Patents by Inventor James Smallwood

James Smallwood 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: 11954876
    Abstract: The method performed at an electronic device including one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, and a depth sensor includes: obtaining a task associated with a physical object within a physical environment; obtaining a task associated with a physical object within a physical environment; obtaining depth information, via the depth sensor, associated with the physical environment; determining one or more measurements for the physical object based at least in part on the depth information; generating a graphical overlay for the task based at least in part on the task associated with the physical object and the one or more measurements for the physical object; and causing presentation of the graphical overlay relative to a representation of the physical object, wherein the representation is obtained using sensor readings of the physical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Austin Caleb Germer, Vincent Paul Sparacino, Adam James Bolton, Tomas Alvarez Rodriguez, Ryan Steven Bullock, Lori Lenore Smallwood
  • Publication number: 20220362622
    Abstract: An elongated, segmented, folding mat with selectable relief segments that may be extended to create relief cutouts that relieve pressure upon a user's sciatica or coccyx when a user is sitting on a folded, multi-layer, elevated portion of the mat comprising a cushion. The cushion height may be raised or lowered by incorporating more or fewer folded sections of the mat into the cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: James Smallwood, Mitsuko Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20150151986
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for conditioning and treating water is disclosed. Water including impurities flows past a charge probe. The charge probe is energized to ionize the water. The ionized water passes a grounding probe which removes free electrons from the ionized water to produce positively-charged water and impurities suspended in the positively-charged water downstream of the grounding probe. The positively-charged water is filtered or treating the water at a treatment unit. In one embodiment, the water may be included with fluid produced from a wellbore during a fracking operation, in which embodiment hydrocarbons obtained during the fracking operation and suspended in the positively-charged water downstream of the grounding probe are filtered to remove the hydrocarbons from the ionized water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: TRANSGLOBAL H2O, LLC.
    Inventors: Roger E. Fearon, Jeffrey M. Carlitz, Seenappa Poola, Michael A. Champ, James Smallwood, Jessica Bobenrieth
  • Publication number: 20140262788
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for conditioning water is disclosed. Water is flowed past a probe, wherein the water may include impurities. The probe is energized to excite the water and a presence of electrons in the excited water is reduced to produce positively charged water downstream of the probe that causes the impurities to dissociate from the water. The excited water may be deposited on a soil for crop production. The excited water may be further deposited on the soil to flush impurities in the soil to a depth away from a root of a crop planted in the soil to reclaim the soil for crop production. The excited water may further be used to descale pipes, such as used in irrigation, heat exchangers, cooling systems, etc. In yet another embodiment, the probe may be energized at a frequency selected to destroy organism, thereby protecting ecosystems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: TRANSGLOBAL H2O, LLC.
    Inventors: Roger E. Fearon, Jeffrey M. Carlitz, Seenappa Poola, Michael A. Champ, James Smallwood, Jessica Bobenrieth
  • Patent number: D258601
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1981
    Inventor: James Smallwood, Jr.