Patents by Inventor Angelo Stracquatanio
Angelo Stracquatanio 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).
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Patent number: 11979685Abstract: A method includes: via a user interface of a hub device, receiving a first set of user credentials associated with a first operator, the hub device connected to a set of mobile devices; accessing a first operator schedule defining a first scheduled manufacturing operation and a first observer of the first scheduled manufacturing operation, the first observer characterized by a first set of observer credentials; detecting disconnection of a first mobile device in the set of mobile devices from the hub device, the first mobile device associated with a first device ID; in response to detecting disconnection of the first mobile device from the hub device, associating the first device ID with the first operator; and routing a first video feed from the first mobile device to the first observer based on the first device ID and the first set of observer credentials.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Apprentice FS, Inc.Inventors: Frank Maggiore, Angelo Stracquatanio, Ali Jaafar, John Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20240091955Abstract: A method for delivering materials includes: at a loading system located within a sanitary zone at the facility, accessing a materials manifest specifying compliant materials associated with the manufacturing operation; in response to identifying compliant materials at the loading system corresponding to the materials manifest, assigning the compliant materials a delivery location within the facility and a baseline material compliance score; triggering a loading system to load the compliant materials onto an autonomous cart; triggering the autonomous cart to maneuver the compliant materials from a first zone to the delivery location within a second zone at the facility; calculating a material compliance score of the tray based on the locations traversed by the autonomous cart; and, in response to the material compliance score exceeding a threshold score, triggering the autonomous cart to maintain an offset distance from an operator at the delivery location.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Frank Maggiore, Angelo Stracquatanio, Abdel Hassan
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Publication number: 20240089413Abstract: A method includes: via a user interface of a hub device, receiving a first set of user credentials associated with a first operator, the hub device connected to a set of mobile devices; accessing a first operator schedule defining a first manufacturing operation and a first observer of the first manufacturing operation, the first observer characterized by a first set of observer credentials; detecting disconnection of a first mobile device in the set of mobile devices from the hub device, the first mobile device associated with a first device ID; in response to detecting disconnection of the first mobile device from the hub device, associating the first device ID with the first operator; and serving a first video feed from the first mobile device to the first observer based on the first device ID and the first set of observer credentials.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Frank Maggiore, Angelo Stracquatanio, Gary Pignata, Dani Dufee, Adam Cormack, John Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20240086843Abstract: A method for augmenting procedures at production equipment includes: linking a description of a step in a procedure and a capture type to a capture field; generating a digital draft procedure comprising descriptions of steps extracted from the procedure and the capture field specifying data capture of the capture type from an equipment unit; generating augmented guidance for the step in the procedure based on visual content recorded by a mobile device—assigned to an exemplary operator—during completion of the step in the digital draft procedure; linking the augmented guidance to a location proximal the equipment unit based on locations of the mobile device during completion of the step in the digital draft procedure; and generating an augmented digital procedure based on steps in the procedure, the augmented guidance, and definitions for data capture according to the capture field.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Frank Maggiore, Angelo Stracquatanio
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Patent number: 11900549Abstract: One variation of a method for automatically capturing data from non-networked production equipment includes: detecting a location of a mobile device within a facility, the mobile device manipulated by an operator while performing a step of an augmented digital procedure at a machine in the facility; estimating a position of a display on the machine relative to a field of view of an optical sensor in the mobile device based on the location of the mobile device and a stored location of the machine within the facility; in response to the position of the display falling within the field of view of the optical sensor, selecting an image captured by the optical sensor; extracting a value, presented on the display, from a region of the image depicting the display; and storing the value in a procedure file for the augmented digital procedure completed at the machine.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Apprentice FS, Inc.Inventors: Frank Maggiore, Angelo Stracquatanio, Milan Bradonjic, Nabil Chehade
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Publication number: 20240029372Abstract: One variation of a method for automatically capturing data from non-networked production equipment includes: detecting a location of a mobile device within a facility, the mobile device manipulated by an operator while performing a step of an augmented digital procedure at a machine in the facility; estimating a position of a display on the machine relative to a field of view of an optical sensor in the mobile device based on the location of the mobile device and a stored location of the machine within the facility; in response to the position of the display falling within the field of view of the optical sensor, selecting an image captured by the optical sensor; extracting a value, presented on the display, from a region of the image depicting the display; and storing the value in a procedure file for the augmented digital procedure completed at the machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Frank Maggiore, Angelo Stracquatanio, Milan Bradonjic, Nabil Chehade
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Publication number: 20230392935Abstract: A method for modifying a procedure includes: accessing an instructional block library containing a set of verified instructional blocks associated with approved digital procedures performed within a facility; accessing an unverified instructional block, authored by an operator, for a new digital procedure at the facility; detecting a set of language signals in the unverified instructional block; correlating an equipment unit language signal, in the set of language signals, with an equipment unit located within the facility; correlating an action language signal, in the set of language signals, with an action prompt related to the equipment unit; identifying a verified instructional block, in the set of verified instructional blocks in the instructional block library, as analogous to the unverified instructional block in response to the verified instructional block including language signals associated with the equipment unit and the action prompt; and inserting the verified instructional block in the new digiType: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Frank Maggiore, Angelo Stracquatanio, Obay Alchorbaji, Emilee Cook, Karl Baranov, Josh Morgan, John Zimmerman, Ahmed Bekhit, Matthew Hall, Younge Qu, Jonathan Borgia
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Publication number: 20230394436Abstract: A method for augmenting procedures at production equipment includes: linking a first description of a first step in a procedure and a capture type to a first capture field; generating a digital draft procedure comprising descriptions of steps extracted from the procedure and the first capture field specifying data capture of the first capture type from an equipment unit; generating augmented guidance for the first step in the procedure based on visual content recorded by a mobile device—assigned to an exemplary operator—during completion of the first step in the digital draft procedure; linking the augmented guidance to a location proximal the equipment unit based on locations of the first mobile device during completion of the first step in the digital draft procedure; and generating an augmented digital procedure based on steps in the procedure, the augmented guidance, and definitions for data capture according to the first capture field.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Angelo Stracquatanio, Nabil Chehade, Frank Maggiore, Ali Jaafar, Milan Bradonjic, Kenny Chapman, Tanya Maroz, Sam Brewton, Kingsley Adarkwah
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Patent number: 11810257Abstract: One variation of a method for automatically capturing data from non-networked production equipment includes: detecting a location of a mobile device within a facility, the mobile device manipulated by an operator while performing a step of an augmented digital procedure at a machine in the facility; estimating a position of a display on the machine relative to a field of view of an optical sensor in the mobile device based on the location of the mobile device and a stored location of the machine within the facility; in response to the position of the display falling within the field of view of the optical sensor, selecting an image captured by the optical sensor; extracting a value, presented on the display, from a region of the image depicting the display; and storing the value in a procedure file for the augmented digital procedure completed at the machine.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Apprentice FS, Inc.Inventors: Frank Maggiore, Angelo Stracquatanio, Milan Bradonjic, Nabil Chehade
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Publication number: 20230288933Abstract: One variation of a method for autonomously delivering supplies to operators within a facility includes, accessing an instructional block defining: a location within the facility; and a target offset distance between an autonomous cart and an operator proximal the location. The method also includes: maneuvering the autonomous cart carrying a set of materials to a position within the facility proximal the location; and accessing a video feed from an optical sensor coupled to the autonomous cart. The method further includes: extracting a set of features from the video feed; interpreting a set of objects depicted in the video feed based on the set of features; and calculating an offset distance between a first object in the video feed and the autonomous cart. The method also includes, in response to the offset distance deviating from the target offset distance, maneuvering the autonomous cart to the target offset distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Frank Maggiore, Abdel Hassan, Emilee Cook, Angelo Stracquatanio
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Publication number: 20230286545Abstract: One variation of a method for autonomously delivering supplies to operators within a facility includes, accessing an instructional block defining: a location within the facility; and a target offset distance between an autonomous cart and an operator proximal the location. The method also includes: maneuvering the autonomous cart carrying a set of materials to a position within the facility proximal the location; and accessing a video feed from an optical sensor coupled to the autonomous cart. The method further includes: extracting a set of features from the video feed; interpreting a set of objects depicted in the video feed based on the set of features; and calculating an offset distance between a first object in the video feed and the autonomous cart. The method also includes, in response to the offset distance deviating from the target offset distance, maneuvering the autonomous cart to the target offset distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Frank Maggiore, Abdel Hassan, Emilee Cook, Angelo Stracquatanio
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Patent number: 11710100Abstract: A method for augmenting procedures at production equipment includes: linking a first description of a first step in a procedure and a capture type to a first capture field; generating a digital draft procedure comprising descriptions of steps extracted from the procedure and the first capture field specifying data capture of the first capture type from an equipment unit; generating augmented guidance for the first step in the procedure based on visual content recorded by a mobile device—assigned to an exemplary operator—during completion of the first step in the digital draft procedure; linking the augmented guidance to a location proximal the equipment unit based on locations of the first mobile device during completion of the first step in the digital draft procedure; and generating an augmented digital procedure based on steps in the procedure, the augmented guidance, and definitions for data capture according to the first capture field.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Apprentice FS, Inc.Inventors: Angelo Stracquatanio, Nabil Chehade, Frank Maggiore, Ali Jaafar, Milan Bradonjic, Kenny Chapman, Tanya Maroz, Sam Brewton, Kingsley Adarkwah
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Publication number: 20230073171Abstract: One variation of a method for assisting execution of manual protocols at production equipment includes: identifying a site occupied by a mobile device based on a geospatial location of a device; identifying a space within the building occupied by the device based on identifiers of a set of wireless access points wirelessly accessible to the device and known locations of wireless access points within the building; loading a protocol associated with an equipment unit in the space; calculating a position of the device within the space based on positions optical features, detected in a field of view of an optical sensor at the device, relative to reference features represented in a space model of the space; and, when the position of the device falls within a threshold distance of a reference location proximal the equipment unit defined in a step of the procedure, rendering guidance for the step.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Frank Maggiore, Angelo Stracquatanio, Nabil Hajj Chehade
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Publication number: 20230042370Abstract: A method includes: via a user interface of a hub device, receiving a first set of user credentials associated with a first operator, the hub device connected to a set of mobile devices; accessing a first operator schedule defining a first scheduled manufacturing operation and a first observer of the first scheduled manufacturing operation, the first observer characterized by a first set of observer credentials; detecting disconnection of a first mobile device in the set of mobile devices from the hub device, the first mobile device associated with a first device ID; in response to detecting disconnection of the first mobile device from the hub device, associating the first device ID with the first operator; and routing a first video feed from the first mobile device to the first observer based on the first device ID and the first set of observer credentials.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Frank Maggiore, Angelo Stracquatanio, Ali Jaafar, John Zimmerman
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Patent number: 11528582Abstract: One variation of a method for assisting execution of manual protocols at production equipment includes: identifying a site occupied by a mobile device based on a geospatial location of a device; identifying a space within the building occupied by the device based on identifiers of a set of wireless access points wirelessly accessible to the device and known locations of wireless access points within the building; loading a protocol associated with an equipment unit in the space; calculating a position of the device within the space based on positions optical features, detected in a field of view of an optical sensor at the device, relative to reference features represented in a space model of the space; and, when the position of the device falls within a threshold distance of a reference location proximal the equipment unit defined in a step of the procedure, rendering guidance for the step.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Apprentice FS, Inc.Inventors: Frank Maggiore, Angelo Stracquatanio, Nabil Hajj Chehade
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Patent number: 11516438Abstract: A method includes: via a user interface of a hub device, receiving a first set of user credentials associated with a first operator, the hub device connected to a set of mobile devices; accessing a first operator schedule defining a first scheduled manufacturing operation and a first observer of the first scheduled manufacturing operation, the first observer characterized by a first set of observer credentials; detecting disconnection of a first mobile device in the set of mobile devices from the hub device, the first mobile device associated with a first device ID; in response to detecting disconnection of the first mobile device from the hub device, associating the first device ID with the first operator; and routing a first video feed from the first mobile device to the first observer based on the first device ID and the first set of observer credentials.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Apprentice FS, Inc.Inventors: Frank Maggiore, Angelo Stracquatanio, Ali Jaafar, John Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20220290994Abstract: One variation of a method for controlling dissemination of instructional content to operators performing procedures at equipment within a facility includes: at a computing device, accessing a digital procedure containing a first instructional block comprising a first instruction in a set of formats including a text format corresponding to a first degree of guidance, an audio format corresponding to a second degree of guidance different from the first degree, and a visual format corresponding to a third degree of guidance greater than the first and second degrees; accessing a minimum instruction guidance specification for a current instance of the digital procedure; and, in response to initiation of the first instructional block in the digital procedure, presenting the first instruction in a particular format, in the set of formats, corresponding to a particular degree of guidance approximating the minimum instruction guidance specification.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Frank Maggiore, Angelo Stracquatanio, Sam Brewton Lee Crumpton, Russell Hirschorn, Ali Jaafar, Jaafar Hajj Chehade
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Publication number: 20220198359Abstract: A method for augmenting procedures at production equipment includes: linking a first description of a first step in a procedure and a capture type to a first capture field; generating a digital draft procedure comprising descriptions of steps extracted from the procedure and the first capture field specifying data capture of the first capture type from an equipment unit; generating augmented guidance for the first step in the procedure based on visual content recorded by a mobile device—assigned to an exemplary operator—during completion of the first step in the digital draft procedure; linking the augmented guidance to a location proximal the equipment unit based on locations of the first mobile device during completion of the first step in the digital draft procedure; and generating an augmented digital procedure based on steps in the procedure, the augmented guidance, and definitions for data capture according to the first capture field.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Angelo Stracquatanio, Nabil Chehade, Frank Maggiore, Ali Jaafar, Milan Bradonjic, Kenny Chapman, Tanya Maroz, Sam Brewton, Kingsley Adarkwah
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Patent number: 11326886Abstract: One variation of a method for controlling dissemination of instructional content to operators performing procedures at equipment within a facility includes: at a computing device, accessing a digital procedure containing a first instructional block comprising a first instruction in a set of formats including a text format corresponding to a first degree of guidance, an audio format corresponding to a second degree of guidance different from the first degree, and a visual format corresponding to a third degree of guidance greater than the first and second degrees; accessing a minimum instruction guidance specification for a current instance of the digital procedure; and, in response to initiation of the first instructional block in the digital procedure, presenting the first instruction in a particular format, in the set of formats, corresponding to a particular degree of guidance approximating the minimum instruction guidance specification.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Apprentice FS, Inc.Inventors: Frank Maggiore, Angelo Stracquatanio, Sam Brewton Lee Crumpton, Russell Hirschorn, Ali Jaafar, Nabil Hajj Chehade
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Patent number: 11301793Abstract: A method for augmenting procedures at production equipment includes: linking a first description of a first step in a procedure and a capture type to a first capture field; generating a digital draft procedure comprising descriptions of steps extracted from the procedure and the first capture field specifying data capture of the first capture type from an equipment unit; generating augmented guidance for the first step in the procedure based on visual content recorded by a mobile device—assigned to an exemplary operator—during completion of the first step in the digital draft procedure; linking the augmented guidance to a location proximal the equipment unit based on locations of the first mobile device during completion of the first step in the digital draft procedure; and generating an augmented digital procedure based on steps in the procedure, the augmented guidance, and definitions for data capture according to the first capture field.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Apprentice FS, Inc.Inventors: Angelo Stracquatanio, Nabil Chehade, Frank Maggiore, Ali Jaafar, Milan Bradonjic, Kenny Chapman, Tanya Maroz, Sam Brewton, Kingsley Adarkwah