Patents by Inventor Ben Walker

Ben Walker 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: 20230108245
    Abstract: A case for a mobile device includes a frame and an elastomeric shell. The elastomeric shell is received in the frame and has an outer surface, an inner surface opposite the outer surface and configured for receiving the mobile device, and a rim extending between the outer surface and the inner surface. The inner surface forms inner projections each having an inner extremity extending toward an inside of the elastomeric shell and each being configured for contact with the mobile device when arranged in the inner surface. The outer surface forms outer projections defining respective outer projection extremities and forms outer troughs extending between the outer projections and defining outer trough extremities. The outer projections extend toward a frame inner perimeter of the frame such that each of the outer trough extremities is spaced further from the frame than adjacent ones of the outer projection extremities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Alan Yu Tung Ng, Monica Elizabeth Wright, Darrick Del Moral, Bryan Lee Hynecek, David Kroft Mondry, Harlan Seth Dannenberg, Christopher William Ledesma, Ben Walker Hunt
  • Patent number: 11522571
    Abstract: A case for a mobile device includes a frame and an elastomeric shell. The elastomeric shell is received in the frame and has an outer surface, an inner surface opposite the outer surface and configured for receiving the mobile device, and a rim extending between the outer surface and the inner surface. The inner surface forms inner projections each having an inner extremity extending toward an inside of the elastomeric shell and each being configured for contact with the mobile device when arranged in the inner surface. The outer surface forms outer projections defining respective outer projection extremities and forms outer troughs extending between the outer projections and defining outer trough extremities. The outer projections extend toward a frame inner perimeter of the frame such that each of the outer trough extremities is spaced further from the frame than adjacent ones of the outer projection extremities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Speculative Product Design, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Yu Tung Ng, Monica Elizabeth Wright, Darrick Del Moral, Bryan Lee Hynecek, David Kroft Mondry, Harlan Seth Dannenberg, Christopher William Ledesma, Ben Walker Hunt
  • Publication number: 20210151145
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for emergency medical monitoring. In one implementation, one or more workflows are generated using a patient monitor executed by at least one server. The one or more workflows are configured for monitoring the patient during an emergency medical procedure. Patient medical information corresponding to an emergency medical event is captured using the one or more workflows. The patient medical information is captured using at least one user device in communication with the at least one server over a network. A patient medical summary is generated by extracting and collating the patient medical information, and the patient medical summary is output for presentation on at least one display in communication with the at least one server over the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Poudre Valley Health Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Julie Dunn, Ben Walker, Katherine Corey
  • Publication number: 20210134410
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for emergency medical monitoring. In one implementation, one or more workflows are generated using a patient monitor executed by at least one server. The one or more workflows are configured for monitoring the patient during an emergency medical procedure. Patient medical information corresponding to an emergency medical event is captured using the one or more workflows. The patient medical information is captured using at least one user device in communication with the at least one server over a network. A patient medical summary is generated by extracting and collating the patient medical information, and the patient medical summary is output for presentation on at least one display in communication with the at least one server over the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Poudre Valley Health Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Julie Dunn, Ben Walker, Katherine Corey
  • Publication number: 20210126666
    Abstract: A case for a mobile device includes a frame and an elastomeric shell. The elastomeric shell is received in the frame and has an outer surface, an inner surface opposite the outer surface and configured for receiving the mobile device, and a rim extending between the outer surface and the inner surface. The inner surface forms inner projections each having an inner extremity extending toward an inside of the elastomeric shell and each being configured for contact with the mobile device when arranged in the inner surface. The outer surface forms outer projections defining respective outer projection extremities and forms outer troughs extending between the outer projections and defining outer trough extremities. The outer projections extend toward a frame inner perimeter of the frame such that each of the outer trough extremities is spaced further from the frame than adjacent ones of the outer projection extremities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Alan Yu Tung Ng, Monica Elizabeth Wright, Darrick Del Moral, Bryan Lee Hynecek, David Kroft Mondry, Harlan Seth Dannenberg, Christopher William Ledesma, Ben Walker Hunt
  • Patent number: 10569672
    Abstract: An adaptive tensile control system includes a covering couple to a motorized retractor operable to release and retract the covering in response to control signals. An adaptive seat suspension includes a flexible suspension mat coupled to a motorized retractor operable to release and retract the flexible suspension mat in response to control signals. A method includes adapting the size of a support in a seat and adapting a covering overlying the support. A device includes an inflatable bolster within a seat having a covering. An apparatus includes a seat back and a seat that includes foam having a variable surface and a seamless covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Andrew W. Kooker, John J. Baker, Jonathon Folks, James G. Griffin, II, Jun Wooung Jeong, Craig Ogden, Lukas Satas, Zachary Segraves, Ben Walker, David Yates
  • Patent number: 9962095
    Abstract: Heartrate tracking is performed entirely optically without the subject being required to wear any monitoring equipment by processing a combination of signals representing frames of video of the sinusoidal motion of a subject's facial skin color changes captured by both IR and visible light (e.g., RGB—red/green/blue) cameras. The IR and RGB graphs that result from the processing are perfectly phase-shifted so that when the IR signal is going down in amplitude, the RGB signal is going up. Such phase-shifting enables the optical heartrate tracking to utilize diverse input feeds so that a tracked signal is accepted as the user's true heartrate when both IR and RGB signals are well correlated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Anis Ahmad, Ben Walker, Daniel Kennett, Andrew Flavell
  • Patent number: 9958383
    Abstract: An active illumination range camera that acquires a range and a picture image of a scene and provides a reflectance for a feature in the scene responsive to a distance for the feature provided by the range image, a registered irradiance for the feature provided by the picture image and registered irradiance for a region of a calibration surface corresponding to the feature provided by an image of the calibration surface acquired by the range camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Hall, Kameron Rausch, Abdelrehim Ahmed, Beibei Cheng, Ben Walker, Jonathan Hoof, Daniel Kennett
  • Publication number: 20170337338
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for emergency medical monitoring. In one implementation, one or more workflows are generated using a patient monitor executed by at least one server. The one or more workflows are configured for monitoring the patient during an emergency medical procedure. Patient medical information corresponding to an emergency medical event is captured using the one or more workflows. The patient medical information is captured using at least one user device in communication with the at least one server over a network. A patient medical summary is generated by extracting and collating the patient medical information, and the patient medical summary is output for presentation on at least one display in communication with the at least one server over the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Poudre Valley Health Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Julie Dunn, Ben Walker, Katherine Corey
  • Patent number: 9623269
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to an assisted braking belay system with a housing, camming mechanism, and clutch mechanism. The housing may include a substantially enclosed rope channel through which a rope may extend to the climber. The camming mechanism is moveably coupled to the housing and configured to automatically engage a camming surface upon the rope across the rope channel if the rope translates through the channel at a particular acceleration rate. The clutch mechanism may function as a secondary locking mechanism to engage the camming surface of the camming mechanism upon the rope across the rope channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.
    Inventors: Paul Oddou, Jake Hall, Bill Belcourt, Ben Walker
  • Publication number: 20160178512
    Abstract: An active illumination range camera that acquires a range and a picture image of a scene and provides a reflectance for a feature in the scene responsive to a distance for the feature provided by the range image, a registered irradiance for the feature provided by the picture image and registered irradiance for a region of a calibration surface corresponding to the feature provided by an image of the calibration surface acquired by the range camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Hall, Kameron Rausch, Abdelrehim Ahmed, Beibei Cheng, Ben Walker, Jonathan Hoof, Daniel Kennett
  • Patent number: 9144711
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a via ferrata safety system that improves user safety by increasing the reliable activation of the energy absorption system. The via ferrata system includes a harness coupling member, two fixed cable coupling members, and an energy absorption system. The energy absorption system is coupled to both the harness coupling member and the two fixed cable coupling members. The two fixed cable coupling members are independently coupled to the energy absorption system and to one another. The coupling between the two fixed cable coupling members is proportionally weaker than the independent coupling between the two fixed cable coupling members and the energy absorption system. This proportional weakness of the coupling between the fixed cable coupling members allows each of the fixed cable coupling members to act independently in the event that one of the cable coupling members is coupled to a point between the user and the energy absorption system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ben Walker, Brendan Perkins, Bill Belcourt
  • Publication number: 20140316293
    Abstract: Heartrate tracking is performed entirely optically without the subject being required to wear any monitoring equipment by processing a combination of signals representing frames of video of the sinusoidal motion of a subject's facial skin color changes captured by both IR and visible light (e.g., RGB—red/green/blue) cameras. The IR and RGB graphs that result from the processing are perfectly phase-shifted so that when the IR signal is going down in amplitude, the RGB signal is going up. Such phase-shifting enables the optical heartrate tracking to utilize diverse input feeds so that a tracked signal is accepted as the user's true heartrate when both IR and RGB signals are well correlated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anis Ahmad, Ben Walker, Daniel Kennett, Andrew Flavell
  • Publication number: 20140262611
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to an assisted braking belay system with a housing, camming mechanism, and clutch mechanism. The housing may include a substantially enclosed rope channel through which a rope may extend to the climber. The camming mechanism is moveably coupled to the housing and configured to automatically engage a camming surface upon the rope across the rope channel if the rope translates through the channel at a particular acceleration rate. The clutch mechanism may function as a secondary locking mechanism to engage the camming surface of the camming mechanism upon the rope across the rope channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: BLACK DIAMOND EQUIPMENT, LTD.
    Inventors: Paul Oddou, Jake Hall, Bill Belcourt, Ben Walker
  • Publication number: 20140262610
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to an assisted braking belay system with a housing, a camming mechanism, and a lever mechanism with a lever disengagement mechanism. The housing may include a substantially enclosed rope channel through which a rope may extend to the climber. The camming mechanism is moveably coupled to the housing and configured to automatically engage a camming surface upon the rope across the rope channel if the rope translates through the channel at a particular speed. The lever mechanism enables a belayer to selectively disengage the camming mechanism and release the camming surface from the rope thereby allowing the rope to translate through the rope channel. The lever disengagement mechanism is configured to automatically disengage the lever mechanism from the camming mechanism thereby enabling the camming mechanism to automatically reengage the camming surface upon the rope across the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: BLACK DIAMOND EQUIPMENT, LTD.
    Inventors: Paul Oddou, Jake Hall, Bill Belcourt, Ben Walker
  • Patent number: 8555470
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to an automatic locking carabiner including a frame, a gate, a gate biasing system, and a gate locking system. The gate is pivotably coupled to the frame including a closed configuration within which the gate and frame form a continuously enclosed inner region, and an open configuration within which the gate is pivotably rotated within the inner region so as to form an opening. The gate locking system includes an engaged state within which the gate is locked in the closed configuration, and a disengaged state within which the gate is pivotably rotatable with respect to the frame. The gate locking system is biased toward the engaged state when the gate is in the closed configuration. The functionality and operation of the gate locking system is independent of the gate biasing system. The engaged state of the gate locking system includes a releasable magnetic coupling between the gate and the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.
    Inventors: Joseph Edward Spataro, Ben Walker, William R Belcourt
  • Publication number: 20120297590
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to an automatic locking carabiner including a frame, a gate, a gate biasing system, and a gate locking system. The gate is pivotably coupled to the frame including a closed configuration within which the gate and frame form a continuously enclosed inner region, and an open configuration within which the gate is pivotably rotated within the inner region so as to form an opening. The gate locking system includes an engaged state within which the gate is locked in the closed configuration, and a disengaged state within which the gate is pivotably rotatable with respect to the frame. The gate locking system is biased toward the engaged state when the gate is in the closed configuration. The functionality and operation of the gate locking system is independent of the gate biasing system. The engaged state of the gate locking system includes a releasable magnetic coupling between the gate and the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Joseph Edward Spataro, Ben Walker, William R. Belcourt
  • Patent number: 8276943
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for damping the impact and rebound forces associated with the use of elongated poles. One embodiment of the present invention relates to a supportive pole system including an elongated shaft, hand receiving member, tip, and force absorbing system. The force absorbing system includes a damping member externally disposed on the elongated shaft between the elongated shaft and either the hand receiving member or the tip. The damping member includes an elastic material such as elastomer that rebounds in response to a compression force. The damping member may include a plurality of stages configured to include independent damping force response characteristics. The force absorbing system may further include a rebound air dampener within the hand receiving member for controlling the rebound force characteristics of the damping member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Best, David Mellon, Ben Walker
  • Patent number: 8001663
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to an automatically locking carabiner system including a frame, a gate, a gate biasing system, and a gate locking system. The frame and gate form a continuously enclosed inner region in a closed configuration with respect to the frame. When in an engaged state, the gate locking system is configured to automatically lock the gate in the closed configuration with respect to the frame. The gate locking system may include a trigger coupled to the frame such that the position of the trigger corresponds to the state of the gate locking system. The trigger may be positioned on an opposite side of the frame from the gate with respect to the inner region. The force required to disengage the gate locking system may be substantially opposite that which is required to transition the gate to the open configuration with respect to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.
    Inventors: William R Belcourt, Ben Walker, David Mellon, Jeremy Saxton, Brendan Perkins
  • Patent number: D940122
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Speculative Product Design, LLC
    Inventors: Minna Chong, Patrick Christian, Bryan Lee Hynecek, Ben Walker Hunt, Darrick Del Moral