Patents by Inventor Christopher Charles

Christopher Charles 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).

  • In-game Physics with Affine Bodies
    Publication number: 20230310999
    Abstract: This specification relates to in-game physics simulations, and in particular to the simulation of in-game objects as affine bodies. According to a first aspect of this disclosure, there is described a computer implemented method comprising: representing a first in-game object in a plurality of in-game objects using an affine body representation, wherein the affine body representation comprises a translation vector and a deformation matrix; and updating an in-game physics state of the plurality of in-game objects, the in game physics state comprising a current translation vector and a current deformation matrix of the first in-game object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher Charles Lewin
  • EYE-IMAGING SYSTEM WITH SWITCHABLE HOT MIRRORS
    Publication number: 20230314803
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to using an array of hot mirrors in an eye-imaging system. One example provides a head-mounted display system, comprising a frame, an eye-imaging camera supported on the frame, a switchable hot mirror array comprising a plurality of switchable hot mirrors configured to direct light reflecting from an eye toward the eye-imaging camera, and a controller configured to control switching of a reflectivity of each of the plurality of switchable hot mirrors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Eliot LUNDELL, Joel Steven KOLLIN, Ishan CHATTERJEE, Maria Esther PACE, Mark Theodore BOLAS, Bernard Charles KRESS, Robert Thomas HELD, Andreas GEORGIOU, Christopher Charles AHOLT
  • Systems and Methods of Detecting and Responding to a Visitor to a Smart Home Environment
    Publication number: 20230306826
    Abstract: A method of detecting and responding to a visitor to a smart home environment via an electronic greeting system of the smart home environment, including determining that a visitor is approaching an entryway of the smart home environment; initiating a facial recognition operation while the visitor is approaching the entryway; initiating an observation window in response to the determination that a visitor is approaching the entryway; obtaining context information from one or more sensors of the smart home environment during the observation window; and at the end of the time window, initiating a response to the detected approach of the visitor based on the context information and/or an outcome of the facial recognition operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jason Evans Goulden, Rengarajan Aravamudhan, Hae Rim Jeong, Michael Dixon, James Edward Stewart, Sayed Yusef Shafi, Sahana Mysore, Seungho Yang, Yu-An Lien, Christopher Charles Burns, Rajeev Nongpiur, Jeffrey Boyd
  • Food preparation control system
    Patent number: 11759042
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles to provide customized control of a cooking appliance, such as a sous vide cooker. A user provides a selection of one or more ending characteristics for a food product. A processor-based device determines one or more output food preparation parameters based on the user's selection of the one or more ending characteristics. Measurements of temperature, power delivery, or other characteristics may be obtained during cooking process. A cooking program controlling the cooking process may be revised or updated based at least in part on the obtained measurements or analysis of the measurements. Estimations or projections about the cooking process may be presented to a user via a user interface of the cooking appliance or a user interface of one or more computing devices (e.g., smartphone, tablet computer) associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Breville USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Charles Young, Nelson Timothy Salazar, Emmett Barton, Michael Natkin, Douglas Eugene Baldwin
  • Item Inventory Management System with Vacuum-Operated Sorter
    Publication number: 20230286020
    Abstract: An item sorting system is described. The item sorting system includes at least one bin that holds items to be sorted and a light source that illuminates the items stored in the at least one bin. In implementations, the at least one bin includes walls that direct light, received from the light source via a first surface, for emission via a second surface facing an interior of the at least one bin. The item sorting system further includes a recognition device that identifies the items for use in sorting the items. The item sorting system further includes an end effector that manipulates the items during sorting. In some implementations, the end effector includes tips that apply a gentle vacuum force to individually manipulate items in a manner that allows for efficient sorting without damaging the items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Cornell G. Wright, III, Kevin H. Lipkin, Jason Raymond Evarts, Christopher Charles Dombrowski
  • Food preparation guidance system
    Patent number: 11751712
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles to provide customized control of a cooking appliance, such as a sous vide cooker. A user provides a selection of one or more ending characteristics for a food product. A processor-based device determines one or more output food preparation parameters based on the user's selection of the one or more ending characteristics. Measurements of temperature, power delivery, or other characteristics may be obtained during cooking process. A cooking program controlling the cooking process may be revised or updated based at least in part on the obtained measurements or analysis of the measurements. Estimations or projections about the cooking process may be presented to a user via a user interface of the cooking appliance or a user interface of a computing device (e.g., smartphone) associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: BREVILLE USA, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas Baldwin, Marc Ian Feifel, Christopher Charles Young
  • FLT3 LIGAND FUSION PROTEINS AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20230279067
    Abstract: The invention provides an effectorless immunoglobulin Fc protein, fusions of the effectorless Fc protein to a Flt3 ligand, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Yichin LIU, Christine Carine MOUSSION, Travis William BAINBRIDGE, lraj HOSSEINI, Gregory Alan LAZAR, Sivan COHEN, Christopher Charles KEMBALL, Jill M. SCHARTNER
  • Mitigation of high frequency coupled vibrations in PDC bits using in-cone depth of cut controllers
    Patent number: 11748531
    Abstract: Design parameters for PDC drill bit including in-cone depth of cut controllers (DOCCs) are correlated to instances of coupled vibrations in the axial, lateral, and torsional directions occurring during downhole drilling. Design parameters are quantified by drilling efficiency (DE), average in-cone DOCC contact area, average weight on bit (WOB) taken off by in-cone DOCC, and average torque on bit (TOB) taken off by in-cone DOCC. Design guidelines to mitigate coupled vibrations are generated by correlating design parameter quantifiers and instances of coupled vibrations. Potential drill bit designs are then validated against the generated guidelines in order to mitigate vibration in future drilling runs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Shilin Chen, Christopher Charles Propes, Curtis Clifford Lanning, Bradley David Dunbar
  • METHODS OF ANALYSING OR GENERATING SEQUENCES OF ENCODING ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20230274798
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sequence analysis method or sequence generation method for analysing or generating sequences of encoding elements of a particular DNA, RNA, or macromolecule sequence. The invention also relates to a manual, automated or computer implemented method of recognizing, analysing, probing, testing, processing, sequencing and sensing DNA or other macromolecular sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher Charles Hagan
  • DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20230273127
    Abstract: A detection system for detecting an optical signal from a luminescent material applied to or incorporated within an object (S) comprises: at least one light source (11) which generates light, as excitation light, for illuminating at least a region (IS) of the object (S); at least one detector (21) which detects light, as collection light, from the object (S) when illuminated by the excitation light and provides an output signal having a signal intensity in response to an intensity of the collection light; and a controller (31) which is adapted to control the output signal to have a signal intensity within a predetermined range or at substantially a constant value, or post-process the output signal to extract the output signal at a signal intensity within a predetermined range or at substantially a constant value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Jörg Peter FEIST, Solon KARAGIANNOPOULOS, Christopher Charles PILGRIM, Pierre SOLLAZZO
  • Steerable medical device with strain relief elements
    Patent number: 11730551
    Abstract: A steerable medical instrument, such as a catheter or endoscope, comprises a tubular body having non-steerable section and steerable sections arranged from a proximal end to a distal end thereof. The tubular body defines a tool channel and a plurality of wire conduits formed along the wall of the tubular body. The steerable section includes wire-guiding members arranged in lengthwise direction alternated with void regions. A control wire arranged in a first conduit within the wall of the tubular body is connected to an actuator and transfers an actuating force to bend the steerable section. An electrical cable arranged along the wall of the tubular body has strain relief elements. The strain relief elements are portions of the cable arranged in at least one void region and configured to freely move within the void regions to provide strain relief to the electrical cable when the tubular body bends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Canon U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Charles Kaiser
  • DYNAMIC CONTROL OF WAVEGUIDE EYE BOX
    Publication number: 20230244077
    Abstract: One disclosed example provides a near-eye display device. The near-eye display device comprises an eye tracking system configured to determine a position of an eye of a user relative to the near-eye display device, and a waveguide including at least an input coupler and an output coupler, the output coupler including a plurality of zones, each zone activatable via a dynamically controllable output coupling element of the zone. The near-eye display device further comprises an image source configured to output image light to the input coupler, and a controller configured to selectively activate one or more zones of the output coupler based at least on the position of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joel Steven KOLLIN, Ishan CHATTERJEE, Benjamin Eliot LUNDELL, Christopher Charles AHOLT, Maria Esther PACE, Andreas GEORGIOU, Robert Thomas HELD, Mark Theodore BOLAS
  • Electrical connector for a photovoltaic module
    Patent number: 11715908
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an electrical connector body and a collar circumferentially surrounding an external surface of the electrical connector. The collar includes a hollow collar body that receives at least a portion of the electrical connector body, the collar body having a cable end and a free end. One or more fingers extend from the free end of the collar body to physically prevent incorrect mating with another corresponding component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Zinniatek Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Leo Haynes, Christopher Charles Morrow, James Robert Winton, Johan Miros Kvasnicka
  • Systems and methods of detecting and responding to a visitor to a smart home environment
    Patent number: 11710387
    Abstract: A method of detecting and responding to a visitor to a smart home environment via an electronic greeting system of the smart home environment, including determining that a visitor is approaching an entryway of the smart home environment; initiating a facial recognition operation while the visitor is approaching the entryway; initiating an observation window in response to the determination that a visitor is approaching the entryway; obtaining context information from one or more sensors of the smart home environment during the observation window; and at the end of the time window, initiating a response to the detected approach of the visitor based on the context information and/or an outcome of the facial recognition operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jason Evans Goulden, Rengarajan Aravamudhan, Hae Rim Jeong, Michael Dixon, James Edward Stewart, Sayed Yusef Shafi, Sahana Mysore, Seungho Yang, Yu-An Lien, Christopher Charles Burns, Rajeev Nongpiur, Jeffrey Boyd
  • AUTONOMOUS MACHINE HAVING VISION SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATION AND METHOD OF USING SAME
    Publication number: 20230225241
    Abstract: Vision systems for autonomous machines and methods of using same during machine localization are provided. Exemplary systems and methods may reduce computing resources needed to perform vision-based localization by selecting the most appropriate camera from two or more cameras, and optionally selecting only a portion of the selected camera's field of view, from which to perform vision-based location correction. Other embodiments may provide camera lens coverings that maintain optical clarity while operating within debris-filled environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Steven Frick, Michael Jason Ramsay, David Arthur LaRose, Stephen Paul Elizondo Landers, Zachary Irvin Parker, David Ian Robinson, Christopher Charles Osterwood
  • Coaxial split torque gearbox with sequential load distribution
    Patent number: 11702197
    Abstract: A coaxial split torque gearbox comprises a first pinion meshed with a first gear; a second pinion attached to the first gear and meshed with a first bull gear, the first bull gear operable for transferring torque to cause a first rotor to rotate; and a third pinion attached to a second gear and meshed with a second bull gear, the second bull gear operable for transferring torque to cause a second rotor to rotate, the second gear being meshed with the first gear, and a number of teeth of the first gear being different than a number of teeth of the second gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuriy Gmirya, Christopher Charles Pierce, Peter X. Palcic
  • FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR LOCKING FEATURE
    Publication number: 20230221500
    Abstract: A connector assembly that includes a connector that has a ferrule and a latch. The latch is movable about a connection point. The connector assembly also includes a boot that is removably mounted to the connector. The boot is axially slidable to move the latch. The connector assembly also includes a locking assembly to selectively lock the boot from sliding axially relative to the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Jacob Arie ELENBAAS, Christopher Charles Taylor, David Patrick Murray, Jan Willem Rietveld
  • MANAGED ELECTRICAL CONNECTIVITY SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20230223726
    Abstract: A connector arrangement includes a plug nose body; a printed circuit board positioned within a cavity of the plug nose body; and a plug cover that mounts to the plug nose body to enclose the printed circuit board within the cavity. The printed circuit board includes a storage device configured to store information pertaining to the electrical segment of communications media. The plug cover defines a plurality of slotted openings through which the second contacts are exposed. A connector assembly includes a jack module and a media reading interface configured to receive the plug. A patch panel includes multiple jack modules and multiple media reading interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Charles Taylor, Gordon John White, Alastair Hoath, Joseph C. Coffey, Loren J. Mattson, Duane Sand
  • Timeline-Video Relationship Processing for Alert Events
    Publication number: 20230214092
    Abstract: A method at an electronic device with a display includes: displaying a user interface having a first region and a second region; receiving, and displaying in the first region of the user interface, a live video stream of a physical environment captured by a remote video camera; displaying, in the second region, a timeline corresponding to a timespan for a first portion of a duration during which the live video stream may have been recorded; in response to receiving a user interaction to move the timespan to a second portion of the duration, transitioning the displayed timeline to a new timeline that corresponds to the timespan for the second portion, and while transitioning, displaying, in the first region, a subset of video frames representing the first and/or second portion of the duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Charles Burns, George Alban Heitz, III, James Edward Stewart, Cameron Hill, Seungho Yang, Joe Delone Venters, William Alex Finlayson, Carsten Hinz, Timothy Samuel Psiaki, Nathan Scott Klee, Gregory Rourk Nelson, Kevin James Avery, Lawrence W. Neal, Martin Davidsson
  • Monocular grip
    Patent number: D991303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: NOCS Provisions LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Charles McKleroy, Jr.