Patents by Inventor Charles Johnson

Charles Johnson 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).

  • Patent number: 11741564
    Abstract: A method for executing orders assigned to a plurality of robots operating in a warehouse, including receiving an order with a plurality of items, each item associated with an item location. The method includes defining a plurality of regions and identifying the regions which include at least one item location associated with the order received by the robot. The method also includes determining, from the regions identified, which regions which include at least one operator and assessing criteria relating to a current location of the robot and to the item locations associated with the regions having at least one operator. The method further includes selecting an item location to which the robot is to navigate from a current location based on an assessment of criteria relating to the current location of the robot and to the item locations associated with the regions in which are located at least one operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Locus Robotics Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Charles Johnson, Sean Johnson, Rick Faulk
  • Patent number: 11724883
    Abstract: Systems and methods for presorting and executing robot-assisted putaway tasks in a navigational space include assigning each of a plurality of item storage arrays to one of a plurality of zones defined within the navigational space, scanning an item identifier of at least one of a plurality of unsorted items to be stored at locations throughout the warehouse, retrieving, in response to receiving identifying information corresponding to the at least one scanned unsorted item, item data describing a storage location for putaway within the warehouse of each of the at least one scanned items, determining, from the storage location, a corresponding one of the plurality of zones of the warehouse in which the storage location is located, and placing each scanned unsorted item into an interconnected container of one of the item storage arrays assigned to the corresponding one of the zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Locus Robotics Corp.
    Inventors: Sean Johnson, Luis Jaquez, Michael Charles Johnson
  • Patent number: 11724395
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for robot congestion management including a robot monitoring server configured to track a location of a plurality of robots within a navigational space and a plurality of robots in communication with the robot monitoring server, each robot including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the autonomous robot to determine, from a task list assigned to the robot, a first pose location corresponding to a first task, receive, from the robot monitoring server, congestion information associated with the first pose location, identify a congested state of the first pose location indicated by the congestion information, select, responsive to the identification of the congested state, a second task from the task list, and navigate to a second pose location corresponding to the second task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Locus Robotics Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Charles Johnson, Luis Jaquez, Sean Johnson, Andrew Alcutt
  • Publication number: 20230202042
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for robot congestion management including a robot monitoring server configured to track a location of a plurality of robots within a navigational space and a plurality of robots in communication with the robot monitoring server, each robot including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the autonomous robot to determine, from a task list assigned to the robot, a first pose location corresponding to a first task, receive, from the robot monitoring server, congestion information associated with the first pose location, identify a congested state of the first pose location indicated by the congestion information, select, responsive to the identification of the congested state, a second task from the task list, and navigate to a second pose location corresponding to the second task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Charles Johnson, Luis Jaquez, Sean Johnson, Andrew Alcutt
  • Patent number: 11682063
    Abstract: Techniques described herein include systems and methods for utilizing a shopping list generated by a user in one or more shopping list features. A list of items including keywords not associated with specific items may be received. A user interface may be updated to present the list of items, with a first area of the user interface corresponding to uncompleted tasks associated with a keyword of the list, and a second area corresponding to completed tasks associated with a keyword of the list. One or more sensors may receive information about an item. Input about an interaction with the user interface and a keyword of the list may be received. The user interface may be updated to move the keyword of the list from the first area to the second area. A mapping of the keyword to the item may be updated by a computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Guang Liu, Matthew Charles Johnson, Timothy R Heithaus, Ruimin Zhang, Jason Stephen Merron, Neven Tomislav Boric Bargetto, Andrew Michael Nienhaus
  • Publication number: 20230183683
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions of matter, methods, modules and automated multi-module instrumentation for performing editing of live cells followed by curing of editing and engine vectors from prior rounds of editing, followed by curing of the curing vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Inscripta, Inc.
    Inventors: Tian TIAN, Eileen SPINDLER, Clint DAVIS, Charles JOHNSON, Andrew GARST
  • Patent number: 11642553
    Abstract: A respirator system includes a respirator with an air filter, a flow generator with a sensorless DC motor, a mask, a processor, a sensor, an electric power source, and a wireless transceiver. The respirator filters air, increase the pressure of the air, delivers the air to the mask at a pressure above ambient, gathers data with the sensor about operation of the respirator, and transmits the data. An intermediate electronic device is separate and remote from the respirator, and is configured to receive the transmitted data process the data, and re-transmit the data. A computer receives the data, processes the data and generates at least one report regarding the respirator or a user of the respirator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: CLEANSPACE IP PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Alexander Virr, Dan Kao, John Michael Snow, Damian Charles Johnson, Chayut Orapinpatipat, Millen James Rath-May
  • Patent number: 11634719
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides automated multi-module instrumentation and automated methods for performing recursive editing of live cells with curing of editing vectors from prior rounds of editing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Inscripta, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Johnson, Tian Tian, Eileen Spindler
  • Publication number: 20230084345
    Abstract: An HHO gas second fuel is produced in a pressure-resistant container and distributed at a low volumetric rate at multiple locations about the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Evan Charles Johnson, Adam Anthony Filkins, Herbert Daniel Deming, Henry White Dean, Phillip Edward Jennings
  • Patent number: 11603247
    Abstract: Packaging that includes a first layer of bubbles, wherein each of the bubbles comprises an outer shell that defines an interior cavity, and a first element and a second, different element provided within the interior cavity of at least one bubble. The at least one bubble is configured to inflate or degrade over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: PUMA SE
    Inventors: Charles Johnson, Matthias Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20230062236
    Abstract: Timing of HHO gas injection into a 4-stroke engine is optimized based on engine operating parameters to improve fuel economy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Evan Charles Johnson, William A. Woods
  • Publication number: 20230052188
    Abstract: A dual-chamber onboard electrolysis system is configured to produce HHO gas for heavy duty trucking applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Evan Charles Johnson, William A. Woods
  • Publication number: 20230043499
    Abstract: An article of footwear is provided that includes a sole structure and an upper attached to the sole structure. The upper includes an exterior layer and a base layer, and the exterior layer includes a biodegradable layer and a biologically active agent capable of biodegrading the biodegradable layer. The article of footwear has a first state in which the biodegradable layer is not biodegraded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Johnson, Matthias Hartmann
  • Patent number: 11545010
    Abstract: A printer apparatus includes a wearable housing and a paper medium disposed therein, the paper medium including an adhesive label and a backing strip to which the adhesive label is affixed. The adhesive label includes first, second, and third portions affixed to the backing strip, wherein each of the first, second, and third portions is permitted to be peeled off from the backing strip while the others of the first, second, and third portions remain affixed to the backing strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Charles Johnson, Arunprakash Dhanabal
  • Patent number: 11504789
    Abstract: Systems and methods to control pulse welding are disclosed. An example welding-type system includes: power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power to welding-type power; and control circuitry configured to control the power conversion circuitry to output the welding-type power in a plurality of pulse cycles, each pulse cycle including background, ramp up, peak, and ramp down phases. Controlling the power conversion circuitry involves: during the background phase, controlling the power conversion circuitry in a voltage-controlled mode using a background voltage as a target voltage; during the ramp up phase, controlling the power conversion circuitry by changing the target voltage to a peak voltage; during the peak phase, controlling the power conversion circuitry using the peak voltage as the target voltage; and during the ramp down phase, controlling the power conversion circuitry by changing the target voltage to the background voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Steven Knoener, Lucas Charles Johnson, Zach W. MacMullen, Charles Ace Tyler, Christine Dong
  • Publication number: 20220341361
    Abstract: A dual-chamber electrolysis vessel safely stores HHO gas for use by an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Evan Charles Johnson, William A. Woods
  • Patent number: D968516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Steven McGahn, Charles Johnson, Jacob Wik, Jack H. Brooks
  • Patent number: D968712
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: CLEANSPACE IP PTY LTD
    Inventors: Jonah Beard, John Michael Snow, Oliver Henry William Williams, Dan Kao, Alexander Virr, Damian Charles Johnson
  • Patent number: D986409
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: CLEANSPACE IP PTY LTD
    Inventors: Alexander Virr, Xiaoyi Fu, John Michael Snow, Dan Kao, Damian Charles Johnson
  • Patent number: D999287
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Charles Johnson, Jean-Pierre Legras, James Vasquez, Stewart Thoeni