Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Anthony Reed

Ralf Groene

Hua Wang

James Alec Ishihara

Katherine Bailey

Young Soo Kim

Jan Raken

Karsten Aagaard

Monique Chatterjee

Carl J Ledbetter

John K Ikeda

Kabir Siddiqui

Michael Baseflug

Steven Nabil Bathiche

Jonathan Reed Harris

Summer L Schneider

Joseph Benjamin Gault

Sarah Graham Williams

James Iming Tsai

Vincent L Ball

Darryl I Jensen

Mike F Deily

Catherine N Boulanger

John G A Weiss

Stephan Alexander Cummings

Peter Newbury

Yann Florian Daniel Riche

David Henry Wykes

Kurt David Wrisley

Benjamin S Peterson

Benoit Guillaume Henri Rouger

J David Schultz

Daniel Clark Park

Travis Justin Hosler

Errol Mark Tazbaz

Jared Randall

Panos Costa Panay

Ying Zheng

Daniel G O'Neil

Bradley Edgar Clements

Matthew David Mickelson

Sharon Drasnin

Vivek Pradeep

Joshua M Kornfeld

Steve Seixeiro

Jeffrey J Johnson

Shunjiro Eguchi

Rahul R Marwah

Alexander Norman Bennett

Camilo Leon

Nishant Srinivasan

Perry Pierce, Ii

Michael Schweers

Michael D McCormack

Tsitsi Kolawole

Casey Cook Zelig

John E Inman

Vineet Thuvara

Gabriel Pirie

Krzysztof Jan Luchowiec

Robert S Katz

Dane M Hansen

Colin Tiyani Anderson

Vernon W Francissen

Robert Alfred Jurgens

Ryan Charles Eylander

Daniel G O'Neill

Jiannan Chen

Computing device

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.

Intelligent assistant device communicating non-verbal cues

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.

Magnetic fastener and hinged device using same

The structure and devices described herein provide an improved attachment for a peripheral device, such as a stylus, to a computing device when not in use. A stylus may have magnets contained therein that cooperate with magnets in a computing device to magnetically secure the stylus to the computing device when not in use. In addition, a retractable interlock may automatically extend from the stylus when the stylus is in proximity of the computing device. The interlock is received in a receptacle of the computing device to provide an improved attachment through the mechanical interaction of the interlock and the receptacle. The interlock is biased in a retracted position and automatically extends through magnetic attraction with the computing device.

Retractable fang attachment for stylus

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.

Computing device canvas invocation and dismissal

Stylus kit

Stylus

User experience adaptation techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes a connection portion configured to be removably physically and communicatively with a computing device, a housing physically connected to the connection portion and providing an outer surface having one or more characteristics that are viewable by a user, and memory disposed within the housing and configured to communicate data to the computing device via the connection portion, the data usable by the computing device to dynamically adapt a user interface displayable by a display device of the computing device to mimic the one or more physical characteristics of the housing.

User experience adaptation

Input device for an electronic tablet

Teether

The description relates to hinged devices, such as hinged computing devices. One example can include a first portion and a second portion. The example can also include a pair of self-regulating hinge assemblies rotatably securing hinge ends of the first and second portions around a first hinge axis associated with the first portion and a second hinge axis associated with the second hinge axis so that an extent of rotation around the first hinge axis corresponds to an extent of rotation around the second hinge axis. The example can also include a first display positioned on the first portion and wrapped around the hinge end between the pair of self-regulating hinge assemblies. The example can further include a second display positioned on the second portion and wrapped around the hinge end between the pair of self-regulating hinge assemblies.

Hinged device with wrapped displays

A hinge for component attachment is described. In at least some implementations, a kickstand is rotatably attached to a mobile computing device. The kickstand can be rotated to various positions to provide support for different orientations of the computing device. In at least some implementations, hinges are employed to attach a kickstand to a mobile computing device. One example hinge utilizes preset hinge stops that enable the kickstand to be placed at different preset positions. Another example hinge exerts pressure on an edge of the kickstand, providing stability and vibration dampening to the kickstand.

Hinge for component attachment

Techniques for fabric lamination to a component are described. According to various implementations, a single piece of fabric is laminated to a moveable component and to an apparatus to which the moveable component is attached. Generally, lamination of fabric to a moveable component and portions of an associated apparatus can enhance a user experience in a variety of ways. Embodiments may also be employed to cut fabric from around a surface component of an apparatus.

Fabric lamination to a component

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Anthony Reed