David E Simon

6354043, Mar 12, 2002

Dec 28, 1999

09/473642

David E. Simon - San Francisco CA
Chris L. Domina - San Francisco CA

Steelcase Development Corporation - Caledonia MI

E04B 1346

52 64, 160 87, 160376, 16037023, 135 97, 126450

A privacy screen is configured for use with systems furniture and the like, such as post and beam arrangements that spatially partition an open office space into multiple workstations each having an interior with an opening into an adjacent space. The privacy screen is shaped to enclose a substantial portion of the opening of an associated workstation, and includes a generally flat lower portion, and a bowed upper portion that extends outwardly from the interior of the workstation to provide within the interior of the workstation a sense of spatial openness, as well as enhanced air and light influx, without detracting substantially from useable space on the opposite side of the privacy screen. The privacy screen may be constructed from a woven fabric with a single layer at the upper portion for greater visual porosity, and two layers at the lower portion for visual privacy.

6974078, Dec 13, 2005

Sep 28, 1999

09/407666

David Simon - Redwood City CA, US

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

G06K015/00
G06F017/00

235383, 235375, 23546201

A communication system including a personal communication device that allows a user to communicate over the Internet with a network of multiple remote databases and to search the databases for desired product-related information from any location. The communication device includes an input mechanism, such as a bar code scanner or OCR reader, for entering product information such as product codes from product labels. The communication device establishes a communication link with a communications server, and the product information is transmitted to the server, which interfaces with one or more product information libraries to determine a product identifier based on the input product information. The product identifier is used by the server to search various databases over the Internet for desired product-related information in response to a search query from the user.

7707790, May 4, 2010

Apr 29, 2004

10/835430

Otto N. Williams - Berkeley CA, US
Joe A. Noble - San Francisco CA, US
Todd J. Sorel - Hayward CA, US
Jess A. Sorel - Oakland CA, US
Bryan T. White - Freemont CA, US
Christopher A. Luomanen - San Francisco CA, US
Max Williams - Castro Valley CA, US
David E. Simon - Bainbridge Island WA, US
Jon H. Lefors - San Francisco CA, US

Steelcase Inc. - Grand Rapids MI

E04B 2/30

52239, 522381, 522823, 522824, 52281, 160135

A free-standing, partition-type furniture system adapted to subdivide an open space of a room, comprising a plurality of first partition panels, each including a first body portion having a pair of side edges, and a first screen member operably coupled to the first partition panel and laterally shiftable with respect to the first partition panel such that the first screen member extends from one of the side edges of the first body portion. The furniture system also includes a plurality of second partition panels each including a second body portion having an upper edge, and a second screen member operably coupled to the second partition panel and vertically shiftable with respect to the second partition panel such that the second screen member extends from the upper edge of the second body portion. The plurality of first and second partition panels are operably coupleable and arrangeable so as to subdivide the open space of a room.

8427296, Apr 23, 2013

Jul 14, 2009

12/502667

Aleksandar Pance - Saratoga CA, US
David Simon - San Francisco CA, US
Michael Sinclair - Pembroke, BM
Brett Bilbrey - Sunnyvale CA, US

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

G08B 26/00

340505, 3406861, 3406866

In an embodiment, a system includes a plurality of ports and a proximity detection circuit to detect the presence of a connector relative to at least one port of the plurality of ports, prior to engagement of the connector with the port. Alternatives include a position sensor to determine the general distance of the connector from the port, and an orientation sensor to determine the orientation of the connector relative to the port. The system further includes a signal generator to provide at least one user-detectable signal representative of one or more of the proximity, position and orientation of the connector relative to the port to assist a user in engaging the connector with the port.

8576034, Nov 5, 2013

Jul 21, 2011

13/188428

Brett Bilbrey - Sunnyvale CA, US
Aleksandar Pance - Saratoga CA, US
Peter Arnold - Cupertino CA, US
David I. Simon - San Francisco CA, US
Jean Lee - San Jose CA, US
Michael D. Hillman - Los Altos CA, US
Gregory L. Tice - Los Altos CA, US
Vijay Iyer - Mountain View CA, US
Bradley Spare - San Jose CA, US

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

H01F 7/20
H01F 7/02

335285, 335306, 439 39

A plug or connector including a coded magnet and an electrical contact. As the plug approaches a corresponding port, the coded magnet interacts with a magnet within the port. The interaction between the plug coded magnet and the port coded magnet provides a force to connect and/or align the plug with the port. Once the plug is received within the port, if a process is completed, the coded magnets polarities are altered to eject the plug from the port.

8598747, Dec 3, 2013

Nov 18, 2011

13/989047

Brett C. Bilbrey - Sunnyvale CA, US
Peter M. Arnold - Cupertino CA, US
David I. Simon - San Francisco CA, US
Mushtaq Sarwar - San Jose CA, US
Richard W. DeVaul - Mountain View CA, US
Diane Leslie Culbert - Monte Sereno CA, US

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

H01F 38/00

307104

Various embodiments of a wirelessly powered local computing environment are described. The wireless powered local computing environment includes at least a near field magnetic resonance (NFMR) power supply arranged to wirelessly provide power to any of a number of suitably configured devices. In the described embodiments, the devices arranged to receive power wirelessly from the NFMR power supply must be located in a region known as the near field that extends no further than a distance D of a few times a characteristic size of the NFMR power supply transmission device. Typically, the distance D can be on the order of 1 meter or so.

20100205868, Aug 19, 2010

May 3, 2010

12/772828

Otto N. Williams - Berkeley CA, US
Joe A. Nobles - San Francisco CA, US
Todd J. Sorel - Hayward CA, US
Jess A. Sorel - Oakland CA, US
Bryan T. White - Freemont CA, US
Christopher A. Luomanen - San Francisco CA, US
Max Williams - Castro Valley CA, US
David E. Simon - Bainbridge Island WA, US
Jon H. Lefors - San Francisco CA, US

A47F 10/00
A47B 21/00

52 364

A free-standing, partition-type furniture system adapted to subdivide an open space of a room, comprising a plurality of first partition panels, each including a first body portion having a pair of side edges, and a first screen member operably coupled to the first partition panel and laterally shiftable with respect to the first partition panel such that the first screen member extends from one of the side edges of the first body portion. The furniture system also includes a plurality of second partition panels each including a second body portion having an upper edge, and a second screen member operably coupled to the second partition panel and vertically shiftable with respect to the second partition panel such that the second screen member extends from the upper edge of the second body portion. The plurality of first and second partition panels are operably coupleable and arrangeable so as to subdivide the open space of a room.

20110149094, Jun 23, 2011

Dec 22, 2009

12/644800

Jason Hau-Ping Chen - Santa Clara CA, US
Brandon Dean Slack - Kitchener, CA
David I. Simon - San Francisco CA, US

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

G06K 9/32
H04N 5/228
G06K 9/36
H04N 5/222

3482083, 382289, 382295, 34833303, 348E05031, 348E05022

Methods and apparatuses are disclosed to correct for tilt and/or perspective distortion in image capture devices. In some embodiments, the method may include reading an orientation measurement associated with a relative position of an image capture device with respect to an object, determining if the orientation measurement is less than a threshold, and in the event that the orientation measurement is less than the threshold, correcting an image obtained by the image capture device. In some embodiments, the apparatus may include an image sensor, a memory coupled to the image sensor, an orientation measurement device coupled to the image sensor, and a distance measurement device coupled to the image sensor, where the image data may be stored in the memory along with a measurement from the accelerometer and along with a measurement from the distance measurement device.