Patents by Inventor Brandon J. Guttersohn

Brandon J. Guttersohn 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: 10820814
    Abstract: An electronic fitness device comprises an optical transmitter, a first lens, an optical receiver, and a second lens. The optical transmitter is operable to transmit an optical signal. The first lens covers at least a portion of the optical transmitter and is operable to direct the optical signal into the skin of a user in a first direction outward from a center of the electronic fitness device. The optical receiver is operable to receive optical signals modulated by the skin of the user and to generate a photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal resulting from the optical signal. The second lens covers at least a portion of the optical receiver and is operable to receive a modulated optical signal from the skin of the user in a second direction inward toward the center of the electronic fitness device and to direct the modulated optical signal toward the optical receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Garmin Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Cheng-Yu Tsai, Dong-Yi Wu, Brandon J. Guttersohn
  • Publication number: 20190269341
    Abstract: An electronic fitness device comprises an optical transmitter, a first lens, an optical receiver, and a second lens. The optical transmitter is operable to transmit an optical signal. The first lens covers at least a portion of the optical transmitter and is operable to direct the optical signal into the skin of a user in a first direction outward from a center of the electronic fitness device. The optical receiver is operable to receive optical signals modulated by the skin of the user and to generate a photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal resulting from the optical signal. The second lens covers at least a portion of the optical receiver and is operable to receive a modulated optical signal from the skin of the user in a second direction inward toward the center of the electronic fitness device and to direct the modulated optical signal toward the optical receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Cheng-Yu Tsai, Dong-YI Wu, Brandon J. Guttersohn