Patents by Inventor Christopher W. Kelson

Christopher W. Kelson 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).

  • LOCATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200302768
    Abstract: An electronic user-location device comprises an input module configured to receive information for determining user location within an environment and determine the user location in relation to environmental characteristics of the location. An output module is configured to indicate user-location information with respect to said environmental characteristics and the electronic user-location device is configured to be worn by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Stewart Parfitt, Peter Rigling, Christopher W. Kelson, James Cooke, Joseph Michael Manahan
  • Recipe implementation via appliance network with remote capabilities
    Patent number: 10530866
    Abstract: An application for execution on a mobile device can include access to an appliance registration database that includes a list of registered appliances and access to a recipe database wherein at least one recipe contains a list of appliances needed to prepare the at least one recipe. A comparison module can be configured to compare the list of appliances needed to a list of appliances registered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel P. Boyce, Christopher W. Kelson, Saket Singh
  • Coordination of control modes among appliances and utilities
    Patent number: 10444717
    Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of appliances is disclosed. The appliances comprise a plurality of controllers in communication with a mobile device. Each of the controllers is configured to receive an instruction from the mobile device corresponding to a selected mode of a plurality of modes and apply the selected mode among the plurality of appliances as a selected global setting of a plurality of available global settings. The controller is further operable to activate an appliance specific control routine for each of the plurality of appliances based on the selected global setting and control each appliance based on the appliance specific control routine. The appliance specific control routine comprises a plurality of controls configured control an operation of each of the appliances causing the operation to conform to the selected mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Wyndham F. Gary, Jr., Neomar Giacomini, Richard J. Hughes, Michael J. Jakeway, Christopher W. Kelson, Saket Singh, Andrew Benedict Artis
  • RECIPE IMPLEMENTATION VIA APPLIANCE NETWORK WITH REMOTE CAPABILITIES
    Publication number: 20190020719
    Abstract: An application for execution on a mobile device can include access to an appliance registration database that includes a list of registered appliances and access to a recipe database wherein at least one recipe contains a list of appliances needed to prepare the at least one recipe. A comparison module can be configured to compare the list of appliances needed to a list of appliances registered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: DANIEL P. BOYCE, CHRISTOPHER W. KELSON, SAKET SINGH
  • COORDINATION OF CONTROL MODES AMONG APPLIANCES AND UTILITIES
    Publication number: 20180081331
    Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of appliances is disclosed. The appliances comprise a plurality of controllers in communication with a mobile device. Each of the controllers is configured to receive an instruction from the mobile device corresponding to a selected mode of a plurality of modes and apply the selected mode among the plurality of appliances as a selected global setting of a plurality of available global settings. The controller is further operable to activate an appliance specific control routine for each of the plurality of appliances based on the selected global setting and control each appliance based on the appliance specific control routine. The appliance specific control routine comprises a plurality of controls configured control an operation of each of the appliances causing the operation to conform to the selected mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wyndham F. Gary, JR., Neomar Giacomini, Richard J. Hughes, Michael J. Jakeway, Christopher W. Kelson, Saket Singh, Andrew Benedict Artis