Joseph A Tate

US Patent:

20210271290, Sep 2, 2021

Filed:

May 17, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/322689

Inventors:

- Palo Alto CA, US
Xinrui JIANG - San Jose CA, US
Andrew E. RUBIN - Los Altos CA, US
Matthew HERSHENSON - Los Altos CA, US
Xiaoyu MIAO - Palo Alto CA, US
Joseph Anthony Tate - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 1/16
H04N 5/225
G02F 1/1333
G02F 1/1335
G02F 1/1368

Abstract:

Certain aspects of the technology disclosed herein integrate a camera with an electronic display. An electronic display includes several layers, such as a cover layer, a color filter layer, a display layer including light emitting diodes or organic light emitting diodes, a thin film transistor layer, etc. The camera can include a plurality of noncontiguous pixel regions disposed beneath the display layer and be configured to capture a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of noncontiguous pixel regions. In some embodiments, the plurality of images can form a composite image with depth.

US Patent:

20180350090, Dec 6, 2018

Filed:

Nov 22, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/821047

Inventors:

- Palo Alto CA, US
Xinrui Jiang - San Jose CA, US
Andrew E. Rubin - Los Altos CA, US
Matthew Hershenson - Los Altos CA, US
Xiaoyu Miao - Palo Alto CA, US
Joseph Anthony Tate - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

G06N 99/00
G01N 21/01

Abstract:

In one embodiment, a light sensor, such as a camera, records an image through the surface with the residue to produce a stained image. A processor associated with the camera identifies object outlines within the image using a machine learning model, and smooth the colors within the object outlines. In another embodiment, the light sensor is placed beneath a dual-mode region of a display containing the residue. The dual-mode region can be opaque and function as part of the display, or can be transparent and allow environment light to reach the light sensor. Initially, the processor determines the position of the residue by causing the dual-mode region to display a predetermined pattern, while the light sensor records the predetermined pattern. Using the determined position of the residue, the processor corrects the pixels within the residue in the recorded image, by interpolating the values of the pixels outside of the residue.

US Patent:

20180317339, Nov 1, 2018

Filed:

Oct 6, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/727507

Inventors:

- Palo Alto CA, US
William Francis Leggett - San Jose CA, US
Joseph Anthony Tate - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

H05K 7/20

Abstract:

A handheld electronic device including a plurality of electronic components and a channel forming a cavity extending continuously across the handheld electronic device to enable an airflow through the handheld electronic device to an external environment. The handheld electronic device includes an inlet of the channel cavity configured to accept air from the external environment and an outlet of the channel cavity configured to expel heated air to the external environment when the handheld electronic device is oriented such that the airflow moves by natural convection from the inlet toward the outlet.

US Patent:

20180107241, Apr 19, 2018

Filed:

Nov 22, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/820954

Inventors:

- Palo Alto CA, US
Xinrui Jiang - San Jose CA, US
Andrew E. Rubin - Los Altos CA, US
Matthew Hershenson - Los Altos CA, US
Xiaoyu Miao - Palo Alto CA, US
Joseph Anthony Tate - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 1/16
H04N 5/33
G02F 1/1333
H04N 5/225
H01L 51/56
H01L 51/52
H01L 27/32
H01L 27/146
G06F 3/041
G02F 1/1368
G02F 1/1335

Abstract:

Certain aspects of the technology disclosed herein integrate a camera with an electronic display. An electronic display includes several layers, such as a cover layer, a color filter layer, a display layer including light emitting diodes or organic light emitting diodes, a thin film transistor layer, etc. In one embodiment, the layers include a substantially transparent region disposed above the camera. The substantially transparent region allows light from outside to reach the camera, enabling the camera to record an image. In another embodiment, the color filter layer does not include a substantially transparent region, and the camera records the light from the outside colored by the color filter layer. According to another embodiment, while none of the layers include a substantially transparent region, the layers are all substantially transparent, and the camera disposed beneath the layers records light reaching the camera from outside.

US Patent:

20180095922, Apr 5, 2018

Filed:

Dec 6, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/833830

Inventors:

- Palo Alto CA, US
Andrew E. Rubin - Los Altos CA, US
David John Evans, V - Palo Alto CA, US
Matthew Hershenson - Los Altos CA, US
Xiaoyu Miao - Palo Alto CA, US
Xinrui Jiang - San Jose CA, US
Joseph Anthony Tate - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 13/40
G06F 3/041
H04M 1/02
G06F 13/42

Abstract:

Various embodiments concern techniques for intelligently switching between multiple sources of USB signals. More specifically, user devices are described that include a physical USB port for receiving a USB connector and one or more wireless transceivers that communicate with an accessory. The wireless transceiver(s) may communicate with the accessory using a USB-based protocol (e.g., Wireless USB). The user devices described herein can intelligently switch between these different sources of USB signals so that USB signals can be simultaneously or sequentially received from a peripheral (via the USB port) and an accessory (via the wireless transceiver(s)). In some embodiments, a switching routine is executed (e.g., by a processor or signal switch) that determines which peripheral and/or accessory is connected to a user device at a given point in time.

US Patent:

20180097022, Apr 5, 2018

Filed:

Dec 5, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/832079

Inventors:

- Palo Alto CA, US
Xinrui Jiang - San Jose CA, US
Andrew E. Rubin - Los Altos CA, US
Matthew Hershenson - Los Altos CA, US
Xiaoyu Miao - Palo Alto CA, US
Joseph Anthony Tate - San Jose CA, US
Rebecca Schultz Zavin - Portola Valley CA, US

International Classification:

H01L 27/12
G02F 1/1362
G02F 1/133
G02B 5/30
F21V 8/00
G02B 26/08
G02B 5/20
G02F 1/1339
G02F 1/1335
G02F 1/1341
G02F 1/1343
G02F 1/1368
G02F 1/1333

Abstract:

Presented here are manufacturing techniques to create an irregularly shaped electronic display, including a hollow within which a sensor, such as a camera, can be placed. The manufacturing techniques enable the creation of the hollow anytime during the manufacturing process. The resulting electronic display occupies the full side of the mobile device, with the sensors placed within and surrounded by the display.

US Patent:

20180080820, Mar 22, 2018

Filed:

Nov 29, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/825557

Inventors:

- Palo Alto CA, US
Xinrui Jiang - San Jose CA, US
Andrew E. Rubin - Los Altos CA, US
Matthew Hershenson - Los Altos CA, US
Xiaoyu Miao - Palo Alto CA, US
Joseph Anthony Tate - San Jose CA, US
Rebecca Schultz Zavin - Portola Valley CA, US

International Classification:

G01J 1/44
G01J 1/04

Abstract:

Presented here are devices and methods to correct ambient light measurements made in the presence of optical elements, such as the curved edge of the cover glass associated with the mobile device. In one embodiment, a film with optical properties is placed within the ambient light sensor to diffuse the high-intensity light beam coming from the optical element. In another embodiment, an aperture associated with the ambient light sensor is disposed to prevent the high-intensity light beam from entering the ambient light sensor. In another embodiment, a processor coupled to the ambient light sensor smooths the peak associated with the high intensity light beam produced by the optical element.

US Patent:

20180074586, Mar 15, 2018

Filed:

May 2, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/585146

Inventors:

- Palo Alto CA, US
Andrew E. Rubin - Los Altos CA, US
Xinrui Jiang - San Jose CA, US
Xiaoyu Miao - Palo Alto CA, US
Joseph Anthony Tate - San Jose CA, US
Matthew Hershenson - Los Altos CA, US
Michael Kolb - Redwood City CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/01
H04N 1/00
G06F 3/041

Abstract:

Introduced here are methods and systems to create a relief on an electronic display. In one embodiment, the relief is created by micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) placed above a cover layer of the electronic display. Each MEMS when activated can protrude or depress, thus creating the relief on the electronic display. In another embodiment, the relief is created by a plurality of resistors placed beneath the cover layer. The cover layer is made out of an elastically deformable material that, when heated, expands, thus creating a protrusion on the electronic display. Each resistor when activated heats a section of the cover layer, causing the cover layer to protrude.