Patents by Inventor James Louis Wolf

James Louis Wolf 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).

  • Patent number: 9624655
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide touchless temperature and/or flow control for water faucets utilizing the movements of a user's hand toward or away from to a dispensing area of the faucet. One embodiment comprises a water faucet that provides touchless control of water dispensed by the water faucet. The water faucet comprises a controller and a spout head. The spout head includes a sensor electrically coupled to the controller that detects a movement of a user's hand toward or away from the spout head. The controller initiates dispensing of the water from the spout head at a pre-defined rate, and varies the flow rate based on the movement of the user's hand toward or away from the spout head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Owen Gregory, James Louis Wolf
  • Publication number: 20160273197
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide touchless temperature and/or flow control for water faucets utilizing the movements of a user's hand toward or away from to a dispensing area of the faucet. One embodiment comprises a water faucet that provides touchless control of water dispensed by the water faucet. The water faucet comprises a controller and a spout head. The spout head includes a sensor electrically coupled to the controller that detects a movement of a user's hand toward or away from the spout head. The controller initiates dispensing of the water from the spout head at a pre-defined rate, and varies the flow rate based on the movement of the user's hand toward or away from the spout head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Owen Gregory, James Louis Wolf
  • Publication number: 20140100904
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe system and methods for adaptive reminders of user activities. In one embodiment, an adaptive reminder system identifies a start time for a user activity, determines a priority of the activity, and determines a flexibility in the start time. The adaptive reminder system calculates a time at which to remind the user of the activity based on the start time, the priority, and the flexibility in the start time, and generates a notification at the calculated time to remind the user of the activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: James Louis Wolf, Franz Friedrich Huber, Keith Amann