Patents Assigned to Medibotics
  • Patent number: 11754542
    Abstract: This invention is a system for nutritional monitoring and management which includes a camera, a spectroscopic sensor, a fiducial component, a wearable biometric sensor, a smart utensil or dish, a passive feedback mechanism which provides a person with information concerning food item types and/or quantities, and an active stimulus mechanism which modifies the person's food-related physiological processes. This system can help a person to improve their dietary habits and health.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 11747769
    Abstract: This invention is a smart watch with variable-configuration displays which combine to provide a larger combined display when needed. When a person does not need a large display area, then a plurality of displays on the watch fit around the person's wrist and/or arm in a relatively compact first configuration. When the person needs a larger display area, then the plurality of displays are moved into a second configuration which creates a large, coplanar, combined display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 11662819
    Abstract: This invention is a non-invasive Brain to Computer Interface (BCI) method for interpreting a word, phrase, or command from brain activity by identifying a pattern of electromagnetic brain activity which occurs when a person uses different action modalities to communicate a word, phrase, or command. This method can enable people with neuromuscular limitations and/or paralysis to communicate. It can also enable people to communicate and/or to control environmental devices via their thought patterns in situations where communication via touch screen, keyboard, mouse, voice command, or gesture recognition is not appropriate and/or possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Medibotics
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Publication number: 20220415476
    Abstract: This invention is a wearable device which helps a person to track their food intake as part of a system for nutritional intake monitoring and management. This invention can be embodied in a smart watch and/or wrist band with a camera, a display and/or camera viewfinder, a spectroscopic sensor, and an eating detector. The eating detector can be an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, a microphone, or an EMG sensor. The camera and/or the spectroscopic sensor can be automatically activated when the person eats food, but otherwise remain off to help maintain privacy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Publication number: 20220357707
    Abstract: This invention is a smart watch with variable-configuration displays which combine to provide a larger combined display when needed. When a person does not need a large display area, then a plurality of displays on the watch fit around the person's wrist and/or arm in a relatively compact first configuration. When the person needs a larger display area, then the plurality of displays are moved into a second configuration which creates a large, coplanar, combined display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 11478158
    Abstract: This invention is a wearable ring of optical biometric sensors comprising an arcuate array of light emitters and light receivers which is configured to collectively span at least half of the circumference of a person's wrist, finger, or arm. Light energy from the light emitters which has passed through the person's body tissue and/or has been reflected from the person's body tissue is analyzed in order to measure biometric parameters such as the person's oxygenation level, hydration level, glucose level, pulse rate, heart rate variability, and/or blood pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 11471711
    Abstract: This invention is a smart face mask with a transparent portion which covers a person's mouth, at least one impellor-driven air filter, and at least one passive air filter, wherein the air filters are in fluid communication with the space between the transparent portion and the person's mouth. Air can be drawn into the mask through the impellor-driven air filter primarily by the impellor, but air flows into or out of the mask through the passive air filter due to the person's respiration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 11465001
    Abstract: This invention is a smart face mask for air filtration with a transparent mouth-covering portion, an active air filtration system which filters both air inflow and air outflow, an environmental or biometric sensor, and a smart control mechanism wherein the operation of the active air filtration system is automatically adjusted based on analysis of data from the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 11429151
    Abstract: This invention provides innovative designs for wearable devices for the wrist and/or arm which include multiple displays and/or multi-configuration displays. This provides larger overall display size for better human-to-computer interaction, while being relatively comfortable and attractive. Designs with multi-configuration displays enable transition to larger overall display configurations when needed for human-to-computer interaction and more compact display configurations when not in use for such interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Publication number: 20220266068
    Abstract: This invention is a protective face mask with a transparent portion which covers a wearer's nose and mouth, air intake and air exhaust ports on the front of the mask, one or more air impellors on the back of the wearer's head or neck, and one or more air tubes which conduct air between the air impellor and the transparent portion of the mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Publication number: 20220244032
    Abstract: This invention is Motion Recognition Clothing [TM] which measures the motion and/or configuration of a person's body using an energy-conducting mesh with a plurality of energy pathways. Energy input components direct energy into the pathways at a first set of locations. Energy sensors measure energy flow through the energy pathways from a second set of locations. As the person's body moves, the mesh stretches, elongates, and/or twists, which changes the flows of energy through pathways. These changes are then analyzed to estimate the motion and/or configuration of the person's body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Publication number: 20220233124
    Abstract: This invention is a dry EEG electrode with an articulated distal base and/or a plurality of articulated conductive proximal protrusions which penetrate between strands of hair for good electromagnetic contact without causing discomfort or skin irritation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 11383107
    Abstract: This invention is a pathogen-filtering face mask with a transparent portion over a wearer's mouth which enables other people to see the wearer's facial expressions and with active filtration of air entering and exiting the mask, with a relatively unobtrusive design. This mask can include a transparent portion which covers at least part of a person's mouth, a first-side air filter and air impellor, a second-side air filter and air impellor, and a central air filter between the first-side air filter and the second-side air filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Publication number: 20220155867
    Abstract: This invention is a non-invasive Brain to Computer Interface (BCI) method for interpreting a word, phrase, or command from brain activity by identifying a pattern of electromagnetic brain activity which occurs when a person uses different action modalities to communicate a word, phrase, or command. This method can enable people with neuromuscular limitations and/or paralysis to communicate. It can also enable people to communicate and/or to control environmental devices via their thought patterns in situations where communication via touch screen, keyboard, mouse, voice command, or gesture recognition is not appropriate and/or possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 11304628
    Abstract: This invention is smart clothing which enables human motion capture through combined analysis of data from dual inertial sensors and dual stretch (or bend) sensors. In a preferred embodiment, a first inertial motion sensor is located proximal to a body joint, a second inertial sensor is located distal to the body joint, and two stretch sensors span the body joint in different configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Publication number: 20220096874
    Abstract: This invention is a pathogen-filtering face mask with a transparent portion over a wearer's mouth which enables other people to see the wearer's facial expressions and with active filtration of air entering and exiting the mask, with a relatively unobtrusive design. This mask can include a transparent portion which covers at least part of a person's mouth, a first-side air filter and air impellor, a second-side air filter and air impellor, and a central air filter between the first-side air filter and the second-side air filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Publication number: 20220050425
    Abstract: This invention is a wrist-worn device with at least one camera on a movable component that flips-up or pops-up from a wrist band or sleeve. It can be embodied in a smart watch. In an example, there can be two cameras on the flip-up or pop-up component, one that faces toward a person wearing the device and one which faces away from the person wearing the device. The angle of the movable component and the focal direction of a camera can be adjustably locked by the person into different positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Publication number: 20210379424
    Abstract: This invention is a smart face mask for air filtration with a transparent mouth-covering portion, an active air filtration system which filters both air inflow and air outflow, an environmental or biometric sensor, and a smart control mechanism wherein the operation of the active air filtration system is automatically adjusted based on analysis of data from the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Publication number: 20210379388
    Abstract: This invention is a system to assist human cardiovascular functioning which integrates the operation of an implanted cardiac device and a wearable device with an arcuate array of biometric sensors. Analysis of data from the biometric sensors on the wearable device is used to automatically adjust and optimize the operation of the implanted cardiac device. This system can work as a closed loop system for assisting and improving human cardiovascular functioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 11172859
    Abstract: This invention is a wearable brain activity device with electrodes held on a person's head by a frame comprising a ring portion which encircles the person's head and an arc portion which loops over the top of the person's head. Data from the electrodes is used to analyze the person's brain activity within a frequency band of 0.5-4 Hz. The device includes a speaker or vibrating member which is used to help to guide the person's brain activity from a first pattern to a second pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Medibotics
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor