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).

  • Systems and methods for creating key backups by identifying and storing unique key information and for replicating unique keys from key backups
    Patent number: 11127230
    Abstract: The present invention provides a service and supporting technology for backing up and restoring or replacing OEM vehicle keys. The system works by storing a copy of the data from an OEM key along with other information necessary to replace the OEM key in a key bank. The data collected is processed and stored such that a customer can order a universal replacement from the key bank programmed with the stored data to emulate the prior paired OEM key. No further pairing or programming is required by the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: IKEYLESS, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Charles Johnson, Michael Calvin McCoy, Dave King
  • Method and apparatus for implementing multi-vendor rolling code keyless entry systems
    Patent number: 11120654
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally a system and method for providing rolling code remote device functions to provide keyless entry to multiple makes and models of cars. The present invention is adapted to produce the radio signal type and transmitted data of an original manufacturer's keyless entry remote device system by implementing multiple modulation schema and data encoding techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: IKEYLESS, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Charles Johnson, Daniel Patrick Bowen, Michael Calvin McCoy
  • Tote induction in warehouse order fulfillment operations
    Patent number: 11078019
    Abstract: A method for assigning orders to a plurality of robots fulfilling orders in a warehouse with the assistance of a plurality of operators. The method includes providing a first robot of the plurality of robots to a be assigned an order set, including one or more orders to be fulfilled and assessing the locations of at least one of the plurality of robots or at least one of the plurality of operators in the warehouse. The method also includes selecting an anchor location in the warehouse and generating an order set for the first robot correlated to the anchor location in the warehouse. The method also includes assigning the order set to the first robot for fulfillment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Locus Robotics Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Charles Johnson, Bruce Welty, Sean Johnson, Luis Jaquez
  • Curing for recursive nucleic acid-guided cell editing
    Patent number: 11053507
    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: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Inscripta, Inc.
    Inventors: Tian Tian, Charles Johnson, Eileen Spindler
  • Robot assisted personnel routing
    Patent number: 11034027
    Abstract: Systems and methods for robot assisted personnel routing including a plurality of autonomous robots operating within a navigational space, each robot including a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the autonomous robot to detect completion of a task operation by a human operator, receive status information corresponding to at least one other robot, the status information including at least one of a location or a wait time associated with the other robot, determine, from the status information, at least one next task recommendation for directing the human operator to a next robot for a next task operation, and render, on a display of the robot, the at least one next task recommendation for viewing by the human operator, the next task recommendation including a location of the next robot corresponding to the next task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Locus Robotics Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Charles Johnson, Luis Jaquez, Sean Johnson
  • USE OF TRUSTED PLATFORM MODULES FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC OPERATIONS IN AN INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210160224
    Abstract: Providing security functions in an IoT device can comprise executing, by a TPM of the IoT device, a set of cryptographic functions. The set of cryptographic functions can comprise providing a secure unidirectional uplink from the IoT device to one or more communications networks. The set of cryptographic functions can also be executed by a second TPM to provide a secure unidirectional downlink from the one or more communications networks to the IoT device. The processor of the IoT device need not perform cryptographic functions and the processor of the IoT device and a memory of the IoT device can be outside of a secure boundary maintained by the first TPM and the second TPM. Cryptographic information to provide the secure unidirectional uplink and the secure unidirectional downlink can be exchanged between the first TPM and the second TPM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Bjorn Kilburn, Ryan Charles Johnson
  • METHODS FOR INCREASING OBSERVED EDITING IN BACTERIA
    Publication number: 20210147858
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for increasing observed editing rates in the surviving bacteria cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Tian Tian, Eileen Spindler, Charles Johnson, Clint Davis
  • Robot gamification for improvement of operator performance
    Patent number: 11000953
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for improving operator performance by robot gamification, the method including parking a robot at a pose location within a navigational space, identifying, by a sensor in electronic communication with an interactive display device, an operator located within a zone proximate the robot for acquiring an item to be picked, receiving, at the interactive display device, operator performance data associated with the acquiring of the item, and rendering, on the interactive display device in response to the received operator performance data, at least one graphic representation of operator achievement within a gamified performance tracking environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Locus Robotics Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Charles Johnson, Sean Johnson, Luis Jaquez, Bruce Welty, Karen Leavitt
  • Optimized tote recommendation process in warehouse order fulfillment operations
    Patent number: 10994933
    Abstract: A method for recommending a tote type for an operator to select for use in robot induction process, wherein the robot operates under the control of a warehouse management system to fulfill orders, each order including one or more items and each item being located in a warehouse. The method includes grouping one or more orders from an order queue to form at least one order set. The method also includes identifying, based on a characteristic of the at least one order set, a preferred tote type to be assigned to the robot to carry the order set on the robot. The method further includes communicating to an operator the preferred tote type to enable the operator to select from a plurality of totes a tote of the preferred tote type to assign to the robot for execution of the order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Locus Robotics Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Charles Johnson, Sean Johnson, Luis Jaquez, Bruce Welty
  • Uniwrap garment from a single seamless piece of material
    Patent number: 10986882
    Abstract: A seamless garment constructed out of a single piece of material will allow for a reduction in manufacturing costs and a lengthened life of the garment due to its simplicity of design and lack of seams. The garment may consist of a single piece of material divided into two panels by a pair of cuts, each extending toward the other, partway through the body of the piece of material. The garment may be secured to the body of a wearer via a variety of attachment mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventor: Barry Charles Johnson
  • Methods and apparatus to control hot-start weld current for arc ignition
    Patent number: 10967451
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to control hot-start weld current for arc ignition are disclosed. An example welding-type power supply includes a power converter to output welding-type current, a temperature monitor to determine a temperature of an electrode using at least one of a temperature measurement or a thermal model, and a current controller to control a hot-start weld current output by the power converter based on the temperature of the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Craig Steven Knoener, Zach MacMullen, Charles Ace Tyler, Lucas Charles Johnson
  • ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A DEGRADABLE COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20210093044
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Charles Johnson, Matthias Hartmann
  • Shorts
    Patent number: D916431
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Puma SE
    Inventors: Charles Johnson, Hugh Clarke
  • Pants
    Patent number: D916432
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Puma SE
    Inventors: Charles Johnson, Hugh Clarke
  • Athletic garment
    Patent number: D916433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Puma SE
    Inventors: Charles Johnson, Hugh Clarke
  • Athletic garment
    Patent number: D916434
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Puma SE
    Inventors: Charles Johnson, Hugh Clarke
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D918559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Puma SE
    Inventors: Charles Johnson, Matthias Hartmann, Patrik Dolo, Kacper Jan Pietrzykowski
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D918560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Puma SE
    Inventors: Charles Johnson, Matthias Hartmann, Patrik Dolo, Kacper Jan Pietrzykowski
  • Article of footwear
    Patent number: D920640
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: PUMA SE
    Inventors: Charles Johnson, Romain Girard, Arnaud Redon
  • Gaming machine
    Patent number: D923102
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Steven McGahn, Stewart Thoeni, Charles Johnson, Jacob Wik, Jack H. Brooks