Patents Examined by Priscilla Browning
  • Patent number: 11957807
    Abstract: A cleaning robot may determine a three-dimensional model of a physical environment based on data collected from one or more sensors. The cleaning robot may then identify a surface within the physical environment to clean. Having identified that surface, the robot may autonomously navigate to a location proximate to the surface, position an ultraviolet light source in proximity to the surface, and activate the ultraviolet light source for a period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Robust AI, Inc.
    Inventors: Rodney Allen Brooks, Dylan Bourgeois, Crystal Chao, Alexander Jay Bruen Trevor, Mohamed Rabie Amer, Anthony Sean Jules, Gary Fred Marcus
  • Patent number: 11794143
    Abstract: An air purifier comprising: a housing provided with air inlets and air outlets and defining an accommodating cavity, wherein the air inlets are located on the side walls of the housing; a water supply module arranged within the accommodating cavity and defining a water storage cavity; a purifying module arranged within the accommodating cavity and located on the water supply module, the purifying module comprising: a purifying assembly rotatably disposed within the accommodating cavity, a water distribution assembly for guiding water in the water supply module to flow upwards and distributing water to the purifying assembly, and a driving device located on the purifying assembly and connected with the purifying assembly; and an air discharge module disposed within the accommodating cavity and located on the purifying module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: GUANGDONG MIDEA WHITE HOME APPLIANCE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTER CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunqing Han, Zulin Pu, Hui Zhang
  • Patent number: 11766493
    Abstract: Provided are a headgear stand and a headgear cleaner that is small-sized and has low power consumption, and that is capable of sterilizing and deodorizing headgear made of any material. A headgear cleaner 1-1 is provided with an ozone generator 2 and a voltage supply part 5. The ozone generator 2 is constituted from an ozone generator body 3-1 and a connecting part 4. The ozone generator body 3-1 forms a shape in which twelve leaf parts extend radially. The voltage supply part 5 supplies a voltage necessary for generating ozone to the ozone generator 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satomi Koyama, Shinsuke Hirano, Yoshiaki Tatsumi
  • Patent number: 11684684
    Abstract: Among other things, techniques are described for self-cleaning door handles. A door handle for a vehicle includes a housing including a hand grip; a hygienic film that is formed around a portion of a circumference of the hand grip; a plurality of cylindrical rollers rotatably connected to the housing and are configured to rotationally guide the hygienic film along the portion of the circumference of the hand grip; and a light that is configured to emit electromagnetic radiation in an ultraviolent spectrum and configured to irradiate at least one portion of the hygienic film to reduce a quantity of bacteria on the at least one portion of the hygienic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Motional AD LLC
    Inventor: Daniele De Francesco