Patents by Inventor Bruce Wiatrak

Bruce Wiatrak 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: 20240398163
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a body defining a cooking cavity. A door is rotatably coupled to the body. An imager assembly is coupled to an interior surface of the door. The imager assembly includes an image sensor configured to obtain image data within a field of view, a first primary mirror positioned at a first angle proximate to the image sensor and within the field of view, and a second primary mirror positioned at a second angle proximate to the image sensor and within the field of view. A secondary mirror assembly includes multiple secondary mirrors coupled to the body within the cooking cavity. The secondary mirrors reflect image views within the cooking cavity to the first primary mirror and the second primary mirror which reflects the image views to the image sensor to be captured as the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Benjamin Daly, Blake William Ehrenbeck, Milica Gvozdjan, Seth Douglas Herndon, Bruce Wiatrak
  • Patent number: 12089777
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a body defining a cooking cavity. A door is rotatably coupled to the body. An imager assembly is coupled to an interior surface of the door. The imager assembly includes an image sensor configured to obtain image data within a field of view, a first primary mirror positioned at a first angle proximate to the image sensor and within the field of view, and a second primary mirror positioned at a second angle proximate to the image sensor and within the field of view. A secondary mirror assembly includes multiple secondary mirrors coupled to the body within the cooking cavity. The secondary mirrors reflect image views within the cooking cavity to the first primary mirror and the second primary mirror which reflects the image views to the image sensor to be captured as the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Benjamin Daly, Blake William Ehrenbeck, Milica Gvozdjan, Seth Douglas Herndon, Bruce Wiatrak
  • Patent number: 11686477
    Abstract: A cooking appliance can include a cooking chamber and an imaging device for capturing an image of a food item inside the chamber. The appliance can include a transparent, touchscreen display for displaying the interior contents of the cooking appliance to a user without requiring the user to open the cooking appliance, as well as providing for the user controlling, operating, and interacting with the cooking appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander L. Clayton, Brandon Satanek, Michael Tsai, Christopher Cullen, Heng Tong Pit, Donald John Gilmore, Cristiano Vito Pastore, Matthew P. Ebrom, Pallavi Manjrekar, Bruce Wiatrak, John Doyle, Joshua Abdoo, Ariana Bruno, Neomar Giacomini, Tamara Distaso, Gianpiero Santacatterina, Seth Herndon
  • Publication number: 20220400893
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a body defining a cooking cavity. A door is rotatably coupled to the body. An imager assembly is coupled to an interior surface of the door. The imager assembly includes an image sensor configured to obtain image data within a field of view, a first primary mirror positioned at a first angle proximate to the image sensor and within the field of view, and a second primary mirror positioned at a second angle proximate to the image sensor and within the field of view. A secondary mirror assembly includes multiple secondary mirrors coupled to the body within the cooking cavity. The secondary mirrors reflect image views within the cooking cavity to the first primary mirror and the second primary mirror which reflects the image views to the image sensor to be captured as the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Benjamin Daly, Blake William Ehrenbeck, Milica Gvozdjan, Seth Douglas Herndon, Bruce Wiatrak
  • Publication number: 20220170644
    Abstract: A cooking appliance can include a cooking chamber and an imaging device for capturing an image of a food item inside the chamber. The appliance can include a transparent, touchscreen display for displaying the interior contents of the cooking appliance to a user without requiring the user to open the cooking appliance, as well as providing for the user controlling, operating, and interacting with the cooking appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: ALEXANDER L. CLAYTON, BRANDON SATANEK, MICHAEL TSAI, CHRISTOPHER CULLEN, HENG TONG PIT, DONALD JOHN GILMORE, CRISTIANO VITO PASTORE, MATTHEW P. EBROM, PALLAVI MANJREKAR, BRUCE WIATRAK, JOHN DOYLE, JOSHUA ABDOO, ARIANA BRUNO, NEOMAR GIACOMINI, TAMARA DISTASO, GIANPIERO SANTACATTERINA, SETH HERNDON
  • Patent number: 11287140
    Abstract: A cooking appliance can include a cooking chamber and an imaging device for capturing an image of a food item inside the chamber. The appliance can include a transparent, touchscreen display for displaying the interior contents of the cooking appliance to a user without requiring the user to open the cooking appliance, as well as providing for the user controlling, operating, and interacting with the cooking appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander L. Clayton, Brandon Satanek, Michael Tsai, Christopher Cullen, Heng Tong Pit, Donald John Gilmore, Cristiano Vito Pastore, Matthew P. Ebrom, Pallavi Manjrekar, Bruce Wiatrak, John Doyle, Joshua Abdoo, Ariana Bruno, Neomar Giacomini, Tamara Distaso, Gianpiero Santacatterina, Seth Herndon
  • Patent number: 11022322
    Abstract: A cooking appliance can include a cooking chamber and an imaging device for capturing an image of a food item inside the chamber. The appliance can include a transparent, touchscreen display for displaying the interior contents of the cooking appliance to a user without requiring the user to open the cooking appliance, as well as providing for the user controlling, operating, and interacting with the cooking appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander L. Clayton, Brandon Satanek, Michael Tsai, Christopher Cullen, Heng Tong Pit, Donald John Gilmore, Cristiano Vito Pastore, Matthew P. Ebrom, Pallavi Manjrekar, Bruce Wiatrak, John Doyle, Joshua Abdoo, Ariana Bruno, Neomar Giacomini, Tamara Distaso, Gianpiero Santacatterina, Seth Herndon
  • Publication number: 20200217514
    Abstract: A cooking appliance can include a cooking chamber and an imaging device for capturing an image of a food item inside the chamber. The appliance can include a transparent, touchscreen display for displaying the interior contents of the cooking appliance to a user without requiring the user to open the cooking appliance, as well as providing for the user controlling, operating, and interacting with the cooking appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: ALEXANDER L. CLAYTON, BRANDON SATANEK, MICHAEL TSAI, CHRISTOPHER CULLEN, HENG TONG PIT, DONALD JOHN GILMORE, CRISTIANO VITO PASTORE, MATTHEW P. EBROM, PALLAVI MANJREKAR, BRUCE WIATRAK, JOHN DOYLE, JOSHUA ABDOO, ARIANA BRUNO, NEOMAR GIACOMINI, TAMARA DISTASO, GIANPIERO SANTACATTERINA, SETH HERNDON
  • Publication number: 20200217513
    Abstract: A cooking appliance can include a cooking chamber and an imaging device for capturing an image of a food item inside the chamber. The appliance can include a transparent, touchscreen display for displaying the interior contents of the cooking appliance to a user without requiring the user to open the cooking appliance, as well as providing for the user controlling, operating, and interacting with the cooking appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: ALEXANDER L. CLAYTON, BRANDON SATANEK, MICHAEL TSAI, CHRISTOPHER CULLEN, HENG TONG PIT, DONALD JOHN GILMORE, CRISTIANO VITO PASTORE, MATTHEW P. EBROM, PALLAVI MANJREKAR, BRUCE WIATRAK, JOHN DOYLE, JOSHUA ABDOO, ARIANA BRUNO, NEOMAR GIACOMINI, TAMARA DISTASO, GIANPIERO SANTACATTERINA, SETH HERNDON
  • Publication number: 20100268773
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for enabling an electronic device to efficiently access information content. A server browser accesses the information content over a network. The accessed information content is retrieved and adapted for presentation for the electronic device. A serializer dynamically formats the adapted information content according to a client browser. The client browser receives and presents the information content on the electronic device. An event translator is included to provide additional compatibility with commercially available client browsers. The information content is formatted to selectively minimize the horizontal scrolling required to view the content. The need for horizontal scrolling is selectively removed where not necessary to preserve the context. Each component or sub-component of the original area, such as a frame, table row, table cell or nested table, is considered separately and may be preserved, resized, or replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Francis Edward Simon Hunt, Kevin Nigel Wallace, Bruce Wiatrak, Igor Matlin, Thomas Hayosh, Cecile P. McHugh
  • Publication number: 20100228880
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for enabling an electronic device to efficiently access information content. A server browser accesses the information content over a network. The accessed information content is retrieved and adapted for presentation for the electronic device. A serializer dynamically formats the adapted information content according to a client browser. The client browser receives and presents the information content on the electronic device. An event translator is included to provide additional compatibility with commercially available client browsers. The information content is formatted to selectively minimize the horizontal scrolling required to view the content. The need for horizontal scrolling is selectively removed where not necessary to preserve the context. Each component or sub-component of the original area, such as a frame, table row, table cell or nested table, is considered separately and may be preserved, resized, or replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Simon Hunt, Kevin Wallace, Bruce Wiatrak, Igor Matlin, Thomas Hayosh, Sean Patterson, Brent Dafforn, Cecile McHugh
  • Patent number: 7747782
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for enabling an electronic device to efficiently access information content. A server browser accesses the information content over a network. The accessed information content is retrieved and adapted for presentation for the electronic device. A serializer dynamically formats the adapted information content according to a client browser. The client browser receives and presents the information content on the electronic device. An event translator is included to provide additional compatibility with commercially available client browsers. The information content is formatted to selectively minimize the horizontal scrolling required to view the content. The need for horizontal scrolling is selectively removed where not necessary to preserve the context. Each component or sub-component of the original area, such as a frame, table row, table cell or nested table, is considered separately and may be preserved, resized, or replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Novarra, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Hunt, Kevin Wallace, Bruce Wiatrak, Igor Matlin, Thomas Hayosh, Sean Patterson, Brent Dafforn, Cecile McHugh
  • Publication number: 20090125809
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for efficiently adapting information content for an electronic device. A normalizer includes a template normalizer for matching and applying a document tree to a template tree, and applying changes to the document tree. If the template normalizer does not find an appropriate template match, an automatic normalizer is utilized. The automatic normalizer utilizes weighting heuristics and pattern recognition with formatting rules to partition content into folders. The automatic normalizer can also utilize embedded normalization markup in the information content to assist in normalizing the information content. Information content can be represented by a document object tree. A document object tree is created by storing information relating to the information content into arrays. The stored information describes a document object tree structure and tree dependencies as a mutable object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: Novarra, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Frank Trapani, Leonid Polonsky, Bruce Wiatrak, Francis Edward Simon Hunt
  • Patent number: 7500188
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for efficiently adapting information content for an electronic device. A normalizer includes a template normalizer for matching and applying a document tree to a template tree, and applying changes to the document tree. If the template normalizer does not find an appropriate template match, an automatic normalizer is utilized. The automatic normalizer utilizes weighting heuristics and pattern recognition with formatting rules to partition content into folders. The automatic normalizer can also utilize embedded normalization markup in the information content to assist in normalizing the information content. Information content can be represented by document object tree. A document object tree is created by storing information relating to the information content into arrays. The stored information describes a document object tree structure and tree dependencies as a mutable object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Novarra, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Frank Trapani, Leonid Polonsky, Bruce Wiatrak, Francis Edward Simon Hunt
  • Publication number: 20070165653
    Abstract: In one aspect, a communication system allows telephone users to roam between cellular and broadband domains and obtain equivalent level of service and features in the broadband network as in the cellular network. For example, such users can make use of Push-To Talk service, as well as continuous telephone call service, independent of which domain they are connected through. In another aspect, users can pass messages, including voice messages, or establish two-way voice communication between disparate push-to-talk (PTT) or messaging and/or voice systems. For example, a user on a cellular network using a PTT service is able to communicate with a user on a data network using an IM service. In addition, information is passed between the systems to provide coordinated presence information for users. For example, a user can have presence information in multiple networks enabling users form different networks to communication with that user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: Bridgeport Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Wiatrak, Ivan Bogdanovic
  • Publication number: 20060121916
    Abstract: A telephone system supports communication with user devices over both a cellular radio network as well as over an Internet Protocol (IP) network, and enables roaming and active call handoff between cellular and IP domains. Approaches to detecting presence of a user near a suitable IP network are used in controlling transitions between the domains, for example, enabling automatic transitions between domains, and delivery of calls to a mobile user to data network devices in the vicinity of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Justin Aborn, Karl Freter, Sanjay Jhawar, James O'Brien, Mats Samuelsson, Bruce Wiatrak, Andre De Verteuil, Ivan Bogdanovic
  • Publication number: 20040133848
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for enabling an electronic device to efficiently access information content. A server browser accesses the information content over a network. The accessed information content is retrieved and adapted for presentation for the electronic device. A serializer dynamically formats the adapted information content according to a client browser. The client browser receives and presents the information content on the electronic device. An event translator is included to provide additional compatibility with commercially available client browsers. The information content is formatted to selectively minimize the horizontal scrolling required to view the content. The need for horizontal scrolling is selectively removed where not necessary to preserve the context. Each component or sub-component of the original area, such as a frame, table row, table cell or nested table, is considered separately and may be preserved, resized, or replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: Novarra, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Hunt, Kevin Wallace, Bruce Wiatrak, Igor Matlin, Thomas Hayosh, Sean Patterson, Brent Dafforn, Cecile McHugh
  • Publication number: 20040049737
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for enabling an electronic device to efficiently access information content. A server browser accesses the information content over a network. The accessed information content is retrieved and adapted for presentation for the electronic device. A serializer dynamically formats the adapted information content according to a client browser. The client browser receives and presents the information content on the electronic device. An event translator is included to provide additional compatibility with commercially available client browsers. The information content is formatted to selectively minimize the horizontal scrolling required to view the content. The need for horizontal scrolling is selectively removed where not necessary to preserve the context. Each component or sub-component of the original area, such as a frame, table row, table cell or nested table, is considered separately and may be preserved, resized, or replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: Novarra, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis Edward Simon Hunt, Kevin Nigel Wallace, Bruce Wiatrak, Igor Matlin, Thomas Hayosh, Cecile P. McHugh