Patents by Inventor Marc X. Olivier

Marc X. Olivier 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).

  • Publication number: 20160252910
    Abstract: A method and system for gathering information from and setting up a surveillance network within an earth-surface environment that includes inserting one or more mobile robotic devices having a sensing subsystem, a communications subsystem, and a navigation subsystem into an earth-surface environment. The mobile robotic device may be configured into a traveling pose selected from a plurality of available traveling poses, and directed using the navigation subsystem to a sensing location within the earth-surface environment. The environment may be monitored and sensed information collected may be stored or communicated to a remote location. The mobile robotic device may be configured to operate with a vehicle carrier to facilitate insertion and deployment of the robotic vehicle into the earth-surface environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen C. Jacobsen, Marc X. Olivier, Ralph W. Pensel, Fraser M. Smith
  • Patent number: 9403566
    Abstract: A robotic mobile low-profile transport vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle can comprise a first transport module having a frame assembly, a mobility system, and a propulsion system and a second transport module having a frame assembly and a mobility system. A multi-degree of freedom coupling assemblage can join the first and second transport modules together. The vehicle can include a first platform supported about the frame assembly of the first transport module, and a second platform supported about the frame assembly of the second transport module. Each of the platforms can be configured to receive a load for transport. Additionally, the vehicle can include a control system that can operate to facilitate intra-module communication and coordination to provide a coordinated operating mode of the first and second transport modules and the coupling assemblage about a given terrain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Sarcos LC
    Inventors: Stephen C. Jacobsen, Marc X. Olivier, John McCullough, Fraser M. Smith
  • Patent number: 9314921
    Abstract: An operator controllable robotic device is disclosed. The robotic device comprises a support member, an upper robotic arm, a lower robotic arm, and a control arm. The upper robotic arm is coupled to the support member and has rotational movement in at least one degree of freedom relative to the support member. The lower robotic arm is coupled to the upper robotic arm and has rotational movement in at least one degree of freedom relative to the upper robotic arm. The control arm allows an operator to control the robotic device. The control arm is coupled to the upper robotic arm and has rotational movement in at least one degree of freedom relative to the upper robotic arm. The control arm allows a movement of the operator to control a movement of at least one of the upper robotic arm and the lower robotic arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Sarcos LC
    Inventors: Stephen C. Jacobsen, Fraser M. Smith, John McCullough, Marc X. Olivier, Glenn Colvin, Wayco Scroggin
  • Publication number: 20160030821
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for gathering data from a horse and rider and providing training to the rider are provided. In one aspect, for example, a method of training an equestrian rider can include performing a ride by an equestrian rider on a horse, and obtaining ride data from the ride, the ride data including video, inertial measurements, rider joint, head, torso, and/or limb information, horse joint, head, torso, and/or limb information, and at least one force measurement between the horse and the rider during the rider. The ride data can then be analyzed and at least one riding improvement to be made by the rider can be identified, and the at least one riding improvement to be made to the rider can be relayed to the rider to provide training for a subsequent ride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Fraser M. Smith, Marc X. Olivier
  • Patent number: 9200625
    Abstract: A regenerative hydraulic pump that allows for efficient operation of a hydraulic system under high pressure/low flow conditions that comprises a crankshaft providing a rotating inertial mass, and a regenerative hydraulic pump cylinder that comprises a pump cylinder housing, a pump piston mechanically connected to the crankshaft; and a compliant pressure chamber that stores a portion of the energy extracted by the pump piston during a pumping stroke for release back to the pump piston and to the crankshaft during a regenerative back stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Sarcos LC
    Inventors: Stephen C. Jacobsen, John McCullough, Marc X. Olivier, Fraser M. Smith
  • Publication number: 20150323135
    Abstract: A rapidly modulated hydraulic supply is disclosed. The rapidly modulated hydraulic supply can include a chamber for receiving fluid. The rapidly modulated hydraulic supply can also include a displacement member operable to displace the fluid from the chamber. In addition, the rapidly modulated hydraulic supply can include a flow modulation system operable to vary the flow rate of the fluid output from the chamber. A first flow rate corresponds to a first output pressure, and is different from a second flow rate corresponding to a second output pressure for a like movement of the displacement member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Fraser M. Smith, Marc X. Olivier, Shane Olsen
  • Publication number: 20150321342
    Abstract: A legged robotic device is disclosed. The legged robotic device can include a plurality of support members coupled together for relative movement defining a plurality of degrees of freedom, which can correspond to degrees of freedom of a human leg. The legged robotic device can also include actuators to apply forces or torques to the support members in the degrees of freedom. In addition, the legged robotic device can include potential energy storage mechanisms associated with the degrees of freedom operable to store potential energy as a result of relative movement of the support members in the degrees of freedom and to provide at least a portion of the stored potential energy to the support members as compensating forces or torques to assist the actuators. In one aspect, elastic potential energy can be stored. A spring rate and/or a zero position of the potential energy storage mechanisms can be dynamically variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Fraser M. Smith, Marc X. Olivier
  • Patent number: 9159245
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for gathering data from a horse and rider and providing training to the rider are provided. In one aspect, for example, a method of training an equestrian rider can include performing a ride by an equestrian rider on a horse, and obtaining ride data from the ride, the ride data including video, inertial measurements, rider joint, head, torso, and/or limb information, horse joint, head, torso, and/or limb information, and at least one force measurement between the horse and the rider during the rider. The ride data can then be analyzed and at least one riding improvement to be made by the rider can be identified, and the at least one riding improvement to be made to the rider can be relayed to the rider to provide training for a subsequent ride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Sarcos LC
    Inventors: Fraser M. Smith, Marc X. Olivier
  • Publication number: 20150182768
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a firefighting system. The firefighting system can include first and second fire-suppressing liquid charges. Each fire-suppressing liquid charge can be modified with a flight integrity component to inhibit substantial break-up of the fire-suppressing liquid charge during flight. The first and second fire-suppressing liquid charges can be comprised of contents that, when unmixed, are relatively inert, but that when mixed together possess a functional fire suppressant attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen C. Jacobsen, Marc X. Olivier, Ralph W. Pensel, Fraser M. Smith
  • Publication number: 20150142172
    Abstract: A method for controlling a tele-operated robot agile lift system is disclosed. The method comprises manipulating a human-machine interface of a master robot located on a mobile platform. The human machine interface is kinematically equivalent to a user's arm with a plurality of support members. A position value and a torque value is measured for each support member. The position value and torque value are communicated to support members of a kinematically equivalent slave arm to position the support members to correspond with a position of the human-machine interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen C. Jacobsen, Fraser M. Smith, Marc X. Olivier, Shane Stilson
  • Patent number: 8977388
    Abstract: A method for compensating for a perturbation external to a platform having a plurality of mechanical arms in accordance with an embodiment of the technology includes detecting a normal positional and/or orientational measurement of the platform using a sensor. A perturbed positional and/or orientational measurement of the platform can also be detected using the sensor. The normal positional and/or orientational measurement and the perturbed positional and/or orientational measurement can be compared to determine a positional and/or orientational difference. A position and/or orientation of a mechanical arm can be adjusted to compensate for the perturbation based on the positional and/or orientational difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sarcos LC
    Inventors: Stephen C. Jacobsen, John McCullough, Fraser M. Smith, Marc X. Olivier
  • Patent number: 8977398
    Abstract: A controllable robotic arm system comprises a base unit and a moveable torso coupled to the base unit. The moveable torso is capable of moving in at least one degree of freedom independently of movement of the base unit. At least one robotic slave arm is moveably coupled to the torso. A master control system is operable to control the robotic slave arm and the moveable torso. The master control system includes an input interface by which a user can cause control signals to be communicated to the robotic slave arm and the moveable torso.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sarcos LC
    Inventors: Stephen C. Jacobsen, John McCullough, Marc X. Olivier
  • Patent number: 8942846
    Abstract: A method for controlling a tele-operated robot agile lift system is disclosed. The method comprises manipulating a human-machine interface of a master robot located on a mobile platform. The human machine interface is kinematically equivalent to a user's arm with a plurality of support members. A position value and a torque value is measured for each support member. The position value and torque value are communicated to support members of a kinematically equivalent slave arm to position the support members to correspond with a position of the human-machine interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Stephen C. Jacobsen, Fraser M. Smith, Marc X. Olivier, Shane Stilson
  • Patent number: 8935014
    Abstract: A method and system for gathering information from and setting up a surveillance network within an earth-surface environment that includes inserting one or more mobile robotic devices having a sensing subsystem, a communications subsystem, and a navigation subsystem into an earth-surface environment. The mobile robotic device may be configured into a traveling pose selected from a plurality of available traveling poses, and directed using the navigation subsystem to a sensing location within the earth-surface environment. The environment may be monitored and sensed information collected may be stored or communicated to a remote location. The mobile robotic device may be configured to operate with a vehicle carrier to facilitate insertion and deployment of the robotic vehicle into the earth-surface environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Sarcos, LC
    Inventors: Stephen C. Jacobsen, Marc X. Olivier, Ralph W. Pensel, Fraser M. Smith
  • Patent number: 8849457
    Abstract: A robot displacement device for use with a robotic frame shaped to approximate and be coupleable to at least a portion of the human body and configured to mimic movement of the human body. The device employs a plurality of force sensors which are attached to the robotic frame which detect a baseline controlling interface force status relationship between the sensors and the extremities of the human operator. Based on the output force signal from the sensors and the force and direction of gravity relative to the robotic frame, the computation system calculates at least a rotational force required to maintain the controlling force status relationship. That system then generates and transmits an actuation signal to a drive system attached to the robotic frame which displaces a portion of the robotic frame in order to maintain the controlling force status relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Stephen C. Jacobsen, Marc X. Olivier
  • Publication number: 20140246257
    Abstract: A robotic mobile low-profile transport vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle can comprise a first transport module having a frame assembly, a mobility system, and a propulsion system and a second transport module having a frame assembly and a mobility system. A multi-degree of freedom coupling assemblage can join the first and second transport modules together. The vehicle can include a first platform supported about the frame assembly of the first transport module, and a second platform supported about the frame assembly of the second transport module. Each of the platforms can be configured to receive a load for transport. Additionally, the vehicle can include a control system that can operate to facilitate intra-module communication and coordination to provide a coordinated operating mode of the first and second transport modules and the coupling assemblage about a given terrain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Stephen C. Jacobsen, Marc X. Olivier, John McCullough, Fraser M. Smith
  • Patent number: 8731716
    Abstract: A method of operating a biomimetic mechanical joint having a plurality of fractional actuators configured for rotating a support member about a pivot device. The fractional actuators can be selectively recruited during operation, either individually or together, to efficiently rotate the support member about the mechanical joint throughout a range of movements and under a variety of load conditions. Each fractional actuator can be continuously throttled to reduce the speed or torque at which the actuator operates. The capability of selectively recruiting and throttling each fractional actuator results in an actuator system having two degrees of freedom, in which a single operating state of the mechanical joint may be reached with one or more of actuator arrangements and throttling settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Stephen C. Jacobsen, Marc X. Olivier, Brian J. Maclean
  • Patent number: 8571711
    Abstract: A modular robotic crawler can be formed by intercoupling a selected plurality of segment modules from a preexisting collection of differing compatible segment modules. The segment modules can have at least one intercoupleable interface. The selection can be based on a planned operational scenario of functions to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Stephen C. Jacobsen, Marc X. Olivier
  • Publication number: 20130280683
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for gathering data from a horse and rider and providing training to the rider are provided. In one aspect, for example, a method of training an equestrian rider can include performing a ride by an equestrian rider on a horse, and obtaining ride data from the ride, the ride data including video, inertial measurements, rider joint, head, torso, and/or limb information, horse joint, head, torso, and/or limb information, and at least one force measurement between the horse and the rider during the rider. The ride data can then be analyzed and at least one riding improvement to be made by the rider can be identified, and the at least one riding improvement to be made to the rider can be relayed to the rider to provide training for a subsequent ride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Fraser M. Smith, Marc X. Olivier
  • Patent number: 8558489
    Abstract: A thinly configured and brushless miniature DC micro motor that includes at least two substantially-flat motor cells that are aligned axially. Each motor cell comprises a stator coil having an elongate opening and passage for a rotor shaft, and a cross-polarized rotor magnet carried on the rotor shaft and received within the elongate opening. The micro motor also includes a frame substrate that fixably supports the stator coils of the motor cells while providing a bearing means for rotatably supporting the rotor shaft, so that selectively energizing one of the motor cells creates an electric current in the stator coil interacting with a magnetic field of the received rotor magnet to generate a torque between the rotor shaft and the frame substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Stephen C. Jacobsen, Shane Olsen, Marc X. Olivier