Patents by Inventor Michael John Cole

Michael John Cole 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).

  • Method and apparatus to infer object and agent properties, activity capacities, behaviors, and intents from contact and pressure images
    Patent number: 11504069
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining a non-apparent attribute of an object having a sensor portion with which the object makes contact and to which the object applies pressure. The apparatus has a computer in communication with the sensor portion that receives signals from the sensor portion corresponding to the contact and pressure applied to the sensor portion, and determines from the signals the non-apparent attribute. The apparatus has an output in communication with the computer that identifies the non-apparent attribute determined by the computer. A method for determining a non-apparent attribute of an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Tactonic Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael John Cole, Gerald Seidman
  • Method and Apparatus to Infer Object and Agent Properties, Activity Capacities, Behaviors, and Intents from Contact and Pressure Images
    Publication number: 20190313978
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining a non-apparent attribute of an object having a sensor portion with which the object makes contact and to which the object applies pressure. The apparatus has a computer in communication with the sensor portion that receives signals from the sensor portion corresponding to the contact and pressure applied to the sensor portion, and determines from the signals the non-apparent attribute. The apparatus has an output in communication with the computer that identifies the non-apparent attribute determined by the computer. A method for determining a non-apparent attribute of an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Tactonic Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael John Cole, Gerald Seidman
  • Method and apparatus to infer object and agent properties, activity capacities, behaviors, and intents from contact and pressure images
    Patent number: 10335091
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining a non-apparent attribute of an object having a sensor portion with which the object makes contact and to which the object applies pressure. The apparatus has a computer in communication with the sensor portion that receives signals from the sensor portion corresponding to the contact and pressure applied to the sensor portion, and determines from the signals the non-apparent attribute. The apparatus has an output in communication with the computer that identifies the non-apparent attribute determined by the computer. A method for determining a non-apparent attribute of an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Tactonic Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael John Cole, Gerald Seidman
  • ITEM OF FOOTWEAR
    Publication number: 20180255868
    Abstract: An item of footwear and a method of modifying an existing item of footwear is provided that is compact, lightweight, resilient and stable. The item of footwear includes a sole; and a fibre reinforced shank extending along a length of the sole, to provide rigidity to the sole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Paradox Carbon Flex Footwear Holdings Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Michael John COLE
  • Method and Apparatus to Infer Object and Agent Properties, Activity Capacities, Behaviors, and Intents from Contact and Pressure Images
    Publication number: 20150282766
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining a non-apparent attribute of an object having a sensor portion with which the object makes contact and to which the object applies pressure. The apparatus has a computer in communication with the sensor portion that receives signals from the sensor portion corresponding to the contact and pressure applied to the sensor portion, and determines from the signals the non-apparent attribute. The apparatus has an output in communication with the computer that identifies the non-apparent attribute determined by the computer. A method for determining a non-apparent attribute of an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: TACTONIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael John Cole, Gerald Seidman