Patents by Inventor Ismet Handzic

Ismet Handzic 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING KINETIC SHAPES
    Publication number: 20230214541
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a kinetic shape is designed by determining an applied force to be applied to an object that is to incorporate the kinetic shape, determining a reactive force that is desired to be produced in response to the applied force, inputting the applied force and the reactive force into a kinetic shape equation, and solving the equation to obtain the kinetic shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: ISMET HANDZIC, KYLE B. REED
  • Systems and methods for synchronizing the kinematics of uncoupled, dissimilar rotational systems
    Patent number: 9990333
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system or method for kinematically synchronizing uncoupled, dissimilar rotational systems pertain to modeling a first rotational system using an equation of motion to obtain a first system model, modeling a second rotational system that is physically dissimilar to the first rotational system using the equation of motion to obtain a second system model, and matching kinematic matching coefficients of the equations of motion for the first and second system models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Kyle B. Reed, Ismet Handzic
  • Walking assistance devices including a curved tip having a non-constant radius
    Patent number: 9763848
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a walking assistance device includes a support member adapted to support a user of the device and a curved tip mounted to the support member, the curved tip including a curved outer surface adapted to contact the ground or a floor surface during use of the device, the curved outer surface having a non-constant radius that changes as a function of angular position along the curved outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Ismet Handzic, Kyle B. Reed
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING KINETIC SHAPES
    Publication number: 20170185697
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a kinetic shape is designed by determining an applied force to be applied to an object that is to incorporate the kinetic shape, determining a reactive force that is desired to be produced in response to the applied force, inputting the applied force and the reactive force into a kinetic shape equation, and solving the equation to obtain the kinetic shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: University of South Florida
    Inventors: ISMET HANDZIC, KYLE B. REED
  • String vibration frequency altering shape
    Patent number: 9520110
    Abstract: The present invention is a novel variable tension string instrument that relies on a kinetic shape to actively alter the tension of a fixed length taut string. A mathematical model was derived that relates the two-dimensional kinetic shape equation to the string's physical and dynamic parameters. With this model, an automated instrument was designed and constructed to play frequencies within predicted and recognizable frequencies along with programmed melodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Ismet Handzic, Kyle B. Reed
  • Gait-altering shoes
    Patent number: 9295302
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a gait-altering shoe includes a frame adapted to support a user's foot and at least one wheel that supports the frame above a walking surface, the wheel having a radius that varies as a function of angular position of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Kyle B. Reed, Ismet Handzic