Patents by Inventor Imme Ebert-Uphoff

Imme Ebert-Uphoff 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).

  • Digital clay apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7047143
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling the surface and/or volume of a digital clay device is provided. One embodiment, among others, is a method comprising the following steps: determining a desired position of a skeleton structure portion residing in the digital clay device, determining a volumetric change of fluid residing in a fluid cell, the determined volumetric change corresponding to the determined desired position of the skeleton structure portion, opening a valve so that the fluid flows through the valve thereby causing the determined volumetric change of the fluid, and adjusting a position of the skeleton structure portion corresponding to the desired position of the skeleton structure portion, the position adjustment caused by a force generated by the fluid cell on the skeleton structure portion when the volume of the fluid cell changes in response to the determined volumetric change of the fluid residing in the fluid cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Allen, Wayne J. Book, Imme Ebert-Uphoff, Ari Glezer, David W. Rosen, Jaroslaw R. Rossignac
  • Digital clay apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6836736
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling the surface and/or volume of a digital clay device is provided. One embodiment, among others, is a method comprising the following steps: determining a desired position of a skeleton structure portion residing in the digital clay device, determining a volumetric change of fluid residing in a bladder, the determined volumetric change corresponding to the determined desired position of the skeleton structure portion, opening a micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) valve so that the fluid flows through the MEMS valve thereby causing the determined volumetric change of the fluid, and adjusting a position of the skeleton structure portion corresponding to the desired position of the skeleton structure portion, the position adjustment caused by a force generated by the bladder on the skeleton structure portion when the volume of the bladder changes in response to the determined volumetric change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Allen, Wayne J. Book, Imme Ebert-Uphoff, Ari Glezer, David W. Rosen, Jaroslaw R. Rossignac
  • Digital clay apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20040249582
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling the surface and/or volume of a digital clay device is provided. One embodiment, among others, is a method comprising the following steps: determining a desired position of a skeleton structure portion residing in the digital clay device, determining a volumetric change of fluid residing in a bladder, the determined volumetric change corresponding to the determined desired position of the skeleton structure portion, opening a micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) valve so that the fluid flows through the MEMS valve thereby causing the determined volumetric change of the fluid, and adjusting a position of the skeleton structure portion corresponding to the desired position of the skeleton structure portion, the position adjustment caused by a force generated by the bladder on the skeleton structure portion when the volume of the bladder changes in response to the determined volumetric change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Allen, Wayne J. Book, Imme Ebert-Uphoff, Ari Glezer, David W. Rosen, Jaroslaw R. Rossignac
  • Digital clay apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20030004657
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling the surface and/or volume of a digital clay device is provided. One embodiment, among others, is a method comprising the following steps: determining a desired position of a skeleton structure portion residing in the digital clay device, determining a volumetric change of fluid residing in a bladder, the determined volumetric change corresponding to the determined desired position of the skeleton structure portion, opening a micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) valve so that the fluid flows through the MEMS valve thereby causing the determined volumetric change of the fluid, and adjusting a position of the skeleton structure portion corresponding to the desired position of the skeleton structure portion, the position adjustment caused by a force generated by the bladder on the skeleton structure portion when the volume of the bladder changes in response to the determined volumetric change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Mark Allen, Wayne J. Book, Imme Ebert-Uphoff, Ari Glezer, David W. Rosen, Joroslaw R. Rossignac