Patents by Inventor Ivan A. McCracken

Ivan A. McCracken 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: 20230371430
    Abstract: Implementations described herein relate to methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for computer-assisted and automatic harvest, sorting, pruning, and trimming of agricultural products. In one implementation, the agricultural product may be a hemp or cannabis product. In one implementation, the agricultural product is automatically pruned through use an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated cutting path. In one implementation, the agricultural product is supported by a clamping assembly. In one implementation, the agricultural product is imaged in a positive-pressure imaging assembly. In one implementation, the agricultural product is automatically trimmed in a positive pressure cutting assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Farm-Hand AI, Inc.
    Inventors: David HARTKOP, Milan Gabriel YOUNG, Ivan MCCRACKEN
  • Patent number: 11789277
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a front having a display housing and a back having a rear housing. A first member extends between the front and the back and is adjustable via an actuation of a first rotatable actuator and a first cabling mechanism. A second member extends between the front and the back and is adjustable via an actuation of a second rotatable actuator and a second cabling mechanism. A third member extends between the front and the back and is adjustable via the actuation of the second rotatable actuator and a third cabling mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Keaton Snyder, Isaac Frazier, Jos Jacobs, Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Ivan A. McCracken, Clement Gallois, John Underwood, William Winters, Darryl Jensen
  • Publication number: 20230004013
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) includes various features that allow for customizing the HMD to different users. The HMD may include an interpupillary distance (IPD) adjustment mechanism that includes a double biasing assembly for smooth, controlled adjustment of the spacing between lens tubes. The HMD may include a field of view (FOV) adjustment mechanism that includes first and second gear assemblies connected via a connecting rod to allow uniform adjustment of the spacing between the lenses and the user's face. The HMD may further include a swappable face gasket, a swappable visor, a removable head strap, and a modular accessory compartment for further customizations to the HMD. The HMD may further include inconspicuous spectrum-transmissive windows that are made with a spectrum-transmissive base material for the HMD housing that is coated with a spectrum-opaque material, and the spectrum-opaque material is selectively removed to create the spectrum-transmissive windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ivan A. McCracken, Carl Samuel Conlee IV, Isaac Frazier, Keaton Snyder, John A. Underwood
  • Patent number: 11442280
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) includes various features that allow for customizing the HMD to different users. The HMD may include an interpupillary distance (IPD) adjustment mechanism that includes a double biasing assembly for smooth, controlled adjustment of the spacing between lens tubes. The HMD may include a field of view (FOV) adjustment mechanism that includes first and second gear assemblies connected via a connecting rod to allow uniform adjustment of the spacing between the lenses and the user's face. The HMD may further include a swappable face gasket, a swappable visor, a removable head strap, and a modular accessory compartment for further customizations to the HMD. The HMD may further include inconspicuous spectrum-transmissive windows that are made with a spectrum-transmissive base material for the HMD housing that is coated with a spectrum-opaque material, and the spectrum-opaque material is selectively removed to create the spectrum-transmissive windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Ivan A. McCracken, Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Isaac Frazier, Keaton Snyder, John A. Underwood
  • Publication number: 20220187609
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a front having a display housing and a back having a rear housing. A first member extends between the front and the back and is adjustable via an actuation of a first rotatable actuator and a first cabling mechanism. A second member extends between the front and the back and is adjustable via an actuation of a second rotatable actuator and a second cabling mechanism. A third member extends between the front and the back and is adjustable via the actuation of the second rotatable actuator and a third cabling mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Keaton Snyder, Isaac Frazier, Jos Jacobs, Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Ivan A. McCracken, Clement Gallois, John Underwood, William Winters, Darryl Jensen
  • Patent number: 10996463
    Abstract: A head-mounted display, or other near-to-eye display, incorporates optics that include a spatially-varying retarder (SVR). The SVR may be manufactured with a correction factor applied thereto in order to compensate for one or more manufacturing errors that are exhibited in a molded lens and/or a polarizing beam splitter included in the optics of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua Mark Hudman, Ivan A. McCracken
  • Publication number: 20210072533
    Abstract: A head-mounted display, or other near-to-eye display, incorporates optics that include a spatially-varying retarder (SVR). The SVR may be manufactured with a correction factor applied thereto in order to compensate for one or more manufacturing errors that are exhibited in a molded lens and/or a polarizing beam splitter included in the optics of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Joshua Mark Hudman, Ivan A. McCracken
  • Publication number: 20200341283
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) includes various features that allow for customizing the HMD to different users. The HMD may include an interpupillary distance (IPD) adjustment mechanism that includes a double biasing assembly for smooth, controlled adjustment of the spacing between lens tubes. The HMD may include a field of view (FOV) adjustment mechanism that includes first and second gear assemblies connected via a connecting rod to allow uniform adjustment of the spacing between the lenses and the user's face. The HMD may further include a swappable face gasket, a swappable visor, a removable head strap, and a modular accessory compartment for further customizations to the HMD. The HMD may further include inconspicuous spectrum-transmissive windows that are made with a spectrum-transmissive base material for the HMD housing that is coated with a spectrum-opaque material, and the spectrum-opaque material is selectively removed to create the spectrum-transmissive windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Ivan A. McCracken, Carl Samuel Conlee IV, Isaac Frazier, Keaton Snyder, John A. Underwood
  • Patent number: 10014629
    Abstract: The described technology includes a connecting apparatus for a computing device including a connector protrusion attached to an input component and a receptor formed in a receiving component of the computing device and configured to attach to the connector protrusion. The connector protrusion includes a center section having a plurality of electrical connectors configured within a plastic overmold and configured to be communicatively coupled to the computing device to communicate the generated signals and two end sections having mechanical support components configured to be physically coupled to the computing device wherein each of the two end sections are contiguous to the center section. The receptor includes a locking mechanism configured to releasably attach to the connector protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Bowers, Joseph B. Gault, Ivan McCracken, Andrew W. Hill
  • Patent number: 10014638
    Abstract: A USB-C connector includes a plug tip and a cable. The USB-C connector includes a single, seamless, continuous, thin housing protecting a wire termination and contacts within the housing. The housing has a uniform thickness along the entire length of the housing. The housing may provide strain relief to the cable and an aesthetically pleasing USB-C connector. The connector may include an overmold residing inside the housing and over the wire termination and contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Ivan A. McCracken
  • Publication number: 20180175568
    Abstract: A USB-C receptacle includes a housing and a tongue assembly. The housing includes first and second sidewalls and may include first and second support members. The housing may be directly attached to the chassis of a computing device and may secure a USB-C plug. The tongue assembly includes a mid-plate. The tongue assembly and mid-plate may reside between the first and second sidewalls of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Ivan A. McCracken
  • Publication number: 20180175567
    Abstract: A USB-C connector includes a plug tip and a cable. The USB-C connector includes a single, seamless, continuous, thin housing protecting a wire termination and contacts within the housing. The housing has a uniform thickness along the entire length of the housing. The housing may provide strain relief to the cable and an aesthetically pleasing USB-C connector. The connector may include an overmold residing inside the housing and over the wire termination and contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Ivan A. MCCRACKEN
  • Patent number: 9084521
    Abstract: The surface cleaning assembly for scrubbing a surface in a concealed location includes a handle that may be gripped by a user. A shaft is coupled to the handle. The shaft may be positioned proximate the surface. A bristle is coupled to the shaft. The bristle may scrub the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Inventor: Ivan McCracken
  • Patent number: 8308281
    Abstract: An ink umbilical provides different colors of heated ink to multiple print heads in an integrated structure. The ink umbilical includes a first plurality of ink carrying conduits mounted on one side of a heater and a second plurality of conduits mounted on a second side of the heater opposite the first side of the heater. The heater is operated to keep the ink in the conduits on each of the heater in a predetermined temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Chad David Freitag, Roger G. Leighton, Ivan A. McCracken, Antonio St. Clair Lloyd Williams
  • Patent number: D857692
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Ivan A. McCracken, Jeremy Adam Selan, Quentin Smith, Dustin Michael Horn, Clement Gallois
  • Patent number: D885384
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Ivan A. McCracken, Jeremy Adam Selan, Quentin Smith, Dustin Michael Horn, Clement Gallois
  • Patent number: D917477
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Ivan A. McCracken, Jeremy Adam Selan, Quentin Smith, Dustin Michael Horn, Clement Gallois
  • Patent number: D943575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Ivan A. McCracken, Jeremy Adam Selan, Quentin Smith, Dustin Michael Horn, Clement Gallois
  • Patent number: D955386
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Ivan A. McCracken, Jeremy Adam Selan, Quentin Smith, Dustin Michael Horn, Clement Gallois
  • Patent number: D956045
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Ivan A. McCracken, Jeremy Adam Selan, Quentin Smith, Dustin Michael Horn, Clement Gallois