Patents by Inventor Peter Mathis
Peter Mathis 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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Publication number: 20240157552Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods are described for robotic learning and execution of skills. A robotic apparatus can include a memory, a processor, sensors, and one or more movable components (e.g., a manipulating element and/or a transport element). The processor can be operatively coupled to the memory, the movable elements, and the sensors, and configured to obtain information of an environment, including one or more objects located within the environment. In some embodiments, the processor can be configured to learn skills through demonstration, exploration, user inputs, etc. In some embodiments, the processor can be configured to execute skills and/or arbitrate between different behaviors and/or actions. In some embodiments, the processor can be configured to execute skills and/or behaviors using cached trajectories or plans. In some embodiments, the processor can be configured to execute skills requiring navigation and manipulation behaviors.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: Diligent Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Andrea Lockerd THOMAZ, Vivian Yaw-Wen CHU, Peter WORSNOP, Reymundo GUTIERREZ, Lauren HUTSON, Shuai LI, Anjana NELLITHIMARU, Frank MATHIS
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Patent number: 10491269Abstract: The method is used for transmitting signals and data within at least one first and one second transmission phase (TP1, TP2), which follow one another synchronously or asynchronously, between a first communication unit (L) and at least one second communication unit (Z), which comprises a central processor unit (CPU), a memory unit (M), in which an operating program (OP) is stored, and at least one first event generator (EG1), which monitors signal sequences (SL, SZ) transmitted via a transmission line (W) between the two communication units (L, Z) independently of the central processor unit (CPU) and generates event notifications (e1, e2) for events during the data transmission, which occur in accordance with the applied transmission protocol, which event notifications are transmitted to the central processor unit (CPU) and/or to at least one event user (EU1).Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: GWF MESSSYSTEME AGInventor: Peter Mathis
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Patent number: 10114045Abstract: A meter includes a hermetically encapsulated electronic metering mechanism having a meter unit for the determination of meter readings, the metering mechanism including a data memory for storing the meter readings, and the metering unit including an antenna of a defined shape, and a readout unit arranged outside the metering mechanism for reading the meter readings from the data memory. The meter is operated according to a method for the determination of meter readings and for the wireless transmission of electrical energy. The shape of the readout unit antenna is identical to the shape of the metering unit antenna, wherein the congruent and predefined positioning of the readout unit antenna ensures an effective wireless energy supply to the metering unit by electromagnetic radiation through the readout unit, and, independently thereof, a stable wireless data coupling for the determination of meter readings between the metering unit and the readout unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: GWF MESSSYSTEME AGInventors: Peter Mathis, Roland Mettler, Markus Helfenstein
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Publication number: 20180102810Abstract: The method is used for transmitting signals and data within at least one first and one second transmission phase (TP1, TP2), which follow one another synchronously or asynchronously, between a first communication unit (L) and at least one second communication unit (Z), which comprises a central processor unit (CPU), a memory unit (M), in which an operating program (OP) is stored, and at least one first event generator (EG1), which monitors signal sequences (SL, SZ) transmitted via a transmission line (W) between the two communication units (L, Z) independently of the central processor unit (CPU) and generates event notifications (e1, e2) for events during the data transmission, which occur in accordance with the applied transmission protocol, which event notifications are transmitted to the central processor unit (CPU) and/or to at least one event user (EU1).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2016Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicant: GWF Messysteme AGInventor: Peter Mathis
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Publication number: 20170328938Abstract: A meter includes a hermetically encapsulated electronic metering mechanism having a meter unit for the determination of meter readings, the metering mechanism including a data memory for storing the meter readings, and the metering unit including an antenna of a defined shape, and a readout unit arranged outside the metering mechanism for reading the meter readings from the data memory. The meter is operated according to a method for the determination of meter readings and for the wireless transmission of electrical energy. The shape of the readout unit antenna is identical to the shape of the metering unit antenna, wherein the congruent and predefined positioning of the readout unit antenna ensures an effective wireless energy supply to the metering unit by electromagnetic radiation through the readout unit, and, independently thereof, a stable wireless data coupling for the determination of meter readings between the metering unit and the readout unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Peter Mathis, Roland Mettler, Markus Helfenstein
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Publication number: 20170267967Abstract: In the automated method according to the invention for monitoring cell culture growth, in particular bacterial growth, a receiving dish (24) with a nutrient medium (38) is provided onto and/or into which is applied a cell culture, in particular a sample of human or animal tissue, such as blood, to which bacteria have been added and which also contains one or a plurality of reagents, in particular antibiotics. A microscope (10) having a camera (18) and an image acquisition plane adapted to be moved along the optical axis (20) is provided, and the receiving dish (24) is brought into the microscope (10) for monitoring a potential growth of the cell culture in the nutrient medium (38).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2015Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Marc DRÖGE, Christian MÜLLER, Anja LINNEMANN, Harald Peter MATHIS, Stefan BORBE, Torsten HEUP, Andreas PIPPOW
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Publication number: 20040102123Abstract: The present invention provides nonwoven laminate materials with high overall uniformity of material properties, particularly tensile strength properties. The present invention also includes methods for forming the nonwoven laminate materials wherein the fiber extrusion and drawing apparati are oriented at a non-right angle with respect to the direction of web production or MD.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2002Publication date: May 27, 2004Inventors: Uyles Woodrow Bowen, Steven Wayne Fitting, Melissa Robyn Gaynor, Michael Peter Mathis, Jeffrey Lawrence McManus, Lisa Ann Schild
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Patent number: 6037281Abstract: The present invention is directed to cloth-like, liquid-impervious, breathable composite barrier fabrics. More particularly, the present invention is directed to cloth-like, liquid-impervious, breathable film-nonwoven composite fabrics having biological liquid barrier capabilities for use as, for example, sterilization wrap, surgical draping, surgical gowns, cover garments, such as over-suits, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 1996Date of Patent: March 14, 2000Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Michael Peter Mathis, Ann Louise McCormack, Daniel Kenneth Schiffer
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Patent number: 5680653Abstract: An elastic laminate, and particularly a liquid impermeable elastic laminate, having a stretchable layer secured to an elastic liquid impermeable film wherein the film is formed from an elastic self-adhering adhesive is disclosed. The disclosed elastic laminate may be incorporated in a variety of products, such as diapers, feminine care articles, stockinettes, cuffs, and garments, such as surgical gowns.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 1994Date of Patent: October 28, 1997Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Michael Peter Mathis, Uyles Woodrow Bowen, Jr., Timothy Wilson Reader
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Patent number: 5362306Abstract: Disclosed herein is a surgical stockinette for covering and encasing a body extremity such as an armor leg to isolate and protect the extremity during surgery. The stockinette has a generally tubular-shape and is made from a composite material defining a length and a width with the length being longer than the width. The stockinette defines an interior surface and an exterior surface with the tubular-shaped structure defining an open end and a closed end separated by the length. The interior and exterior surfaces are joined circumferentially to one another along substantially the entire length of the tubular-shaped structure. The interior surface is formed from a fibrous material and the overall structure is liquid impervious and circumferentially expandable from a first circumference to a second and larger circumference. Due to the materials and nature of construction, the stockinette of the present invention provides a form-fitting design which is easy to don and remove.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1993Date of Patent: November 8, 1994Assignee: Kimberly-Clark CorporationInventors: Stacey G. McCarver, David C. Strack, Marsha L. Porter, Peter Mathis