Patents by Inventor Christopher Brucker

Christopher Brucker 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: 11755031
    Abstract: An automated guided vehicle system including at least one automated guided vehicle (AGV) for following predetermined magnetic paths on a ground surface to carry cargo to selected points on the paths. The AGV includes a chassis, top plate mounted on the chassis for receipt of cargo, a pair of driving wheels coupled to driving motors, and plural passive omni-wheels. Control and navigation circuitry is provided to operate the motors to drive the driving wheels to cause the AGV to follow a desired one of the paths. The AGV provides illumination indicating its direction of travel and status. It also includes laser scanners for obstacle detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Barcoding, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brucker, Jeffrey Grabner, John William Cross, Joseph Robinson
  • Publication number: 20210132623
    Abstract: An automated guided vehicle system including at least one automated guided vehicle (AGV) for following predetermined magnetic paths on a ground surface to carry cargo to selected points on the paths. The AGV includes a chassis, top plate mounted on the chassis for receipt of cargo, a pair of driving wheels coupled to driving motors, and plural passive omni-wheels. Control and navigation circuitry is provided to operate the motors to drive the driving wheels to cause the AGV to follow a desired one of the paths. The AGV provides illumination indicating its direction of travel and status. It also includes laser scanners for obstacle detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Brucker, Jeffrey Grabner, John William Cross, Joseph Robinson
  • Patent number: 10921819
    Abstract: Disclosed is an automated guided vehicle system including at least one AGV for following predetermined magnetic paths on a ground surface to carry cargo to selected points on the paths. The AGV includes a chassis, top plate mounted on the chassis for receipt of cargo, a pair of driving wheels coupled to driving motors, and plural passive omni-wheels. Control and navigation circuitry is provided to operate the motors to drive the driving wheels to cause the AGV to follow a desired one of the paths. The AGV provides illumination indicating its direction of travel and status. It also includes laser scanners for obstacle detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: ASI Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brucker, Jeffrey Grabner, John William Cross, Joseph Robinson
  • Publication number: 20200073402
    Abstract: Disclosed is an automated guided vehicle system including at least one AGV for following predetermined magnetic paths on a ground surface to carry cargo to selected points on the paths. The AGV includes a chassis, top plate mounted on the chassis for receipt of cargo, a pair of driving wheels coupled to driving motors, and plural passive omni-wheels. Control and navigation circuitry is provided to operate the motors to drive the driving wheels to cause the AGV to follow a desired one of the paths. The AGV provides illumination indicating its direction of travel and status. It also includes laser scanners for obstacle detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Brucker, Jeffrey Grabner, John William Cross, Joseph Robinson
  • Patent number: 10186051
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a velocimetry system, the velocimetry system including at least one camera for imaging an illuminated volume comprising moving particles according to at least two different fields of view, comprising: receiving preliminary imaging equations; simultaneously acquiring sets of images of the illuminated volume from the fields of view; voxelizing the illuminated volume; dividing each voxelized volume into interrogation volumes and generating templates images of each interrogation volume for each field of view using the preliminary imaging equations, identifying a match between given clusters of particles in the corresponding template image and corresponding clusters of particles in the corresponding set of images; determining position disparities between the given clusters of particles within the template image and the corresponding clusters of particles within the set of images; and for each field of view, modifying the corresponding preliminary imaging equations based on the determined d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Dantec Dynamics A/S
    Inventors: Christoph Brücker, Bo Beltoft Watz, David Hess
  • Publication number: 20180330520
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a velocimetry system, the velocimetry system including at least one camera for imaging an illuminated volume comprising moving particles according to at least two different fields of view, comprising: receiving preliminary imaging equations; simultaneously acquiring sets of images of the illuminated volume from the fields of view; voxelizing the illuminated volume; dividing each voxelized volume into interrogation volumes and generating templates images of each interrogation volume for each field of view using the preliminary imaging equations, identifying a match between given clusters of particles in the corresponding template image and corresponding clusters of particles in the corresponding set of images; determining position disparities between the given clusters of particles within the template image and the corresponding clusters of particles within the set of images; and for each field of view, modifying the corresponding preliminary imaging equations based on the determined d
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Christoph Brücker, Bo Beltoft Watz, David Hess
  • Publication number: 20160102941
    Abstract: Described herein are sight assemblies that can be used, for example, with a firearm. Methods for using the described sight assemblies are also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Brucker, Luke Ngo
  • Patent number: D873173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: ASI Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brucker, Jeffrey Grabner, John William Cross, Robert M. Banion