Patents by Inventor Colter Earl Cederlof

Colter Earl Cederlof 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: 10467811
    Abstract: An architecture is provided to generate an augmented reality environment and visualize or otherwise output information about changes to a physical object within the environment. The changes may include location, quantity, condition of the physical object, and so forth. Users may also use a rendering of a physical object to plan layout of the physical object in the environment. Prompts may be provided to guide placement of the physical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Colter Earl Cederlof
  • Patent number: 9768772
    Abstract: Described are devices for automatically adapting electrical polarity from a power source to a specified output polarity for use by an electrical load. In one implementation, power adaptation circuitry comprising one or more bridge circuits accept electrical power of unspecified polarity and output specified polarity. The bridge circuit may comprise a plurality of field-effect transistors (FETs) configured such that a particular subset of the FETs are energized to conduct electric current to the outputs when a particular polarity is applied at inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Khamashta, Daniel David Hershey, Jason Evans Goulden, Shelomon Patrick Doblack, Manuel Rinley Deeds, III, Hsueh Jang Su, Mi Zhou, Colter Earl Cederlof
  • Patent number: 9430187
    Abstract: A device includes a projection and camera system to create an augmented reality environment in which images are projected onto a scene and user movement within the scene is captured. The projection and camera system have a camera to image scattered IR light from the scene and compute time of flight values used in depth mapping of objects in the room. The system also has a projector to project the images onto the scene. The system controls the camera and projector mounted in a moveable head of a lamp with a motor mounted elsewhere in the lamp. In one implementation, the motor is mounted in the base of a table lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Navid Poulad, Colter Earl Cederlof, Juli Anna Maria Satoh, Robert Allen Yuan, Steve Anthony Quento
  • Patent number: 9429833
    Abstract: A device includes a projection and camera system to create an augmented reality environment in which images are projected onto a scene and user movement within the scene is captured. In one implementation, the projection and camera system are mounted in a movable housing or head that is supported by a repositionable support structure. The housing can be moved to a desired position and then locked into a stationary and stable position for creation of the augmented realty environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Juli Anna Maria Satoh, Robert Allan Yuan, Navid Poulad, Kebin Sylvia Wu, Jijie Xu, Colter Earl Cederlof
  • Patent number: 9363616
    Abstract: A test system for testing directional capabilities of an audio device includes a horizontal linear actuator and a vertical linear actuator. The horizontal linear actuator supports a rotary actuator upon which the audio device is placed. The vertical linear actuator supports a sound source. To test the device, the actuators are controlled to establish multiple relative positions of the audio device and the sound source. A test sound is emitted at each of the relative positions. The audio device is configured to provide data generated in response to the test sound at each of the relative positions. The test system receives and records the data along with coordinates indicating the relative positions to which the data corresponds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wai Chung Chu, Steve Anthony Quento, Robert Gregory Deacon, Colter Earl Cederlof, Steve Gil Gonzalez, Philip Ryan Hilmes
  • Publication number: 20150261497
    Abstract: A device includes a projection and camera system to create an augmented reality environment in which images are projected onto a scene and user movement within the scene is captured. The projection and camera system have a camera to image scattered IR light from the scene and compute time of flight values used in depth mapping of objects in the room. The system also has a projector to project the images onto the scene. The system controls the camera and projector mounted in a moveable head of a lamp with a motor mounted elsewhere in the lamp. In one implementation, the motor is mounted in the base of a table lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Navid Poulad, Colter Earl Cederlof, Juli Anna Maria Satoh, Robert Allen Yuan, Steve Anthony Quento