Patents by Inventor Amir PATEL

Amir PATEL 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).

  • Patent number: 12214550
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating separation of 3D-printed objects from build platforms. The principle of separation in the present invention involves a build platform configured to be removable or flexible or partially deformable, such that at least a portion of the build platform may be bent or tilted to separate the build platform from the 3D-printed object once the 3D-printing is completed. In some embodiments, a base assembly is adapted to magnetically move a build plate along a surface of the base assembly such that the build plate automatically self-aligns along a boundary of the base assembly and magnetically couples to the base assembly. In some embodiments, a build platform includes a flexible layer with a printable surface and a rigid layer coupled to the flexible layer so that applying a force on the flexible layer deforms a localized portion of the printable surface without deforming the rigid layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SprintRay, Inc.
    Inventors: Amir Mansouri, Aayush Patel, Anjali E. Daniels, Huijian Tian, Chonghuan Huang
  • Patent number: 12202208
    Abstract: The present subject matter is directed towards a system and a method for selectively post-curing a three-dimensional (3D-printed) object to attain variable properties. The system comprises a selective post-curing chamber coupled to a computer in communication with a database for accessing a digital model or data concerning the 3D-printed object. The chamber comprises a movable light source assembly and a mounting platform for supporting at least one 3D-printed object thereon. The computer includes one or more executable instructions for selectively emitting a curing light onto the 3D-printed object along a predetermined curing toolpath based on the digital model. The curing of the 3D-printed object along the predetermined curing toolpath generates variable properties along different regions of the 3D-printed object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SprintRay, Inc.
    Inventors: Amir Mansouri, Hossein Bassir, Aayush Patel, Huijian Tian
  • Patent number: 11960013
    Abstract: A motion capture system and method are provided. In a motion capture method, a plurality of motion datasets are accessed. Each motion dataset is associated with a motion sensing unit at which timestamped motion data points of that motion dataset are generated, each motion sensing unit is configured to be in physical contact with a different part of a body of interest. Each timestamped motion data point is timestamped at the motion sensing unit at which it is generated using a clock time that is synchronized across the plurality of motion sensing units. The timestamped motion data points are processed to generate a kinematic model which describes motion of the respective parts of the body of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: University of Cape Town
    Inventors: Amir Patel, Do Yeou Ku
  • Publication number: 20220412824
    Abstract: A ground reaction force plate apparatus and measuring system are provided. The apparatus includes a plate for receiving a force to be measured as applied by a subject to the plate and a plurality of load cells in an arrangement supporting the plate, each load cell being a single-axis sensor with the axis provided at an angle to a plane of the plate and oriented towards a centre of the plate. The load cells are configured to measure data relating to a force vector at the angled single-axis sensor when the subject applies a force to the plate. A data collection controller is provided for logging time series measurements of the load cells over a time in which the subject applies a force to the plate. The system applies machine learning processing to output the load cell measurements as a three-dimensional ground reaction force on the plate by a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
    Inventors: Amir PATEL, Callen FISHER, Liam James CLARK, James TEVERSHAM
  • Publication number: 20210003717
    Abstract: A motion capture system and method are provided. In a motion capture method, a plurality of motion datasets are accessed. Each motion dataset is associated with a motion sensing unit at which timestamped motion data points of that motion dataset are generated, each motion sensing unit is configured to be in physical contact with a different part of a body of interest. Each timestamped motion data point is timestamped at the motion sensing unit at which it is generated using a clock time that is synchronized across the plurality of motion sensing units. The timestamped motion data points are processed to generate a kinematic model which describes motion of the respective parts of the body of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: University of Cape Town
    Inventors: Amir PATEL, Do KU