devices.
David Tarongi Vanrell
Filed: 18 Feb 21
Utility
Multi-mode scroll wheel for input device
23 May 23
Disclosed are computer peripheral interface devices (such as computer mice) that include a wheel member configured to rotate around an axis in a plurality of modes, where each of the plurality of modes corresponds to a respective unique friction profile.
Padraig McLoughlin, Arnaud Perret-Gentil, Nuno Miguel Pereira Dos Anjos Valverde, Jan Stoeckli, Lars Lauridsen, Jean-Claude Dunant
Filed: 29 Apr 21
Utility
Image generating system with background replacement or modification capabilities
23 May 23
Embodiments of the disclosure provided herein generally relate to methods and video system components that have integrated background differentiation capabilities that allow for background replacement and/or background modification.
Joseph Yao-Hua Chu, Jeffrey Phillip Fisher, Ting Chia Hsu
Filed: 3 Mar 21
Utility
Smart Key Cap with Transceiver
18 May 23
A keyboard system comprises a housing and a key structure having a key body and key cap.
Frédéric Alexis Guillaume de Goumoëns, Jan Stoeckli, Jean-Claude Dunant
Filed: 10 Nov 22
Utility
Combining electropermanent magnets and magnetorheological fluid to modify an operation of an input device
16 May 23
Aspects of the invention include a computer peripheral device comprising an input element that operates based on a performance characteristic, an electropermanent magnet (EPM) assembly including a permanent magnet configured to generate a magnetic field and a magnetizing assembly configured to set an intensity of the magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet, and a magnetorheological (MR) material coupled to the input element.
Cyril Drezet, Jan Stoeckli, Nicolas Ramond
Filed: 30 Nov 20
Utility
Video content activity context and regions
16 May 23
A method of operating a video camera system comprises recording video frames of a scene that includes a zone defined as an area within a field-of-view of the video capture element; performing a first analysis of recorded video frames showing the zone, determining, based on the first analysis, a first difference of composition thereof; performing a second analysis of an area outside of the zone; determining, based on the second analysis, a second difference of composition thereof; characterizing one or more properties corresponding to the second difference in composition; determining whether the one or more properties are associated with the first difference in composition within the zone and if so, characterizing the first difference in composition within the zone based on the one more properties and performing an action based on the characterization of the first difference in composition within the zone based on the one or more properties.
Fabian Nater, Gaurav Bradoo
Filed: 2 May 22
Utility
Systems, devices, and methods for physical surface tracking with a stylus device in an AR/VR environment
9 May 23
A method includes receiving sensor data from one or more sensors that corresponds to a location of a stylus device and determining that a tip of the stylus device is in contact with a physical surface based on the sensor data.
Mario Gutierrez, Philip Waldron, Fabien Zellweger, Damien O'Sullivan
Filed: 9 Jul 21
Utility
Mount for a Computer Peripheral Device
4 May 23
A camera mounting system comprises a clip body configured to be coupled to a rear surface of the display monitor.
Daphne Li, Drew Putterman, Chia-Jung Lin
Filed: 29 Oct 21
Utility
Bracket assembly for facilitating key switch replacement
2 May 23
A system may comprise a printed circuit board (PCB) including a top surface, and a bracket including a top surface configured to receive and couple to a key switch and a bottom surface including at least two protrusions that extend normal to the bottom surface of the bracket.
Feng-Hao Lin, Yu-Chun Sun, Lien Hsing Chen, Fu-Kai Hsu
Filed: 26 Feb 21
Design
Headset
25 Apr 23
Nathaniel G Cervantes
Filed: 29 Mar 21
Utility
Dynamic Lighting for an Audio Device
20 Apr 23
In some embodiments, a system comprises a host computing device and an audio device communicatively coupled to the host device and including at least one speaker and a plurality of light emitters.
John Chen
Filed: 15 Dec 22
Utility
System and Method for Monitoring and Recommending Posture to a User
20 Apr 23
A system for evaluating a posture of a user operating a computing device can include one or more processors, a sensor suite configured to generate sensor data corresponding to a three-dimensional (3D) orientation of a user's body, and one or more machine-readable, non-transitory storage mediums that include instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to perform operations including: estimating the user's posture based on the sensor data from the sensor suite; receiving application data corresponding to an application that the user is interfacing with on the computing device; and generating a classification of the user's posture based on a comparison of the estimated posture with a plurality of posture types.
Virgile Hernicot, Nicolas Chauvin, Laleh Makarem, Joy Oppliger, Olivier Theytaz, Olivier Girard
Filed: 14 Oct 21