Patents by Inventor Barry George Dean

Barry George Dean 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: 20240134393
    Abstract: A system and method for a motorized mobile chair use a plurality of sensors having a plurality of sensor types to detect a plurality of objects and generate sensor data about the detected objects, each of the detected objects being a person, the sensor data about the objects comprising a plurality of range measurements to the people and a plurality of bearing measurements to the people. The system has at least one processor to receive the sensor data about the people, group the detected people into a plurality of zones, determine a closest person in each zone, and generate one or more control signals to cause the motorized mobile chair to match a speed and a direction of the closest person in the zone corresponding to a direction of travel of the motorized mobile chair while at least approximately maintaining a selected space to the closest person in the zone corresponding to the direction of travel of the motorized mobile chair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston
  • Patent number: 11892851
    Abstract: A system and method for a motorized mobile chair use a plurality of sensors having a plurality of sensor types to detect a plurality of objects and generate sensor data about the detected objects, each of the detected objects being a person, the sensor data about the objects comprising a plurality of range measurements to the people and a plurality of bearing measurements to the people. The system has at least one processor to receive the sensor data about the people, group the detected people into a plurality of zones, determine a closest person in each zone, and generate one or more control signals to cause the motorized mobile chair to match a speed and a direction of the closest person in the zone corresponding to a direction of travel of the motorized mobile chair while at least approximately maintaining a selected space to the closest person in the zone corresponding to the direction of travel of the motorized mobile chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Patroness, LLC
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston
  • Patent number: 11786419
    Abstract: A system for a motorized mobile chair includes a human machine interface (HMI) to receive one or more user inputs, transmit one or more first control instructions in response to the one or more user inputs, receive one or more second control instructions, and provide haptic feedback through the human machine interface to assist user navigation of the motorized mobile chair in response to the one or more second control instructions. One or more sensors generate sensor data about an area proximate to the motorized mobile chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Patroness, LLC
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Charles C G Cooper, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston
  • Publication number: 20230195127
    Abstract: A system and method for a motorized mobile chair use a plurality of sensors having a plurality of sensor types to detect a plurality of objects and generate sensor data about the detected objects, each of the detected objects being a person, the sensor data about the objects comprising a plurality of range measurements to the people and a plurality of bearing measurements to the people. The system has at least one processor to receive the sensor data about the people, group the detected people into a plurality of zones, determine a closest person in each zone, and generate one or more control signals to cause the motorized mobile chair to match a speed and a direction of the closest person in the zone corresponding to a direction of travel of the motorized mobile chair while at least approximately maintaining a selected space to the closest person in the zone corresponding to the direction of travel of the motorized mobile chair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Jered Harvey DEAN, Barry George DEAN, Dan Alan PRESTON
  • Patent number: 11604471
    Abstract: A system and method for a motorized mobile chair using a plurality of sensors having a plurality of sensor types to detect a plurality of objects and generate sensor data about the detected objects, each of the detected objects being a person, the sensor data about the objects comprising a plurality of range measurements to the people and a plurality of bearing measurements to the people. The system has at least one processor to receive the sensor data about the people, group the detected people into a plurality of zones, determine a closest person in each zone, and generate one or more control signals to cause the motorized mobile chair to match a speed and a direction of the closest person in the zone corresponding to a direction of travel of the motorized mobile chair while at least approximately maintaining a selected space to the closest person in the zone corresponding to the direction of travel of the motorized mobile chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Patroness, LLC
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston
  • Patent number: 11334070
    Abstract: A processing system for a motorized mobile system includes at least one sensor to measure one or more kinematic states of an object and at least one processor to use at least one state estimation filter and at least one object kinematic model to predict a first kinematic state estimate of the object and output the first predicted kinematic state estimate for use by at least one other process of the motorized mobile system. The processor uses the first predicted kinematic state estimate and the one or more measured kinematic states to determine a second kinematic state estimate of the object and uses the second kinematic state estimate as an input to the state estimation filter to predict another kinematic state estimate of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Patroness, LLC
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston
  • Patent number: 11154442
    Abstract: A motorized mobile system includes a human machine interface (HMI) to provide control instructions to the system. A controller in the system receives the control instructions and generates a control signal, wherein the generated control signal causes one or more components of the motorized mobile system to respond. One or more sensors generate health data related to a user, wherein the health data is stored in a secure memory connected to the controller, and wherein the stored user health data is used to bias the control signal for the motorized mobile system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Patroness, LLC
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Charles C G Cooper, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston
  • Publication number: 20210328991
    Abstract: A system and method for a motorized mobile chair include at least one processor of the motorized mobile chair to receive sensor data from one or more sensors of the motorized mobile chair, the sensor data comprising attitude data of the motorized mobile chair, determine a tipping of the motorized mobile chair has occurred based on the attitude data of the motorized mobile chair, transmit an authentication key to a remote server, wherein the authentication key, when authenticated by the remote server, corresponds to a unique user account, and transmit at least one of the attitude data of the motorized mobile chair and a communication identifying the tipping of the motorized mobile chair from the motorized mobile chair to the remote server for storage in a memory in association with the unique user account when the authentication key has been authenticated by the remote server and the at least one processor determines the tipping of the motorized mobile chair has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Patroness, LLC
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston
  • Patent number: 11075910
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for secure communication of data between motorized mobile systems (MMS) and external devices, systems, networks, and servers. The data may include one or more of user, health, environment, and system data retrieved from one or more sensors located in, on, and around an MMS. The MMS stores and/or transmits the sensor data using secure protocols when the sensor data relates to personal information, such as personal health data, to protect the privacy of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Patroness, LLC
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston
  • Publication number: 20200278683
    Abstract: A system and method for a motorized mobile chair use a plurality of sensors having a plurality of sensor types to detect a plurality of objects and generate sensor data about the detected objects, each of the detected objects being a person, the sensor data about the objects comprising a plurality of range measurements to the people and a plurality of bearing measurements to the people. The system has at least one processor to receive the sensor data about the people, group the detected people into a plurality of zones, determine a closest person in each zone, and generate one or more control signals to cause the motorized mobile chair to match a speed and a direction of the closest person in the zone corresponding to a direction of travel of the motorized mobile chair while at least approximately maintaining a selected space to the closest person in the zone corresponding to the direction of travel of the motorized mobile chair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Patroness, LLC
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston
  • Patent number: 10739769
    Abstract: A processing system for a motorized mobile system includes at least one sensor to measure one or more kinematic states of an object and at least one processor to use at least one state estimation filter and at least one object kinematic model to predict a first kinematic state estimate of the object and output the first kinematic state estimate for use by at least one other process of the motorized mobile system. The processor uses the predicted first kinematic state estimate and the one or more measured kinematic states to determine a second kinematic state estimate of the object and uses the second kinematic state estimate as an input to the state estimation filter to predict another kinematic state estimate of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Patroness, LLC
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston
  • Patent number: 10656652
    Abstract: A system and method for providing safety for a motorized mobile system (MMS) are optimized for accurate object detection, the system comprising at least two sensors that are operably configured to generate one or more of a range measurement and a bearing measurement to an object in a field-of-view of the sensors, wherein the range and bearing measurements have associated uncertainties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Patroness, LLC
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston
  • Patent number: 10606275
    Abstract: A system and method for providing safety for a motorized mobile system (MMS) are optimized for accurate object detection, the system comprising at least two sensors that are operably configured to generate one or more of a range measurement and a bearing measurement to an object, wherein the range and bearing measurements have associated uncertainties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Patroness, LLC
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston
  • Patent number: 10599154
    Abstract: A system and method for providing safety for a motorized mobile system (MMS) are optimized for accurate object detection, the method comprising generating one or more of a range measurement and a bearing measurement to an object using at least two sensors, wherein the range and bearing measurements have associated uncertainties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Patroness, LLC
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston
  • Publication number: 20190324467
    Abstract: A system and method for providing safety for a motorized mobile system (MMS) are optimized for accurate object detection, the system comprising at least two sensors that are operably configured to generate one or more of a range measurement and a bearing measurement to an object, wherein the range and bearing measurements have associated uncertainties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Patroness, LLC
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston
  • Publication number: 20190310637
    Abstract: A processing system for a motorized mobile system includes at least one sensor to measure one or more kinematic states of an object proximate to the motorized mobile system and at least one processor to use at least one state estimation filter and at least one object kinematic model. The processor uses the at least one state estimation filter and the at least one object kinematic model to predict a first kinematic state estimate of the object based on a prior knowledge of state for the object and output the predicted first kinematic state estimate of the object from the state estimation filter for use by at least one other process of the motorized mobile system, wherein the at least one other process causes one or more actions to be taken by the motorized mobile system based on the predicted first kinematic state estimate of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Patroness, LLC
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston
  • Publication number: 20190310647
    Abstract: A system and method for providing safety for a motorized mobile system (MMS) are optimized for accurate object detection, the method comprising generating one or more of a range measurement and a bearing measurement to an object using at least two sensors, wherein the range and bearing measurements have associated uncertainties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Patroness, LLC
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston
  • Publication number: 20190052637
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for secure communication of data between motorized mobile systems (MMS) and external devices, systems, networks, and servers. The data may include one or more of user, health, environment, and system data retrieved from one or more sensors located in, on, and around an MMS. The MMS stores and/or transmits the sensor data using secure protocols when the sensor data relates to personal information, such as personal health data, to protect the privacy of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: Patroness, LLC
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston
  • Publication number: 20190049977
    Abstract: A system and method for providing safety for a motorized mobile system (MMS) are optimized for accurate object detection, the system comprising at least two sensors that are operably configured to generate one or more of a range measurement and a bearing measurement to an object in a field-of-view of the sensors, wherein the range and bearing measurements have associated uncertainties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: Patroness, LLC
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston
  • Publication number: 20190049968
    Abstract: A processing system is for a motorized mobile system that provides powered mobility to one or more users. The motorized mobile system may consist, for example, of one or more of a mobile chair, a mobility scooter, an electronic conveyance vehicle, a riding lawn mower, a grocery cart, an all-terrain vehicle, an off-road vehicle, and a golf cart. The processing system comprises at least one sensor to measure one or more kinematic states of an object proximate to the motorized mobile system and at least one processor to use at least one object kinematic model as at least one state estimator. The at least one processor predicts a first kinematic state estimate of the object at a first time based on a prior knowledge of state for the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: Patroness, LLC
    Inventors: Jered Harvey Dean, Barry George Dean, Dan Alan Preston