Patents by Inventor David N. Girard

David N. Girard 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).

  • Medical application for no-motion sensor
    Patent number: 7437931
    Abstract: A sensor unit to detect a stillness event, the sensor unit including a gyroscope attached to a monitored person, a micro-controller communicatively coupled to the gyroscope, and a memory communicatively coupled to receive and to store the angular velocity data with a correlated time. The gyroscope senses an angular velocity of the monitored person and outputs angular velocity data based on the sensed angular velocity. The micro-controller receives the angular velocity data and recognizes a quiescence-pattern data in the angular velocity data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Dwyer, John W. Thornberry, David N. Girard
  • MEDICAL APPLICATION FOR NO-MOTION SENSOR
    Publication number: 20080016961
    Abstract: A sensor unit to detect a stillness event, the sensor unit including a gyroscope attached to a monitored person, a micro-controller communicatively coupled to the gyroscope, and a memory communicatively coupled to receive and to store the angular velocity data with a correlated time. The gyroscope senses an angular velocity of the monitored person and outputs angular velocity data based on the sensed angular velocity. The micro-controller receives the angular velocity data and recognizes a quiescence-pattern data in the angular velocity data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Dwyer, John W. Thornberry, David N. Girard