Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Meyer

Daniel J. Meyer 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: 11980724
    Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a multilayer circuit, a first magnetic field sensor, and a second magnetic field sensor. The multilayer circuit extends between a proximal end and a distal end along a longitudinal axis. The multilayer circuit includes a plurality of electrical pads positioned at the proximal end. The first magnetic field sensor is coupled to the multilayer circuit and has a primary sensing direction aligned with the longitudinal axis. The second magnetic field sensor is coupled to the multilayer circuit and oriented with respect to the first magnetic field sensor such that the second magnetic field sensor has a primary sensing direction aligned with an axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Meyer, James E. Blood, David A. Chizek, Matthew Hein, Daniel J. Foster
  • Publication number: 20240103705
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein facilitate interactions with a user interface in 3D environment in which a user interface element is moved based on a user movement in a way that the user interface element appears to lag behind or follow a portion of the user (e.g., the user's fingertip). The user interface element may be moved in a way that it converges with and thus catches up to the portion of the user. Such convergence may be based on the speed of the movement of the portion of the user. No convergence may occur when the portion of the user is not moving or is moving below a threshold speed. When the portion of the user is moving (e.g., above a threshold speed), the user interface component may converge with the portion of the user and the rate of convergence may be increased with faster speeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Vinay Chawda, Julian K. Shutzberg, Chase B. Lortie, Daniel J. Brewer, David J. Meyer, Leah M. Gum
  • Publication number: 20240103635
    Abstract: Suppressing a hand gesture upon detecting peripheral events on a peripheral device includes determining a first hand pose for a first hand a second hand pose for a second hand in response to a detected peripheral device peripheral event, determining, based on the first hand pose and the second hand pose, at least one hand of the first hand and the second hand in a peripheral use mode, detecting an input gesture from a hand of the at least one hand determined to be in the peripheral use mode, and rejecting the input gesture by a user input pipeline in accordance with the determination that the hand is in the peripheral use mode. The presence of a peripheral device is confirmed by activating a computer vision system in response to determining that a peripheral use condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel J. Brewer, Ashwin Kumar Asoka Kumar Shenoi, Tian Qiu, Leah M. Gum, David J. Meyer, Julian K. Shutzberg, Yirong Tang
  • Publication number: 20240094882
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer system facilitates user input for displaying a selection refinement user interface object in an object within a three-dimensional environment, wherein the selection refinement user interface object indicates a location in the object at which the computer system performs a selection operation in response to further user input. In some embodiments, a computer system facilitates user input for activating a selection refinement mode in the three-dimensional environment during which an interaction point for a selection operation is movable based on movement of a hand of the user of the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel J. BREWER, Julian K. SHUTZBERG, David J. MEYER, Chase B. LORTIE
  • Patent number: 11771243
    Abstract: A mattress display unit includes a housing with a plurality of carriages mounted on rollers that are slidable into and out of the housing, and a platform for each carriage adapted to support a bed spring or mattress, wherein the platform further includes gas springs to allow the platform to move from a vertical position to a horizontal position with the application of relatively little external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Metal Dynamics, Ltd.
    Inventor: Daniel J. Meyer
  • Patent number: 7769799
    Abstract: Aspects provide discrete-time analog, digitally programmable filtering. A filter includes a plurality of transistors coupled as a current mode circuit. Further included is a switch for use in switching the plurality of transistors in and out to tune the current mode circuit, wherein adjustable low bandwidth filtering using small silicon area without passive components is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Mikhail Itskovich, Daniel J. Meyer
  • Patent number: 7283011
    Abstract: A modulation method, referred to as dual phase pulse modulation (DPPM), represents digital data as a series of high and low pulses whose widths represent groups of M data bits, with both the high and low pulses representing successive M-bit groups. Each of the 2M possible data values for a group of M data bits uniquely corresponds to one of 2M distinct pulse widths. This modulation method is essentially clockless, with data being decoded from a signal by detecting each pulse's width with respect to the last transition. Power consumption is reduced by having M data bits represented for each pulse transition, and by using both the high and low pulses to represent data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel S. Cohen, Daniel J. Meyer, John L. Fagan
  • Patent number: 6947493
    Abstract: A dual phase pulse modulation (DPPM) decoder circuit processes a DPPM signal, which is in the form of a series of high and low pulses whose pulse widths represent successive groups of M data bits, so as to recover data carried by the signal. Each of the 2M possible data values of an M-bit group corresponds to one of 2M distinct pulse widths. Circuit blocks determine the width of each pulse by piping the DPPM signal through a short delay chain and using the delayed outputs to clock flip-flop registers to sample the non-delayed signal. The registered output is interpreted by logic gates to obtain the corresponding M-bit groups. The decoder circuit may have two substantially identical pulse width determining blocks, one receiving the DPPM signal for measuring high pulses, and the other receiving an inverted DPPM signal for measuring the low pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel S. Cohen, Daniel J. Meyer
  • Patent number: 6927612
    Abstract: A delay locked loop circuit with improved restart features. The circuit includes a clock input, a clock output, a divider circuit, phase detector and control logic. The circuit includes a means for implementing a binary search of outputs from the control logic for generating a calibration bit, which is applied to the transmission on an output line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel J. Meyer
  • Patent number: 6199369
    Abstract: An external combustion engine burns a mixture of fuel and air to produce work. The engine contains at least one power cylinder, a compression cylinder for each power cylinder, and a moving combustion housing with a plurality of combustion chambers for each power cylinder. Each combustion chamber has a constant volume and cyclically: (1) establishes communication with a compression cylinder to receive compressed air; (2) terminates communication with the compression cylinder; (3) receives sufficient fuel from the fuel injector to create a combustible mixture of fuel and air; (4) contains the ignition of the combustible mixture of fuel and air; (5) establishes communication with a power cylinder to discharge the ignited mixture of fuel and air into the power cylinder; and (6) terminates communication with the power cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Inventor: Daniel J. Meyer
  • Patent number: 5717179
    Abstract: A combination switch and socket is provided that can be easily installed without rewiring an existing fixture to give the user a closet light that automatically turns on when the closet door is opened and turns off when the door is closed. The socket can be screwed into an existing light fixture and the switch can be mounted near the door by merely attaching a bracket adjacent the door. Then, wires connecting the socket and switch can be placed where desired and even attached along the ceiling out of the way in a conventional conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Inventor: Daniel J. Meyer
  • Patent number: 4036459
    Abstract: In a bracket for an instrument, a swiveled yoke connects in a ball joint like coupling relationship to an extension that fastens to a support, and is useful for supporting an instrument in the category of a projector, or the like. The swivel socket provided to one end of the extension is separable, with a semicircular shoulder comprising part of an annulus provided in the upper portion of each socket half, and the socket having an extension spaced therebelow, and useful for securing the ball of the yoke therein for universal movement when the socket is assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Assignee: Optical Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Merwin K. Alexander, Daniel J. Meyer, Philip Cohen