Patents by Inventor Matthew Dixon Eisaman
Matthew Dixon Eisaman 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).
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Patent number: 11673329Abstract: An apparatus includes a precursor dispenser for dispensing a precursor material into a workspace, one or more acoustic sources configured to direct acoustic waves towards the workspace to provide acoustic fields that arrange the precursor material in a three-dimensional shape in the workspace, one or more sensors configured to detect a distribution of the precursor material in the workspace, and an electronic controller in communication with the precursor dispenser, the one or more acoustic sources, and the one or more sensors, the electronic controller being programmed to cause the one or more acoustic sources to adjust the acoustic fields to reduce deviations in the distribution of the precursor material from the three-dimensional shape in the workspace.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Dominico P. Julian, Benoit Schillings, Brian John Adolf
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Publication number: 20230054475Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for selective heating. In some implementations, a cooking device for selective heating includes a cavity, one or more waveguides coupled to the cavity, a power generation means coupled to the one or more waveguides and configured to generate an incident power, one or more apertures between the cavity and the one or more waveguides, and a controller configured to control one or more of the power generation means, the apertures, or a cavity geometry. A cooking device cavity geometry can be dynamically configurable. The cooking device can include one or more sensors coupled to the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Alexander Martin Zoellner, Joel Emilio Bregman Segre, Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Peter Christian Norgaard, Thomas Peter Hunt
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Publication number: 20220379142Abstract: A system includes ultrasound transducers configured to generate and direct ultrasound beams at a region within a portion of a subject's brain, sensors configured to measure a response from the portion of the subject's brain in response to one or more ultrasound beams, and an electronic controller in communication with the ultrasound transducers configured to generate, based on a measured response from the portion of the subject's brain in response to two or more ultrasound beams generated from two or more different angles, a model of the portion of the subject's brain, wherein the model has a higher resolution than a maximum resolution of a single ultrasound beam, and generate, based on the model of the portion of the subject's brain, stimulation parameters for the ultrasound transducers to generate and direct a stimulation ultrasound beam at the region within the portion of the subject's brain.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Thomas Peter Hunt, Vladimir Miskovic, Benoit Schillings
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Publication number: 20220355546Abstract: An apparatus includes a precursor dispenser for dispensing a precursor material into a workspace, one or more acoustic sources configured to direct acoustic waves towards the workspace to provide acoustic fields that arrange the precursor material in a three-dimensional shape in the workspace, one or more sensors configured to detect a distribution of the precursor material in the workspace, and an electronic controller in communication with the precursor dispenser, the one or more acoustic sources, and the one or more sensors, the electronic controller being programmed to cause the one or more acoustic sources to adjust the acoustic fields to reduce deviations in the distribution of the precursor material from the three-dimensional shape in the workspace.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Dominico P. Julian, Benoit Schillings, Brian John Adolf
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Patent number: 11413820Abstract: An apparatus includes a precursor dispenser for dispensing a precursor material into a workspace, one or more acoustic sources configured to direct acoustic waves towards the workspace to provide acoustic fields that arrange the precursor material in a three-dimensional shape in the workspace, one or more sensors configured to detect a distribution of the precursor material in the workspace, and an electronic controller in communication with the precursor dispenser, the one or more acoustic sources, and the one or more sensors, the electronic controller being programmed to cause the one or more acoustic sources to adjust the acoustic fields to reduce deviations in the distribution of the precursor material from the three-dimensional shape in the workspace.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Dominico P. Julian, Benoit Schillings, Brian John Adolf
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Patent number: 11313838Abstract: An apparatus includes an acoustic source for directing an acoustic wave towards a workspace, a variable acoustic diffractive device positioned in a path of the acoustic wave between the acoustic source and the workspace, the variable acoustic diffractive device including an array of elements each having independently variable acoustic properties, and an electronic controller in communication with the acoustic source and the variable acoustic diffractive device, the electronic controller programmed to supply signals to cause the acoustic source to produce the acoustic wave and the variable acoustic diffractive device to diffract the acoustic wave from the acoustic source to provide non-uniform acoustic forces in a medium located in the workspace.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Dominico P. Julian, Benoit Schillings, Brian John Adolf
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Publication number: 20220062580Abstract: A method including identifying an activity pattern of a subject's brain, determining, based on the identified activity pattern of the subject's brain and a target parameter, a set of stimulation parameters, generating, by two or more emitters and based on the set of stimulation parameters, a composite stimulation pattern at a portion of the subject's brain, wherein each of the two or more emitters generates a stimulation pattern using a different modality, measuring, by one or more sensors, a response from the portion of the subject's brain in response to the composite stimulation pattern; and dynamically adjusting, for each emitter and based on the measured response from the portion of the subject's brain, a set of stimulation parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Vladimir Miskovic, Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Sarah Ann Laszlo, Thomas Peter Hunt
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Publication number: 20210393991Abstract: A transcranial ultrasonic stimulation headset includes a coupling system, one or more ultrasound transducers configured to generate and direct a first focused ultrasound beam at a region within a portion of a subject's brain, one or more sensors configured to measure a response from the portion of the subject's brain in response to the first focused ultrasound beam, and an electronic controller in communication with the one or more ultrasound transducers configured to dynamically adjust, based on the measured response from the portion of the subject's brain, a particular stimulation parameter for the one or more ultrasound transducers to generate and direct a second focused ultrasound beam at the region within a portion of the subject's brain.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Vladimir Miskovic, Thomas Peter Hunt, Matthew Dixon Eisaman
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Publication number: 20210016113Abstract: Closed-loop neurostimulation of large-scale brain networks includes a neurostimulation headset having at least two ultrasound transducer modules configured to generate within a first time period, a first focused ultrasound wave at a region within a portion of a subject's brain, one or more sensors configured to measure, within the first time period, a response from the portion of the subject's brain in response to the first focused ultrasound wave, and an electronic controller in communication with the at least two emitters and the one or more sensors configured to dynamically adjust, based on the measured response from the portion of the subject's brain, a power level of one or more of the at least two ultrasound transducer modules to generate a second focused ultrasound wave at the region within the portion of the subject's brain.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Thomas Peter Hunt, Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Sarah Ann Laszlo
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Publication number: 20200353292Abstract: A system for therapeutic ultrasound includes one or more ultrasound transducer modules that are configured to generate ultrasound waves at a first power level and at a second power level, the first and second power levels being different and the second power level being sufficient to provide a therapeutic effect for a living subject, and an electronic controller in communication with the one or more ultrasound transducer modules, the electronic controller being programmed to cause the one or more ultrasound transducer modules to generate a first ultrasound wave at the first power level and detect a reflected ultrasound wave from the subject in response to the first ultrasound wave, determine a location of a target within the subject based on the detected reflected ultrasound wave, and, after determining the location of the target, generate a second ultrasound wave at the second power level focused at the target.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Thomas Peter Hunt, Sarah LaBree Russell, Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Benoit Schillings, William Raymond Regan, Alexander Zoellner
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Publication number: 20200300814Abstract: An apparatus includes an acoustic source for directing an acoustic wave towards a workspace, a variable acoustic diffractive device positioned in a path of the acoustic wave between the acoustic source and the workspace, the variable acoustic diffractive device including an array of elements each having independently variable acoustic properties, and an electronic controller in communication with the acoustic source and the variable acoustic diffractive device, the electronic controller programmed to supply signals to cause the acoustic source to produce the acoustic wave and the variable acoustic diffractive device to diffract the acoustic wave from the acoustic source to provide non-uniform acoustic forces in a medium located in the workspace.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2019Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Dominico P. Julian, Benoit Schillings, Brian John Adolf
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Publication number: 20200298488Abstract: An apparatus includes a precursor dispenser for dispensing a precursor material into a workspace, one or more acoustic sources configured to direct acoustic waves towards the workspace to provide acoustic fields that arrange the precursor material in a three-dimensional shape in the workspace, one or more sensors configured to detect a distribution of the precursor material in the workspace, and an electronic controller in communication with the precursor dispenser, the one or more acoustic sources, and the one or more sensors, the electronic controller being programmed to cause the one or more acoustic sources to adjust the acoustic fields to reduce deviations in the distribution of the precursor material from the three-dimensional shape in the workspace.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2019Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Dominico P. Julian, Benoit Schillings, Brian John Adolf
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Patent number: 10722134Abstract: An electroencephalogram (EEG) system is disclosed. The EEG system includes an EEG controller and an EEG sensor that includes a contact surface, the contact surface including an electrically-conductive portion in communication with the EEG controller and a sensor release element in communication with the EEG controller, the sensor release element being configured to perform, in response to a signal from the EEG controller, a release action to reduce adhesion of an electrically-conductive gel between the contact of the sensor and the user's skin.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Philip Edwin Watson, Joseph Hollis Sargent, Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Gabriella Levine
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Publication number: 20190192030Abstract: An electroencephalogram (EEG) system is disclosed. The EEG system includes an EEG controller and an EEG sensor that includes a contact surface, the contact surface including an electrically-conductive portion in communication with the EEG controller and a sensor release element in communication with the EEG controller, the sensor release element being configured to perform, in response to a signal from the EEG controller, a release action to reduce adhesion of an electrically-conductive gel between the contact of the sensor and the user's skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Philip Edwin Watson, Joseph Hollis Sargent, Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Gabriella Levine
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Patent number: 10191545Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving brain activity data of a user from a brain wave sensor. Identifying Alpha wave activity from the brain activity data. Determining a synchronization timing for presenting content to the user such that the content appears on a display device during a predetermined phase of the Alpha wave activity based on the Alpha wave activity. Causing the content to be displayed on the display device according to the synchronization timing, where the content includes a first content item and a second content item that is associated with the first content item.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Sarah Ann Laszlo, Gabriella Levine, Philip Edwin Watson, Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Brian John Adolf