Patents by Inventor Cliff Miller

Cliff Miller 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).

  • Publication number: 20240029724
    Abstract: A control system for a voice assistant system for implementing actions associated with a vehicle includes one or more controllers and an interface configured to receive a request from the voice assistant system. The request indicates a task requested by a user of the voice assistant system. Processing means arranged to execute, in dependence on the request, a task handler corresponding to the task. The task handler is arranged to cause the control system to perform a plurality of actions associated with the task, to generate a response in dependence on an output of at least some of the plurality of actions and to output the response via the interface to the voice assistant system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Thai Hai PHAM, Vivek GUPTA, Mobolaji OYEDELE, Collin SHELBY, Cliff MILLER, Carl SMITH, Banita GUPTA
  • Patent number: 7027608
    Abstract: The hearing aid system includes a hearing aid case which is designed to be positioned behind the ear of a user, a tube for conducting sound from the case to the ear canal of the user, and a eartip for anchoring the end of the tube within the ear canal of the user. The tube is formed in a preformed shape of a material with sufficient rigidity to support the hearing aid in a proper position on the user's ear. The eartip may be one of several different designs which secures an end of the tube in place in the ear canal in a comfortable manner without the need for an expensive custom made ear mold and without complete occlusion of the ear canal. A combination of the light weight and small size of the case, the rigidity of the preformed tube, and one of the eartips for anchoring the tube in the ear canal allow the system to be held in place securely without the need for either an inflexible and aesthetically unpleasing ear hook or an expensive custom made ear mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: GN ReSound North America
    Inventors: Robert J. Fretz, Cliff Miller, David Barnard
  • Publication number: 20050253418
    Abstract: A payload container for containing a material to be hauled by a work machine is disclosed. The payload container includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall. A front wall extends between the first and second sidewalls. A canopy extends from a top of the front wall, and includes a mounting frame and at least one panel. The panel is formed of a non-metal material and is secured to the mounting frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Cliff Miller, Christopher Scott Laban, Christopher Charles Cusack, Daniel Lee Jennings
  • Publication number: 20030002700
    Abstract: The hearing aid system includes a hearing aid case which is designed to be positioned behind the ear of a user, a tube for conducting sound from the case to the ear canal of the user, and a eartip for anchoring the end of the tube within the ear canal of the user. The tube is formed in a preformed shape of a material with sufficient rigidity to support the hearing aid in a proper position on the user's ear. The eartip may be one of several different designs which secures an end of the tube in place in the ear canal in a comfortable manner without the need for an expensive custom made ear mold and without complete occlusion of the ear canal. A combination of the light weight and small size of the case, the rigidity of the preformed tube, and one of the eartips for anchoring the tube in the ear canal allow the system to be held in place securely without the need for either an inflexible and aesthetically unpleasing ear hook or an expensive custom made ear mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: ROBERT J. FRETZ, CLIFF MILLER, DAVID BARNARD
  • Patent number: D416090
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: ReSound Corporation
    Inventors: Cliff Miller, Les Iburg
  • Patent number: D431294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Resound Corporation
    Inventors: David Barnard, Cliff Miller