Patents by Inventor Benjamin Buchanan

Benjamin Buchanan 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).

  • Monitoring system to identify unregistered persons entering premises and to secure rooms containing registered occupants
    Patent number: 11680436
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide an improved monitoring and security system to identify the presence of persons within a premises, to track the relative location of the person as he or she traverse the premises, and to generate an alert and optionally enter a lockdown mode if the person does not possess a pre-registered computing device or wireless transceiver. In the lockdown mode, doors optionally can be shut and locked through remote or local control or automatically if the distance between the person and the particular door falls below a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Smarter Building Technologies Alliance, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Buchanan, Tony Garcia, Shane Acernese, Rich Hanlon, Chris Loeser, Kevin Martin
  • MONITORING SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY UNREGISTERED PERSONS ENTERING PREMISES AND TO SECURE ROOMS CONTAINING REGISTERED OCCUPANTS
    Publication number: 20210140220
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide an improved monitoring and security system to identify the presence of persons within a premises, to track the relative location of the person as he or she traverse the premises, and to generate an alert and optionally enter a lockdown mode if the person does not possess a pre-registered computing device or wireless transceiver. In the lockdown mode, doors optionally can be shut and locked through remote or local control or automatically if the distance between the person and the particular door falls below a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin BUCHANAN, Tony GARCIA, Shane ACERNESE, Rich HANLON, Chris LOESER, Kevin MARTIN
  • INTELLIGENT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MONITORING COMPUTING DEVICES AND PHYSICAL ASSETS WITHIN A PREMISES AND FOR FACILITATING RELATED TRANSACTIONS
    Publication number: 20210099837
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide an intelligent control system to monitor the presence, physical location, and identity of computing devices and wireless transceivers within a defined space. That information is routed to a server that facilitates transactions involving physical assets in which the wireless transceivers are installed among persons who are operating the computing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin Buchanan, Tony Garcia, Shane Acernese, Rich Hanlon, Chris Loeser, Kevin Martin
  • Adaptive signal equalizer with segmented coarse and fine controls
    Patent number: 8588289
    Abstract: Circuitry for adaptive signal equalizing with coarse and fine boost controls by providing multiple serially coupled stages of parallel controllable DC and AC signal gains with coarse and fine gain controls provided across all stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Amit Rane, Nicolas Nodenot, Yongseon Koh, Laurence D. Lewicki, Benjamin Buchanan
  • System and method for providing adaptively equalized data signal with alternately adjusted data signal boost and sliced data signal amplitude
    Patent number: 8325791
    Abstract: Method and system for adaptive signal equalizing with alternating boost and amplitude controls. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, data signal boost control is based on measured equalized and sliced data signal energies within a bandwidth disposed about a higher frequency, while sliced data signal amplitude control is based on measured equalized and sliced data signal energies within a bandwidth disposed about a lower frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Amit Rane, Nicolas Nodenot, Yongseon Koh, Laurence Lewicki, Benjamin Buchanan
  • System and method for adaptively equalizing data signals with higher and lower data rates
    Patent number: 8270463
    Abstract: System and method for adaptive signal equalizing in which overlapping data signal equalization paths provide cumulative data signal equalization to provide multiple equalized data signals having different available amounts of equalization. Signal slicing circuitry slices the equalized data signals to provide multiple sliced data signals, from which the sliced data signal selected as an output data signal is dependent upon the data rate of the incoming data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Amit Rane, Nicolas Nodenot, Yongseon Koh, Laurence Lewicki, Benjamin Buchanan
  • ADAPTIVE SIGNAL EQUALIZER WITH SEGMENTED COARSE AND FINE CONTROLS
    Publication number: 20120188014
    Abstract: Circuitry for adaptive signal equalizing with coarse and fine boost controls by providing multiple serially coupled stages of parallel controllable DC and AC signal gains with coarse and fine gain controls provided across all stages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Amit Rane, Nicolas Nodenot, Yongseon Koh, Laurence D. Lewicki, Benjamin Buchanan