Patents by Inventor Daniel Farmer

Daniel Farmer 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: 12118069
    Abstract: A real-world object-based method and system of performing an authentication of a person in order to permit access to a secured resource is disclosed. The system and method are configured to collect image data from an end-user in real-time that includes objects in their environment. At least one object is selected and its image data stored for subsequent authentication sessions, when the system can determine whether there is a match between the new image data and image data previously collected and stored in a database. If there is a match, the system verifies an identity of the person and can further be configured to automatically grant the person access to one or more services, features, or information for which he or she is authorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
    Inventors: Brian Tougas, William Daniel Farmer, Ruthie D. Lyle, Kelly Q. Baker, Ryan Thomas Russell, Noe Alberto Martinez
  • Publication number: 20240325060
    Abstract: A tool for breaking tabs of a vertebral bone anchor can include a tip, a first rail, and a second rail. The tip can be positionable over a housing of a vertebral bone anchor. The first rail can be pivotably coupled to the tip and can extend proximally away from the tip. The first rail can be configured to receive a first extended tab therein. The first rail can be pivotable with respect to the tip between a first upright position and a first outward position to break the first extended tab from the housing. The second rail can be pivotably coupled to the tip and can extend proximally away from the tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Caleb Lee Stoll, Randall G. Mast, Allison Christine Capote, Heidi Farmer, Guillaume Quetier, Daniel Burke
  • Publication number: 20240327144
    Abstract: An object processing system is disclosed that includes a mobile system for moving from a proximal base toward a plurality of objects to be processed, and a programmable motion device supported on the mobile unit at a proximal end of the programmable motion device, the programmable motion device including an end-effector at a distal end thereof, the end-effector including a first stationary portion that remains stationary with respect to the distal end of the programmable motion device, and a second movable portion that moves with respect to the first stationary portion, the second movable portion for contacting at least one object of the plurality of objects for urging the at least one object from the plurality of objects toward the mobile system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Carlton SMITH, Dominick FREEMAN, William FARMER, Conor O’NEIL, Joshua BEST, Adam James DEELEY, Kelvin Edward WIEBE, Robert WILLIAMS, Anthony PAUL, Joseph Corey MICHAL, Clayton Henry MANCHESTER, Michael Fangjin XIAO, Ryan Edward LEONARD, Vitalii RUSSINKOVSKII, Caris Mariah MOSES, Lakshman KUMAR, Nicholas ECKENSTEIN, Ananya TANDON, Thomas ALLEN, Yanchun WU, Ian Michael DESROCHERS, John Norman COGSWELL, III
  • Publication number: 20240329737
    Abstract: An eye tracking system can include eye-tracking camera(s) configured to obtain images of the eye at different exposure times or different frame rates. For example, longer exposure images of the eye taken at a longer exposure time can show iris or pupil features, and shorter exposure, glint images can show peaks of glints reflected from the eye. The shorter exposure glint images may be taken at a higher frame rate than the longer exposure images for more accurate gaze prediction. The shorter exposure glint images can be analyzed to provide glint locations to subpixel accuracy. The longer exposure images can be analyzed for pupil center and/or center of rotation. The eye tracking system can predict gaze direction, which can be used for foveated rendering by a wearable display system. In some instances, the eye-tracking system may estimate the location of a partially or totally occluded glint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel FARMER, David COHEN, Bradley Vincent STUART
  • Patent number: 12102388
    Abstract: A display system can include a head-mounted display configured to project light to an eye of a user to display virtual image content at different amounts of divergence and collimation. The display system can include an inward-facing imaging system that images the user's eye and processing electronics that are in communication with the inward-facing imaging system and that are configured to obtain an estimate of a center of rotation of the user's eye. The display system may render virtual image content with a render camera positioned at a determined position relative to the determined position of the center of rotation of said eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Miller, Lomesh Agarwal, Lionel Ernest Edwin, Ivan Li Chuen Yeoh, Daniel Farmer, Sergey Fyodorovich Prokushkin, Yonatan Munk, Edwin Joseph Selker, Bradley Vincent Stuart, Jeffrey Scott Sommers
  • Publication number: 20240290053
    Abstract: A display system includes a head-mounted display configured to project light, having different amounts of wavefront divergence, to an eye of a user to display virtual image content appearing to be disposed at different depth planes. The wavefront divergence may be changed in discrete steps, with the change in steps being triggered based upon whether the user is fixating on a particular depth plane. The display system may be calibrated for switching depth planes for a main user. Upon determining that a guest user is utilizing the system, rather than undergoing a full calibration, the display system may be configured to switch depth planes based on a rough determination of the virtual content that the user is looking at. The virtual content may have an associated depth plane and the display system may be configured to switch to the depth plane of that virtual content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Samuel A. MILLER, Lomesh AGARWAL, Lionel Ernest EDWIN, Ivan Li Chuen YEOH, Daniel FARMER, Sergey Fyodorovich PROKUSHKIN, Yonatan MUNK, Edwin Joseph SELKER, Erik FONSEKA, Paul M. GRECO, Jeffrey Scott SOMMERS, Bradley Vincent STUART, Shiuli DAS, Suraj Manjunath SHANBHAG
  • Patent number: 12050727
    Abstract: An eye tracking system can include an eye-tracking camera configured to obtain images of the eye at different exposure times or different frame rates. For example, longer exposure images of the eye taken at a longer exposure time can show iris or pupil features, and shorter exposure, glint images can show peaks of glints reflected from the cornea. The shorter exposure glint images may be taken at a higher frame rate (than the longer exposure images) for accurate gaze prediction. The shorter exposure glint images can be analyzed to provide glint locations to subpixel accuracy. The longer exposure images can be analyzed for pupil center or center of rotation. The eye tracking system can predict future gaze direction, which can be used for foveated rendering by a wearable display system. In some instances, the eye-tracking system may estimate the location of a partially or totally occluded glint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Farmer, David Cohen, Bradley Vincent Stuart
  • Patent number: 12033149
    Abstract: A payment card security system includes a payment card provider account system communicatively coupled to a payment card transaction device and a mobile device. The payment card transaction device sends an indication that a payment card is being used to perform a transaction. The payment card provider account system includes processors that receive the indication that the payment card is being used to perform the transaction from the payment card transaction device. The processors also send a notification indicating that the payment card is being used to perform the transaction. The processors further enable authorization of the transaction via the mobile device. In this manner, the payment card security system may prevent or reduce the occurrence of suspicious transactions as they are occurring, rather than waiting until after they have occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Nathan Scott Harman, Ashley Nicole Munoz, Matthew David LaBrenz, Mark Jeffrey Wallace, Bryan Leonard Bain, William Daniel Farmer, James Edward Finley, Jr., Arthur Vajirasarn
  • Patent number: 12026239
    Abstract: A sound-based method and system of performing an authentication of a person in order to permit access to a secured resource is disclosed. The system and method are configured to collect audio data from an end-user in real-time that corresponds to ambient sounds for their alleged location. The audio data is compared to verified audio data for the actual location. The system can determine whether there is a match between the user audio data and audio data previously collected and stored in a database or obtained from an audio service provider. If there is a match, the system verifies an identity of the person and can further be configured to automatically grant the person access to one or more services, features, or information for which he or she is authorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Brian Tougas, William Daniel Farmer, Ruthie D. Lyle, Kelly Q. Baker, Ryan Thomas Russell, Noe Alberto Martinez
  • Patent number: 12008723
    Abstract: A display system includes a head-mounted display configured to project light, having different amounts of wavefront divergence, to an eye of a user to display virtual image content appearing to be disposed at different depth planes. The wavefront divergence may be changed in discrete steps, with the change in steps being triggered based upon whether the user is fixating on a particular depth plane. The display system may be calibrated for switching depth planes for a main user. Upon determining that a guest user is utilizing the system, rather than undergoing a full calibration, the display system may be configured to switch depth planes based on a rough determination of the virtual content that the user is looking at. The virtual content has an associated depth plane and the display system may be configured to switch to the depth plane of that virtual content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Miller, Lomesh Agarwal, Lionel Ernest Edwin, Ivan Li Chuen Yeoh, Daniel Farmer, Sergey Fyodorovich Prokushkin, Yonatan Munk, Edwin Joseph Selker, Erik Fonseka, Paul M. Greco, Jeffrey Scott Sommers, Bradley Vincent Stuart, Shiuli Das, Suraj Manjunath Shanbhag
  • Patent number: 11989019
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle includes vehicle sensors that detect driving conditions and a communication interface communicatively coupled with a driving condition database via a communication network. The driving condition database stores vehicle sensor information indicative of first driving conditions and mobile device sensor information indicative of second driving conditions. Additionally, in response to a connection rating determination logic determining that a connection rating between the communication interface and the communication network below a threshold, a controller of the autonomous vehicle gathers, processes, and stores the vehicle sensor information and the mobile device sensor information for subsequent communication to the driving condition database and operates the autonomous vehicle based on the vehicle sensor information and the mobile device sensor information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Pooja Krishnaswamy, Victor Kwak, Huihui Wu, Justin Nash, Michael Lebowitz, William Daniel Farmer
  • Patent number: 11972304
    Abstract: Implementations are disclosed to automatically evaluate, detect, or predict an event, and provide customized virtual assistance to a user based on the event. The implementations include a system capable of pulling data from a client device, detecting an event based on the pulled data, and pushing customized digital resources to the client device based on the detected event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Ravi Durairaj, William Daniel Farmer, Joel S. Hartshorn, Qunying Kou, Gregory Yarbrough
  • Publication number: 20240108217
    Abstract: A display system can include a head-mounted display configured to project light to an eye of a user to display virtual image content at different amounts of divergence and collimation. The display system can include an inward-facing imaging system images the user's eye and processing electronics that are in communication with the inward-facing imaging system and that are configured to obtain an estimate of a center of rotation of the user's eye. The display system may render virtual image content with a render camera positioned at the determined position of the center of rotation of said eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Samuel A. MILLER, Lomesh AGARWAL, Lionel Ernest EDWIN, Ivan Li Chuen YEOH, Daniel FARMER, Sergey Fyodorovich PROKUSHKIN, Yonatan MUNK, Edwin Joseph SELKER, Bradley Vincent STUART, Jeffrey Scott SOMMERS
  • Publication number: 20240103619
    Abstract: Example techniques are disclosed for increasing the sensitivity of an augmented or virtual reality display system to collecting eye-tracking data for detecting physiological conditions, such as neural processes. An example method includes accessing eye-tracking information associated with a control population and an experimental population, the eye-tracking information reflecting, for each user of the control population and the experimental population, eye-tracking metrics associated with the user; scaling the eye-tracking information based on the eye-tracking information associated with the control population; and determining a sensitivity measure reflecting a distance measure between the control population and experimental population. The sensitivity measure may be utilized to modify physical or operational parameters for the display system and/or the protocol for performing a test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel FARMER, Dorion Bryce LISTON
  • Patent number: 11883104
    Abstract: A display system can include a head-mounted display configured to project light to an eye of a user to display virtual image content at different amounts of divergence and collimation. The display system can include an inward-facing imaging system images the user's eye and processing electronics that are in communication with the inward-facing imaging system and that are configured to obtain an estimate of a center of rotation of the user's eye. The display system may render virtual image content with a render camera positioned at the determined position of the center of rotation of said eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Miller, Lomesh Agarwal, Lionel Ernest Edwin, Ivan Li Chuen Yeoh, Daniel Farmer, Sergey Fyodorovich Prokushkin, Yonatan Munk, Edwin Joseph Selker, Bradley Vincent Stuart, Jeffrey Scott Sommers
  • Patent number: 11878699
    Abstract: A system may include sensors that may acquire health data related to an individual. The system may also include a processor that may receive trip data associated with a current location of the individual and a destination location for the individual, traffic condition data associated with routes between the current location and the destination location, and weather related data associated with the routes. The processor may also receive the health data from the sensors and determine whether the individual is associated with a driver assessment score above a threshold based on the trip data, the traffic condition data, the weather data, the health data, or any combination thereof. The processor may then send an activation signal to a vehicle control system in response to the driver assessment score being above the threshold, such that the activation signal may enable the vehicle control system to control operations of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Seth E. Ethington, William Daniel Farmer, Pooja Krishnaswamy, Timothy Shiveley, Anto Chirayil Thomas, Daniel Scott Veibell
  • Publication number: 20240004943
    Abstract: A data correlation and presentation system is provided herein. Machine learning is used to identify correlations in data received from disparate electronic services. Corelated data objects are generated based upon the identified correlations and the corelated data objects are provided in a combined characteristics output, enabling downstream reporting systems to report the correlations with very little processing resource utilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Gabrielle Diane Salazar, Dustin Bowen Bitter, Mitzi Ruiz, Jeanie Graciela Lopez, Oscar Guerra, William Daniel Farmer, Jennifer Marie Chandler-Bradley
  • Patent number: 11853476
    Abstract: Example techniques are disclosed for increasing the sensitivity of an augmented or virtual reality display system to collecting eye-tracking data for detecting physiological conditions, such as neural processes. An example method includes accessing eye-tracking information associated with a control population and an experimental population, the eye-tracking information reflecting, for each user of the control population and the experimental population, eye-tracking metrics associated with the user; scaling the eye-tracking information based on the eye-tracking information associated with the control population; and determining a sensitivity measure reflecting a distance measure between the control population and experimental population. The sensitivity measure may be utilized to modify physical or operational parameters for the display system and/or the protocol for performing a test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Farmer, Dorion Bryce Liston
  • Patent number: 11810413
    Abstract: An enrollment data management system includes one or more processors and memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to receive sensor data from one or more sensors located at a property, wherein the sensor data indicates a plurality of individual detection events that each indicate presence of an individual at the property. The instructions are executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to analyze the sensor data to determine that the property qualifies as a residence of the individual, access information relevant to the property from one or more databases, utilize the information relevant to the property as enrollment information for an enrollment process for the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Gabrielle Diane Salazar, Dustin Bowen Bitter, Mitzi Ruiz, Jeanie Graciela Lopez, Oscar Guerra, William Daniel Farmer, Jennifer Marie Chandler-Bradley
  • Patent number: 11799933
    Abstract: System and methods for pre-fetching data are provided. In one embodiment, an electronic device includes communications circuitry communicatively coupled to a data provider system over a network to obtain streaming data for completion of tasks. The electronic device also includes pre-fetch circuitry that identifies a dead zone in the network; calculates a pre-fetch data size amount based at least in part upon a size of the dead zone; and requests the pre-fetch data size amount of the data, to mitigate lost streaming ability in the dead zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: William Daniel Farmer, Pooja Krishnaswamy, Victor Kwak, Michael Lebowitz, Justin Nash, Huihui Wu