Patents by Inventor Christopher Kim
Christopher Kim 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: 9644400Abstract: A method is provided for using an intelligent door lock system at a door. The intelligent door lock system is supplied to an individual. The intelligent door lock system includes, a position sensing device, an engine, a circuit coupled to the engine, an energy source coupled to the circuit and a device that converts energy into mechanical energy. The position sensing device of the intelligent door lock system is coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device, and the position sensing device is coupled to the circuit. Energy is supplied from the energy source to the device that converts energy into mechanical energy. The device that converts energy into mechanical energy rotates the drive shaft sufficiently to unlock or lock a lock of the lock device.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: August Home, Inc.Inventors: Shih Yu Thomas Cheng, Jason Johnson, Christopher Kim, Joseph Aranda
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Patent number: 9644398Abstract: An intelligent door lock system includes a position sensing device configured to be coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device. The position sensing device senses position of the drive shaft to assist in locking and unlocking a lock of a lock device. A circuit is coupled to an engine with a memory. A haptic device is coupled to the circuit. The haptic device provides a visual indication that the lock has reached a final position. A device converts energy into mechanical energy and is coupled to the drive shaft. The positioning sensing device, the circuit, the position sensing device and the device that converts energy operate to rotate the drive shaft to lock and unlock the lock device.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: August Home, Inc.Inventors: Shih Yu Thomas Cheng, Jason Johnson, Christopher Kim, Joseph Aranda
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Patent number: 9624695Abstract: An intelligent door lock system is provided with a position sensing device configured to be coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device. The position sensing device senses position of the drive shaft and assists in locking and unlocking a lock of a lock device. An engine is provided with a memory coupled to the positioning sensing device. A circuit is coupled to the engine and an energy source is coupled to the circuit. A device converts energy into mechanical energy and is coupled to the circuit, positioning sensing device and the drive shaft. The device that converts energy is coupled to the energy source to receive energy from the energy source. A wireless communication bridge is in communication with a first wireless communication device that communicates with Network Systems, and a second wireless communication device in communication with the wireless communication bridge.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: August Home, Inc.Inventors: Shih Yu Thomas Cheng, Jason Johnson, Christopher Kim, Joseph Aranda
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Publication number: 20170053469Abstract: A wireless access control system is provided to lock or unlock a first door at a dwelling of a user. A user remote access device accepts input based on haptic feedback or motion. The user remote access device is in communication with an intelligent door lock system at the dwelling with the first door. The intelligent door lock system including: a position sensing device configured to be coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device with a bolt, the position sensing device sensing position of the drive shaft to assist in locking and unlocking the first lock of the lock device, an engine with a memory coupled to the position sensing device, the engine configured to execute software instructions relative to the positioning sensing device and an energy source coupled to the circuit. In response to the user remote access device accepting input based on haptic feedback or motion the bolt is caused to move and the first lock is locked or unlocked.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Shih Yu Thomas Cheng, Jason Johnson, Christopher Kim, Joseph Aranda
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Publication number: 20170032602Abstract: A wireless access control system is provided to lock or unlock a first door at a dwelling of a user. A user remote access device transmits a first signal and a second signal. The user remote access device is configured to be in communication with an intelligent door lock system at the dwelling with the first door. The intelligent door lock system includes: a position sensing device configured to be coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device, the position sensing device sensing position of the drive shaft to assist in locking and unlocking the first lock of the lock device, an engine with a memory coupled to the position sensing device, the engine configured to execute software instructions relative to the positioning sensing device and an energy source coupled to the circuit. The user remote access device provides the first signal to the intelligent lock system for locking or unlocking of the first lock.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Shih Yu Thomas Cheng, Jason Johnson, Christopher Kim, Joseph Aranda
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Publication number: 20170011570Abstract: A system allows dwelling access to third parties. An intelligent door lock system at the dwelling includes a device configured to be coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device, with the device sensing movement of the drive shaft to assist in locking and unlocking a lock of a lock device. The intelligent door lock system is configured to be in communication with a server. An occupant/or owner, or end-dwelling user of the dwelling communicates with the server to grant a third party secured access to a dwelling, which can by programmatic.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Jason Johnson, Christopher Kim, Tejash Unadkat, Bharadwaj Srinivasan
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Patent number: 9534420Abstract: An intelligent door lock system is retrofitted to an existing door lock system that includes a door lock system with a lock and a drive shaft; and an intelligent door lock system. The intelligent door lock system includes, a position sensing device configured to be coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device, where the position sensing device senses position of the drive shaft to assist in locking and unlocking a lock of a lock device, an engine with a memory, with the engine coupled to the positioning sensing device, a circuit coupled to the engine, an energy source coupled to the circuit, and a device that converts energy into mechanical energy coupled to the circuit, positioning sensing device and the drive shaft, the device that converts energy being coupled to the energy source to receive energy from the energy source.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: August Home, Inc.Inventors: Shih Yu Thomas Cheng, Jason Johnson, Christopher Kim, Joseph Aranda
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Patent number: 9528296Abstract: An intelligent door lock system has a position sensing device configured to be coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device. The position sensing device senses position of the drive shaft to assist in locking and unlocking a lock of the lock device. The lock has an off center drive mechanism relative to an outer periphery that allows up to R displacements from a center of rotation of the lock, where R is a radius of the lock. An engine is provided with a memory. The engine is coupled to the positioning sensing device. A circuit is coupled to the engine and an energy source. A device converts energy into mechanical energy is coupled to the circuit, positioning sensing device and the drive shaft. The device that converts energy is coupled to the energy source to receive energy from the energy source.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: August Home, Inc.Inventors: Shih Yu Thomas Cheng, Jason Johnson, Christopher Kim
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Publication number: 20160343181Abstract: A wireless access control system to lock or unlock a first door at a dwelling of a user. A user remote access device transmits a first signal and a second signal. The user remote access device includes a vibration mode that provides an alert to the user of the remote access device. The user remote access device is configured to be in communication with an intelligent door lock system at the dwelling with the first door. The intelligent door lock system includes: a drive shaft, a circuit coupled to an engine configured to cause a rotation of the drive shaft, and an energy source coupled to the drive shaft, the user remote access device configured to provide the first signal to the intelligent lock system for locking or unlocking of the first lock, the intelligent door lock system configured to allow controlled access to the dwelling that includes an occupant of the dwelling as well as a designated third person granted access rights by the occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventors: Shih Yu Thomas Cheng, Jason Johnson, Christopher Kim, Joseph Aranda
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Publication number: 20160319569Abstract: An intelligent door lock system at a dwelling includes a door. A position sensor is coupled to a drive shaft of a lock. The position sensor is configured to sense a position of the drive shaft and assist in locking and unlocking a lock of a lock. An engine with a memory is coupled to the position sensor. A motor is coupled to the drive shaft. The intelligent door lock system has an output shaft when positioned at the door, and an amount of torque applied to the drive shaft, bolt and lock of the intelligent door lock system does not exceed 8 in-lbs.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Jason Johnson, Christopher Kim
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Patent number: 9470018Abstract: An intelligent door lock system includes a position sensing device configured to be coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device. The position sensing device senses position of the drive shaft to assist in locking and unlocking a lock of a lock device. An engine with a memory is coupled to the positioning sensing device. The engine in operation processes information regarding an amount of friction experienced by a door or lock device when being opened and/or closed. A circuit is coupled to the engine and an energy source. A device converts energy into mechanical energy is coupled to the circuit, positioning sensing device and the drive shaft. The device that converts energy is coupled to the energy source to receive energy from the energy source.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: August Home, Inc.Inventors: Shih Yu Thomas Cheng, Jason Johnson, Christopher Kim, Joseph Aranda
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Patent number: 9470017Abstract: An intelligent door lock system has a position sensing device configured to be coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device. The position sensing device senses position of the drive shaft to assist in locking and unlocking a lock of a lock device. An engine with a memory is coupled to the positioning sensing device and to a circuit. A faceplate and a ring, in at least a partial surrounding relationship to the faceplate, are provided. The faceplate and the ring define a cavity where at least a portion of a lock of the lock device resides. At least one of the ring and the faceplate is electrically isolated from the circuit. An energy source is coupled to the circuit. A device converts energy into mechanical energy is coupled to the circuit, positioning sensing device and the drive shaft. The device that converts energy is coupled to the energy source to receive energy from the energy source.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: August Home, Inc.Inventors: Shih Yu Thomas Cheng, Jason Johnson, Christopher Kim, Joseph Aranda
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Publication number: 20160254395Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for methods of making substrates having an antireflective layer, substrates having an antireflective layer, devices including a substrate having an antireflective layer, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2014Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: PENG JIANG, KHALID ASKAR, JIAMIN WANG, CHRISTOPHER KIM
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Publication number: 20160171600Abstract: An SaaS solution for web based loan applications is disclosed that provides for a one-click system for automatically gathering personal data of a loan applicant from internal and external data sources and auto-fills an applicant's personal information into a loan application template. As part of the one click process, the loan application is also processed and the lending decision is sent to the applicant. The one click system enables users to apply for financial services quickly and easily. The system queries internal and external data sources for previous financial service applications and uses the data found to populate a current application, in many cases, eliminating the need for any data input from the user. Through the use of several layers of web, database, and security technologies the system streamlines the application process, reducing the number of steps a user must initiate, to a single click.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Christopher Kim Kay, Zachary Travis Olroyd, Abdu El-Shaarawy, Erin Elizabeth See, Jessica Lynn Echeverria
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Publication number: 20160115784Abstract: A method for use in or for detecting a downhole feature in a well comprises transmitting an electromagnetic signal from a first position located substantially at or adjacent to surface through a first space to the downhole feature. The method further comprises receiving an electromagnetic signal at a second position located substantially at or adjacent to surface after reflection of the transmitted electromagnetic signal from the downhole feature and after propagation of the reflected electromagnetic signal through a second space. The method may comprise sealing the well before transmitting the electromagnetic signal. Such a method may be used to detector determine a distance from surface to a downhole feature such as a fluid interface in a completed production, injection or observation well.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Sydney Joseph Littleford, Christopher Kim Gardiner, Duncan Paul Shepherd
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Patent number: 9322194Abstract: An intelligent door lock system is provided with a position sensing device configured to be coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device. The position sensing device senses position of the drive shaft and assists in locking and unlocking a lock of a lock device. An engine is provided with a memory coupled to the positioning sensing device. A circuit is coupled to the engine and an energy source is coupled to the circuit. A device converts energy into mechanical energy and is coupled to the circuit, positioning sensing device and the drive shaft. The device that converts energy is coupled to the energy source to receive energy from the energy source.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: AUGUST HOME, INC.Inventors: Shih Yu Thomas Cheng, Jason Johnson, Christopher Kim, Joseph Aranda
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Publication number: 20160091373Abstract: To determine the heat output efficacy of a heating device such as a convective warming blanket, a conduit structure is constructed to have coiled metal tubings that form the head, torso and other non-moving parts of a person analog. Flexible tubings interconnect the metal tubings to establish a continuous conduit between an inlet and an outlet of the structure, so that a fluid having a particular heat capacity may flow uninterrupted through the conduit structure. Respective temperature sensors at the inlet and outlet measure the input and output temperatures of the fluid. Using the flow rate, the heat capacity and the respective temperatures of the fluid measured at the inlet and outlet, the heat output efficiency of the blanket may be calculated. A FLIR camera may be used to obtain an IR image to confirm the heat output efficiency of the blanket.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Applicant: SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC.Inventors: Paul Hattan, Christopher Kim Thorp, Robert Taylor Parsons, JR., Jay Ellingboe, Kristin Finberg, Laura-Lee Brown, Chris Zander
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Publication number: 20150325324Abstract: A photoconductive antenna is described that includes a substrate that includes a pair of trenches. Furthermore, a pair of non-parallel electrodes, which can be designed with a chaotic electrode geometry, can each be deposited in one of the trenches, and can be configured to produce chaotic trajectories of incoherent electric currents. Finally, an insulation layer, which can be either a physical electrical insulation layer or an air gap, can be included between each of the pair of non-parallel electrodes and the trench walls. Overall, the thickness of the substrate, the thickness of the trenches, and the thickness of the non-parallel electrodes can each be optimized to produce a coherent terahertz beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Dong Ho Wu, Benjamin Graber, Christopher Kim
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Patent number: 9177685Abstract: A photoconductive antenna is described that includes a substrate that includes a pair of trenches. Furthermore, a pair of non-parallel electrodes, which can be designed with a chaotic electrode geometry, can each be deposited in one of the trenches, and can be configured to produce chaotic trajectories of incoherent electric currents. Finally, an insulation layer, which can be either a physical electrical insulation layer or an air gap, can be included between each of the pair of non-parallel electrodes and the trench walls. Overall, the thickness of the substrate, the thickness of the trenches, and the thickness of the non-parallel electrodes can each be optimized to produce a coherent terahertz beam.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2015Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Dong Ho Wu, Benjamin Graber, Christopher Kim
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Patent number: 8881758Abstract: Disclosed in one aspect is a valve comprising (a) a valve body having a poppet valve chamber with an axis running there through; (b) a seat having a seat sealing surface, and a outer-seat surface, the seat located axially within the poppet valve chamber; and (c) a poppet having a poppet sealing surface, the poppet being located axially within the poppet valve chamber; wherein a poppet-seat interface is created between at least a portion of the seat sealing surface and at least a portion of the poppet sealing surface, the poppet-seat interface being at an angle ? of from 20 to 90° to the axis. In one embodiment the seat is removable, allowing the geometry of at least the poppet head surface and/or the seat inside surface, which defines a fluid flow-path cross-section, to be tailored.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patent Inc.Inventors: Christopher Kim Morgan, Eric Richard Lewis, Michael Wayne Ackman