Patents by Inventor Michael Katz

Michael Katz 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: 20220247225
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission system includes a transmitter antenna, an amplifier, and a transmitter controller. The transmitter antenna is configured to transmit wireless power signals and wireless data signals. The amplifier is configured to receive a driving signal at a gate of the at least one transistor and invert a direct power (DC) input power signal to generate the AC wireless signal at the operating frequency. The transmitter controller is configured to configure the driving signal based, at least, on an operating frequency and an initial beaconing process, the initial beaconing process for determining presence of a wireless receiver system at a coupling between the transmitter antenna and a receiver antenna of the wireless receiver system, determine amplifier voltage instructions for the amplifier based on the initial beaconing process, and drive the amplifier by providing the driving signal and the amplifier voltage instructions to the amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Alberto Peralta, Michael Katz
  • Publication number: 20220247215
    Abstract: A sensing system includes a sensor, a wireless transmission system, a wireless receiver system, and a controller. The sensor is configured to determine sensor data, the sensor data associated with a sensing environment. The wireless transmission system is configured to wirelessly couple with the sensor, the wireless transmission system configured for wirelessly providing significant electrical energy to the sensor as wireless power signals and receive the sensor data as in-band data signals encoded in the wireless power signals. The wireless receiver system is operatively associated with the sensor and with which the wireless transmission system couples with the sensor and is configured to receive the significant electrical energy as the wireless power signals from the wireless transmission system. The controller is operatively associated with the wireless transmission system and is configured to decode the in-band signals from the wireless power signals as the sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Alberto Peralta, Michael Katz, Md. Nazmul Alam
  • Publication number: 20220247224
    Abstract: Wireless power transfer systems, disclosed, include a wireless power transmission system and a wireless power receiver system. The wireless power transmission system includes a transmitter antenna configured to couple with a receiver antenna to transmit alternating current (AC) wireless signals to the receiver antenna. Antenna coupling may be inductive and may operate in conformance to a wireless power and data transfer protocol. A transmission controller drives the transmitter antenna at an operating frequency, and either the wireless power transmission system or the wireless power receiver system may damp the wireless power transmission to create a data signal containing a serial asynchronous data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Melone, Michael Katz
  • Publication number: 20220247235
    Abstract: A wireless receiver system includes a receiver antenna, a sensor, a demodulation circuit, and a receiver controller. The sensor is configured to detect electrical information superimposed on an AC wireless signal. The demodulation circuit is configured to receive the electrical information from the at least one sensor, apply automatic bias control and gain control to generate modified electrical information, detect a change in the modified electrical information and determine if the change in the modified electrical information meets or exceeds one of a rise threshold or a fall threshold. If the change exceeds one of the rise threshold or the fall threshold, an alert is generated. Alerts are decoded into the electrical information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Alberto Peralta, Anna Oleksiewicz, Michael Katz, Md. Nazmul Alam
  • Publication number: 20220247220
    Abstract: A wireless transmission system includes a transmitter antenna, a sensor, a demodulation circuit, and a transmitter controller. The sensor is configured to detect electrical information superimposed on an AC wireless signal. The demodulation circuit is configured to receive the electrical information from the at least one sensor, apply automatic bias control and gain control to generate modified electrical information, detect a change in the modified electrical information and determine if the change in the modified electrical information meets or exceeds one of a rise threshold or a fall threshold. If the change exceeds one of the rise threshold or the fall threshold, an alert is generated. Alerts are decoded into the electrical information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Alberto Peralta, Anna Oleksiewicz, Michael Katz, Md. Nazmul Alam
  • Publication number: 20220247236
    Abstract: A wireless receiver and transmission systems include a receiver antenna, a sensor, a demodulation circuit, and a controller. The sensor is configured to detect electrical information superimposed on an AC wireless signal. The demodulation circuit is configured to receive the electrical information from the at least one sensor, apply automatic bias control and gain control to generate modified electrical information, detect a change in the modified electrical information and determine if the change in the modified electrical information meets or exceeds one of a rise threshold or a fall threshold. If the change exceeds one of the rise threshold or the fall threshold, an alert is generated. Alerts are decoded into the electrical information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Alberto Peralta, Anna Oleksiewicz, Michael Katz, Md. Nazmul Alam
  • Publication number: 20220247237
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission system includes a transmitter antenna, a sensor, a demodulation circuit, and a transmitter controller. The sensor is configured to detect electrical information indicative of data signals encoded in the transmission by a receiver. The demodulation circuit is configured to apply automatic bias control and gain control to the electrical information to generate a modified electrical information signal, detect a change in the modified electrical information signal, and generate alerts based on said change, indicative of the data signals. The transmitter controller is configured to perform a beaconing sequence to determine a coupling between the transmitter antenna and the at least one other antenna, determine the automatic bias control and the automatic gain control, for the demodulation circuit based on the beaconing sequence, receive the plurality of data alerts from the demodulation circuit, and decode the plurality of data alerts into the wireless data signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Alberto Peralta, Michael Katz
  • Publication number: 20220247238
    Abstract: A demodulation circuit includes a slope detector circuit and a comparator circuit. The slope detector circuit is configured detect a change in the voltage and determine if the voltage rate of change meets or exceeds one of a rise threshold or a fall threshold. The comparator circuit is configured to set an upper limit and lower limit for rate of change, compare the voltage rate of change to the limits, determine that the voltage rate of change meets or exceeds the limits, if the voltage rate of change meets or exceeds the rising and falling rate of change limits, (v) set a lower limit for a falling rate of change, (vi) receive the voltage rate of change and determine that the voltage rate of change meets or exceeds the fall or rise threshold, if the voltage rate of change meets or exceeds the falling or rising rate of change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Vikas Kasireddy, Alberto Peralta, Michael Katz, Md. Nazmul Alam
  • Publication number: 20220239346
    Abstract: Wireless power transfer systems, disclosed, include a wireless power transmission system and a wireless power receiver system. The wireless power transmission system includes a transmitter antenna configured to couple with a receiver antenna to transmit alternating current (AC) wireless signals to the receiver antenna. Antenna coupling may be inductive and may operate in conformance to a wireless power and data transfer protocol. A transmission controller drives the transmitter antenna at an operating frequency, and either the wireless power transmission system or the wireless power receiver system may damp the wireless power transmission to create a data signal containing a serial asynchronous data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Melone, Michael Katz
  • Publication number: 20220239343
    Abstract: Wireless power transfer systems, disclosed, include a wireless power transmission system and a wireless power receiver system. The wireless power transmission system includes a transmitter antenna configured to couple with a receiver antenna to transmit alternating current (AC) wireless signals to the receiver antenna. Antenna coupling may be inductive and may operate in conformance to a wireless power and data transfer protocol. A transmission controller drives the transmitter antenna at an operating frequency, and either the wireless power transmission system or the wireless power receiver system may damp the wireless power transmission to create a data signal containing a serial asynchronous data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Melone, Michael Katz
  • Publication number: 20220239355
    Abstract: A method for providing an electronic device includes manufacturing the electronic device at a manufacturing location, wherein manufacturing the electronic device includes connecting a wireless receiver system to the electronic device. The method further includes packaging the electronic device at a packaging location. The method further includes wirelessly transmitting data to the electronic device at a data transmission site, wherein wirelessly transmitting the data to the electronic device is performed by transferring data via near field magnetic induction utilizing a wireless transmission system, the wireless transmission system configured to magnetically connect with the wireless receiver system associated with the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Katz, Mark Melone, Jacob Babcock, Alberto Peralta, Jason Luzinski
  • Patent number: 11394249
    Abstract: A kitchen appliance is disclosed includes a first electrical component, a second electrical component, and a wireless power receiver system. The wireless power receiver system includes a first receiver antenna configured to couple with a first transmission antenna and receive virtual AC power signals from the first transmission antenna. A second receiver antenna is configured to couple with a second transmission antenna and receive virtual DC power signals from the second transmitter antenna. A first receiver power conditioning system is configured to receive the virtual AC power signals, convert the virtual AC power signals to AC received power signals, and provide the AC received power signals to power the first electrical component. The second receiver power conditioning system configured to receive the virtual DC power signals, convert the virtual DC power signals to DC received power signals, and provide the DC received power signals to power the second electrical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Melone, Alberto Peralta, Michael Katz
  • Publication number: 20220188691
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a computer implemented method, system, and computer program product for automated generation of trained machine learning models and a machine learning model created using the method. The method may comprise receiving a space of possible automatically generated trained machine learning model pipelines, the space defined by a context-free grammar, generating, by a processor, a planning model from the context-free grammar, and automatically generating, by the processor, a plurality of candidate trained machine learning pipelines based upon the planning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Katz, Parikshit Ram, Shirin Sohrabi Araghi, Octavian Udrea
  • Patent number: 11316378
    Abstract: Wireless power transfer systems, disclosed, include a wireless power transmission system and a wireless power receiver system. The wireless power transmission system includes a transmitter antenna configured to couple with a receiver antenna to transmit alternating current (AC) wireless signals to the receiver antenna. Antenna coupling may be inductive and may operate in conformance to a wireless power and data transfer protocol. A transmission controller drives the transmitter antenna at an operating frequency, and either the wireless power transmission system or the wireless power receiver system may damp the wireless power transmission to create a data signal containing a serial asynchronous data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Melone, Michael Katz
  • Patent number: 11303165
    Abstract: A wireless receiver system includes a receiver antenna, a sensor, a demodulation circuit, and a receiver controller. The sensor is configured to detect electrical information associated with AC wireless signals, the electrical information including, at least, a voltage of the AC wireless signals. The demodulation circuit is configured to receive the electrical information from the at least one sensor, detect a change in the electrical information, determine if the change in the electrical information meets or exceeds one of a rise threshold or a fall threshold, if the change exceeds one of the rise threshold or the fall threshold, generate an alert, and output a plurality of data alerts. The receiver controller is configured to receive the plurality of data alerts from the demodulation circuit, and decode the plurality of data alerts into the wireless data signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Peralta, Michael Katz, Md. Nazmul Alam
  • Patent number: 11303164
    Abstract: A wireless transmission system includes a transmitter antenna, a sensor, a demodulation circuit, and a transmitter controller. The sensor is configured to detect electrical information associated with AC wireless signals, the electrical information including, at least, a voltage of the AC wireless signals. The demodulation circuit is configured to receive the electrical information from the at least one sensor, detect a change in the electrical information, determine if the change in the electrical information meets or exceeds one of a rise threshold or a fall threshold, if the change exceeds one of the rise threshold or the fall threshold, generate an alert, and output a plurality of data alerts. The transmitter controller is configured to receive the plurality of data alerts from the demodulation circuit, and decode the plurality of data alerts into the wireless data signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Peralta, Michael Katz, Md. Nazmul Alam
  • Patent number: 11289952
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission system includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a controller, a first power conditioning system, and a second power conditioning system. The controller is configured to determine a first driving signal for driving the first antenna based on a first operating frequency, a virtual AC power frequency, a variable slot length, and slot timing, and determine a second driving signal for driving the second antenna based on a second operating frequency, the slot length, and the slot timing. The first power conditioning system is configured to receive the first driving signal to generate the virtual AC power signals at the first operating frequency, the virtual AC power signals having peak voltages rising and falling based on the virtual AC power frequency. The second power conditioning system is configured to receive the second driving signal to generate the virtual DC power signals at the second operating frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Melone, Alberto Peralta, Michael Katz
  • Patent number: 11277035
    Abstract: A wireless transmission system includes a transmitter antenna, a sensor, a demodulation circuit, and a transmitter controller. The sensor is configured to detect electrical information associated with AC wireless signals, the electrical information including, at least, a voltage of the AC wireless signals. The demodulation circuit is configured to receive the electrical information from the at least one sensor, detect a change in the electrical information, determine if the change in the electrical information meets or exceeds one of a rise threshold or a fall threshold, if the change exceeds one of the rise threshold or the fall threshold, generate an alert, and output a plurality of data alerts. The transmitter controller is configured to receive the plurality of data alerts from the demodulation circuit and decode the plurality of data alerts into the wireless data signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikas Kasireddy, Alberto Peralta, Michael Katz, Md. Nazmul Alam
  • Patent number: 11277031
    Abstract: A wireless transmission system includes a transmitter antenna, a sensor, a demodulation circuit, and a transmitter controller. The sensor is configured to detect electrical information superimposed on an AC wireless signal. The demodulation circuit is configured to receive the electrical information from the at least one sensor, apply automatic bias control and gain control to generate modified electrical information, detect a change in the modified electrical information and determine if the change in the modified electrical information meets or exceeds one of a rise threshold or a fall threshold. If the change exceeds one of the rise threshold or the fall threshold, an alert is generated. Alerts are decoded into the electrical information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Peralta, Anna Oleksiewicz, Michael Katz, Md. Nazmul Alam
  • Patent number: 11277034
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission system includes a transmitter antenna, an amplifier, and a transmitter controller. The transmitter antenna is configured to transmit wireless power signals and wireless data signals. The amplifier is configured to receive a driving signal at a gate of the at least one transistor and invert a direct power (DC) input power signal to generate the AC wireless signal at the operating frequency. The transmitter controller is configured to configure the driving signal based, at least, on an operating frequency and an initial beaconing process, the initial beaconing process for determining presence of a wireless receiver system at a coupling between the transmitter antenna and a receiver antenna of the wireless receiver system, determine amplifier voltage instructions for the amplifier based on the initial beaconing process, and drive the amplifier by providing the driving signal and the amplifier voltage instructions to the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Peralta, Michael Katz