Patents by Inventor Adam WILSON

Adam WILSON 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).

  • Publication number: 20250117005
    Abstract: A self-propelled device includes a spherical housing and an internal drive system. The self-propelled device can further include an internal structure having a magnet holder that holds a first set of magnets and an external accessory comprising a second set of magnets to magnetically interact, through the spherical housing, with the first set magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Ian H. Bernstein, Adam Wilson, Chun Kong, Ross MacGregor
  • Publication number: 20240401890
    Abstract: A piping package is provided for connecting a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) system to a building variable air volume (VAV) system. The piping package includes an enclosure containing a supply pipe and a return pipe. Each of the supply pipe and the return pipe include an air vent and a blow-down valve. The piping package can be configured such that it is flip-able and can be positioned on either side of a main unit of the HVACR system. The piping package can further include a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the HVACR system and the process fluid distributed to the building VAV system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Brian J. Struewing, Allan Kleve, Adam Wilson, Jonathan Puckett, Tyler A. Malm, Randall Ballentine, Ian Shapiro
  • Patent number: 12122401
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for a self programmable microcontroller for a vehicle. The self programmable microcontroller comprises an expansion data bus. A switch module is electrically coupled to the expansion data bus. A second input device is electrically coupled to the switch module. An expansion module is electrically coupled between the original equipment manufacturer control module and the expansion data bus. A source code stored in the switch module for operating the switch module and the expansion module based on an electrical signal from the second input device. A calibration source code stored in the expansion module for calibrating the expansion module relative to the original equipment manufacturer control module. The switch module receives an electrical signal from the second input device and communicates through the expansion module and through the original equipment manufacturer control module for activating the original equipment manufacturer output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: HOWELL VENTURES LTD.
    Inventors: Dane N. Millar, Yves Losier, Adam Wilson, Sara Megan Connor
  • Patent number: 12001203
    Abstract: A self-propelled device includes a spherical housing and an internal drive system. The self-propelled device can further include an internal structure having a magnet holder that holds a first set of magnets and an external accessory comprising a second set of magnets to magnetically interact, through the spherical housing, with the first set magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Sphero, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian H. Bernstein, Adam Wilson, Chun Kong, Ross MacGregor
  • Publication number: 20230251660
    Abstract: A self-propelled device can include at least a wireless interface, a housing, a propulsion mechanism, and a camera. Using the camera, the self-propelled device can generate a video feed and transmit the video feed to a controller device via the wireless interface. The self-propelled device can receive an input from the controller device indicating an object or location in the video feed. In response to the input, the self-propelled device can initiate an autonomous mode to autonomously operate the propulsion mechanism to propel the self-propelled device towards the object or location indicated in the video feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Sphero, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Berberian, Ian Bernstein, Adam Wilson, Kevin Hemmings, Ross MacGregor
  • Patent number: 11691047
    Abstract: A speed control system and method for controlling the speed of an endless belt loop of a treadmill. The speed control system comprises a plurality of image sensors, each image sensor configured to take an image of a user of the treadmill; and a controller configured to control the speed of the endless belt loop by (a) receiving the images of the user taken by the image sensors, (b) rectifying the images based on a calibration of the image sensors, (c) comparing the images to form a disparity map, (d) determining a distance of a user of the treadmill relative to the treadmill using the disparity map, and (e) calculating velocity or acceleration of the treadmill based on the determined distance of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventor: Adam Wilson
  • Patent number: 11630457
    Abstract: A self-propelled device can include at least a wireless interface, a housing, a propulsion mechanism, and a camera. Using the camera, the self-propelled device can generate a video feed and transmit the video feed to a controller device via the wireless interface. The self-propelled device can receive an input from the controller device indicating an object or location in the video feed. In response to the input, the self-propelled device can initiate an autonomous mode to autonomously operate the propulsion mechanism to propel the self-propelled device towards the object or location indicated in the video feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Sphero, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Berberian, Ian Bernstein, Adam Wilson, Kevin Hemmings, Ross MacGregor
  • Patent number: 11460837
    Abstract: A self-propelled device is provided including a drive system, a spherical housing, and a biasing mechanism. The drive system includes one or more motors that are contained within the spherical housing. The biasing mechanism actively forces the drive system to continuously engage an interior of the spherical housing in order to cause the spherical housing to move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SPHERO, INC.
    Inventors: Ian H. Bernstein, Adam Wilson
  • Patent number: 11454963
    Abstract: A self-propelled device is disclosed that includes a center of mass drive system. The self-propelled device includes a substantially cylindrical body and wheels, with each wheel having a diameter substantially equivalent to the body. The self-propelled device may further include an internal drive system with a center of mass below a rotational axis of the wheels. Operation and maneuvering of the self-propelled device may be performed via active displacement of the center of mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SPHERO, INC.
    Inventors: Ross MacGregor, Ian H. Bernstein, Adam Wilson
  • Publication number: 20220244723
    Abstract: A self-propelled device includes a spherical housing and an internal drive system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Ian H. Bernstein, Adam Wilson, Chun Kong, Ross MacGregor
  • Publication number: 20220111247
    Abstract: A speed control system and method for controlling the speed of an endless belt loop of a treadmill. The speed control system comprises a plurality of image sensors, each image sensor configured to take an image of a user of the treadmill; and a controller configured to control the speed of the endless belt loop by (a) receiving the images of the user taken by the image sensors, (b) rectifying the images based on a calibration of the image sensors, (c) comparing the images to form a disparity map, (d) determining a distance of a user of the treadmill relative to the treadmill using the disparity map, and (e) calculating velocity or acceleration of the treadmill based on the determined distance of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Adam Wilson
  • Patent number: 11249472
    Abstract: A self-propelled device includes a spherical housing and an internal drive system. The self-propelled device can further include an internal structure having a magnet holder that holds a first set of magnets and an external accessory comprising a second set of magnets to magnetically interact, through the spherical housing, with the first set magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SPHERO, INC.
    Inventors: Ian H. Bernstein, Adam Wilson, Chun Kong, Ross MacGregor
  • Publication number: 20210294325
    Abstract: A self-propelled device can include at least a wireless interface, a housing, a propulsion mechanism, and a camera. Using the camera, the self-propelled device can generate a video feed and transmit the video feed to a controller device via the wireless interface. The self-propelled device can receive an input from the controller device indicating an object or location in the video feed. In response to the input, the self-propelled device can initiate an autonomous mode to autonomously operate the propulsion mechanism to propel the self-propelled device towards the object or location indicated in the video feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Sphero, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Berberian, Ian Bernstein, Adam Wilson, Kevin Hemmings, Ross MacGregor
  • Publication number: 20210165403
    Abstract: A self-propelled device determines an orientation for its movement based on a pre-determined reference frame. A controller device is operable by a user to control the self-propelled device. The controller device includes a user interface for controlling at least a direction of movement of the self-propelled device. The self-propelled device is configured to signal the controller device information that indicates the orientation of the self-propelled device. The controller device is configured to orient the user interface, based on the information signaled from the self-propelled device, to reflect the orientation of the self-propelled device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Sphero, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian H. Bernstein, Adam Wilson, Brian Keith Smith
  • Publication number: 20210124346
    Abstract: A self-propelled device is provided including a drive system, a spherical housing, and a biasing mechanism. The drive system includes one or more motors that are contained within the spherical housing. The biasing mechanism actively forces the drive system to continuously engage an interior of the spherical housing in order to cause the spherical housing to move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Ian H. Bernstein, Adam Wilson
  • Patent number: 10849518
    Abstract: Non-invasive electroencephalogram (EEG)-based methods for detecting a spreading depolarization secondary to a brain injury in a patient who exhibits high-amplitude delta activity in at least one channel of a scalp EEG of an injured brain hemisphere of the patient include (a) recording a baseline scalp EEG pattern in the patient at a channel exhibiting high amplitude delta activity; (b) recording a continuous scalp EEG pattern in the patient across a time frame at the at least one channel; and (c) detecting a spreading depolarization during the time frame by observing at least one feature indicative of a spreading depolarization in the continuous scalp EEG recording pattern relative to the baseline scalp EEG pattern at the at least one channel. Scalp EEG recordings are time-compressed prior to analysis. Methods of treating brain-injured patients and triaging brain-injured patients apply the non-invasive EEG methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: University of Cincinnati
    Inventors: Jed A. Hartings, J. Adam Wilson, Jason M. Hinzman, Norberto Andaluz, Vincent DiNapoli, Sebastian Pollandt
  • Patent number: 10845795
    Abstract: A self-propelled device determines an orientation for its movement based on a pre-determined reference frame. A controller device is operable by a user to control the self-propelled device. The controller device includes a user interface for controlling at least a direction of movement of the self-propelled device. The self-propelled device is configured to signal the controller device information that indicates the orientation of the self-propelled device. The controller device is configured to orient the user interface, based on the information signaled from the self-propelled device, to reflect the orientation of the self-propelled device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Sphero, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian H. Bernstein, Adam Wilson, Brian Keith Smith
  • Patent number: 10813581
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and automated systems for real-time detection of spreading depolarizations in a brain injured patient, based an algorithm of (a) providing a reference data base of spreading depolarization waveform templates generated from EEG recordings of confirmed spreading depolarizations (SD) in a reference brain-injured patient cohort; (b) recording an EEG of the brain injured patient to generate recorded EEG waveforms; (c) detecting a slow potential change present in a recorded EEG waveform by applying a power spectral density estimate to the recorded waveform; (d) comparing a detected SPC to a reference database of SD waveform template to identify a candidate SD; and (e) rejecting a candidate SD as a false positive based on overall signal power and amplitude analysis and identifying a non-rejected candidate SD as a detected SD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
    Inventors: Jed A. Hartings, Jonathan Adam Wilson
  • Patent number: 10809724
    Abstract: A self-propelled device can include at least a wireless interface, a housing, a propulsion mechanism, and a camera. Using the camera, the self-propelled device can generate a video feed and transmit the video feed to a controller device via the wireless interface. The self-propelled device can receive an input from the controller device indicating an object or location in the video feed. In response to the input, the self-propelled device can initiate an autonomous mode to autonomously operate the propulsion mechanism to propel the self-propelled device towards the object or location indicated in the video feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Sphero, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Berberian, Ian Bernstein, Adam Wilson, Kevin Hemmings, Ross MacGregor
  • Patent number: D900185
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Misty Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Wilson, Kyle Wheeler, Lenn Soderlund