公开(公告)号：US20190164675A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-30

申请号：US15824698

申请日：2017-11-28

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Nishant SRINIVASAN ,  Daniel Clark PARK ,  Karsten AAGAARD ,  Colin Tiyani ANDERSON ,  Michael Robert SCHWEERS ,  Benoit Guillaume Henri ROUGER ,  Anthony Christian REED

IPC: H01F7/02 ,  E05B47/00 ,  E05C19/16

CPC classification number: H01F7/0263 ,  A44D2203/00 ,  E05B47/0038 ,  E05C19/16 ,  F16B2001/0035 ,  G06F1/1679 ,  H01F7/04

Abstract: An apparatus having a fast drop-off in attraction force between magnets is provided. The apparatus includes a first magnet array having a plurality of magnets with different magnetic field orientations fixedly positioned in a first housing. The apparatus also includes an adjacent magnet assembly relative to the first magnet array and provided in a second housing that includes second and third magnet arrays, each having a plurality of magnets with different magnetic field orientations. The apparatus includes an activation mechanism configured to move the adjacent magnet assembly from at least a first relative position to a second relative position. The adjacent magnet assembly in the second relative position has a second magnetic attraction force with the first magnet array that is substantially reduced as compared to a first magnetic attraction force with the first magnet array in the first relative position. The magnet arrays may define a magnetic fastener controlling opening and/or closing of portions of a device.

公开(公告)号：US20180232571A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-16

申请号：US15936076

申请日：2018-03-26

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Steven Nabil BATHICHE ,  Vivek PRADEEP ,  Alexander Norman BENNETT ,  Daniel Gordon O'NEIL ,  Anthony Christian REED ,  Krzysztof Jan LUCHOWIEC ,  Tsitsi Isabel KOLAWOLE

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/24 ,  H05B37/02

CPC classification number: G06K9/00369 ,  G06F3/167 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/24 ,  G10L2015/227 ,  H05B37/0227 ,  Y02B20/48

Abstract: An intelligent assistant device is configured to communicate non-verbal cues. Image data indicating presence of a human is received from one or more cameras of the device. In response, one or more components of the device are actuated to non-verbally communicate the presence of the human. Data indicating context information of the human is received from one or more of the sensors. Using at least this data one or more contexts of the human are determined, and one or more components of the device are actuated to non-verbally communicate the one or more contexts of the human.