Patents by Inventor John Howland Sherman

John Howland Sherman 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: 10902227
    Abstract: In one aspect where a load or a subset of one or more tags is in motion relative to an RFID reader system, the RFID system obtains tag readings and derives tag scalar or vector motional data e.g. tag velocity, tag acceleration, and/or rate of change of tag acceleration which can be compared to known tag motional information to distinguish true tags of interest from false positives which are unavoidably also within the field of the reader system. An antenna system may also make readings during distinctive movement patterns of true tags, such as vertical or arcuate movement and utilize computed tag motional data based on the tag readings to distinguish true tags from false positives. Two components of the RFID system may communicate information on identified tags, and/or interact (e.g. by silencing tags), so as to cooperate in identifying true positive tags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: INTERMEC IP CORP.
    Inventors: Pavel V. Nikitin, Gary Neal Spiess, Hunter Martin Leland, Lynn Carl Hingst, John Howland Sherman
  • Publication number: 20170372104
    Abstract: In one aspect where a load or a subset of one or more tags is in motion relative to an RFID reader system, the RFID system obtains tag readings and derives tag scalar or vector motional data e.g. tag velocity, tag acceleration, and/or rate of change of tag acceleration which can be compared to known tag motional information to distinguish true tags of interest from false positives which are unavoidably also within the field of the reader system. An antenna system may also make readings during distinctive movement patterns of true tags, such as vertical or arcuate movement and utilize computed tag motional data based on the tag readings to distinguish true tags from false positives. Two components of the RFID system may communicate information on identified tags, and/or interact (e.g. by silencing tags), so as to cooperate in identifying true positive tags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: INTERMEC IP CORP.
    Inventors: Pavel V. NIKITIN, Gary Neal SPIESS, Hunter Martin LELAND, Lynn Carl HINGST, John Howland SHERMAN
  • Publication number: 20170374476
    Abstract: The exemplary disclosure describes a hearing system e.g. comprising a Hearing Aid device comprising a cellphone and/or user worn device where some of the programs are carried out by components embedded onto the user worn device and some programs by hearing system components, e.g. which are inherently part of cellphones. The hearing system improves the intelligibility of voice messages arriving e.g. through the cellphone and/or other speaker, and/or e.g. via connected earphones and/or directly through the free air. The user can call diverse programs suitable for different situations, by using e.g. inertial sensors embedded in the hearing system, e.g. in the user worn system and/or e.g. are inherently part of the cellphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Avraham Suhami, John Howland Sherman
  • Publication number: 20170245065
    Abstract: The exemplary disclosure describes a hearing system e.g. comprising a Hearing Aid device comprising a cellphone and/or user worn device where some of the programs are carried out by components embedded onto the user worn device and some programs by hearing system components, e.g. which are inherently part of cellphones. The hearing system improves the intelligibility of voice messages arriving e.g. through the cellphone and/or other speaker, and/or e.g. via connected earphones and/or directly through the free air. The user can call diverse programs suitable for different situations, by using e.g. inertial sensors embedded in the hearing system, e.g. in the user worn system and/or e.g. are inherently part of the cellphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Avraham Suhami, John Howland Sherman
  • Patent number: 9704002
    Abstract: In one aspect where a load or a subset of one or more tags is in motion relative to an RFID reader system, the RFID system obtains tag readings and derives tag scalar or vector motional data e.g. tag velocity, tag acceleration, and/or rate of change of tag acceleration which can be compared to known tag motional information to distinguish true tags of interest from false positives which are unavoidably also within the field of the reader system. An antenna system may also make readings during distinctive movement patterns of true tags, such as vertical or arcuate movement and utilize computed tag motional data based on the tag readings to distinguish true tags from false positives. Two components of the RFID system may communicate information on identified tags, and/or interact (e.g. by silencing tags), so as to cooperate in identifying true positive tags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: INTERMEC IP CORP.
    Inventors: Pavel V. Nikitin, Gary Neal Spiess, Hunter Martin Leland, Lynn Carl Hingst, John Howland Sherman
  • Publication number: 20150186700
    Abstract: In one aspect where a load or a subset of one or more tags is in motion relative to an RFID reader system, the RFID system obtains tag readings and derives tag scalar or vector motional data e.g. tag velocity, tag acceleration, and/or rate of change of tag acceleration which can be compared to known tag motional information to distinguish true tags of interest from false positives which are unavoidably also within the field of the reader system. An antenna system may also make readings during distinctive movement patterns of true tags, such as vertical or arcuate movement and utilize computed tag motional data based on the tag readings to distinguish true tags from false positives. Two components of the RFID system may communicate information on identified tags, and/or interact (e.g. by silencing tags), so as to cooperate in identifying true positive tags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Pavel V. NIKITIN, Gary Neal SPIESS, Hunter Martin LELAND, Lynn Carl HINGST, John Howland SHERMAN
  • Patent number: 9047522
    Abstract: An RFID system is used to detect whether an RFID tag is part of the load of a forklift or other transport device. In one aspect where the load is in motion relative to an RFID reader system, the RFID system obtains tag readings and derives tag vector motion information which can be compared to the known motion of the load to distinguish tags that are part of the load from false positives which are unavoidably also within the field of the reader system. A forklift antenna system may also make readings from load pickup to load deposit in a truck trailer, and utilize computed tag vector motion information to distinguish tags that are part of the load from false positives. The tag vector information my relate to tag velocity, tag acceleration, and/or rate of change of tag acceleration. The two components of the RFID system may communicate information on identified tags, and/or interact (e.g. by silencing tags), so as to cooperate in identifying true positive tags in the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: INTERMEC IP CORP.
    Inventors: Pavel V. Nikitin, Gary Neal Spiess, Hunter Martin Leland, Lynn Carl Hingst, John Howland Sherman
  • Patent number: 9007178
    Abstract: In one aspect where a load or a subset of one or more tags is in motion relative to an RFID reader system, the RFID system obtains tag readings and derives tag scalar or vector motional data e.g. tag velocity, tag acceleration, and/or rate of change of tag acceleration which can be compared to known tag motional information to distinguish true tags of interest from false positives which are unavoidably also within the field of the reader system. An antenna system may also make readings during distinctive movement patterns of true tags, such as vertical or arcuate movement and utilize computed tag motional data based on the tag readings to distinguish true tags from false positives. Two components of the RFID system may communicate information on identified tags, and/or interact (e.g. by silencing tags), so as to cooperate in identifying true positive tags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Intermec IP Corp.
    Inventors: Pavel V. Nikitin, Gary Neal Spiess, Hunter Martin Leland, Lynn Carl Hingst, John Howland Sherman