Patents by Inventor Benjamin Redfield

Benjamin Redfield 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: 11914025
    Abstract: A plurality of positional sensing devices are situated at regular intervals within an environment and collect data for tracking objects moving within the environment. Phase shift of modulated Doppler pulses reflected from the sensing devices to objects are measured and converted into positional data indicating positions of detected objects within the environment. Associated timestamp data is also collected by the positional sensing devices. The positional data and associated timestamp data is aggregated from the plurality of positional sensors, and the aggregated positional data and is clustered to determine point clouds which are associated with the detected objects. The clusters are tracked by tracklets that track the position of each cluster over time. Trajectories for each detected object are determined by connecting tracklets together that are associated with the same detected object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Density, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Farah, Casey Kelso, Christian Ayerh, John Shanley, Robert Grazioli, Benjamin Redfield, Garrett Bastable, Brian Weinreich, Kyle Hay
  • Patent number: 11776342
    Abstract: A depth sensing device, situated above a threshold to a room, collects asynchronous, non-personally-identifiable data regarding a count of people entering and exiting across the threshold. Phase shift of modulated infrared light reflected from a light source to an object is measured and converted into depth data indicating the depth of the pixels therein. The depth data is used to classify detected objects as human, and to track their movement bi-directionally through the threshold. A running count of humans entering or exiting the room is streamed to a remote server, which aggregates data collected from a number of depth sensing devices. The server then makes that data available at various levels of visualization corresponding to different levels of a hierarchy of nested virtual spaces, such as a multi-entrance room, or a building. Entities that access this data may see a real-time, accurate count of humans currently occupying the virtual space, as well as historical data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Density Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Farah, Casey Kelso, Brian Weinreich, Benjamin Redfield, Garrett Bastable, Matthew Merati, Siu Kwong Mok
  • Patent number: 11227458
    Abstract: A depth sensing device, situated above a threshold to a room, collects asynchronous, non-personally-identifiable data regarding a count of people entering and exiting across the threshold. Phase shift of modulated infrared light reflected from a light source to an object is measured and converted into depth data indicating the depth of the pixels therein. The depth data is used to classify detected objects as human, and to track their movement bi-directionally through the threshold. A running count of humans entering or exiting the room is streamed to a remote server, which aggregates data collected from a number of depth sensing devices. The server then makes that data available at various levels of visualization corresponding to different levels of a hierarchy of nested virtual spaces, such as a multi-entrance room, or a building. Entities that access this data may see a real-time, accurate count of humans currently occupying the virtual space, as well as historical data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Density Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Farah, Casey Kelso, Brian Weinreich, Benjamin Redfield, Garrett Bastable, Matthew Merati, Siu Kwong Mok