Patents by Inventor Nathan J. Kopp

Nathan J. Kopp 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: 11210875
    Abstract: A movable barrier operator system is provided that includes a moving-barrier imminent motion notification apparatus, a motor, a controller, and communication circuitry configured to communicate with a remote control. In response to the communication circuitry receiving a communication from the remote control, the controller causes the motor to change the state of the movable barrier and additionally operate the moving-barrier imminent motion notification apparatus upon a determination of the remote control being beyond a physical proximity of a location associated with the movable barrier operator system. Upon a determination that the remote control is within the physical proximity, the controller refrains from operation of the moving-barrier imminent motion notification apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group LLC
    Inventors: Casparus Cate, Jordan Ari Farber, James J. Fitzgibbon, Nathan J. Kopp
  • Publication number: 20210019964
    Abstract: A movable barrier operator system is provided that includes a moving-barrier imminent motion notification apparatus, a motor, a controller, and communication circuitry configured to communicate with a remote control. In response to the communication circuitry receiving a communication from the remote control, the controller causes the motor to change the state of the movable barrier and additionally operate the moving-barrier imminent motion notification apparatus upon a determination of the remote control being beyond a physical proximity of a location associated with the movable barrier operator system. Upon a determination that the remote control is within the physical proximity, the controller refrains from operation of the moving-barrier imminent motion notification apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Casparus Cate, Jordan Ari Farber, James J. Fitzgibbon, Nathan J. Kopp
  • Patent number: 10846956
    Abstract: A movable barrier operator system is provided that includes a moving-barrier imminent motion notification apparatus, a motor, a controller, and communication circuitry configured to communicate with a remote control. In response to the communication circuitry receiving a communication from the remote control, the controller causes the motor to change the state of the movable barrier and additionally operate the moving-barrier imminent motion notification apparatus upon a determination of the remote control being beyond a physical proximity of a location associated with the movable barrier operator system. Upon a determination that the remote control is within the physical proximity, the controller refrains from operation of the moving-barrier imminent motion notification apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Casparus Cate, Jordan Ari Farber, James J. Fitzgibbon, Nathan J. Kopp
  • Publication number: 20200242862
    Abstract: A movable barrier operator system is provided that includes a moving-barrier imminent motion notification apparatus, a motor, a controller, and communication circuitry configured to communicate with a remote control. In response to the communication circuitry receiving a communication from the remote control, the controller causes the motor to change the state of the movable barrier and additionally operate the moving-barrier imminent motion notification apparatus upon a determination of the remote control being beyond a physical proximity of a location associated with the movable barrier operator system. Upon a determination that the remote control is within the physical proximity, the controller refrains from operation of the moving-barrier imminent motion notification apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Casparus Cate, Jordan Ari Farber, James J. Fitzgibbon, Nathan J. Kopp
  • Publication number: 20190238958
    Abstract: A stove sensor system includes a non-contact infrared detector, a memory, a microcontroller unit and a communication module. The microcontroller unit runs a monitoring algorithm that receives input from the ambient temperature sensor and the non-contract infrared detector and stores tracking information within the memory. The communication module communicates to a cloud server to provide to the cloud server tracking information and alert information produced by the monitoring algorithm run by the microcontroller unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Nathan J. Kopp