Patents by Inventor Donald HIGH

Donald HIGH 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: 10614274
    Abstract: Described in detail herein is an autonomous fulfillment system using RFID devices. One or more RFID readers can be disposed throughout a facility can detect RFID tags disposed on or about physical objects picked up by the autonomous robotic devices. The computing system can determine whether there is an error in the physical objects picked up by the autonomous robotic device based on the identifiers. The computing system can instruct the autonomous robotic device to resolve the error. RFID readers can be disposed with respect to storage containers can detect the RFID tags disposed on or about the storage containers and the RFID tags disposed on the physical objects deposited in the storage containers. The computing system determine whether there is an error with the physical objects deposited in the storage containers. The computing system can instruct the autonomous robotic devices to resolve the error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Donald High, David Winkle, Brian Gerard McHale, Todd Davenport Mattingly
  • Patent number: 10591306
    Abstract: A monitoring system for items in a delivery vehicle is described. Sensors disposed in the delivery vehicle are configured to sense data indicative of a current quality of items stored in the delivery vehicle. A computing device calculates navigation routes for the items in the vehicle and selects among the delivery routes at least partly based on sensor data relating to the monitored quality of the items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Donald High, Bruce W. Wilkinson, David Winkle, Matthew Allen Jones, Aaron Vasgaard, Nicholaus Adam Jones, Robert James Taylor, Todd Davenport Mattingly
  • Patent number: 10582190
    Abstract: A virtual training system includes a 3D scanner in recording space and a camera. A scan of the recording space are received and combined to make a sequence of models of the recording space while a tasks is being performed. The model states are presented in sequence to a trainee in a playback space and the actions of the trainee are detected. Deviation of the trainee or objects in the playback space from the trainer and objects in the recording space may be detected and alerts generated. Scanning of the recording space may be accelerated by making a full scan followed by partial scans. The partial scans may be performed in response to detected movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Donald High, John Paul Thompson, David Winkle, Robert C. Taylor
  • Patent number: 10477351
    Abstract: Described in detail herein are methods and systems for dynamically transmitting alerts. Sensors disposed in a facility can detect mobile devices roaming around the facility when they are within range of the sensor. The sensor can transmit the location an identification information of the mobile devices to a computing system. The computing system can determine physical objects disposed within a predetermined distance to the mobile devices. The computing system can determine if at least one physical object is of interest to the users of the mobile devices. The computing system can transmit an alert including information associated with the physical object and generate a messaging interface on the mobile devices. The computing system can prompt the users of the mobile devices to input information associated with the physical object. The computing system can dynamically update the database based on the information input associated with the physical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Donald High, Matthew Allen Jones, Joseph Courtland Halbrook
  • Publication number: 20190303843
    Abstract: A method for tracking an item in a distributed environment is provided. At least one node in a network adds a new block to a first cryptographically verifiable ledger represented by a first sequence of blocks that is stored in one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The new block added to the first cryptographically verifiable ledger contains a component identifier and a hash of a previous block in the first sequence of blocks. The at least one node in the network adds a new block to a second cryptographically verifiable ledger represented by a second sequence of blocks that is stored in the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The new block added to the second cryptographically verifiable ledger contains a destination identifier, the first sequence of blocks, and a hash of a previous block in the second sequence of blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: John Jeremiah O'Brien, Daniel Wayne Young, Richard Carl McSorley, JR., Christopher Heeney, Joseph Jurich, JR., Bruce W. Wilkinson, Todd Davenport Mattingly, Donald High, Robert Cantrell, Brian Gerard McHale
  • Patent number: 10424130
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to a drone system including a drone configured for navigation of an outdoor facility and equipped with an RFID reader, an optical code reader, and at least one of powertrain control module data receiver and an electronic control module data receiver. The system includes a computing system in communication with the drone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: John Jeremiah O'Brien, Donald High, Chandrashekar Natarajan, Nathan Glenn Jones
  • Publication number: 20190259150
    Abstract: Described in detail herein is an automated marking system. The autonomous robot device can locate and identify one or more cases stored in at least one of a plurality of bins in the first location of the facility, wherein each case containing a set of like physical objects. The autonomous robot device can transmit identifying information of the at least one of the one or more cases to the computing system. The computing system can determine a priority for a quantity of the first set of like physical objects to be moved from the at least one of the one or more cases to the second location of the facility. The computing system can instruct the at least one autonomous robot device to mark the at least one of the one or more cases with an identifying mark denoting the determined priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Donald High, Robert Cantrell, Brian Gerard McHale, Matthew David Alexander, Jeremy Velten, William Mark Propes
  • Patent number: 10378906
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to an indoor drone system including an autonomous drone configured for autonomous navigation, and a computing system in communication with the autonomous drone. The autonomous drone includes an optical code reader and at least one navigational sensor. The computing system includes a verification module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: John Jeremiah O'Brien, Donald High, Chandrashekar Natarajan, Nathan Glenn Jones
  • Patent number: 10372753
    Abstract: Described in detail herein are systems and methods for verification of a report of absence of a physical object from an assigned region. A mobile device may capture an image of a vacant region and transmit the image and GPS coordinates of the location of the vacant region to a video analysis module within a computing device. The video analysis module may perform video analytics on the image and verify the location of the vacant region. The video analysis module may verify the physical object is absent from the vacant region. In response to verification that the physical object is absent from the vacant region the video analysis module may trigger an event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Donald High, Matthew Allen Jones, Todd Davenport Mattingly, Chandrashekar Natarajan
  • Publication number: 20190222418
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are related to a system for key exchange in a blockchain based system associated with warranty-ownership of physical objects. Embodiments of the key exchange system can include user terminal devices, one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, and a computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: John Jeremiah O'Brien, Aditya Prakash Hemdev, Adrian Cabal, Steven Jackson Lewis, Chris Heeney, Joseph Jurich, JR., Robert Cantrell, Todd Davenport Mattingly, Brian Gerard McHale, Bruce W. Wilkinson, Donald High
  • Publication number: 20190174262
    Abstract: Described in detail herein are methods and systems for dynamically transmitting alerts. Sensors disposed in a facility can detect mobile devices roaming around the facility when they are within range of the sensor. The sensor can transmit the location an identification information of the mobile devices to a computing system. The computing system can determine physical objects disposed within a predetermined distance to the mobile devices. The computing system can determine if at least one physical object is of interest to the users of the mobile devices. The computing system can transmit an alert including information associated with the physical object and generate a messaging interface on the mobile devices. The computing system can prompt the users of the mobile devices to input information associated with the physical object. The computing system can dynamically update the database based on the information input associated with the physical object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Donald High, Matthew Allen Jones, Joseph Courtland Halbrook
  • Patent number: 10218754
    Abstract: Various aspects and embodiments facilitate management of digitally emulated physical resources. Users can access a management system to create pairings between digitally emulated resources and physical resources. The paired resources can be consistently managed through the system, such that any user from any source can access and dynamically reserve physical and digital resources. In further embodiments, the system can create pairings between the digital emulation and physical resources based on merge operations performed on multiple digital emulations of resources, copy and pasting for other digital emulation of resources, and digital altering of existing resources. The system enables efficient management, control, and implements security for digital and physical resources using, for example, a “digital room.” Security rules and enforcement can be specified within the digital rooms based on access rights, content displays, and can be specific to each resource controlled by the digital room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Donald High, Michael Atchley, John Paul Thompson
  • Patent number: 10189642
    Abstract: Described in detail herein is an autonomous fulfillment system. The system includes the first computing system, with an interactive display. The first computing system can transmit a request for physical objects from a facility. A second computing system can transmit instructions autonomous robot devices to retrieve the physical objects from the facility. The second computing system can control the image capturing device of the autonomous robot device to capture a live image feed of the at least one physical object picked up by the at least autonomous robot device. The second computing system can switch an input feed of the first computing system to display the live image feed on the display of the first computing system. The second computing system, instruct the autonomous device to discard the physical objects picked up by the at least one autonomous robot device and to pick up a replacement physical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Donald High, David Winkle, Brian Gerard McHale, Todd Davenport Mattingly
  • Publication number: 20190019143
    Abstract: A distributed robotic delivery system includes a mobile application, a server, a dispatch module, and a plurality of robotic delivery vehicles. The mobile application receives an item cost, robotic delivery shipping options, and acquisition factors. The mobile device displays the item cost, robotic delivery shipping options, and the acquisition factors in a user interface. Upon a selection of robotic delivery option, the mobile application notifies the dispatch module to deploy the robotic delivery vehicle with the item to the specified delivery point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Cantrell, Donald High, Michael Atchley
  • Patent number: 10109085
    Abstract: A data perspective analysis method is provided. The method includes obtaining, using a processor, one or more perspective criteria stored in a memory device. The method includes gathering, at the processor, master data and transactional data associated with each of the one or more perspective criteria. The method includes generating, at the processor, one or more perspectives by applying the one or more perspectives criteria to the master data and the transactional data. The method includes comparing, at the processor, at least two perspectives, and displaying, on a display controlled by the processor, a result of the comparison of the at least two perspectives as a dynamic and animated visualization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Atchley, Donald High, Robert Abate, Eric Welch
  • Publication number: 20180270631
    Abstract: Described in detail herein are systems and methods for an object location detection system. A grid of sensors can receive physical objects on a support surface. The grid of sensors can detect weights of the physical objects. RFID readers can read RFID tags disposed on the plurality of physical objects to discover identifiers associated with the physical objects. A controller can receive out outputs from the sensors and the RFID readers. The controller can ascertain weight locations at which the physical objects are disposed based on the which of the sensor detected the weights. The computing system can associate each one of the weights with a respective one of the identities based on the weight locations at which the physical objects are disposed. The computing system can autonomously trigger an action associated with at least one of the physical objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Donald High, John Jeremiah O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20180253201
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and machine readable medium are provided for configuring a graphical user interface in a remote collaboration environment. Representation of a digital meeting room is provided including a plurality of representations of interactive displays, where each of the plurality of representations of the interactive displays is configured to render a graphical representation of analyzed data. A first user interface is rendered on a first mobile device and a second user interface is rendered on a second mobile device, where each of the first and second user interfaces represent the digital meeting room. Input is received at the first user interface indicating an interaction with one of the interactive displays, where the user interaction causes modification of one of the rendered representations of the analyzed data. At least one of the representations of the interactive displays of the second user interface is updated to display the modified graphical representations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald High, Henry Sampara
  • Patent number: 10070409
    Abstract: Described in detail herein are systems and methods for tracking clusters of user devices within a facility. In exemplary embodiments, a plurality of network devices are distributed within a facility. The network devices may receive connection data indicating probing by at least one of a plurality of user devices within the facility. A processing unit may be coupled to the network devices and the processing unit may extract location data from the connection data received by the network devices. The location data may indicate the location of the user devices with respect in the facility. The processing unit may determine a projected path for the plurality of user devices based on the location data. The processing unit may generate a response based on then projected path of the plurality of user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: John Paul Thompson, Robert C. Taylor, Donald High, Michael Dean Atchley
  • Publication number: 20180237159
    Abstract: Described in detail herein is an autonomous UAV retrieval system. The system includes a delivery motor vehicle including a retrieval opening, a fan, a vent and a storage container can generate a vacuum effect by controlling an operation of the fan and the vent. The retrieval opening can include a perforated top screen. A UAV can be received into the retrieval opening through the top screen in response to the UAV navigating to within a predetermined distance of the delivery motor vehicle. The UAV can including an inertial navigation system and one or more delivery mechanisms. The UAV can be guided, via a configuration of the retrieval into the storage container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Cantrell, Donald High, John Jeremiah O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20180215037
    Abstract: Described in detail herein is an automated fulfilment system including a computing system programmed to receive requests from disparate sources for physical objects disposed at one or more locations in a facility. The computing system can combine the requests, and group the physical objects in the requests based on object types or expected object locations. Autonomous robot devices can receive instructions from the computing system to retrieve a group of the physical objects and deposit the physical objects in storage containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Donald High, David Winkle, Brian Gerard McHale, Todd Davenport Mattingly