Patents by Inventor Ben Silverman
Ben Silverman 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).
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Publication number: 20230343039Abstract: A system and computerized method for rendering content in a mixed reality installations is provided. The method includes identifying a mixed reality space containing a user position of a user, determining a user gaze direction of the user via a user device, identifying a view volume intersecting the user gaze direction while the user is in the mixed reality space, determining that the view volume is associated with the mixed reality space, and selecting a content entity associated with the view volume to render to the user via the user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: David Ben SILVERMAN, Joshua G. WITTNER, Steven Mark LISS, Catherine ROITER
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Publication number: 20220007603Abstract: A vertically-stacked growing system includes vertical beams and horizontal shelves respectively arranged on different vertical levels. Each horizontal shelf has a length and a width, and includes horizontal structural supports coupled to at least some of the vertical beams, decking coupled to the horizontal structural supports, and multiple walls to form a shallow pond when the horizontal shelf contains a plant nutrient water culture, thereby constituting a growing layer of the growing system. The walls include two side walls along the length and two end walls along the width. Each horizontal shelf further includes a loading and/or unloading apparatus to facilitate loading and/or unloading of a plurality of rafts into and/or out of the shallow pond, via the two end walls, wherein respective rafts of the plurality of rafts include a plurality of germinated plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Upward Enterprises Inc.Inventors: Dan Volpe, Nico Hawley-Weld, Matt Larosa, Rachael Klepner, Aftab Alam, Ben Silverman, Jason Green
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Patent number: 11116156Abstract: A vertically-stacked growing system includes vertical beams and horizontal shelves respectively arranged on different vertical levels, Each horizontal shelf has a length and a width, and includes horizontal structural supports coupled to at least some of the vertical beams, decking coupled to the horizontal structural supports, and multiple walls to form a shallow pond when the horizontal shelf contains a plant nutrient water culture, thereby constituting a growing layer of the growing system. The walls include two side walls along the length and two end walls along the width. Each horizontal shelf further includes a loading and/or unloading apparatus to facilitate loading and/or unloading of a plurality of rafts into and/or out of the shallow pond, via the two end walls, wherein respective rafts of the plurality of rafts include a plurality of germinated plants.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Upward Enterprises Inc.Inventors: Dan Volpe, Nico Hawley-Weld, Matt Larosa, Rachael Klepner, Aftab Alam, Ben Silverman, Jason Green
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Publication number: 20210267148Abstract: A horticultural raft includes a raft body, at least one top cavity, and a group of mid cavities. The top cavity includes an upper face defining a first projected area and a lower face defining a second projected area substantially equal to or less than the first projected area. The upper face provides a seeding pattern having one or two degrees of freedom in a growing medium disposed in the top cavity. Each mid cavity has an upper face defining a third projected area that is entirely contained within the second projected area. The mid cavities are configured to contribute to buoyancy of the floating horticultural raft, allow germinants in the growing medium to communicate via capillary action with a nutrient solution when the raft is floating in the nutrient solution, and mitigate hyperhydration and asphyxiation at respective root-stem junctions of the germinants.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2020Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Nico Hawley-Weld, Matthew Larosa, Aftab Alam, Rachel Klepner, Dan Volpe, Ben Silverman
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Patent number: 10785928Abstract: A horticultural raft includes a raft body, at least one top cavity, and a group of mid cavities. The top cavity includes an upper face defining a first projected area and a lower face defining a second projected area substantially equal to or less than the first projected area. The upper face provides a seeding pattern having one or two degrees of freedom in a growing medium disposed in the top cavity. Each mid cavity has an upper face defining a third projected area that is entirely contained within the second projected area. The mid cavities are configured to contribute to buoyancy of the floating horticultural raft, allow germinants in the growing medium to communicate via capillary action with a nutrient solution when the raft is floating in the nutrient solution, and mitigate hyperhydration and asphyxiation at respective root-stem junctions of the germinants.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: EDEN WORKS, INC.Inventors: Nico Hawley-Weld, Matthew Larosa, Aftab Alam, Rachel Klepner, Dan Volpe, Ben Silverman
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Publication number: 20200015430Abstract: A system includes one or more machines carrying out steps in a plant production process using growing towers, beginning after harvest and concluding immediately after transplanting. These steps include media removal, plant waste disposal, media cleaning, tower cleaning, and tower re-transplanting. A material handling scheme may be used to manage the flow of towers to and from the machine and across the growing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Nico HAWLEY-WELD, Dan VOLPE, Ben SILVERMAN
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Publication number: 20190281778Abstract: A horticultural raft includes a raft body, at least one top cavity, and a group of mid cavities. The top cavity includes an upper face defining a first projected area and a lower face defining a second projected area substantially equal to or less than the first projected area. The upper face provides a seeding pattern having one or two degrees of freedom in a growing medium disposed in the top cavity. Each mid cavity has an upper face defining a third projected area that is entirely contained within the second projected area. The mid cavities are configured to contribute to buoyancy of the floating horticultural raft, allow germinants in the growing medium to communicate via capillary action with a nutrient solution when the raft is floating in the nutrient solution, and mitigate hyperhydration and asphyxiation at respective root-stem junctions of the germinants.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Nico Hawley-Weld, Matthew Larosa, Aftab Alam, Rachel Klepner, Dan Volpe, Ben Silverman
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Publication number: 20180042192Abstract: A vertically-stacked growing system includes vertical beams and horizontal shelves respectively arranged on different vertical levels, Each horizontal shelf has a length and a width, and includes horizontal structural supports coupled to at least some of the vertical beams, decking coupled to the horizontal structural supports, and multiple walls to form a shallow pond when the horizontal shelf contains a plant nutrient water culture, thereby constituting a growing layer of the growing system. The walls include two side walls along the length and two end walls along the width. Each horizontal shelf further includes a loading and/or unloading apparatus to facilitate loading and/or unloading of a plurality of rafts into and/or out of the shallow pond, via the two end walls, wherein respective rafts of the plurality of rafts include a plurality of germinated plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Dan VOLPE, Nico HAWLEY-WELD, Matt LAROSA, Rachael KLEPNER, Aftab ALAM, Ben SILVERMAN, Jason GREEN
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Publication number: 20120202660Abstract: An exercise strap comprises an upper strap and a lower strap. A plurality of loop members are located on the lower strap to allow for handles to be easily removed and replaced on different locations on the lower strap. An adjustment member attached to both the upper strap and the lower strap allows for the overall length of the exercise strap to be adjusted. A strap attachment member attached to the upper strap connects the exercise strap to a suitable mounting mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: ASTONE FITNESS LTD.Inventors: Ben Silverman, Joel Richard Grenz, Darren Shane
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Patent number: 8197392Abstract: An exercise strap comprises an upper strap and a lower strap. A plurality of loop members are located on the lower strap to allow for handles to be easily removed and replaced on different locations on the lower strap. An adjustment member attached to both the upper strap and the lower strap allows for the overall length of the exercise strap to be adjusted. A strap attachment member attached to the upper strap connects the exercise strap to a suitable mounting mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2010Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Astone Fitness Ltd.Inventors: Ben Silverman, Joel Richard Grenz, Darren Shane
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Publication number: 20120035031Abstract: An exercise strap comprises an upper strap and a lower strap. A plurality of loop members are located on the lower strap to allow for handles to be easily removed and replaced on different locations on the lower strap. An adjustment member attached to both the upper strap and the lower strap allows for the overall length of the exercise strap to be adjusted. A strap attachment member attached to the upper strap connects the exercise strap to a suitable mounting mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Inventors: Ben Silverman, Joel Richard Grenz, Darren Shane
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Patent number: 7467560Abstract: A robotic ultrasonic inspection vehicle is provided with one or more transducers which are driven by a long, broadband excitation pulse for insonifying a sample subject to inspection. The long, broadband excitation pulse can be chirped. The robotic vehicle also can include a drive circuit for coupling the excitation pulse to the transducer. Data associated with the excitation pulse is used to gate off the drive circuitry at an appropriate time. The robotic vehicle may traverse a combustion prone region and therefore electrical parameters may be limited to intrinsically safe levels. However electrical parameters may safely be converted to higher levels so long as the conversion is inhibited to occur only after the vehicle has left a combustion prone region and entered a region of minimal risk of combustion.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2003Date of Patent: December 23, 2008Assignee: Berkeley Springs Instruments LLCInventors: Eugene Ben Silverman, Richard Skallos