Patents by Inventor Bruce James Cannon

Bruce James Cannon 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: 9186595
    Abstract: An amusement device includes a rotating assembly display rotatably mounted about a center point configured to create a plurality of images via a persistence of vision effect. The rotating assembly includes a sensor disposed on the rotating assembly at a location closer to an end of the rotating assembly than to the center point. The amusement device also includes a device for rotating the rotating assembly and a control circuit including a first microcontroller in operable communication with the sensor. The microcontroller controls a speed at which the device for rotating the rotating assembly rotates the rotating assembly based on communications with the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: MATTEL, INC.
    Inventor: Bruce James Cannon
  • Patent number: 9144746
    Abstract: A toy set is disclosed herein the toy set including: a first object configured to transmit a plurality of codes wirelessly, each of the plurality of codes being transmitted at a different predetermined power level; a second object configured to detect the plurality of codes, the second object providing one of a plurality of audio outputs when at least one of the plurality of codes is detected by the second object; and wherein the one of the plurality of audio outputs is selected by determining which of the plurality of codes detected by the second object has a weakest predetermined power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: MATTEL, INC.
    Inventor: Bruce James Cannon
  • Patent number: 9061220
    Abstract: An amusement device includes a rotating assembly display rotatably mounted about a center point configured to create a plurality of images via a persistence of vision effect. The rotating assembly includes a sensor disposed on the rotating assembly at a location closer to an end of the rotating assembly than to the center point. The amusement device also includes a device for rotating the rotating assembly and a control circuit including a first microcontroller in operable communication with the sensor. The microcontroller controls a speed at which the device for rotating the rotating assembly rotates the rotating assembly based on communications with the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: MATTEL, INC.
    Inventor: Bruce James Cannon
  • Publication number: 20120052765
    Abstract: A toy set is disclosed herein the toy set including: a first object configured to transmit a plurality of codes wirelessly, each of the plurality of codes being transmitted at a different predetermined power level; a second object configured to detect the plurality of codes, the second object providing one of a plurality of audio outputs when at least one of the plurality of codes is detected by the second object; and wherein the one of the plurality of audio outputs is selected by determining which of the plurality of codes detected by the second object has a weakest predetermined power level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventor: Bruce James Cannon