Patents by Inventor Amy Blank

Amy Blank 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).

  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OBJECT QUALITY DETECTION
    Publication number: 20250370476
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for assigning a quality metric to an object to be grasped by a mobile robot are provided. The method includes receiving at least one image including a set of objects, processing the at least one image using a trained machine learning model to assign a quality metric to a first object of the set of objects in the at least one image, and controlling the mobile robot to perform an action based, at least in part, on the quality metric assigned to the first object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventors: Alexander Broad, Arash Ushani, Karthik Ramachandran, Amy Blank, Krista Shapton, Scott Gilroy, Maurice Rahme, Samuel Shaw, Grant Aylward, Michael Murphy, Alexander Perkins
  • Multi-active-axis, non-exoskeletal rehabilitation device
    Patent number: 12350830
    Abstract: A robotic device for operation in association with an appendage of a user, wherein the appendage of the user has an endpoint, the robotic device comprising: a base; and a robotic arm attached to the base and having an end-point, the robotic arm having at least two active degrees of freedom relative to the base and being configured so that when the base is appropriately positioned relative to a user, the reference frame of the robotic device is oriented generally similarly to the reference frame of the user and motions of the endpoint of the appendage of the user are mimicked by motions of the endpoint of the robotic arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Barrett Technology, LLC
    Inventors: William T. Townsend, David Wilkinson, Alexander Jenko, Julian Leland, Arvind Ananthanarayanan, James Patton, Claude Valle, Michael Morin, Donald Drumm, Amy Blank, Brian Zenowich, Michael Schiess
  • MULTI-ACTIVE-AXIS, NON-EXOSKELETAL REHABILITATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200298402
    Abstract: A robotic device for operation in association with an appendage of a user, wherein the appendage of the user has an endpoint, the robotic device comprising: a base; and a robotic arm attached to the base and having an end-point, the robotic arm having at least two active degrees of freedom relative to the base and being configured so that when the base is appropriately positioned relative to a user, the reference frame of the robotic device is oriented generally similarly to the reference frame of the user and motions of the endpoint of the appendage of the user are mimicked by motions of the endpoint of the robotic arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: William T. Townsend, David Wilkinson, Alexander Jenko, Julian Leland, Arvind Ananthanarayanan, James Patton, Claude Valle, Michael Morin, Donald Drumm, Amy Blank, Brian Zenowich, Michael Schiess