Patents by Inventor Robert James HART
Robert James HART 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: 20240017775Abstract: A band track including a band having an inner surface, an outer surface, a first side face, and a second side face; a plurality of teeth extending from the inner surface and spaced apart circumferentially around the inner surface; a plurality of lugs extending from the outer surface and each spaced a distance apart circumferentially around the outer surface; a plurality of living hinges defined within the band circumferentially between each of the plurality of teeth; and at least one fiber-reinforcement disposed circumferentially within a neutral plane of the plurality of living hinges and a method of making the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the ArmyInventors: Robert James Hart, Andrew Quintin Smail
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Patent number: 11807292Abstract: A band track including a band having an inner surface, an outer surface, a first side face, and a second side face; a plurality of teeth extending from the inner surface and spaced apart circumferentially around the inner surface; a plurality of lugs extending from the outer surface and each spaced a distance apart circumferentially around the outer surface; a plurality of living hinges defined within the band circumferentially between each of the plurality of teeth; and at least one fiber-reinforcement disposed circumferentially within a neutral plane of the plurality of living hinges and a method of making the same.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Government of the United States, as Represented by the Secretary of the ArmyInventors: Robert James Hart, Andrew Quintin Smail
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Publication number: 20220194498Abstract: A band track including a band having an inner surface, an outer surface, a first side face, and a second side face; a plurality of teeth extending from the inner surface and spaced apart circumferentially around the inner surface; a plurality of lugs extending from the outer surface and each spaced a distance apart circumferentially around the outer surface; a plurality of living hinges defined within the band circumferentially between each of the plurality of teeth; and at least one fiber-reinforcement disposed circumferentially within a neutral plane of the plurality of living hinges and a method of making the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the ArmyInventors: Robert James Hart, Andrew Quintin Smail
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Patent number: 9563831Abstract: A method of, and a system and a label for, authenticating an object in situ create an authentication pattern signature for the object to be authenticated, associate a random distribution of multiple, three-dimensional elements with the object, aim a portable, handheld, image capture device at the object to capture return light from the elements as a single image, verify from the single image that the elements are three-dimensional, process the single image to generate an image pattern of the elements, compare the image pattern with the authentication pattern signature, and indicate that the object is authentic when the image pattern matches the authentication pattern signature.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: ZORTAG, INC.Inventors: Satya Prakash Sharma, Xianfeng Gu, Robert James Hart
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Publication number: 20150269469Abstract: A method of, and a system and a label for, authenticating an object in situ create an authentication pattern signature for the object to be authenticated, associate a random distribution of multiple, three-dimensional elements with the object, aim a portable, handheld, image capture device at the object to capture return light from the elements as a single image, verify from the single image that the elements are three-dimensional, process the single image to generate an image pattern of the elements, compare the image pattern with the authentication pattern signature, and indicate that the object is authentic when the image pattern matches the authentication pattern signature.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: Zortag, Inc.Inventors: Satya Prakash Sharma, Xianfeng Gu, Robert James Hart
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Patent number: 9082062Abstract: A method of, and a system and a label for, authenticating an object in situ create an authentication pattern signature for the object to be authenticated, associate a random distribution of multiple, three-dimensional elements with the object, aim a portable, handheld, image capture device at the object to capture return light from the elements as a single image, verify from the single image that the elements are three-dimensional, process the single image to generate an image pattern of the elements, compare the image pattern with the authentication pattern signature, and indicate that the object is authentic when the image pattern matches the authentication pattern signature.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2011Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: ZORTAG, INC.Inventors: Satya Prakash Sharma, Xianfeng Gu, Robert James Hart
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Patent number: 8714442Abstract: A system and method for securing articles of commerce passing through points along a supply chain against theft, diversion, product overruns, counterfeiting and like unauthorized activity, capture authentication information and identification information associated with the articles with an interrogation device at one or more points in the supply chain. The articles may be authenticated from the captured authentication information as being authorized or unauthorized at each point, and may be identified from the captured identification information at each point. Transactional information about the article, e.g., authorized/unauthorized status and a time and place of the authentication, is reported to a brand manager/law enforcement.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Zortag IncInventors: Satya Prakash Sharma, Robert James Hart
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Patent number: 8712873Abstract: A system and method for remotely auditing inventoried assets, particularly those financed by asset-based inventory lending, by capturing unique, non-clonable, auditing information with an interrogation device at an inventory location to indicate whether each asset is present or absent at the inventory location, and by sending inventory information about such assets based on the captured auditing information to an auditor.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Zortag, Inc.Inventors: Satya Prakash Sharma, Robert James Hart
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Publication number: 20140025542Abstract: A system and method for remotely auditing inventoried assets, particularly those financed by asset-based inventory lending, by capturing unique, non-clonable, auditing information with an interrogation device at an inventory location to indicate whether each asset is present or absent at the inventory location, and by sending inventory information about such assets based on the captured auditing information to an auditor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Zortag Inc.Inventors: Satya Prakash Sharma, Robert James Hart
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Publication number: 20130277425Abstract: A system and method for securing articles of commerce passing through points along a supply chain against theft, diversion, product overruns, counterfeiting and like unauthorized activity, capture authentication information and identification information associated with the articles with an interrogation device at one or more points in the supply chain. The articles may be authenticated from the captured authentication information as being authorized or unauthorized at each point, and may be identified from the captured identification information at each point. Transactional information about the article, e.g., authorized/unauthorized status and a time and place of the authentication, is reported to a brand manager/law enforcement.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2012Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: Zortag Inc.Inventors: Satya Prakash SHARMA, Robert James Hart
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Publication number: 20130087620Abstract: A method of, and a system and a label for, authenticating an object in situ create an authentication pattern signature for the object to be authenticated, associate a random distribution of multiple, three-dimensional elements with the object, aim a portable, handheld, image capture device at the object to capture return light from the elements as a single image, verify from the single image that the elements are three-dimensional, process the single image to generate an image pattern of the elements, compare the image pattern with the authentication pattern signature, and indicate that the object is authentic when the image pattern matches the authentication pattern signature.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: ZORTAG, INC.Inventors: Satya Prakash SHARMA, Xianfeng GU, Robert James HART