Patents by Inventor Charles Edward Rice
Charles Edward Rice 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).
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Publication number: 20210073396Abstract: Systems and methods for secure image embeddings in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a method for storing image embedding data. The method includes steps for generating an image embedding vector, performing a set of one or more obfuscation methods on the generated image embedding vector to generate an obfuscated image embedding, and storing the obfuscated image embedding vector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: Everalbum, Inc.Inventor: Charles Edward Rice
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Patent number: 10843882Abstract: Cable robots may be used to automatically load items onto one or more surfaces in any environment. An item may be received on a carrier that is connected to tensioning actuators of a cable robot by one or more cables in tension. The actuators of the robot may be manipulated in concert to move the carrier from a first position to a second position, which may be fixed or in motion, at which the item may be expelled from the carrier. The carrier may include induction wheels and/or conveyors for receiving the item thereon and for expelling the item therefrom. The cable robot may be provided in series with a conveyor and mounted to a frame, and used to load items onto a delivery vehicle, such that the frame may be withdrawn as items are loaded.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Craig Worsley, Karl Eric Schrader, Michael Ellsworth Bundy, Charles Edward Rice
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Patent number: 10035616Abstract: Systems and methods for an exit control mechanism indicating an incomplete packing state near an exit portion of a packing station. A control system determines a pack job and determines a pack plan for the pack job. The control system may send instructions to a pack station directing packing of the pack job in accordance with the pack plan. The control system may receive indications of packing progress, for example, electronic indications from a scanner at the pack station, and update the state of the pack job, such as incomplete or complete. The control system instructs an exit mechanism to change from indicating an incomplete pack state to indicating a completed pack state based on, for example, determinations that the steps of the pack plan have been completed correctly and that the pack job is complete.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James Lamar Hood, Charles Edward Rice, Ryan Stuart Carter, Henry Chi-Chung Yan, Michael Ellsworth Bundy
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Publication number: 20180155142Abstract: Cable robots may be used to automatically load items onto one or more surfaces in any environment. An item may be received on a carrier that is connected to tensioning actuators of a cable robot by one or more cables in tension. The actuators of the robot may be manipulated in concert to move the carrier from a first position to a second position, which may be fixed or in motion, at which the item may be expelled from the carrier. The carrier may include induction wheels and/or conveyors for receiving the item thereon and for expelling the item therefrom. The cable robot may be provided in series with a conveyor and mounted to a frame, and used to load items onto a delivery vehicle, such that the frame may be withdrawn as items are loaded.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2018Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Timothy Craig Worsley, Karl Eric Schrader, Michael Ellsworth Bundy, Charles Edward Rice
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Patent number: 9868596Abstract: Cable robots may be used to automatically load items onto one or more surfaces in any environment. An item may be received on a carrier that is connected to tensioning actuators of a cable robot by one or more cables in tension. The actuators of the robot may be manipulated in concert to move the carrier from a first position to a second position, which may be fixed or in motion, at which the item may be expelled from the carrier. The carrier may include induction wheels and/or conveyors for receiving the item thereon and for expelling the item therefrom. The cable robot may be provided in series with a conveyor and mounted to a frame, and used to load items onto a delivery vehicle, such that the frame may be withdrawn as items are loaded.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Craig Worsley, Karl Eric Schrader, Michael Ellsworth Bundy, Charles Edward Rice
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Patent number: 9860225Abstract: A network directory service, responsive to receiving a target device symbolic name from a client, identifies a network access server in communication with a network on which the target device resides, notifies the network access server of an expected connection from the client, and returns a device access token to the client. The network access server, responsive to receiving and validating the device access token, forwards the client-originated traffic to the target device by implementing a Network Address Translation (NAT) scheme.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Roderick Peter Chamberlin, Michael Ellsworth Bundy, Timothy Craig Worsley, Charles Edward Rice
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Patent number: 9555906Abstract: The disclosure describes a system for applying custom branded tape to packages that are shipped from a multi-seller materials handling facility. In some implementations, a materials handling facility may store, process and ship items for multiple sellers. As items are packed for shipping, a tape dispensing device may dispense custom branded tape associated with the seller of the item(s) being packed such that the sellers brand, logo or other information is presented on the exterior of the container.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Craig Worsley, Karthik Kumar Srivatsa, Charles Edward Rice, William Alan Snitselaar, Jeffery Thomas Moore, Jonathan Eric Rosenberg, Dean Christopher Fullerton, David Henry Clark
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Publication number: 20160090248Abstract: Cable robots may be used to automatically load items onto one or more surfaces in any environment. An item may be received on a carrier that is connected to tensioning actuators of a cable robot by one or more cables in tension. The actuators of the robot may be manipulated in concert to move the carrier from a first position to a second position, which may be fixed or in motion, at which the item may be expelled from the carrier. The carrier may include induction wheels and/or conveyors for receiving the item thereon and for expelling the item therefrom. The cable robot may be provided in series with a conveyor and mounted to a frame, and used to load items onto a delivery vehicle, such that the frame may be withdrawn as items are loaded.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Timothy Craig Worsley, Karl Eric Schrader, Michael Ellsworth Bundy, Charles Edward Rice