Patents by Inventor Benjamin R. Ellison

Benjamin R. Ellison 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: 20220414732
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to a price display system for a product. In some embodiments, a price display system for a product comprises a product display unit, a price sign comprising a substrate upon which markings are applied, wherein the markings include a price for a product and a visual identifier to identify the product, the visual identifier comprising a plurality of markers including a pair of markers, the pair of markers indicate boundaries of the visual identifier, data markers, wherein each of the data markers represents one of two states, wherein the data markers collectively represent an identification number corresponding to the product for sale in the retail environment, and timing markers, wherein each of the timing markers represent one of two states, wherein the timing markers collectively represent a timing value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Benjamin R. Ellison
  • Publication number: 20220292454
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to inventory management. In some embodiments, an inventory management system comprises a mobile device comprising an image capture device configured to capture an image and a communications transceiver configured to transmit the image, and a control circuit configured to receive, from the mobile device, the image, detect, within the image, the first sign and the second sign, identify, based on the first sign, a product associated with the first sign, identify, based on the second sign, a location of the product storage unit, associate, in a database, an indication of the product associated with the first sign and the location of the product storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Ellison, Ravi Kumar Dalal, Monisha Elumalai, Yilun Chen
  • Publication number: 20220117496
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to screening a body temperature of a human. In some embodiments, there is provided a touchless temperature screening system that screens a body temperature of a human including a housing comprising an output interface; one or more first sensors; a temperature sensor; and a control circuit configured to: cause the output interface to provide one or more messages; receive the one or more user inputs indicative of responses to at least one of the one or more messages; receive temperature data corresponding to the body temperature; determine whether the human meets a health criteria; and transmit a control signal indicative of the human meeting the health criteria in response to the human meeting the health criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Ellison, Eric Chad Neipling, Addison K. Bostian, Manideep Pabba, Ryan J. Giovacchini, Alisha D. Fleshman, Kipp S. Coco
  • Publication number: 20220120618
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to screening a body temperature of a human. In some embodiments, there is provided a touchless temperature screening system that screens a body temperature of a human including a housing comprising an output interface; one or more first sensors; a temperature sensor; and a control circuit configured to: cause the output interface to provide one or more messages; receive the one or more user inputs indicative of responses to at least one of the one or more messages; receive temperature data corresponding to the body temperature; determine whether the human meets a health criteria; and transmit a control signal indicative of the human meeting the health criteria in response to the human meeting the health criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Ellison, Eric Chad Neipling, Addison K. Bostian, Manideep Pabba, Ryan J. Giovacchini, Alisha D. Fleshman, Kipp S. Coco
  • Publication number: 20200116450
    Abstract: A firearm noise suppressor attachable to the muzzle of a barrel having a longitudinal bore axis. It includes a housing with an outer wall, a forward end wall, and a rearward end wall. The rearward end wall attaches to a firearm barrel and the forward end wall includes an outlet opening aligned with the longitudinal bore axis. A blast chamber is defined at least in part by the rearward end wall, the outer wall, and a blast baffle. At least a second baffle is situated forward of the blast baffle and supported at a periphery by the outer wall. A plurality of circumferentially spaced apart helical blast vanes in the blast chamber impart a rotational flow to propellant gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Ellison, Tyler Jepson, Matthew Martin