Patents by Inventor Albert Goldfain

Albert Goldfain 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: 20240062643
    Abstract: A wearable computing device may be used to track the efficacy of one or more cleaning actions performed. The device can include one or more sensors that detect and measure motion associated with a cleaning event. In different examples, the movement data generated by the device can be compared to reference movement data to determine if the individual has cleaned all the objects they were expected to clean and/or if the individual has cleaned a given object sufficiently well. As another example, the movement data generated by the device can be analyzed to distinguish cleaning and non-cleaning movement actions as well as to distinguish different types of cleaning actions during cleaning movement. The quality of each cleaning action can be evaluated. In any configuration, the device may perform an operation in response to determining that ineffective cleaning is being performed, causing corrected cleaning action to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Albert Goldfain, Gregory Bryant Hayes, Emily Gaynor, Pedro Van Hoecke, Ilona Furman Weart, Joseph Wegner
  • Patent number: 11804124
    Abstract: A wearable computing device may be used to track the efficacy of one or more cleaning actions performed. The device can include one or more sensors that detect and measure motion associated with a cleaning event. In different examples, the movement data generated by the device can be compared to reference movement data to determine if the individual has cleaned all the objects they were expected to clean and/or if the individual has cleaned a given object sufficiently well. As another example, the movement data generated by the device can be analyzed to distinguish cleaning and non-cleaning movement actions as well as to distinguish different types of cleaning actions during cleaning movement. The quality of each cleaning action can be evaluated. In any configuration, the device may perform an operation in response to determining that ineffective cleaning is being performed, causing corrected cleaning action to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Goldfain, Gregory Bryant Hayes, Emily Gaynor, Pedro Van Hoecke, Ilona Furman Weart, Joseph Wegner
  • Publication number: 20230316891
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a system for detecting when an individual performs a prohibited action during a cleaning event. A wearable computing device that is worn by an individual performing cleaning in an environment detects movement associated with the wearable device during a cleaning event. One or more processors determines, based at least in part on the movement associated with the wearable computing device detected during the cleaning event, whether the individual has performed a prohibited action during the cleaning event. Responsive to determining that the individual performed the prohibited action during the cleaning event, the one or more processors may perform an operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Grant Daniel Lindh, Albert Goldfain, Janice Alina Frias, Helen Gates, Alex Robert Pederson, Christopher Moen Flynn
  • Publication number: 20220415157
    Abstract: A wearable computing device may be used to track the efficacy of one or more cleaning actions performed. The device can include one or more sensors that detect and measure motion associated with a cleaning event. In different examples, the movement data generated by the device can be compared to reference movement data to determine if the individual has cleaned all the objects they were expected to clean and/or if the individual has cleaned a given object sufficiently well. As another example, the movement data generated by the device can be analyzed to distinguish cleaning and non-cleaning movement actions as well as to distinguish different types of cleaning actions during cleaning movement. The quality of each cleaning action can be evaluated. In any configuration, the device may perform an operation in response to determining that ineffective cleaning is being performed, causing corrected cleaning action to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Albert Goldfain, Gregory Bryant Hayes, Emily Gaynor, Pedro Van Hoecke, Ilona Furman Weart, Joseph Wegner
  • Patent number: 11430321
    Abstract: A wearable computing device may be used to track the efficacy of one or more cleaning actions performed. The device can include one or more sensors that detect and measure motion associated with a cleaning event. In different examples, the movement data generated by the device can be compared to reference movement data to determine if the individual has cleaned all the objects they were expected to clean and/or if the individual has cleaned a given object sufficiently well. As another example, the movement data generated by the device can be analyzed to distinguish cleaning and non-cleaning movement actions as well as to distinguish different types of cleaning actions during cleaning movement. The quality of each cleaning action can be evaluated. In any configuration, the device may perform an operation in response to determining that ineffective cleaning is being performed, causing corrected cleaning action to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Goldfain, Gregory Bryant Hayes, Emily Gaynor, Pedro Van Hoecke, Ilona Furman Weart, Joseph Wegner
  • Patent number: 11308788
    Abstract: A wearable computing device may be used to track the efficacy of one or more cleaning actions performed. The device can include one or more sensors that detect and measure motion associated with a cleaning event. In different examples, the movement data generated by the device can be compared to reference movement data to determine if the individual has cleaned all the objects they were expected to clean and/or if the individual has cleaned a given object sufficiently well. As another example, the movement data generated by the device can be analyzed to distinguish cleaning and non-cleaning movement actions as well as to distinguish different types of cleaning actions during cleaning movement. The quality of each cleaning action can be evaluated. In any configuration, the device may perform an operation in response to determining that ineffective cleaning is being performed, causing corrected cleaning action to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Bryant Hayes, Albert Goldfain, Pedro Van Hoecke, Emily Gaynor, Joseph Wegner, Ilona Furman Weart
  • Publication number: 20200250955
    Abstract: A wearable computing device may be used to track the efficacy of one or more cleaning actions performed. The device can include one or more sensors that detect and measure motion associated with a cleaning event. In different examples, the movement data generated by the device can be compared to reference movement data to determine if the individual has cleaned all the objects they were expected to clean and/or if the individual has cleaned a given object sufficiently well. As another example, the movement data generated by the device can be analyzed to distinguish cleaning and non-cleaning movement actions as well as to distinguish different types of cleaning actions during cleaning movement. The quality of each cleaning action can be evaluated. In any configuration, the device may perform an operation in response to determining that ineffective cleaning is being performed, causing corrected cleaning action to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Albert Goldfain, Gregory Bryant Hayes, Emily Gaynor, Pedro Van Hoecke, Ilona Furman Weart, Joseph Wegner
  • Publication number: 20200250956
    Abstract: A wearable computing device may be used to track the efficacy of one or more cleaning actions performed. The device can include one or more sensors that detect and measure motion associated with a cleaning event. In different examples, the movement data generated by the device can be compared to reference movement data to determine if the individual has cleaned all the objects they were expected to clean and/or if the individual has cleaned a given object sufficiently well. As another example, the movement data generated by the device can be analyzed to distinguish cleaning and non-cleaning movement actions as well as to distinguish different types of cleaning actions during cleaning movement. The quality of each cleaning action can be evaluated. In any configuration, the device may perform an operation in response to determining that ineffective cleaning is being performed, causing corrected cleaning action to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Gregory Bryant Hayes, Albert Goldfain, Pedro Van Hoecke, Emily Gaynor, Joseph Wegner, Ilona Furman Weart
  • Publication number: 20180213432
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the health of an animal using multiple sensors is described. The wearable device may include one or more sensors whose resultant signal levels may be analyzed in the wearable device or uploaded to a data management server for additional analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventor: Albert Goldfain
  • Patent number: 9872481
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the health of an animal using multiple sensors is described. The wearable device may include one or more sensors whose resultant signal levels may be analyzed in the wearable device or uploaded to a data management server for additional analysis. One or more embodiments include variations of the sensor system to determine whether the wearable device is being worn properly by the animal so that the resultant signal levels are of optimal quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: i4C Innovations Inc.
    Inventor: Albert Goldfain
  • Patent number: 9788232
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the health of an animal using multiple sensors is described. The wearable device may include one or more sensors whose resultant signal levels may be analyzed in the wearable device or uploaded to a data management server for additional analysis. One or more embodiments include variations of the UWB system to accommodate differences in animals, such as scheduling or attempting transmissions between the wearable device and the data management server in such a way as to increase the likelihood of a successful transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: i4C Innovations Inc.
    Inventor: Albert Goldfain
  • Publication number: 20160178392
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the health of an animal using multiple sensors is described. The wearable device may include one or more sensors whose resultant signal levels may be analyzed in the wearable device or uploaded to a data management server for additional analysis. One or more embodiments include variations of the UWB system to accommodate differences in animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventor: Albert Goldfain
  • Publication number: 20160174099
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the health of an animal using multiple sensors is described. The wearable device may include one or more sensors whose resultant signal levels may be analyzed in the wearable device or uploaded to a data management server for additional analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Albert Goldfain
  • Publication number: 20160165852
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the health of an animal using multiple sensors is described. The wearable device may include one or more sensors whose resultant signal levels may be analyzed in the wearable device or uploaded to a data management server for additional analysis. One or more embodiments include variations of the sensor system to determine whether the wearable device is being worn properly by the animal so that the resultant signal levels are of optimal quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Albert Goldfain
  • Publication number: 20160165853
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the health of an animal using multiple sensors is described. The wearable device may include one or more sensors whose resultant signal levels may be analyzed in the wearable device or uploaded to a data management server for additional analysis. One or more embodiments include variations of the sensor system to accommodate differences in animals, including tracking vital signs over a period of time and comparing recorded values with an individual or species-based trendline. A deviation from the trendline may be signaled by alerting a user associated with the device about the deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Albert Goldfain
  • Publication number: 20150181840
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the health of an animal using multiple sensors is described. The wearable device may include one or more sensors whose resultant signal levels may be analyzed in the wearable device or uploaded to a data management server for additional analysis. One or more embodiments include variations of the UWB system to accommodate differences in animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Joe Paul Tupin, JR., Christopher Fong, Albert Goldfain, John Michael Couse
  • Patent number: 8856380
    Abstract: A communications protocol interface may be configured as being divisible into a core portion and an extensible portion. The extensible portion of the communications protocol interface may be further configured so that each network element can communicate a unique and optimally small subset of actual interoperable data that corresponds to at least a portion of a larger defined data set. A software generator program may be configured to generate a set of extensible source code that operates upon the subset of actual data and that directs the execution of the extensible portion of the communications protocol interface for a particular network element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: James J. DelloStritto, Ronald J. Blaszak, Chad E. Craw, Cory Russell Gondek, Frank LoMascolo, Eric G. Petersen, Kenneth G. West, Albert Goldfain, Mahesh Narayan, Song Y. Chung
  • Patent number: 8543999
    Abstract: A communications protocol interface is configured as being divisible into a core portion and an extensible portion. The extensible portion of the communications protocol interface is further configured to be customized in scope so that each network element can communicate a unique and optionally small, subset of actual interoperable data that corresponds to at least a portion of a larger defined data set. A software generator program is configured to generate a set of extensible source code that operates upon the subset of actual data and that directs the execution of the extensible portion of the communications protocol interface for a particular network element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: James J. DelloStritto, Ronald James Blaszak, Song Yong Chung, Chad Everett Craw, Albert Goldfain, Cory Russell Gondek, Frank LoMascolo, Mahesh Narayan, Eric G. Petersen, Kenneth G. West
  • Patent number: 8402161
    Abstract: A communications protocol interface may be configured as being divisible into a core portion and an extensible portion. The extensible portion of the communications protocol interface may be further configured so that each network element can communicate a unique and optimally small subset of actual interoperable data that corresponds to at least a portion of a larger defined data set. A software generator program may be configured to generate a set of extensible source code that operates upon the subset of actual data and that directs the execution of the extensible portion of the communications protocol interface for a particular network element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: James J. DelloStritto, Ronald J. Blaszak, Chad E. Craw, Cory Russell Gondek, Frank LoMascolo, Eric G. Petersen, Kenneth G. West, Albert Goldfain, Mahesh Narayan, Song Y. Chung
  • Publication number: 20110246123
    Abstract: A method for monitoring kinetic motion includes: capturing acceleration data of a human body of interest from a plurality of points on the human body of interest; using the plurality of points that correlate to parts of the human body of interest to determine a position or view of the human body of interest, wherein the position or view includes a kinetic signature comprising motion characteristics; and displaying a live representation of the human body of interest by using the determined position or view of the human body of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: WELCH ALLYN, INC.
    Inventors: James J. DelloStritto, Albert Goldfain, Min Xu