Patents by Inventor Erik M. Olson
Erik M. Olson 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).
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Publication number: 20240150676Abstract: Methods employing detergent compositions effective for reducing hard water scale and accumulation on hard surfaces, namely within food, beverage and pharmaceutical applications are disclosed. The detergent compositions employ phosphinosuccinic acid adducts in combination with an alkalinity source and optionally polymers, surfactants and/or oxidizers, providing alkaline compositions having a pH between about 10 and 13.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Carter M. Silvernail, Erik C. Olson, Michel M. Lawrence, Richard D. Johnson, Steven J. Lange
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Patent number: 11952556Abstract: Detergent compositions effective for controlling hard water scale accumulation are disclosed. Detergent compositions employing phosphinosuccinic acid and mono-, bis- and oligomeric phosphinosuccinic acid (PSO) derivatives with alkali metal carbonate and/or alkali metal hydroxide reduce hard water scale accumulation on treated surfaces at alkaline conditions between about pH of 9 and 12.5. Methods employing the detergent compositions and preventing hard water scale accumulation are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.Inventors: Carter M. Silvernail, Erik C. Olson
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Publication number: 20240101932Abstract: Detergent compositions effective for controlling hard water scale accumulation are disclosed. Detergent compositions employing phosphinosuccinic acid and mono-, bis- and oligomeric phosphinosuccinic acid (PSO) derivatives with alkali metal carbonate and/or alkali metal hydroxide reduce hard water scale accumulation on treated surfaces at alkaline conditions between about pH of 9 and 12.5. Methods employing the detergent compositions and preventing hard water scale accumulation are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Carter M. Silvernail, Erik C. Olson
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Patent number: 11912965Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid, enzymatic detergent compositions and methods of making and using the same. In a preferred embodiment, the detergent compositions are particularly useful for cleaning medical and dental instruments. In a preferred embodiment the compositions are particularly use for cleaning ware.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.Inventors: Erik C. Olson, David Riehm, Carter M. Silvernail, Olivia N. L. Finster, Michael S. Rischmiller, Timothy Meier
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Publication number: 20230367400Abstract: This document describes techniques for radio frequency (RF) based micro-motion tracking. These techniques enable even millimeter-scale hand motions to be tracked. To do so, radar signals are used from radar systems that, with conventional techniques, would only permit resolutions of a centimeter or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicants: Google LLC, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Jaime Lien, Erik M. Olson, Patrick M. Amihood, Ivan Poupyrev
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Patent number: 11709552Abstract: This document describes techniques for radio frequency (RF) based micro-motion tracking. These techniques enable even millimeter-scale hand motions to be tracked. To do so, radar signals are used from radar systems that, with conventional techniques, would only permit resolutions of a centimeter or more.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jaime Lien, Erik M. Olson, Patrick M. Amihood, Ivan Poupyrev
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Patent number: 11385721Abstract: Various embodiments utilize application-based processing parameters to dynamically configure a radar-based detection system based upon an operating context of an associated device. A first application with execution priority on a device dynamically configures the radar-based detection system to emit a radar field suitable for a first operating context associated with the first application. The first application can also dynamically configure processing parameters of the radar-based detection system, such as digital signal processing parameters and machine-learning parameters. In some cases, a second application assumes execution priority over the first application, and dynamically reconfigures the radar-based detection system to emit a radar field suitable to a second operating context associated with the second application.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jaime Lien, Erik M. Olson
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Patent number: 11079470Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described that enable radar modulations for radar sensing using a wireless communication chipset. A controller initializes or controls modulations performed by the wireless communication chipset. In this way, the controller can enable the wireless communication chipset to perform modulations for wireless communication or radar sensing. In some cases, the controller can further select a wireless communication channel for setting a frequency and a bandwidth of a radar signal, thereby avoiding interference between multiple radar signals or between the radar signal and a communication signal. In other cases, the controller can cause the wireless communication chipset to modulate a signal containing communication data using a radar modulation. This enables another device that receives the signal to perform wireless communication or radar sensing. By utilizing these techniques, the wireless communication chipset can be used for wireless communication or radar sensing.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jaime Lien, Changzhan Gu, Erik M. Olson
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Publication number: 20200409472Abstract: This document describes techniques for radio frequency (RF) based micro-motion tracking. These techniques enable even millimeter-scale hand motions to be tracked. To do so, radar signals are used from radar systems that, with conventional techniques, would only permit resolutions of a centimeter or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicants: Google LLC, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Jaime Lien, Erik M. Olson, Patrick M. Amihood, Ivan Poupyrev
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Patent number: 10845886Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described that implement a smartphone-based radar system capable of detecting user gestures using coherent multi-look radar processing. Different approaches use a multi-look interferometer or a multi-look beamformer to coherently average multiple looks of a distributed target across two or more receive channels according to a window that spans one or more dimensions in time, range, or Doppler frequency. By coherently averaging the multiple looks, a radar system generates radar data with higher gain and less noise. This enables the radar system to achieve higher accuracies and be implemented within a variety of different devices. With these accuracies, the radar system can support a variety of different applications, including gesture recognition or presence detection.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jaime Lien, Octavio Ponce Madrigal, Erik M. Olson, Patrick M. Amihood
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Publication number: 20200348390Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described that enable radar modulations for radar sensing using a wireless communication chipset. A controller initializes or controls modulations performed by the wireless communication chipset. In this way, the controller can enable the wireless communication chipset to perform modulations for wireless communication or radar sensing. In some cases, the controller can further select a wireless communication channel for setting a frequency and a bandwidth of a radar signal, thereby avoiding interference between multiple radar signals or between the radar signal and a communication signal. In other cases, the controller can cause the wireless communication chipset to modulate a signal containing communication data using a radar modulation. This enables another device that receives the signal to perform wireless communication or radar sensing. By utilizing these techniques, the wireless communication chipset can be used for wireless communication or radar sensing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Jaime Lien, Changzhan Gu, Erik M. Olson
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Patent number: 10817070Abstract: This document describes techniques for radio frequency (RF) based micro-motion tracking. These techniques enable even millimeter-scale hand motions to be tracked. To do so, radar signals are used from radar systems that, with conventional techniques, would only permit resolutions of a centimeter or more.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jaime Lien, Erik M. Olson, Patrick M. Amihood, Ivan Poupyrev
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Publication number: 20200278422Abstract: Various embodiments utilize application-based processing parameters to dynamically configure a radar-based detection system based upon an operating context of an associated device. A first application with execution priority on a device dynamically configures the radar-based detection system to emit a radar field suitable for a first operating context associated with the first application. The first application can also dynamically configure processing parameters of the radar-based detection system, such as digital signal processing parameters and machine-learning parameters. In some cases, a second application assumes execution priority over the first application, and dynamically reconfigures the radar-based detection system to emit a radar field suitable to a second operating context associated with the second application.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Jaime Lien, Erik M. Olson
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Patent number: 10754005Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described that enable radar modulations for radar sensing using a wireless communication chipset. A controller initializes or controls modulations performed by the wireless communication chipset. In this way, the controller can enable the wireless communication chipset to perform modulations for wireless communication or radar sensing. In some cases, the controller can further select a wireless communication channel for setting a frequency and a bandwidth of a radar signal, thereby avoiding interference between multiple radar signals or between the radar signal and a communication signal. In other cases, the controller can cause the wireless communication chipset to modulate a signal containing communication data using a radar modulation. This enables another device that receives the signal to perform wireless communication or radar sensing. By utilizing these techniques, the wireless communication chipset can be used for wireless communication or radar sensing.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jaime Lien, Changzhan Gu, Erik M. Olson
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Patent number: 10705185Abstract: Various embodiments utilize application-based processing parameters to dynamically configure a radar-based detection system based upon an operating context of an associated device. A first application with execution priority on a device dynamically configures the radar-based detection system to emit a radar field suitable for a first operating context associated with the first application. The first application can also dynamically configure processing parameters of the radar-based detection system, such as digital signal processing parameters and machine-learning parameters. In some cases, a second application assumes execution priority over the first application, and dynamically reconfigures the radar-based detection system to emit a radar field suitable to a second operating context associated with the second application.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jaime Lien, Erik M. Olson
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Publication number: 20200125181Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described that implement a smartphone-based radar system capable of detecting user gestures using coherent multi-look radar processing. Different approaches use a multi-look interferometer or a multi-look beamformer to coherently average multiple looks of a distributed target across two or more receive channels according to a window that spans one or more dimensions in time, range, or Doppler frequency. By coherently averaging the multiple looks, a radar system generates radar data with higher gain and less noise. This enables the radar system to achieve higher accuracies and be implemented within a variety of different devices. With these accuracies, the radar system can support a variety of different applications, including gesture recognition or presence detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Jaime Lien, Octavio Ponce Madrigal, Erik M. Olson, Patrick M. Amihood
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Patent number: 10579154Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described that implement a smartphone-based radar system capable of detecting user gestures using coherent multi-look radar processing. Different approaches use a multi-look interferometer or a multi-look beamformer to coherently average multiple looks of a distributed target across two or more receive channels according to a window that spans one or more dimensions in time, range, or Doppler frequency. By coherently averaging the multiple looks, a radar system generates radar data with higher gain and less noise. This enables the radar system to achieve higher accuracies and be implemented within a variety of different devices. With these accuracies, the radar system can support a variety of different applications, including gesture recognition or presence detection.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jaime Lien, Octavio Ponce Madrigal, Erik M. Olson, Patrick M. Amihood
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Publication number: 20200057504Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described that implement a smartphone-based radar system capable of detecting user gestures using coherent multi-look radar processing. Different approaches use a multi-look interferometer or a multi-look beamformer to coherently average multiple looks of a distributed target across two or more receive channels according to a window that spans one or more dimensions in time, range, or Doppler frequency. By coherently averaging the multiple looks, a radar system generates radar data with higher gain and less noise. This enables the radar system to achieve higher accuracies and be implemented within a variety of different devices. With these accuracies, the radar system can support a variety of different applications, including gesture recognition or presence detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2018Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Jaime Lien, Octavio Ponce Madrigal, Erik M. Olson, Patrick M. Amihood
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Publication number: 20190155396Abstract: This document describes techniques for radio frequency (RF) based micro-motion tracking. These techniques enable even millimeter-scale hand motions to be tracked. To do so, radar signals are used from radar systems that, with conventional techniques, would only permit resolutions of a centimeter or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicants: Google LLC, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Jaime Lien, Erik M. Olson, Patrick M. Amihood, Ivan Poupyrev
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Patent number: 10241581Abstract: This document describes techniques for radio frequency (RF) based micro-motion tracking. These techniques enable even millimeter-scale hand motions to be tracked. To do so, radar signals are used from radar systems that, with conventional techniques, would only permit resolutions of a centimeter or more.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignees: Google LLC, The Board of Trustees of the Lealand Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Jaime Lien, Erik M. Olson, Patrick M. Amihood, Ivan Poupyrev