Patents by Inventor Christopher Conroy

Christopher Conroy 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: 12006755
    Abstract: An automatic door can include a plurality of millimeter wave (mmW) sensors that are each configured to sense a door area. Each mmW sensor includes a mmW radar configured to capture mmW radar data and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) configured to measure an orientation of the mmW radar. Based on IMU data from the mmW sensors, the mmW radar data from the sensors can be combined so that the door areas can form a combined door area. Multiple targets can be detected and tracked through the combined door area at high resolutions and in a variety of environmental conditions. Control of the automatic door can be enhanced in a variety of ways by classifying the targets and predicting their movements in the combined door area. Further, the classification and prediction of targets can facilitate safe and reliable operation by filtering operation based on certain targets and/or motions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: ALLEGION ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Jorge I. Guevara Rosas, Jonathan M. Braverman, Anthony R. Ranaudo, Pedro I. Iñigo Santiago, Ethan F. Traineanu, Kyle N. Carissimi, Christopher Conroy
  • Publication number: 20230323724
    Abstract: An automatic door can include a plurality of millimeter wave (mmW) sensors that are each configured to sense a door area. Each mmW sensor includes a mmW radar configured to capture mmW radar data and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) configured to measure an orientation of the mmW radar. Based on IMU data from the mmW sensors, the mmW radar data from the sensors can be combined so that the door areas can form a combined door area. Multiple targets can be detected and tracked through the combined door area at high resolutions and in a variety of environmental conditions. Control of the automatic door can be enhanced in a variety of ways by classifying the targets and predicting their movements in the combined door area. Further, the classification and prediction of targets can facilitate safe and reliable operation by filtering operation based on certain targets and/or motions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jorge I. Guevara Rosas, Jonathan M. Braverman, Anthony R. Ranaudo, Pedro I. Iñigo Santiago, Ethan F. Traineanu, Kyle N. Carissimi, Christopher Conroy
  • Publication number: 20230323723
    Abstract: An automatic door can include a plurality of millimeter wave (mmW) sensors that are each configured to sense a door area. Each mmW sensor includes a mmW radar configured to capture mmW radar data and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) configured to measure an orientation of the mmW radar. Based on IMU data from the mmW sensors, the mmW radar data from the sensors can be combined so that the door areas can form a combined door area. Multiple targets can be detected and tracked through the combined door area at high resolutions and in a variety of environmental conditions. Control of the automatic door can be enhanced in a variety of ways by classifying the targets and predicting their movements in the combined door area. Further, the classification and prediction of targets can facilitate safe and reliable operation by filtering operation based on certain targets and/or motions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jorge I. Guevara Rosas, Jonathan M. Braverman, Anthony R. Ranaudo, Pedro I. Inigo Santiago, Ethan Traineanu, Kyle N Carissimi, Christopher Conroy
  • Publication number: 20230323725
    Abstract: An automatic door can include a plurality of millimeter wave (mmW) sensors that are each configured to sense a door area. Each mmW sensor includes a mmW radar configured to capture mmW radar data and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) configured to measure an orientation of the mmW radar. Based on IMU data from the mmW sensors, the mmW radar data from the sensors can be combined so that the door areas can form a combined door area. Multiple targets can be detected and tracked through the combined door area at high resolutions and in a variety of environmental conditions. Control of the automatic door can be enhanced in a variety of ways by classifying the targets and predicting their movements in the combined door area. Further, the classification and prediction of targets can facilitate safe and reliable operation by filtering operation based on certain targets and/or motions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jorge I. Guevara Rosas, Jonathan M. Braverman, Anthony R. Ranaudo, Pedro I. Iñigo Santiago, Ethan F. Traineanu, Kyle N. Carissimi, Christopher Conroy
  • Patent number: 11587444
    Abstract: A scheduling server is programmed to register terminals for autonomous vehicle use by allocating both capabilities and available times of the terminals to the server; identify a service to perform to an autonomous vehicle using data received from the vehicle; and send a waypoint to the vehicle directing the vehicle to arrive at an identified one of the terminals having capability to perform the service during the available times of the identified terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Donald Christopher Conroy, Fiona Jane Gronowicz, Jay Davis, John David Jorgensen, Satyavardhan Naga Injeti, Peter J. Nikolajevs, Ronald T. Oppat, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20200143686
    Abstract: A scheduling server is programmed to register terminals for autonomous vehicle use by allocating both capabilities and available times of the terminals to the server; identify a service to perform to an autonomous vehicle using data received from the vehicle; and send a waypoint to the vehicle directing the vehicle to arrive at an identified one of the terminals having capability to perform the service during the available times of the identified terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Donald Christopher CONROY, Fiona Jane GRONOWICZ, Jay DAVIS, John David JORGENSEN, Satyavardhan Naga INJETI, Peter J. NIKOLAJEVS, Ronald T. OPPAT, JR.
  • Publication number: 20050169698
    Abstract: The present invention provides a seat post for a bicycle that is of unitary construction and provides for a stress relief area on the post to reduce the possibility of damage caused by a clamping mechanism on a seat tube of a bicycle frame. The seat post may be configured to include a member defined by a tubular region integral with a head region. The tubular region may also include at least one region with a circular outer circumference, and a clamp region having a circumference defined by a circular surface and a stress relief surface. The stress relief surface may also have various contours. For example, the stress relief are may be flat or arcuate in shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Christopher Conroy, Steven Hoogendoorn
  • Patent number: D719497
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Exhibition & Theatre Projects Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Steven Christopher Conroy