公开(公告)号：US09946312B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-17

申请号：US14260137

申请日：2014-04-23

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Ivan Andrew McCracken ,  Hua Wang ,  Karsten Aagaard ,  David Otto Whitt, III ,  Robert James Bingham, Jr. ,  Ralf Groene

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G06F1/18 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K5/02 ,  A45C13/00 ,  A45C11/00

CPC classification number: G06F1/182 ,  A45C13/002 ,  A45C2011/003 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1628 ,  G06F1/1669 ,  G06F1/1681 ,  G06F2200/1633 ,  G06F2200/1634 ,  H05K5/0086 ,  H05K5/0217 ,  H05K5/0226

Abstract: A cover for a mobile computing device includes two or more hinges so constructed that the hinges are substantially rigid when in-plane and flexible when out-of-plane. The cover includes segments made of a rigid material disposed between the hinges. The cover, when swiveled to the back side of the computing device, forms a contour around an object such as a stylus to secure the object to the back side of the computing device when the object is present. The cover becomes substantially flat and parallel to the back side of the computing device when the object is absent.

公开(公告)号：US09678542B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-13

申请号：US14994737

申请日：2016-01-13

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： David Otto Whitt, III ,  Eric Joseph Wahl ,  David C. Vandervoort ,  Todd David Pleake ,  Rob Huala ,  Summer L. Schneider ,  Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin ,  Matthew David Mickelson ,  Joel Lawrence Pelley ,  Timothy C. Shaw ,  Ralf Groene ,  Hua Wang ,  Christopher Harry Stoumbos ,  Karsten Aagaard

IPC: G06F1/16

CPC classification number: G06F1/1684 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1618 ,  G06F1/1654 ,  G06F1/166 ,  G06F1/1669 ,  G06F1/1681 ,  G06F1/1683

Abstract: Flexible hinge spine techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a flexible hinge is configured to communicatively and physically couple an input device to a computing device and may implement functionality such as a support layer and minimum bend radius. The input device may also include functionality to promote a secure physical connection between the input device and the computing device. One example of this includes use of one or more protrusions that are configured to be removed from respective cavities of the computing device along a particular axis but mechanically bind along other axes. Other techniques include use of a laminate structure to form a connection portion of the input device.

公开(公告)号：US09372571B2

公开(公告)日：2016-06-21

申请号：US14180224

申请日：2014-02-13

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Sarah Graham Williams ,  Catherine N. Boulanger ,  Yann Florian Daniel Riche ,  Hua Wang ,  John G. A. Weiss ,  Anthony Christian Reed ,  Ralf Groene ,  Steven Nabil Bathiche ,  Vincent L. Ball

IPC: G06F3/045 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0483

CPC classification number: G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/03545 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/0483 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/04886

Abstract: A canvas (e.g., a digital page or sheet of paper) on which a user can input data is displayed on a display device of a computing device in response to the canvas being invoked. The canvas can be invoked in different manners, such as by the user activating a switch or button at an “eraser” end of a stylus that mimics a pen/pencil configuration. The user can input any digital data such as notes, drawings, and so forth on the canvas that he or she desires. In response to the canvas being dismissed (e.g., by the user again activating a switch or button at an “eraser” end of a stylus that mimics a pen/pencil configuration), display of the canvas ceases. The digital data input by the user is saved or otherwise processed by the computing device.

Abstract translation: 用户可以在其上输入数据的画布（例如，数字页面或纸张）响应于被调用的画布显示在计算设备的显示设备上。 画布可以以不同的方式被调用，例如通过用户激活在模拟笔/铅笔配置的触笔的“橡皮擦”端的开关或按钮。 用户可以在他或她想要的画布上输入任何数字数据，如笔记，图纸等。 响应于画布被关闭（例如，用户再次激活在触摸笔的“橡皮擦”端的模拟笔/铅笔配置的开关或按钮），画布的显示停止。 由用户输入的数字数据由计算设备保存或以其他方式处理。

公开(公告)号：US20160124467A1

公开(公告)日：2016-05-05

申请号：US14994737

申请日：2016-01-13

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： David Otto Whitt, III ,  Eric Joseph Wahl ,  David C. Vandervoort ,  Todd David Pleake ,  Rob Huala ,  Summer L. Schneider ,  Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin ,  Matthew David Mickelson ,  Joel Lawrence Pelley ,  Timothy C. Shaw ,  Ralf Groene ,  Hua Wang ,  Christopher Harry Stoumbos ,  Karsten Aagaard

IPC: G06F1/16

CPC classification number: G06F1/1684 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1618 ,  G06F1/1654 ,  G06F1/166 ,  G06F1/1669 ,  G06F1/1681 ,  G06F1/1683

Abstract: Flexible hinge spine techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a flexible hinge is configured to communicatively and physically couple an input device to a computing device and may implement functionality such as a support layer and minimum bend radius. The input device may also include functionality to promote a secure physical connection between the input device and the computing device. One example of this includes use of one or more protrusions that are configured to be removed from respective cavities of the computing device along a particular axis but mechanically bind along other axes. Other techniques include use of a laminate structure to form a connection portion of the input device.

Abstract translation: 描述了灵活的铰链技术。 在一个或多个实现中，柔性铰链被配置为将输入设备通信地和物理地耦合到计算设备，并且可以实现诸如支持层和最小弯曲半径之类的功能。 输入设备还可以包括促进输入设备和计算设备之间的安全物理连接的功能。 一个实例包括使用一个或多个突起，其被构造成沿着特定轴线从计算设备的相应空腔移除，但是沿其它轴线机械地结合。 其他技术包括使用层压结构形成输入装置的连接部分。

公开(公告)号：US12301582B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-13

申请号：US18072586

申请日：2022-11-30

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Marcio Costa, Jr. ,  Neil Evan Lydick ,  Hua Wang ,  Artur Perez ,  Adrian Kyle Wirpel

IPC: H04L9/40 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G06F9/54

Abstract: A method may include receiving, at a server device, a request to extract configuration settings of a source tenant organization from a data store; in response to the request at the server device, recursively accessing the configuration settings of the source tenant organization; generating, at the server device, a configuration tree data structure based on the accessed configuration settings, the configuration tree data structure organized as a plurality of key-value pairs; selecting, at the server device, a target tenant organization; based on the configuration tree data structure, generating, at the server device, a deployment order including chained API calls directed towards the target tenant organization; executing, at the server device, the chained API calls.

公开(公告)号：US10312611B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-04

申请号：US15601870

申请日：2017-05-22

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Akash Atul Shah ,  Kurt David Wrisley ,  Hua Wang ,  Todd David Pleake

IPC: H01R12/59 ,  H01R12/72 ,  H01R13/15 ,  H01R13/635 ,  H05K7/04 ,  H05K7/10 ,  H01R12/71 ,  H01R13/24 ,  H01R24/58

Abstract: A floating connector assembly device is provided. An electronic component is mounted directly or indirectly to a chassis of an electronic device. At least one conductive contact spring is mounted to the electronic component and configured to electrically couple to the electronic component. A printed circuit board having a fixed end and a free end with an electrical contact positioned between the two ends is positioned against the conductive contact spring, the contact spring being biased so that a contacting portion of the contact spring contacts the electrical contact to form an electrical connection. The electrical connection is maintained during relative movement of the conductive contact spring and the electrical contact of the printed circuit board by a bias force of the conductive contact spring.

公开(公告)号：US10168894B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-01

申请号：US15166050

申请日：2016-05-26

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Sarah Graham Williams ,  Catherine N. Boulanger ,  Yann Florian Daniel Riche ,  Hua Wang ,  John G. A. Weiss ,  Anthony Christian Reed ,  Ralf Groene ,  Steven Nabil Bathiche ,  Vincent L. Ball

IPC: G06F3/045 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0483

Abstract: A canvas (e.g., a digital page or sheet of paper) on which a user can input data is displayed on a display device of a computing device in response to the canvas being invoked. The canvas can be invoked in different manners, such as by the user activating a switch or button at an “eraser” end of a stylus that mimics a pen/pencil configuration. The user can input any digital data such as notes, drawings, and so forth on the canvas that he or she desires. In response to the canvas being dismissed (e.g., by the user again activating a switch or button at an “eraser” end of a stylus that mimics a pen/pencil configuration), display of the canvas ceases. The digital data input by the user is saved or otherwise processed by the computing device.

公开(公告)号：US20170147084A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-25

申请号：US15425779

申请日：2017-02-06

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： David Otto Whitt, III ,  Timothy C. Shaw ,  Rob Huala ,  David C. Vandervoort ,  Matthew David Mickelson ,  Christopher Harry Stoumbos ,  Joel Lawrence Pelley ,  Todd David Pleake ,  Hua Wang

IPC: G06F3/02 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H01H13/703 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  H01H13/14 ,  G06F3/023 ,  G06F3/041

CPC classification number: G06F1/166 ,  E05D11/1064 ,  E05F5/08 ,  F16M11/38 ,  G05B11/01 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1618 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  G06F1/1654 ,  G06F1/1656 ,  G06F1/1662 ,  G06F1/1669 ,  G06F1/1681 ,  G06F1/1683 ,  G06F1/1684 ,  G06F1/1686 ,  G06F3/002 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/0202 ,  G06F3/0219 ,  G06F3/023 ,  G06F3/0414 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/0487 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  G06F9/541 ,  G06F11/3089 ,  G06F13/102 ,  H01H9/26 ,  H01H11/00 ,  H01H13/14 ,  H01H13/702 ,  H01H13/703 ,  H01H13/704 ,  H01H13/78 ,  H01H13/785 ,  H01H13/79 ,  H01H13/807 ,  H01H13/82 ,  H01H2201/036 ,  H01H2203/02 ,  H01H2203/036 ,  H01H2203/058 ,  H01H2205/006 ,  H01H2211/004 ,  H01H2211/006 ,  H01H2213/016 ,  H01H2217/004 ,  H01H2217/006 ,  H01H2217/01 ,  H01H2227/032 ,  H04M1/0216 ,  H04M1/0245 ,  H04M1/0254 ,  H04M1/72527 ,  H05K5/0226 ,  H05K5/0234 ,  Y02D10/14 ,  Y10T16/5401 ,  Y10T16/551 ,  Y10T29/49826

Abstract: Input device adhesive techniques are described. A pressure sensitive key includes a sensor substrate having one or more conductors, a spacer layer, and a flexible contact layer. The spacer layer is disposed proximal to the sensor substrate and has at least one opening. The flexible contact layer is spaced apart from the sensor substrate by the spacer layer and configured to flex through the opening in response to an applied pressure to initiate an input. The flexible contact layer is secured to the spacer layer such that at first edge, the flexible contact layer is secured to the spacer layer at an approximate midpoint of the first edge and is not secured to the spacer along another portion of the first edge and at a second edge, the flexible contact layer is not secured to the spacer layer along an approximate midpoint of the second edge.

公开(公告)号：US09618977B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-11

申请号：US14307262

申请日：2014-06-17

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： David Otto Whitt, III ,  Timothy C. Shaw ,  Rob Huala ,  David C. Vandervoort ,  Matthew David Mickelson ,  Christopher Harry Stoumbos ,  Joel Lawrence Pelley ,  Todd David Pleake ,  Hua Wang

IPC: H01H13/78 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H01H13/79 ,  H01H13/785 ,  G06F3/02 ,  H05K5/02 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H04M1/725 ,  G05B11/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  H01H13/704 ,  H01H13/82 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H01H13/702 ,  H01H13/14 ,  H01H13/703 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F11/30 ,  G06F13/10 ,  G06F3/023 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0487 ,  H01H13/807 ,  H01H11/00 ,  E05D11/10 ,  E05F5/08 ,  F16M11/38 ,  H01H9/26

CPC classification number: G06F1/166 ,  E05D11/1064 ,  E05F5/08 ,  F16M11/38 ,  G05B11/01 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1618 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  G06F1/1654 ,  G06F1/1656 ,  G06F1/1662 ,  G06F1/1669 ,  G06F1/1681 ,  G06F1/1683 ,  G06F1/1684 ,  G06F1/1686 ,  G06F3/002 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0202 ,  G06F3/0219 ,  G06F3/023 ,  G06F3/0414 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/0487 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  G06F9/541 ,  G06F11/3089 ,  G06F13/102 ,  H01H9/26 ,  H01H11/00 ,  H01H13/14 ,  H01H13/702 ,  H01H13/703 ,  H01H13/704 ,  H01H13/78 ,  H01H13/785 ,  H01H13/79 ,  H01H13/807 ,  H01H13/82 ,  H01H2201/036 ,  H01H2203/02 ,  H01H2203/036 ,  H01H2203/058 ,  H01H2205/006 ,  H01H2211/004 ,  H01H2211/006 ,  H01H2213/016 ,  H01H2217/004 ,  H01H2217/006 ,  H01H2217/01 ,  H01H2227/032 ,  H04M1/0216 ,  H04M1/0245 ,  H04M1/0254 ,  H04M1/72527 ,  H05K5/0226 ,  H05K5/0234 ,  Y02D10/14 ,  Y10T16/5401 ,  Y10T16/551 ,  Y10T29/49826

Abstract: Input device adhesive techniques are described. A pressure sensitive key includes a sensor substrate having one or more conductors, a spacer layer, and a flexible contact layer. The spacer layer is disposed proximal to the sensor substrate and has at least one opening. The flexible contact layer is spaced apart from the sensor substrate by the spacer layer and configured to flex through the opening in response to an applied pressure to initiate an input. The flexible contact layer is secured to the spacer layer such that at first edge, the flexible contact layer is secured to the spacer layer at an approximate midpoint of the first edge and is not secured to the spacer along another portion of the first edge and at a second edge, the flexible contact layer is not secured to the spacer layer along an approximate midpoint of the second edge.

公开(公告)号：US20160299537A1

公开(公告)日：2016-10-13

申请号：US15184566

申请日：2016-06-16

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： David Otto Whitt, III ,  Eric Joseph Wahl ,  David C. Vandervoort ,  Todd David Pleake ,  Rob Huala ,  Summer L. Schneider ,  Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin ,  Matthew David Mickelson ,  Joel Lawrence Pelley ,  Timothy Carlyle Shaw ,  Ralf Groene ,  Hua Wang ,  Christopher Harry Stoumbos ,  Karsten Aagaard

IPC: G06F1/16

CPC classification number: G06F1/1683 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1632 ,  G06F1/1681 ,  G06F3/0202 ,  G06F2200/1633 ,  G06F2200/1634

Abstract: Flexible hinge and removable attachment techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a flexible hinge is configured to communicatively and physically couple an input device to a computing device and may implement functionality such as a support layer and minimum bend radius. The input device may also include functionality to promote a secure physical connection between the input device and the computing device. One example of this includes use of one or more protrusions that are configured to be removed from respective cavities of the computing device along a particular axis but mechanically bind along other axes. Other techniques include use of a laminate structure to form a connection portion of the input device.