Patents by Inventor Charles Fiebig
Charles Fiebig 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: 20230151682Abstract: A motorized window treatment may include a covering material, a motor drive unit, a headrail, a cover, and one or more mounting brackets. The cover may be configured to enclose at least an upper portion and a rear portion of the headrail. The mounting brackets may be configured to secure the motorized window treatment to a structure. The mounting brackets may include a biasing member that is configured to engage a lower lip of the cover to bias the respective mounting bracket toward the top plate of the cover. The mounting brackets may include a release button that is configured to extend through a gap between the headrail and the top plate of the cover. The release button may be configured to be operated to adjust the motorized window treatment into a service position in which access is provided to at least one battery within the headrail.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLCInventors: Charles Fiebig, Randy C. Seiple
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Patent number: 11583158Abstract: A robotic vacuum cleaner may include a housing, a displaceable bumper, an emitter/detector pair, and at least one divider. The displaceable bumper may be moveably coupled to the housing and may be configured to be displaced along at least one axis. The emitter/detector pair may have an emitter and a detector, wherein the emitter is configured to emit light through at least a portion of the displaceable bumper. The at least one divider may be disposed between the emitter and the detector of the emitter/detector pair.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Charles Fiebig, Isaku D. Kamada, William Wang, Ming Yao, Rain Gu, Melinda L. Liggett, Kennedy Huang, Charles S. Brunner
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Patent number: 11442454Abstract: An adaptive sensor array system and method includes receiving one or more signals from a sensor array and compare the received signals to one or more object detection threshold values, determining if the robotic cleaner was moving along a travel path for a predetermined period of time, window W, in response to a determination that the robotic cleaner was operating in straight-line motion during the window W, calculating a value of the received detected signals from the sensor array during one or more calibration periods C of the window W, and adjusting one or more of the object detection threshold values based on the calculated value during the window W. A sum of all the calibration periods C during window W is less than a length of the window W. One of the calibration periods C may start at a beginning of the window W.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Alex Irkliy, Charles Fiebig, Isaku D. Kamada, Xavier F. Cullere, Charles S. Brunner, Brian Burke
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Publication number: 20210113044Abstract: A robotic cleaner may include a housing, a bumper, driven wheels, and a controller. The bumper can be coupled to a front of the housing. The bumper may include a plurality of projections extending from a top edge of the bumper and above a top surface of the housing. The projections may include at least one leading projection proximate a forward most portion of the bumper and at least two side projections on each respective side of the bumper. The driven wheels may be rotatably mounted to the housing. The controller may be for controlling at least the driven wheels.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Melinda L. LIGGETT, Isaku D. KAMADA, Frederick K. HOPKE, Gan Sin HUAT, Charles FIEBIG, Scott CONNOR, Alan AI
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Patent number: 10874275Abstract: A robotic cleaner may include a housing, a bumper, driven wheels, and a controller. The bumper can be coupled to a front of the housing. The bumper may include a plurality of projections extending from a top edge of the bumper and above a top surface of the housing. The projections may include at least one leading projection proximate a forward most portion of the bumper and at least two side projections on each respective side of the bumper. The driven wheels may be rotatably mounted to the housing. The controller may be for controlling at least the driven wheels.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Melinda L. Liggett, Isaku D. Kamada, Frederick K. Hopke, Gan Sin Huat, Charles Fiebig, Scott Connor, Alan Ai
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Publication number: 20200301430Abstract: An adaptive sensor array system and method includes receiving one or more signals from a sensor array and compare the received signals to one or more object detection threshold values, determining if the robotic cleaner was moving along a travel path for a predetermined period of time, window W, in response to a determination that the robotic cleaner was operating in straight-line motion during the window W, calculating a value of the received detected signals from the sensor array during one or more calibration periods C of the window W, and adjusting one or more of the object detection threshold values based on the calculated value during the window W. A sum of all the calibration periods C during window W is less than a length of the window W. One of the calibration periods C may start at a beginning of the window W.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Alex IRKLIY, Charles FIEBIG, Isaku D. KAMADA, Xavier F. CULLERE, Charles S. BRUNNER, Brian BURKE
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Publication number: 20200037843Abstract: A robotic vacuum cleaner may include a housing, a displaceable bumper, an emitter/detector pair, and at least one divider. The displaceable bumper may be moveably coupled to the housing and may be configured to be displaced along at least one axis. The emitter/detector pair may have an emitter and a detector, wherein the emitter is configured to emit light through at least a portion of the displaceable bumper. The at least one divider may be disposed between the emitter and the detector of the emitter/detector pair.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Charles FIEBIG, Isaku D. KAMADA, William WANG, Ming YAO, Rain GU, Melinda L. LIGGETT, Kennedy HUANG, Charles S. BRUNNER
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Publication number: 20190069744Abstract: A robotic cleaner may include a housing, a bumper, driven wheels, and a controller. The bumper can be coupled to a front of the housing. The bumper may include a plurality of projections extending from a top edge of the bumper and above a top surface of the housing. The projections may include at least one leading projection proximate a forward most portion of the bumper and at least two side projections on each respective side of the bumper. The driven wheels may be rotatably mounted to the housing. The controller may be for controlling at least the driven wheels.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Melinda L. LIGGETT, Isaku D. KAMADA, Frederick K. HOPKE, Gan Sin HUAT, Charles FIEBIG, Scott CONNOR, Alan AI
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Patent number: 9789416Abstract: A system of interconnected flexible supports are adapted for use with a mobile device operative by a mobile computing device such as a smart phone and/or tablet for controlled movement of the mobile device in a plurality of directions. The system includes a plurality of flexible supports which may be magnetically coupled together to form a flexible layout having infinite configurations. The supports are configured to be self-aligned when coupled by the magnetic attraction between adjacent supports.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Anki, Inc.Inventors: Charles Fiebig, Hanns Tappeiner, David McVicar
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Publication number: 20160228783Abstract: A system of interconnected flexible supports are adapted for use with a mobile device operative by a mobile computing device such as a smart phone and/or tablet for controlled movement of the mobile device in a plurality of directions. The system includes a plurality of flexible supports which may be magnetically coupled together to form a flexible layout having infinite configurations. The supports are configured to be self-aligned when coupled by the magnetic attraction between adjacent supports.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2015Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Charles Fiebig, Hanns Tappeiner, David McVicar
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Patent number: 8996172Abstract: A distance measuring system and method employing a laser distance sensor may have utility in various applications. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a laser distance sensor may acquire accurate distance measurements with a short baseline.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2007Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Neato Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Pankaj Shah, Kurt Konolige, Joe Augenbraun, Nick Donaldson, Charles Fiebig, Yuming Liu, Hassaan Moin Khan, Joseph Pinzarrone, Leo Salinas, Hua Tang, Rafael Taylor
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Publication number: 20100030380Abstract: A distance measuring system and method employing a laser distance sensor may have utility in various applications. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a laser distance sensor may acquire accurate distance measurements with a short baseline.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2007Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: NEATO ROBOTICS, INC.Inventors: Pankaj Shah, Kurt Konolige, Joe Augenbraun, Nick Donaldson, Charles Fiebig, Yuming Liu, Hassaan Moin Khan, Joseph Pinzarrone, Leo Salinas, Hua Tang, Rafael Taylor
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Patent number: D773922Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Anki, Inc.Inventors: Charles Fiebig, Hanns Tappeiner
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Patent number: D785719Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Anki, Inc.Inventors: Charles Fiebig, Hanns Tappeiner
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Patent number: D877432Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Frederick K. Hopke, Andre D. Brown, Charles Fiebig, Isaku Kamada, Lee M. Cottrell