Patents Assigned to Medibotics
  • Smart Mask with a Transparent Mouth-Covering Portion and Impellor-Driven Air Filtration
    Publication number: 20210339058
    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: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Smart Clothing with Dual Inertial Sensors and Dual Stretch Sensors for Human Motion Capture
    Publication number: 20210315490
    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: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Smart Glasses and Wearable Systems for Measuring Food Consumption
    Publication number: 20210249116
    Abstract: This invention is a wearable device or system for measuring food consumption using multiple sensors which are incorporated into smart glasses, a smart watch (or wrist band), or both. These sensors include one or more cameras on the smart glasses, on the smart watch, or both which record food images when eating is detected by a motion sensor, an EMG sensor, and/or a microphone. The smart watch (or wrist band) can also include a spectroscopic sensor to analyze the molecular and/or nutritional composition of food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Smart clothing with inertial, strain, and electromyographic sensors for human motion capture
    Patent number: 11071498
    Abstract: This invention is smart clothing which enables human motion capture through combined analysis of data from inertial sensors, strain (or bend) sensors, and electromyographic (EMG) sensors. In a preferred embodiment, a first inertial motion sensor is located proximal to the body joint, a second inertial sensor is located distal to the body joint, two strain sensors span the body joint in different configurations, and an electromyographic (EMG) sensor collects data concerning electromagnetic energy from the muscles which move the body joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • EEG Eyeglasses and Eyeglass Accessories for Wearable Mobile EEG Monitoring
    Publication number: 20210137455
    Abstract: This invention comprises EEG eyeglasses and eyeglass accessories which enable mobile EEG monitoring while being relatively-unobtrusive for use during daily life. An eyeglass accessory device can be a band with EEG sensors which attaches to a person's eyeglasses and loops across the person's forehead, over the person's head, or around the back of the person's head. This band can be transparent. Such a band can also be integrated into smart eyeglasses instead of being an eyeglass accessory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Circumferential array of electromyographic (EMG) sensors
    Patent number: 10921886
    Abstract: This invention is a wearable circumferential array of electromyographic (EMG) sensors with a plurality of rings and columns of sensors which collect electromagnetic energy data concerning neuromuscular activity and functions as a Human-to-Computer Interface (HCI). In an example, it can be incorporated into a wearable device or clothing accessory such as an arm band, wrist band, finger ring, leg band, ankle band, bracelet, or watch strap. In an example, it can be incorporated into the cuff or sleeve of an article of clothing such as a shirt or a pair of shorts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Motion recognition clothing with flexible optical sensors
    Patent number: 10839202
    Abstract: This invention discloses optical strain, stretch, and/or bend sensors which can provide precise and consistent measurement of human motion, posture, and gestures without the locational limitations of camera-based motion capture, the point-estimate limitations of inertial-based motion capture, or the variability of electrically-conductive strain, stretch, and/or bend sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Medibotics
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Wrist-Worn Device with One or More Cameras and a Comfortable Arm Posture During Imaging
    Publication number: 20200348627
    Abstract: This invention is a smart watch or other wrist-worn device with one or more cameras and a display which enables a person wearing the device to aim the focal direction of imaging while keeping with their arm in a comfortable, non-contorted configuration. The display can serve as a view finder for a camera. An arcuate array of cameras can be distributed around a portion of the circumference of the person's wrist and one camera from the array can be selected to record images from a particular angle at a particular time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Wearable food consumption monitor
    Patent number: 10772559
    Abstract: This invention is a wearable system for monitoring a person's food consumption comprising a motion sensor worn on a person's wrist, a camera worn on the person's ear or housed in the person's eyewear, and a data processor which analyzes data from the motion sensor. The camera is automatically triggered to take pictures of food when analysis of data from the motion sensor indicates that the person is eating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Head-Worn Mobile Neurostimulation Device
    Publication number: 20200238097
    Abstract: This invention is a wearable neurostimulation device which transmits selected patterns of low-intensity electromagnetic energy into a person's head for therapeutic purposes. This device can include a wearable ring and/or band which at least partially encircles a person's head and has flexible electroconductive prongs and/or teeth which protrude into and/or under the person's hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Smart clothing with converging/diverging bend or stretch sensors for measuring body motion or configuration
    Patent number: 10716510
    Abstract: This invention is smart clothing with stretch and/or bend sensors for measuring changes in a person's body configuration. This smart clothing has an elastic nonconductive layer onto which helical converging/diverging conductive pathways are printed using ink which is a mixture of elastic nonconductive material and conductive material. Changes in the transmission of electromagnetic energy through the pathway are analyzed to measure changes in the configuration of the person's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Medibotics
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Wearable Devices for the Wrist and/or Arm with Multiple and Multi-Configuration Displays
    Publication number: 20200218312
    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: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Smart Clothing with Inertial, Strain, and Electromyographic Sensors for Human Motion Capture
    Publication number: 20200163621
    Abstract: This invention is smart clothing which enables human motion capture through combined analysis of data from inertial sensors, strain (or bend) sensors, and electromyographic (EMG) sensors. In a preferred embodiment, a first inertial motion sensor is located proximal to the body joint, a second inertial sensor is located distal to the body joint, two strain sensors span the body joint in different configurations, and an electromyographic (EMG) sensor collects data concerning electromagnetic energy from the muscles which move the body joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Systems for Nutritional Monitoring and Management
    Publication number: 20200152312
    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: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Wearable device for the arm with close-fitting biometric sensors
    Patent number: 10627861
    Abstract: This is a wearable biometric device for an arm including spectroscopic sensors which project light onto an arm surface at different angles. Data from these sensors can be used to measure a person's hydration levels, oxygen levels, glucose levels, or heart rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Medibotics
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Wearable deformable conductive sensors for human motion capture including trans-joint pitch, yaw, and roll
    Patent number: 10602965
    Abstract: This invention comprises wearable deformable electromagnetic energy pathways which enable ambulatory (camera-free) three-dimensional human body motion capture including trans joint pitch, yaw, and roll. It can be embodied in a plurality of elongate electrically-conductive strips which diverge as they span a body joint in a proximal to distal manner and pairs of electromagnetic energy emitters and receivers which are in electromagnetic communication with the strips. In an example, conductive-fluid-filled lumens can be used instead of electrically-conductive strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Medibotics
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Arcuate wearable device with a circumferential or annular array of spectroscopic sensors for measuring hydration level
    Patent number: 10607507
    Abstract: This invention is an arcuate wearable device with a circumferential or annular array of spectroscopic sensors which measures a person's body hydration. In an example, this invention can be embodied in a modular smart watch band, a specialized hydration-monitoring band, or a finger ring. A circumferential or annular array of spectroscopic sensors helps to ensure continuous measurement of body hydration, even if a wearable device shifts and/or rotates on a person's wrist, arm, or finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Medibotics
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Wearable Device with Automatic and Temporary Sensor-Activated Band Contraction
    Publication number: 20200042036
    Abstract: This invention is wearable computing device for measuring biometric parameters whose contraction (e.g. tightness or looseness) around a person's wrist and/or forearm is automatically and temporarily changed based on information from one or more motion, optical, and/or electromagnetic energy sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Wearable Ring of Optical Biometric Sensors
    Publication number: 20200000345
    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: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Mobile Wearable Device for Measuring Electromagnetic Brain Activity
    Publication number: 20190380607
    Abstract: This invention is a mobile wearable device for measuring electromagnetic brain activity. It can be embodied in a headband or eyewear with soft prongs and/or teeth which protrude into and/or under the person's hair. The prongs and/or teeth can be made from a silicone material (such as polydimethylsiloxane) which has been impregnated, doped, coated, or embedded with conductive material (such as a metal and/or carbon) in order to provide consistent but comfortable contact with the person's head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor