Patents by Inventor Eugene P. Sunday

Eugene P. Sunday 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: 10948338
    Abstract: The system and method described herein enable generating digital product labels for products that are valued by weight. Product identification data of a product is received via at least one of a user interface and a network interface. Value per weight data of the product is obtained from a product data store via the network interface. A weight value is determined from at least one scale device via the network interface and a product value is calculated based on the obtained value per weight data and the determined weight value. A digital product label is generated, including at least a portion of the product identification data and product value. The disclosure provides systems and methods that use multiple modular devices, such as the scale devices, printers, and product attribute collector devices, that provide flexibility in organizing the system and reduced cost in initial setup and replacement of devices in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Juan C. Delgado, Armon Nayeraini, Aaron Papera, Spencer Stokes, Lana Huckleberry, V, Samuel Hyman, Chad Smith, Timothy Choate, Kurt William Robert Bessel, Eugene P. Sunday
  • Patent number: 10579918
    Abstract: In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein useful to monitoring condition compliance. In some embodiments, an RFID tag comprises a first chip and a second chip, an antenna, a switch, wherein the switch is configured to switchably connect the first chip and the second chip to the antenna based on occurrence of a condition, a memory device, and a control circuit configured to write, in response to a connection between the first chip and the antenna, a first marker and an indication of a first state to the memory device, write, in response to a connection between the second chip and the antenna, a second marker and an indication of a second state to the memory device, determine an amount of time in which compliance was not met, and transmit, to an RFID reader, an indication of the amount of time in which compliance was not met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Steven J. Lewis, Tom Stiefel, Alvin S. Taulbee, Jeremy R. Tingler, Eugene P. Sunday
  • Patent number: 10431061
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to presenting a virtual representation of a user's environment based on activity in the user's environment. In some embodiments, a system comprises one or more sensors, wherein the one or more sensors are located about the user's environment and configured to detect the activity within the user's environment and transmit, to a control circuit, indications of the activity, the control circuit configured to receive, from the one or more sensors, the indications of the activity within the user's environment, generate the virtual representation of the user's environment, and render, based on the indications of the activity, the virtual representation of the user's environment to include representations of the activity within the user's environment, and a display device, the display device configured to present the virtual representation of the user's environment including the representations of the activity within the user's environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: David Tovey, Todd D. Mattingly, Donald R. High, Tim W. Webb, Eugene P. Sunday
  • Publication number: 20190294941
    Abstract: In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein useful to monitoring condition compliance. In some embodiments, an RFID tag comprises a first chip and a second chip, an antenna, a switch, wherein the switch is configured to switchably connect the first chip and the second chip to the antenna based on occurrence of a condition, a memory device, and a control circuit configured to write, in response to a connection between the first chip and the antenna, a first marker and an indication of a first state to the memory device, write, in response to a connection between the second chip and the antenna, a second marker and an indication of a second state to the memory device, determine an amount of time in which compliance was not met, and transmit, to an RFID reader, an indication of the amount of time in which compliance was not met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Steven J. Lewis, Tom Stiefel, Alvin S. Taulbee, Jeremy R. Tingler, Eugene P. Sunday
  • Publication number: 20190279284
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to collect information regarding haptic characteristics of objects and transmit the same to a haptic feedback device in order to simulate the haptic feedback characteristics of the object. In some embodiments, a sensor device contains movable parts to contact and exert force upon the object in order to measure its firmness, resilience, texture, or other haptic characteristics, and the haptic feedback device contains movable structures to replicate the haptic characteristics for a remote user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Eugene P. Sunday, Bruce W. Wilkinson
  • Publication number: 20190234791
    Abstract: The system and method described herein enable generating digital product labels for products that are valued by weight. Product identification data of a product is received via at least one of a user interface and a network interface. Value per weight data of the product is obtained from a product data store via the network interface. A weight value is determined from at least one scale device via the network interface and a product value is calculated based on the obtained value per weight data and the determined weight value. A digital product label is generated, including at least a portion of the product identification data and product value. The disclosure provides systems and methods that use multiple modular devices, such as the scale devices, printers, and product attribute collector devices, that provide flexibility in organizing the system and reduced cost in initial setup and replacement of devices in the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Juan C. Delgado, Armon Nayeraini, Aaron Papera, Spencer Stokes, Lana Huckleberry, V, Samuel Hyman, Chad Smith, Timothy Choate, Kurt William Robert Bessel, Eugene P. Sunday
  • Patent number: 10360488
    Abstract: In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein useful to monitoring condition compliance. In some embodiments, an RFID tag comprises a first chip and a second chip, an antenna, a switch, wherein the switch is configured to switchably connect the first chip and the second chip to the antenna based on occurrence of a condition, a memory device, and a control circuit configured to write, in response to a connection between the first chip and the antenna, a first marker and an indication of a first state to the memory device, write, in response to a connection between the second chip and the antenna, a second marker and an indication of a second state to the memory device, determine an amount of time in which compliance was not met, and transmit, to an RFID reader, an indication of the amount of time in which compliance was not met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Steven J. Lewis, Tom Stiefel, Alvin S. Taulbee, Jeremy R. Tingler, Eugene P. Sunday
  • Publication number: 20190200275
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to peer-to-peer data transmission. In some embodiments, a system for transmitting data from a first mobile device to an end location comprises the first mobile device, wherein the first mobile device comprises a wireless radio, a user input device, a display device, and a control circuit configured to receive a user command, select, based on information received from an application, the end location, wherein the end location is predicted to provide access to a wireless local area network, transmit, to other mobile device, a discovery message, receive, from the other mobile devices, responses, select, based on the end location and the location information, a second mobile device, and transmit, to the second mobile device, the data, and the second mobile device configured to select a third mobile device, and transmit, to the third mobile device, the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Richard M. Blair, II, Eugene P. Sunday
  • Publication number: 20190095770
    Abstract: In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein useful to monitoring condition compliance. In some embodiments, an RFID tag comprises a first chip and a second chip, an antenna, a switch, wherein the switch is configured to switchably connect the first chip and the second chip to the antenna based on occurrence of a condition, a memory device, and a control circuit configured to write, in response to a connection between the first chip and the antenna, a first marker and an indication of a first state to the memory device, write, in response to a connection between the second chip and the antenna, a second marker and an indication of a second state to the memory device, determine an amount of time in which compliance was not met, and transmit, to an RFID reader, an indication of the amount of time in which compliance was not met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Steven J. Lewis, Tom Stiefel, Alvin S. Taulbee, Jeremy R. Tingler, Eugene P. Sunday
  • Publication number: 20180151040
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to presenting a virtual representation of a user's environment based on activity in the user's environment. In some embodiments, a system comprises one or more sensors, wherein the one or more sensors are located about the user's environment and configured to detect the activity within the user's environment and transmit, to a control circuit, indications of the activity, the control circuit configured to receive, from the one or more sensors, the indications of the activity within the user's environment, generate the virtual representation of the user's environment, and render, based on the indications of the activity, the virtual representation of the user's environment to include representations of the activity within the user's environment, and a display device, the display device configured to present the virtual representation of the user's environment including the representations of the activity within the user's environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: David Tovey, Todd D. Mattingly, Donald R. High, Tim W. Webb, Eugene P. Sunday