Patents by Inventor Dylan Thomas Smith

Dylan Thomas Smith 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).

  • Apparatus and methods for detecting obscured features
    Patent number: 10663613
    Abstract: Obscured feature detectors are disclosed. An obscured feature detector includes a sensor plate array including three or more sensor plates, each of the three or more sensor plates configured to form a first end of a corresponding electric field and to take a sensor reading of the corresponding electric field. The corresponding electric field varies based on a proximity of the sensor plate to one or more surrounding objects and on a material property of each of the one or more surrounding objects. The three or more sensor plates include a first sensor plate that has a first shape and a second sensor plate that has a second shape that is different from the first shape of the first sensor plate. The obscured feature detector also includes one or more common plates to form a second end of the corresponding electric field of the three or more sensor plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Franklin Sensors, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Dorrough, Daniel Scott Toborg, Dylan Thomas Smith
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING OBSCURED FEATURES
    Publication number: 20190219721
    Abstract: Obscured feature detectors are disclosed. An obscured feature detector includes a sensor plate array including three or more sensor plates, each of the three or more sensor plates configured to form a first end of a corresponding electric field and to take a sensor reading of the corresponding electric field. The corresponding electric field varies based on a proximity of the sensor plate to one or more surrounding objects and on a material property of each of the one or more surrounding objects. The three or more sensor plates include a first sensor plate that has a first shape and a second sensor plate that has a second shape that is different from the first shape of the first sensor plate. The obscured feature detector also includes one or more common plates to form a second end of the corresponding electric field of the three or more sensor plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: David M. Dorrough, Daniel Scott Toborg, Dylan Thomas Smith