Patents by Inventor Alexander Meade

Alexander Meade has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240165473
    Abstract: A wobble table may be provided by a platform having a first side and a second side, opposite to the first side; a flexible rod, secured to the second side of the platform in a mounting point located at a center of gravity for the platform, wherein the flexible rod is configured to allow the platform to tilt from level; a rigid tube, coaxially surrounding at least a portion of the flexible rod, configured to constrain an amount that the flexible rod permits the platform to tilt from level; and a base from which the flexible rod and the rigid tube extend in a first direction toward the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Travis Meade, Kyle Meade, Alexander Reynolds, Michael Delpapa
  • Patent number: 11945467
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to identification of proxy calibration targets for a fleet of sensors. An example method includes collecting, using a sensor coupled to a vehicle, data about one or more objects within an environment of the vehicle. The sensor has been calibrated using a ground-truth calibration target. The method also includes identifying, based on the collected data, at least one candidate object, from among the one or more objects, to be used as a proxy calibration target for other sensors coupled to vehicles within a fleet of vehicles. Further, the method includes providing, by the vehicle, data about the candidate object for use by one or more vehicles within the fleet of vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Volker Grabe, Colin Braley, Volodymyr Ivanchenko, Alexander Meade
  • Publication number: 20230234611
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to identification of proxy calibration targets for a fleet of sensors. An example method includes collecting, using a sensor coupled to a vehicle, data about one or more objects within an environment of the vehicle. The sensor has been calibrated using a ground-truth calibration target. The method also includes identifying, based on the collected data, at least one candidate object, from among the one or more objects, to be used as a proxy calibration target for other sensors coupled to vehicles within a fleet of vehicles. Further, the method includes providing, by the vehicle, data about the candidate object for use by one or more vehicles within the fleet of vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Volker Grabe, Colin Braley, Volodymyr Ivanchenko, Alexander Meade
  • Patent number: 11634153
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to identification of proxy calibration targets for a fleet of sensors. An example method includes collecting, using a sensor coupled to a vehicle, data about one or more objects within an environment of the vehicle. The sensor has been calibrated using a ground-truth calibration target. The method also includes identifying, based on the collected data, at least one candidate object, from among the one or more objects, to be used as a proxy calibration target for other sensors coupled to vehicles within a fleet of vehicles. Further, the method includes providing, by the vehicle, data about the candidate object for use by one or more vehicles within the fleet of vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Volker Grabe, Colin Braley, Volodymyr Ivanchenko, Alexander Meade
  • Publication number: 20210197854
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to identification of proxy calibration targets for a fleet of sensors. An example method includes collecting, using a sensor coupled to a vehicle, data about one or more objects within an environment of the vehicle. The sensor has been calibrated using a ground-truth calibration target. The method also includes identifying, based on the collected data, at least one candidate object, from among the one or more objects, to be used as a proxy calibration target for other sensors coupled to vehicles within a fleet of vehicles. Further, the method includes providing, by the vehicle, data about the candidate object for use by one or more vehicles within the fleet of vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Volker Grabe, Colin Braley, Volodymyr Ivanchenko, Alexander Meade
  • Publication number: 20060018690
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus in a waste toner removal system of an image forming device includes a waste toner moving device that is movably mounted in a waste toner housing. The housing has an inlet where waste toner enters the housing. The toner moving device is movable between a first position and a second position to displace accumulated toner within the housing. The toner moving device is spring-biased toward the first position. A rotating actuator displaces the toner moving device from the first position to the second position to move the toner in the housing away from the inlet. The toner moving device is also self-cleaning via vibration and impact movements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Bryan Blair, Darin Gettelfinger, Charles Dunn, Paul Horrall, James Harden, Billy Jones, Alexander Meade, Stacy Pargett