Patents by Inventor Evan Collier

Evan Collier 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).

  • Publication number: 20250134199
    Abstract: A system can include one or more image sensors, a processor system, one or more output devices, and one or more computer-readable storage media. The output devices can include a printing device configured to apply a graphic on an article. The one or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processing system, cause the system to perform a method of processing an article. The instructions can include instructions to receive an image of the article from the one or more image sensors, instructions to determine a location of one or more fiducials in the image of the article, instructions to determine a print location on the article based on the location of the one or more fiducials in the image of the article, and instructions to send a signal to the printing device to print the graphic on the article at the print location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Collier, Amie Evans, Laurel Manville, Todd W. Miller
  • Patent number: 12207701
    Abstract: A system can include one or more image sensors, a processor system, one or more output devices, and one or more computer-readable storage media. The output devices can include a printing device configured to apply a graphic on an article. The one or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processing system, cause the system to perform a method of processing an article. The instructions can include instructions to receive an image of the article from the one or more image sensors, instructions to determine a location of one or more fiducials in the image of the article, instructions to determine a print location on the article based on the location of the one or more fiducials in the image of the article, and instructions to send a signal to the printing device to print the graphic on the article at the print location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Michael D. Collier, Amie Evans, Laurel Manville, Todd W. Miller
  • Publication number: 20240017804
    Abstract: A speaking device may be fitted to a user's mouth or mouth and nose and sealed against the user's face in order to provide a sealed airspace for oral communications while underwater. The speaking device is collapsible while not in use and may be extended prior to use in order to provide a larger volume of sealed airspace in which the user can communicate. When extended and fit to the user's face an exhalation of air may be used to purge water from the device interior via a distal regulator port and allow for brief communication. Alternately, an air regulator may be coupled to the regulator port to aid in purging water and/or provide breathable air for prolonged communication. Alternately, an LPI line may be connected to an LPI port of the device and operated to aid in purging water and/or provide breathable air for prolonged communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kendal Vercoe, Joshua Brady Thomas, Evan Collier