Patents by Inventor Gregory J. Meyers

Gregory J. Meyers 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: 11972760
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to detecting the use of fake voice command to activate microphones of smart devices. In one embodiment, sound characteristics associated with an audio signal from a microphone of smart device may be compared with other microphones of the smart device in order to detect fake voice commands. In another embodiment, sound characteristics associated with the audio signal from the microphone may be compared with a threshold range of stored sound characteristics in order to detect fake voice commands. In some embodiments, a controller may triangulate a position associated with a source of a sound in order to detect a fake voice command. In a further embodiment, a controller may verify that a user or associated electronic device are near a smart device to authorize a voice command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Carlos J P Chavez, Sacha Melquiades De'Angeli, Oscar Guerra, David M. Jones, Jr., Gregory Brian Meyer, Christopher Russell, Arthur Quentin Smith
  • Publication number: 20240122502
    Abstract: One or more radar sensors can be used to monitor patients in a variety of different environments and embodiments. In one embodiment, radar sensors can be used to monitor a patient's breathing, including monitoring of tidal volume, chest expansion distance, breathing rate, etc. In another embodiment, a patient position can be monitored in a patient bed, which can be used as feedback for control of bladders of a patient bed. Additional embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Stacey A. Fitzgibbons, David L. Ribble, Eric R. Meyer, Michael S. Hood, Gregory J. Shannon, Yue Wang, Charles A. Lachenbruch (Deceased), Steven D. Baker
  • Patent number: 11602565
    Abstract: An anti-caking or flow agent is provided herein. The anti-caking or flow agent may include a bamboo extract that may include silica and carbohydrate. The bamboo extract may have a loose density (g/ml) of from about 0.14 g/ml to about 0.18 g/ml or a tapped density (g/ml) of from about 0.18 g/ml to about 0.22 g/ml. The bamboo extract may also include particles of the silica and the carbohydrate, wherein the particles have a size (Dv50) of from about 35 ?m to about 55 ?m. This anti-caking or flow agent may facilitate the manufacture, packaging, or storage of dry powdered food ingredients and food products such as spices, flavorings, and powdered food mixes as well as pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Griffith Foods International, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Meyers, Samantha L. Amos
  • Patent number: 10986915
    Abstract: A paint brush accessory for a paint brush having a handle with an axis, a ferrule mounted to the handle, bristles extending from a heel of the ferrule, the bristles comprise a belly and a toe that is distal to the belly. The accessory can include a sleeve configured to be slidably mounted to the paint brush in an axial direction about the ferrule. The sleeve can include a continuous body that is hollow in the axial direction. The hollow can be configured to receive and conform to a shape of the ferrule, frictionally engage the ferrule, and be slidably repositionable on the ferrule along the axial direction. A distal end of the hollow can be configured to engage the belly of the bristles to conform an outer shape of the belly of the bristles to a desired uniform pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: BRUSHMASTERS LLC
    Inventors: Gregory J. Meyer, Matthew Hutcherson
  • Publication number: 20200246469
    Abstract: An anti-caking or flow agent is provided herein. The anti-caking or flow agent may include a bamboo extract that may include silica and carbohydrate. The bamboo extract may have a loose density (g/ml) of from about 0.14 g/ml to about 0.18 g/ml or a tapped density (g/ml) of from about 0.18 g/ml to about 0.22 g/ml. The bamboo extract may also include particles of the silica and the carbohydrate, wherein the particles have a size (Dv50) of from about 35 ?m to about 55 ?m. This anti-caking or flow agent may facilitate the manufacture, packaging, or storage of dry powdered food ingredients and food products such as spices, flavorings, and powdered food mixes as well as pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Gregory J. Meyers, Samantha L. Amos
  • Publication number: 20200069040
    Abstract: A paint brush accessory for a paint brush having a handle with an axis, a ferrule mounted to the handle, bristles extending from a heel of the ferrule, the bristles comprise a belly and a toe that is distal to the belly. The accessory can include a sleeve configured to be slidably mounted to the paint brush in an axial direction about the ferrule. The sleeve can include a continuous body that is hollow in the axial direction. The hollow can be configured to receive and conform to a shape of the ferrule, frictionally engage the ferrule, and be slidably repositionable on the ferrule along the axial direction. A distal end of the hollow can be configured to engage the belly of the bristles to conform an outer shape of the belly of the bristles to a desired uniform pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: BRUSHMASTERS LLC
    Inventors: Gregory J. Meyer, Matthew Hutcherson
  • Patent number: 10049395
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating products on demand. In some embodiments, a manufacturable model, which may include information about a three-dimensional representation of a product to be fabricated, is received by a user of an electronic system and may be validated by the electronic system. A prototype of the product can be generated based at least in part on the manufacturable model, and the manufacturable model and/or the product can be made available for selection by other users of the system. The product may be fabricated based at least in part on the manufacturable model using, for example, a three-dimensional printer, and may be delivered to users of the electronic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Bodell, Gregory J. Meyers, Jeremy E. Powers, Bryan K. Beatty, Michael G. Curtis, Jeffrey B. Slosberg, Leon L. Au
  • Publication number: 20150379599
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating products on demand. In some embodiments, a manufacturable model, which may include information about a three-dimensional representation of a product to be fabricated, is received by a user of an electronic system and may be validated by the electronic system. A prototype of the product can be generated based at least in part on the manufacturable model, and the manufacturable model and/or the product can be made available for selection by other users of the system. The product may be fabricated based at least in part on the manufacturable model using, for example, a three-dimensional printer, and may be delivered to users of the electronic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Colin Bodell, Gregory J. Meyers, Jeremy E. Powers, Bryan K. Beatty, Michael G. Curtis, Jeffrey B. Slosberg, Leon L. Au
  • Patent number: 9195753
    Abstract: Displaying communities associated with personalized data provides a user with access to relevant communities based on the user's activity with an electronic catalog. The communities include content which may be manipulated by user activity or non-user activity. The communities may facilitate user discussion or viewing of information related to the user's interests. The communities may be associated with elements associated with user interaction and/or based off recommended elements or categories associated with the user. Communities may be ranked or scored to improve the relevancy of the community for the user. Communities may be displayed with, for example, a personalized page for the user that may include other user recommendations, or the communities may be associated with other personalized pages within a website, among other possibilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph King, Waquas Ahmed, William W. Gronim, Carl K. Lim, Gregory J. Meyers, Alexander J. Cox, Aaron D. Wilson, Scott Allen Mongrain
  • Patent number: 9159106
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating products on demand. In some embodiments, a manufacturable model, which may include information about a three-dimensional representation of a product to be fabricated, is received by a user of an electronic system and may be validated by the electronic system. A prototype of the product can be generated based at least in part on the manufacturable model, and the manufacturable model and/or the product can be made available for selection by other users of the system. The product may be fabricated based at least in part on the manufacturable model using, for example, a three-dimensional printer, and may be delivered to users of the electronic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Bodell, Gregory J. Meyers, Jeremy E. Powers, Bryan K. Beatty, Michael G. Curtis, Jeffrey B. Slosberg, Leon L. Au
  • Patent number: 8412588
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating products on demand. In some embodiments, a manufacturable model, which may include information about a three-dimensional representation of a product to be fabricated, is received by a user of an electronic system and may be validated by the electronic system. A prototype of the product can be generated based at least in part on the manufacturable model, and the manufacturable model and/or the product can be made available for selection by other users of the system. The product may be fabricated based at least in part on the manufacturable model using, for example, a three-dimensional printer, and may be delivered to users of the electronic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Bodell, Gregory J. Meyers, Jeremy E. Powers, Bryan K. Beatty, Michael G. Curtis, Jeffrey B. Slosberg, Leon L. Au
  • Publication number: 20090133550
    Abstract: An illuminated punch includes a punch, a light source, and a body. The punch includes a facet. The body is configured to receive a tag, receive the punch, and receive the light source such that the light source may be activated to illuminate an area proximate the facet. The punch is then used to mark the hunting tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventor: Gregory J. Meyer
  • Patent number: D863783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: BRUSHMASTERS LLC
    Inventors: Gregory J. Meyer, Matthew Hutcherson
  • Patent number: D863784
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: BRUSHMASTERS LLC
    Inventors: Gregory J. Meyer, Matthew Hutcherson