John So Hebert

US Patent:

20130263127, Oct 3, 2013

Filed:

Dec 13, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/713536

Inventors:

Hen Fitoussi - Tel-Aviv, IL
John Daniell Hebert - San Francisco CA, US
Benny Schlesinger - Ramat Hasharon, IL
Eran Yariv - Zichron Yaakov, IL

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/455

US Classification:

718 1

Abstract:

In the field of computing, many scenarios involve the execution of an application within a virtual environment (e.g., web applications executing within a web browser). In order to perform background processing, such applications may invoke worker processes within the virtual environment; however, this configuration couples the life cycle of worker processes to the life cycle of the application and/or virtual environment. Presented herein are techniques for executing worker processes outside of the virtual environment and independently of the life cycle of the application, such that background computation may persist after the application and/or virtual environment are terminated and even after a computing environment restart, and for notifying the application upon the worker process achieving an execution event (e.g., detecting device events even while the application is not executing). Such techniques may heighten the resiliency and persistence of worker processes and expand the capabilities of applications executing within virtual environments.

US Patent:

51469219, Sep 15, 1992

Filed:

Sep 17, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/583597

Inventors:

Richard A. Terwilliger - Alamo CA
John D. Hebert - San Francisco CA
Jack Hall - Portola Valley CA

Assignee:

Vance Products Inc. - Spencer IN

International Classification:

A61B 1000

US Classification:

128754

Abstract:

An instrument for removing tissue samples from a tissue mass which automatically penetrates, severs, and removes a tissue portion for examination. The instrument is motor powered, preferably by self-contained rechargeable batteries, and employs electrically actuated stops to control the action of penetration into and retraction from the tissue mass. The tissue penetrating means and severing means includes an inner stylet which penetrates the tissue mass and a hollow outer tube or cannula which surrounds the stylet and serves to sever a sample of tissue. In a preferred form the tissue penetrating end of the stylet is notched so that when the stylet penetrates the tissue mass, a portion of the tissue relaxes in the notched area. After tissue penetration by the stylet, the cannula, having a cutting surface at its distal end, penetrates the tissue and cuts off the tissue portion residing in the notched area of the stylet. The tissue penetrating and severing means are operably connected to a motor powered rotary cam assembly by means of cam followers and the rotary motion of the cam is converted to sequential, linear motion in the tissue penetrating means and severing means.

US Patent:

20210164645, Jun 3, 2021

Filed:

Apr 16, 2019

Appl. No.:

17/047712

Inventors:

- London, GB
Fong MING - Hong Kong, CN
Laurence DICKIE - Brighton, Sussex, GB
Philip John RIMMER - London, GB
John Daniell HEBERT - San Francisco CA, US
Ed ROSE - London, GB

Assignee:

Zuma Array Limited - London

International Classification:

F21V 33/00
H04R 1/28
H04R 1/02
F21V 5/04
F21V 7/04
F21V 29/76
F21V 23/00
F21S 8/02

Abstract:

A combined lighting and speaker device having a central longitudinal axis defining a forward and a rearward direction and a radially outward and a radially inward direction is provided. The device comprises a tweeter; a tweeter horn positioned radially outwardly of the tweeter; a speaker positioned rearward of the tweeter horn; and a light emitting diode, LED, assembly positioned radially outwardly of the tweeter. The LED assembly comprises one or more light emitting diodes, LEDs, and a lens having a forward surface. The tweeter horn has an inner edge in communication with an outer edge of the tweeter, so that the tweeter horn forms a guide to direct sound produced by the tweeter away from the speaker when in use. At least part of the tweeter horn is provided by the forward surface of the lens.

US Patent:

20170161118, Jun 8, 2017

Filed:

Feb 15, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/433034

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Hen Fitoussi - Tel-Aviv, IL
John Daniell Hebert - San Francisco CA, US
Benny Schlesinger - Ramat Hasharon, IL
Eran Yariv - Zichron Yaakov, IL

International Classification:

G06F 9/54
G06F 9/455

Abstract:

In the field of computing, many scenarios involve the execution of an application within a virtual environment of a device (e.g., web applications executing within a web browser). Interactions between applications and device components are often enabled through hardware abstractions or component application programming interfaces (API), but such interactions may provide more limited and/or inconsistent access to component capabilities for virtually executing applications than for native applications. Instead, the device may provide hardware interaction as a service to the virtual environment utilizing a callback model, wherein applications within the virtual environment initiate component request specifying a callback, and the device initiates the component requests with the components and invokes associated callbacks upon completion of a component request. This model may enable the applications to interact with the full capability set of the components, and may reduce blocked execution of the application within the virtual application in furtherance of application performance.

US Patent:

20150331726, Nov 19, 2015

Filed:

Jul 28, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/811761

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Hen Fitoussi - Tel-Aviv, IL
John Daniell Hebert - San Francisco CA, US
Benny Schlesinger - Ramat Hasharon, IL
Eran Yariv - Zichron Yaakov, IL

International Classification:

G06F 9/54
G06F 9/455

Abstract:

In the field of computing, many scenarios involve the execution of an application within a virtual environment (e.g., web applications executing within a web browser). In order to perform background processing, such applications may invoke worker processes within the virtual environment; however, this configuration couples the life cycle of worker processes to the life cycle of the application and/or virtual environment. Presented herein are techniques for executing worker processes outside of the virtual environment and independently of the life cycle of the application, such that background computation may persist after the application and/or virtual environment are terminated and even after a computing environment restart, and for notifying the application upon the worker process achieving an execution event (e.g., detecting device events even while the application is not executing). Such techniques may heighten the resiliency and persistence of worker processes and expand the capabilities of applications executing within virtual environments.

US Patent:

20140168475, Jun 19, 2014

Filed:

Dec 14, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/715196

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
James Burgess - Redwood City CA, US
John Daniell Hebert - San Francisco CA, US
Morgan Venable - San Francisco CA, US
Benjamin Pelletier - Shadow Hills CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G02B 13/06
H04N 9/64
G03B 5/00

US Classification:

348239, 359504, 396529

Abstract:

Panoramic and spherical cameras are often configured to capture respective portions of a scene using a set of lenses that focus images on imagers for sampling by photosensitive elements. In many such cameras, the orientation of the lenses is selected to resemble to a regular prismatic solid (e.g., one lens oriented according to a face of a cube). However, such lens orientations may create gaps between images that result in blind spots, and/or varying degrees of coverage overlap. Presented herein are techniques for orienting the lenses in an asymmetric manner, comprising one forward lens and three backward lenses having a 120-degree rotational angle around a first (e.g., front-to-back) axis and a variable inclination angle perpendicular to the first axis. This lens orientation may be selected (e.g., by a computer) to achieve a desired degree of coverage overlap while significantly reducing gaps that create blind spots in the composite image.

US Patent:

20140173592, Jun 19, 2014

Filed:

Dec 14, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/714607

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Hen Fitoussi - Tel-Aviv, IL
John Daniell Hebert - San Francisco CA, US
Benny Schlesinger - Ramat Hasharon, IL
Eran Yariv - Zichron Yaakov, IL

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/455

US Classification:

718 1

Abstract:

In the field of computing, many scenarios involve the execution of an application within a virtual environment of a device (e.g., web applications executing within a web browser). Interactions between applications and device components are often enabled through hardware abstractions or component application programming interfaces (API), but such interactions may provide more limited and/or inconsistent access to component capabilities for virtually executing applications than for native applications. Instead, the device may provide hardware interaction as a service to the virtual environment utilizing a callback model, wherein applications within the virtual environment initiate component request specifying a callback, and the device initiates the component requests with the components and invokes associated callbacks upon completion of a component request. This model may enable the applications to interact with the full capability set of the components, and may reduce blocked execution of the application within the virtual application in furtherance of application performance.