Patents by Inventor Benjamin Miles

Benjamin Miles 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: 12240134
    Abstract: An electric grooming appliance includes a housing, a grooming device, an electric motor, and a controller. In some embodiments, the electric grooming appliance is capable of operating in different modes and includes a user interface which allows a user to communicate with the controller and select at least one of the modes. The electric grooming appliance may provide information to the user relating to information determined and/or detected during a grooming session. In addition, the electric grooming appliance may record or store grooming session information on a memory and estimate future operating parameters based on the grooming session information. The electric grooming appliance may include a trimmer assembly that is positionable between a stowed position and an operative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Anthony Schneider, Richard Kirk Maguire, Timin Musallam, Grant Oberhauser, Benjamin Miles Cleppe
  • Publication number: 20240374005
    Abstract: A hair styling apparatus includes a heating assembly that is configured to deliver heat to hair. The hair styling apparatus is configured to energize a heating element of the heating assembly to deliver heat to the hair during a first styling operation. In one embodiment, the hair styling apparatus is configured to determine an estimated hair temperature, compare the estimated hair temperature to a desired hair temperature profile, and energize the heating assembly during a second styling operation based on the comparison. In another embodiment, the hair styling apparatus determines a curl profile of the hair based on a temperature of the heating assembly or the hair. The hair styling apparatus is configured to compare the curl profile to a desired curl profile, and energize the heating assembly during a second styling operation based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Dave William Everett, JR., Benjamin Miles Cleppe, Jay William Kuzia, Michael John deGrood
  • Publication number: 20240326270
    Abstract: An electric hair grooming appliance includes a handle and a hair grooming device. The electric hair grooming appliance also includes a pivot assembly pivotably attaching the hair grooming device to the handle. The pivot assembly includes a spherical housing. The hair grooming device and the spherical housing are pivotable relative to the handle about at least two pivot axes extending through the spherical housing. The electric hair grooming appliance further includes a motor contained in the spherical housing. The motor is configured to drive the hair grooming device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Miles Cleppe, Michael John deGrood, William Roberts, Stephen A. Latham, Eric William Henry Gobrecht, Kenichi Karasawa, Andrew Davis Edge
  • Patent number: 11860758
    Abstract: A system is described that obtains first performance data collected during execution of a first application at a first group of computing devices, determines, based on the first performance data, at least one metric for quantifying performance of the first application, and compares the at least one metric to a corresponding benchmark derived from second performance data collected during execution of one or more second applications at a second group of computing devices. Each of the one or more second applications being different than the first application. The system determines whether the at least one metric is within a threshold amount of the corresponding benchmark, and further determines, determines, based at least in part on the at least one metric is not within the threshold amount of the corresponding benchmark, a fix to the first application and outputs, for presentation at a developer device, an indication of the fix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Fergus Gerard Hurley, Dino Derek Hughes, Olivier Benoit Gaillard, David Renaud Ghislain Chapelier, Johannes Tonollo, Simon James MacMullen, Yevhen Anisimov, Ioannis Ilkos, Benjamin Miles
  • Publication number: 20220355497
    Abstract: An electric grooming appliance includes a housing, a grooming device, an electric motor, and a controller. In some embodiments, the electric grooming appliance is capable of operating in different modes and includes a user interface which allows a user to communicate with the controller and select at least one of the modes. The electric grooming appliance may provide information to the user relating to information determined and/or detected during a grooming session. In addition, the electric grooming appliance may record or store grooming session information on a memory and estimate future operating parameters based on the grooming session information. The electric grooming appliance may include a trimmer assembly that is positionable between a stowed position and an operative position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Paul Anthony Schneider, Richard Kirk Maguire, Timin Musallam, Grant Oberhauser, Benjamin Miles Cleppe
  • Publication number: 20210019247
    Abstract: A system is described that obtains first performance data collected during execution of a first application at a first group of computing devices, determines, based on the first performance data, at least one metric for quantifying performance of the first application, and compares the at least one metric to a corresponding benchmark derived from second performance data collected during execution of one or more second applications at a second group of computing devices. Each of the one or more second applications being different than the first application. The system determines whether the at least one metric is within a threshold amount of the corresponding benchmark, and further determines, determines, based at least in part on the at least one metric is not within the threshold amount of the corresponding benchmark, a fix to the first application and outputs, for presentation at a developer device, an indication of the fix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Fergus Gerard Hurley, Dino Derek Hughes, Olivier Benoit Gaillard, David Renaud Ghislain Chapelier, Johannes Tonollo, Simon James MacMullen, Yevhen Anisimov, Ioannis Ilkos, Benjamin Miles
  • Publication number: 20180261123
    Abstract: A method for educating a sports fan is disclosed. The method includes the steps of displaying game content over a medium; showing one or more Messages; showing one or more Sports Interpretation Questions related to said Message(s); receiving and/or recording an Answer to the Sports Interpretation Question(s) in response to said Sports Interpretation Questions(s); showing one or more Trivia Questions; receiving and/or recording an Answer to the Trivia Question(s) in response to said Trivia Question, wherein (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) occur as game content is displayed; repeating steps (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) until a set number of Sports Interpretation Questions and Trivia Questions are shown; and calculating a score based on the Answers received in response to one or more Sports Interpretation Questions and Trivia Questions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventor: Jacques Benjamin Miles