Patents by Inventor Jacob Fitzgerald
Jacob Fitzgerald 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: 20250121503Abstract: Pick quality determination is disclosed, including: using a pressure meter to sense a pressure associated with an airflow through a gripper mechanism of a diverting mechanism over time during a pick operation on a target object; storing the sensed pressure associated with the airflow through the gripper mechanism over time as a pressure sequence associated with the pick operation on the target object; and correlating the pressure sequence with representative pressure sequences associated with corresponding pick quality types to determine whether the pick operation on the target object was successful or not.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2024Publication date: April 17, 2025Inventors: Matthew Stanton, Jacob Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Stenberg, Jason M. Calaiaro, Carter J. Schultz, John C. McCoy, JR., Kevin Taylor, Brian J. Leach, Peter March, Joseph M. Castagneri, Brendan Edward Richards
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Publication number: 20250108408Abstract: Sorting biogenic material from a stream of heterogeneous materials is disclosed, including: detecting biogenic material within an input stream of heterogeneous material; sorting the biogenic material based at least in part on a desired biochar formulation; and tracking a composition of a sorted mixture of biogenic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Inventors: Carson C. Potter, Cameron D. Douglas, Jacob Fitzgerald, Joseph M. Castagneri, Matanya B. Horowitz
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Publication number: 20250108406Abstract: Obtaining biogenic material from a stream of heterogeneous materials is disclosed, including: receiving an input stream of heterogeneous material; separating a sub-stream of at least biogenic material from the input stream of heterogeneous material using a screen; removing a set of non-biogenic material from the sub-stream of at least biogenic material based at least in part on density separation; and drying the sub-stream of at least biogenic material after removal of the set of non-biogenic material, wherein the sub-stream of at least biogenic material after removal of the set of non-biogenic material comprises biogenic material that is suitable to produce biochar.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Inventors: Carson C. Potter, Cameron D. Douglas, Jacob Fitzgerald, Joseph M. Castagneri, Matanya B. Horowitz
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Patent number: 12208526Abstract: Pick quality determination is disclosed, including: using a pressure meter to sense a pressure associated with an airflow through a gripper mechanism of a diverting mechanism over time during a pick operation on a target object; storing the sensed pressure associated with the airflow through the gripper mechanism over time as a pressure sequence associated with the pick operation on the target object; and correlating the pressure sequence with representative pressure sequences associated with corresponding pick quality types to determine whether the pick operation on the target object was successful or not.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: AMP Robotics CorporationInventors: Matthew Stanton, Jacob Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Stenberg, Jason M. Calaiaro, Carter J. Schultz, John C. McCoy, Jr., Kevin Taylor, Brian J. Leach, Peter March, Joseph M. Castagneri, Brendan Edward Richards
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Patent number: 12128561Abstract: A material picker assembly is disclosed, including: a connector configured to be attached to an actuator device; and a plurality of picker mechanisms, wherein each picker mechanism includes a suspension element that is configured to absorb impact on the picker mechanism by one or more objects.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: AMP Robotics CorporationInventors: Matthew Stanton, Jacob Fitzgerald, Jason M. Calaiaro
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Publication number: 20240317505Abstract: A reconfigurable sorting facility is disclosed, including: a plurality of sorting facility devices; and one or more processors configured to: store physical layout information that describes corresponding positions of the plurality of sorting facility devices within a sorting facility; collect feedback data from the plurality of sorting facility devices; and identify at least a subset of the plurality of sorting facility devices to reconfigure based at least in part on the collected feedback data and respective positions of the subset of the plurality of sorting facility devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Jacob Fitzgerald, Jason M. Calaiaro, Carter J. Schultz, Cameron D. Douglas, Matthew J. Koos, Carson C. Potter, Amanda M. Marrs, Matanya B. Horowitz
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Publication number: 20240299990Abstract: Time-varying control of a controllable air stream is disclosed, including: a set of image sensors configured to capture image data showing a target object being conveyed by a conveyor device along a Y-direction; an array of air jets located along an X-direction, wherein the X-direction crosses the Y-direction; and a processor configured to: receive the image data from the set of image sensors; determine a classification of the target object within the image data; and modify a two-dimensional firing polygon of air to be directed by the array of air jets on the target object based at least in part on the classification of the target object; and wherein the array of air jets is configured to perform a sorting operation on the target object as the target object is translated across the array of air jets based at least in part on the modified two-dimensional firing polygon.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Jacob Fitzgerald, Jason M. Calaiaro, Carter J. Schultz, Cameron D. Douglas, Matthew J. Koos, Carson C. Potter, Amanda M. Marrs, Matanya B. Horowitz
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Publication number: 20240299989Abstract: Co-located sensors in a sorting facility are disclosed, including: a first sensor associated with a first field of view, and wherein the first sensor is located in a sorting facility; a second sensor associated with a second field of view, wherein the second field of view is adjacent to or overlaps with the first field of view, and wherein the second sensor is located in the sorting facility; and one or more processors configured to: receive a first image including a first set of objects from the first sensor; receive a second image including a second set of objects from the second sensor; and evaluate the first image and the second image to determine a sorting decision with respect to a target object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Jacob Fitzgerald, Jason M. Calaiaro, Carter J. Schultz, Cameron D. Douglas, Matthew J. Koos, Carson C. Potter, Amanda M. Marrs, Matanya B. Horowitz
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Publication number: 20240299986Abstract: Centralized control of multiple sorting facilities is disclosed, including: a feedback interface configured to collect sorting results feedback data from a first sorting facility, wherein the first sorting facility is associated with a second sorting facility; and one or more processors configured to reconfigure a set of sorting facility devices located in the second sorting facility based at least in part on the sorting results feedback data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Jacob Fitzgerald, Jason M. Calaiaro, Carter J. Schultz, Cameron D. Douglas, Matthew J. Koos, Carson C. Potter, Amanda M. Marrs, Matanya B. Horowitz
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Publication number: 20240299953Abstract: Dynamic bale creation is disclosed, including: a plurality of sorting facility devices configured to capture objects from a material stream based at least in part on target sorting metrics specified by a bale recipe; and one or more processors configured to: determine current sorting metrics associated with captured objects that are to be added to a collection mechanism at a sorting facility; and determine whether to trigger reconfiguration of at least a subset of the plurality of sorting facility devices based at least in part on a comparison between the target sorting metrics and the current sorting metrics.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Jacob Fitzgerald, Jason M. Calaiaro, Carter J. Schultz, Cameron D. Douglas, Matthew J. Koos, Carson C. Potter, Amanda M. Marrs, Matanya B. Horowitz
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Publication number: 20240058953Abstract: Object picking optimization is disclosed, including: receiving an image of a target object; inputting the image in a machine learning model that is configured to output a pick probability heat map corresponding to the target object; selecting a pick location on the target object based at least in part on the pick probability heat map corresponding to the target object; and causing a diverting mechanism to perform a pick operation on the target object based at least in part on the pick location.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Matthew Stanton, Jacob Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Stenberg, Jason M. Calaiaro, Carter J. Schultz, John C. McCoy, JR., Kevin Taylor, Brian J. Leach, Peter March, Joseph M. Castagneri, Brendan Edward Richards
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Publication number: 20240058965Abstract: Pick quality determination is disclosed, including: using a pressure meter to sense a pressure associated with an airflow through a gripper mechanism of a diverting mechanism over time during a pick operation on a target object; storing the sensed pressure associated with the airflow through the gripper mechanism over time as a pressure sequence associated with the pick operation on the target object; and correlating the pressure sequence with representative pressure sequences associated with corresponding pick quality types to determine whether the pick operation on the target object was successful or not.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Matthew Stanton, Jacob Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Stenberg, Jason M. Calaiaro, Carter J. Schultz, John C. McCoy, JR., Kevin Taylor, Brian J. Leach, Peter March, Joseph M. Castagneri, Brendan Edward Richards
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Publication number: 20220347842Abstract: A vacuum tube assembly for removing material is disclosed, including: a vacuum generator configured to generate a vacuum airflow; one or more tubes coupled to the vacuum generator and configured to channel the vacuum airflow; and an actuation mechanism coupled to the one or more tubes, wherein the actuation mechanism is configured to actuate at least one tube from a first position relative to a material stream to a second position relative to the material stream, wherein the first position is farther from the material stream than the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Jonathan M. Byars, Matthew Stanton, James Gregory Braeckel, III, Stefan Michael Elsener, Samuel Creighton, Simon Patrick Hall, Jacob John Schmidt, Peter Edward Gayler, Richard Reisbick, Kevin Taylor, Jacob Fitzgerald
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Publication number: 20220111519Abstract: A material picker assembly is disclosed, including: a connector configured to be attached to an actuator device; and a plurality of picker mechanisms, wherein each picker mechanism includes a suspension element that is configured to absorb impact on the picker mechanism by one or more objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Matthew Stanton, Jacob Fitzgerald, Jason M. Calaiaro
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Patent number: 9480878Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for enabling an operator to exercise comprising a frame having a body, a base and a top. A load is positioned on the frame for providing a resistive force. A press is positioned on the frame for displacement by the operator. A linkage joins the load with the press for displacing the load upon displacement of the press by the operator. An arm extends between a support end and a user end. A support pivot secures the support end of the arm to the top of the frame for pivoting the arm about the frame. A user interface inputs and outputs data. A user pivot securing the user interface to the user end of the arm for pivoting the user interface about the arm.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2016Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Inventors: Carl R. Spoeth, Jr., Jeffrey A. Pearson, Jacob Fitzgerald
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Publication number: 20160166882Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for enabling an operator to exercise comprising a frame having a body, a base and a top. A load is positioned on the frame for providing a resistive force. A press is positioned on the frame for displacement by the operator. A linkage joins the load with the press for displacing the load upon displacement of the press by the operator. An arm extends between a support end and a user end. A support pivot secures the support end of the arm to the top of the frame for pivoting the arm about the frame. A user interface inputs and outputs data. A user pivot securing the user interface to the user end of the arm for pivoting the user interface about the arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2016Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Carl R. Spoeth, JR., Jeffrey A. Pearson, Jacob Fitzgerald
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Patent number: 9233269Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for enabling an operator to exercise comprising a frame having a body, a base and a top. A load is positioned on the frame for providing a resistive force. A press is positioned on the frame for displacement by the operator. A linkage joins the load with the press for displacing the load upon displacement of the press by the operator. An aria extends between a support end and a user end. A support pivot secures the support end of the arm to the top of the frame for pivoting the arm about the frame. A user interface inputs and outputs data. A user pivot securing the user interface to the user end of the arm for pivoting the user interface about the arm.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Inventors: Carl R. Spoeth, Jeffrey A. Pearson, Jacob Fitzgerald
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Patent number: 9062548Abstract: The present technology is directed generally to rotary displacement systems and associated methods of use and manufacture. The systems can be used to compress and/or expand compressible fluids. In some embodiments, the rotary displacement systems include a chamber housing having a pressure-modifying chamber with a first port and a second port, a first passageway in fluid communication with the chamber via the first port, and a second passageway in fluid communication with the chamber via the second port. The systems can further include a shaft positioned within the chamber housing and rotatable relative to the chamber housing about a rotational axis, and a rotor comprising no more than two lobes.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2011Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Bright Energy Storage Technologies, LLPInventors: Scott R. Frazier, John Tandler, Jacob Fitzgerald, Alexander Lau, Brian Von Herzen
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Patent number: 9057265Abstract: The present technology is directed generally to rotary displacement systems and associated methods of use and manufacture. The systems can be used to compress and/or expand compressible fluids. In some embodiments, the rotary displacement systems include a chamber housing having a pressure-modifying chamber with a first port and a second port, a first passageway in fluid communication with the chamber via the first port, and a second passageway in fluid communication with the chamber via the second port. The systems can further include a shaft positioned within the chamber housing and rotatable relative to the chamber housing about a rotational axis, and a rotor comprising no more than two lobes.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2011Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: Bright Energy Storage Technologies LLP.Inventors: Scott R. Frazier, John Tandler, Jacob Fitzgerald, Alexander Lau, Brian Von Herzen
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Publication number: 20150141199Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for enabling an operator to exercise comprising a frame having a body, a base and a top. A load is positioned on the frame for providing a resistive force. A press is positioned on the frame for displacement by the operator. A linkage joins the load with the press for displacing the load upon displacement of the press by the operator. An aria extends between a support end and a user end. A support pivot secures the support end of the arm to the top of the frame for pivoting the arm about the frame. A user interface inputs and outputs data. A user pivot securing the user interface to the user end of the arm for pivoting the user interface about the arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Carl R. Spoeth, Jeffrey A. Pearson, Jacob Fitzgerald