Patents by Inventor James T. Pickett

James T. Pickett 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: 11833876
    Abstract: A rough road detection system is disclosed. The system includes a sensor data receiver to receive sensor data from one or more sensors monitoring a vehicle. A sensor data evaluator to: identify a repeating pattern in the sensor data, the repeating pattern indicative of a terrain type being traversed by the vehicle, determine a value of the repeating pattern, obtain a present set of operational values for at least one damping characteristic of an active valve damper coupled with the vehicle, and modify the present set of operational values for the at least one damping characteristic of the active valve damper based on the value of the repeating pattern to develop a modified set of operational values for the at least one damping characteristic of the active valve damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Everet Owen Ericksen, Andrew Diao, Mike Fraguglia, Evan Peterson, James T. Pickett
  • Publication number: 20230356801
    Abstract: A system and method for utilizing an active valve customizable tune application is disclosed. The system includes a mobile device having a memory, an active valve tune application, and at least one processor. The processor initiates the active valve tune application, receives, from a database, an active valve suspension tune having a number of performance range adjustable settings, and receives user related input information. At least one of the performance range adjustable settings is modified based on the received input information to generate a modified active valve suspension tune. The system includes an active suspension of a vehicle, wherein the modified active valve suspension tune is implemented by the active suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Everet Owen ERICKSEN, Evan PETERSON, Nobuhiko NEGISHI, James T. PICKETT, Andrew DIAO, Mike FRAGUGLIA
  • Publication number: 20230249702
    Abstract: A system and method for limited range sharing of vehicle setup information is disclosed. The system includes a memory; and at least one processor configured to: obtain a vehicle setup information for a vehicle, the vehicle setup information comprising one or more adjustment settings for one or more adjustable components of the vehicle; package the vehicle setup information into at least one tune; format the at least one tune in a computer readable scannable format; and present the at least one tune in the computer readable scannable format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan Peterson, Mike Fraguglia, James T. Pickett, Evan Power, Everet Owen Ericksen, Matt Weege
  • Patent number: 11713093
    Abstract: A system and method for utilizing an active valve customizable tune application is disclosed. The system includes a mobile device having a memory, an active valve tune application, and at least one processor. The processor initiates the active valve tune application, receives, from a database, an active valve suspension tune having a number of performance range adjustable settings, and receives user related input information. At least one of the performance range adjustable settings is modified based on the received input information to generate a modified active valve suspension tune. The system includes an active suspension of a vehicle, wherein the modified active valve suspension tune is implemented by the active suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Everet Owen Ericksen, Evan Peterson, Nobuhiko Negishi, James T. Pickett, Andrew Diao, Mike Fraguglia
  • Publication number: 20230081873
    Abstract: A wireless active suspension system with at least one wireless sensor coupled with at least one unsprung mass of a vehicle is disclosed. The system also includes at least one damper comprising an active valve, the damper being part of a vehicle suspension. The system additionally includes, at least one controller, the at least one controller in wireless communication with the at least one wireless sensor and the at least one damper, wherein the at least one controller receives the sensor data from the at least one wireless sensor and communicates an adjustment command to the active valve to modify a damping characteristic of the at least one damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Everet Owen ERICKSEN, Mike FRAGUGLIA, Evan PETERSON, James T. PICKETT, Evan POWER
  • Publication number: 20220266939
    Abstract: An orientationally flexible bump sensor is disclosed. The system includes at least one bump sensor mounted to a vehicle, the at least one bump sensor comprising at least two axes of measurement. A computer processor is configured to evaluate the at least two axes of measurement to determine which axis of the at least two axes of measurement has a highest magnitude vector and determine a gain value to cause the highest magnitude vector to be approximately 1g. The computer processor will assign the gain value to the axis with the highest magnitude vector, such that the gain value is applied to each measurement generated by the axis with the highest magnitude vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Everet Owen Ericksen, Andrew Diao, Mike Fraguglia, Evan Peterson, James T. Pickett
  • Publication number: 20220204121
    Abstract: A wireless active suspension system is disclosed. The system includes at least one sensor mounted to an unsprung mass of a vehicle, the sensor having a low power wireless communication capability, the at least one sensor to send a sensor data transmission. The system also includes a controller in wireless communication with the at least one sensor, wherein the controller receives the sensor data from the at least one sensor and communicates an adjustment command to modify at least one damping characteristic of at least one damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Everet Owen ERICKSEN, Andrew DIAO, Mike FRAGUGLIA, Evan PETERSON, James T. PICKETT, Christian Jonathan Steven WRIGHT, Dean ARMSTRONG
  • Publication number: 20220210650
    Abstract: A wireless switch for an active component is disclosed. The system includes a wireless switch configured with a low power wireless communication capability and a controller in wireless communication with the wireless switch, wherein the controller receives an input from the wireless switch, and communicates an adjustment command to at least one smart component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Everet Owen ERICKSEN, Andrew DIAO, Mike FRAGUGLIA, Evan PETERSON, James T. PICKETT
  • Publication number: 20220025954
    Abstract: A system and method for utilizing an active valve customizable tune application is disclosed. The system initiates an active valve tune application. Receive a suspension tune for a vehicle, the suspension tune comprising a number of performance range adjustable settings. Presents the suspension tune within the active valve tune application on the display. Receive input to modify, at the active valve tune application, one or more of the number of performance range adjustable settings. Generates a modified suspension tune based on the modification input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: James T. PICKETT, Everet Owen ERICKSEN, Andrew DIAO, Mike FRAGUGLIA, Evan PETERSON
  • Publication number: 20220016950
    Abstract: A rough road detection system is disclosed. The system includes a sensor data receiver to receive sensor data from one or more sensors monitoring a vehicle. A sensor data evaluator to: identify a repeating pattern in the sensor data, the repeating pattern indicative of a terrain type being traversed by the vehicle, determine a value of the repeating pattern, obtain a present set of operational values for at least one damping characteristic of an active valve damper coupled with the vehicle, and modify the present set of operational values for the at least one damping characteristic of the active valve damper based on the value of the repeating pattern to develop a modified set of operational values for the at least one damping characteristic of the active valve damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Everet Owen ERICKSEN, Andrew DIAO, Mike FRAGUGLIA, Evan PETERSON, James T. PICKETT
  • Publication number: 20210155313
    Abstract: A system and method to select and implement a suspension tune is disclosed. The system includes a memory configured to store a plurality of suspension tunes. A suspension controller configured to implement one of the plurality of suspension tunes for at least one suspension component of a vehicle. A manually operated switch to receive a user input, the manually operated switch configured to navigate between the plurality of suspension tunes, and, based on the user input, designate a different one of the plurality of suspension tunes to be implemented by the suspension controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Everet Owen ERICKSEN, Andrew DIAO, Mike FRAGUGLIA, Evan PETERSON, James T. PICKETT
  • Patent number: 10965889
    Abstract: A method and computer program product for determining whether an object of interest can have its temperature measurement calculated by a thermal imaging camera. To do this, the measurement IFOV is converted into linear units. The measurement IFOV may be displayed on the display of the camera as a graphical indicator (100, 100?, 100?, 100??) or a value. An object of interest can be registered with the graphical indicator (100, 100?, 100?, 100??) or its dimension compared with the measurement IFOV and then it is determined whether the temperature measurement of the object can be acceptably calculated. Alternately, data obtained by a matrix of pixel elements may be analyzed to determine whether an accurate temperature can be calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Fluke Corporation
    Inventors: Michael D. Stuart, James T. Pickett
  • Publication number: 20210061405
    Abstract: A system and method for utilizing an active valve customizable tune application is disclosed. The system includes a mobile device having a memory, an active valve tune application, and at least one processor. The processor initiates the active valve tune application, receives, from a database, an active valve suspension tune having a number of performance range adjustable settings, and receives user related input information. At least one of the performance range adjustable settings is modified based on the received input information to generate a modified active valve suspension tune. The system includes an active suspension of a vehicle, wherein the modified active valve suspension tune is implemented by the active suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Everet Owen ERICKSEN, Evan PETERSON, Nobuhiko NEGISHI, James T. PICKETT, Andrew DIAO, Mike FRAGUGLIA
  • Patent number: 10726559
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to edge detection and presentation in thermal images. Infrared and visible light images comprising at least partially overlapping target scenes are analyzed. An edge detection process is performed on the visible light image to determine which pixels represent edges in the target scene. A display image is generated in which some pixels include infrared image data and in which pixels corresponding to edges in the visible light image include a predetermined color and do not include corresponding infrared image data to emphasize edges. Edge pixels in the display image can include exclusively the predetermined color, or in some examples, a blend of a predetermined color and visible light image data. Methods can include replacing one or the other of visible light edge pixels or corresponding infrared pixels with the predetermined color before combining the visible light and infrared image data to create a display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Fluke Corporation
    Inventors: Peter A. Bergstrom, Kirk R. Johnson, James T. Pickett
  • Patent number: 10630914
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for monitoring a temperature of an object over time using a thermal imaging camera. The methods and apparatus may gather infrared temperature data from a selected source of temperature data within a scene at a selected time interval and display a graphical plot of the gathered temperature data on a digital display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Fluke Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Heinke, James T. Pickett
  • Publication number: 20190325582
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to edge detection and presentation in thermal images. Infrared and visible light images comprising at least partially overlapping target scenes are analyzed. An edge detection process is performed on the visible light image to determine which pixels represent edges in the target scene. A display image is generated in which some pixels include infrared image data and in which pixels corresponding to edges in the visible light image include a predetermined color and do not include corresponding infrared image data to emphasize edges. Edge pixels in the display image can include exclusively the predetermined color, or in some examples, a blend of a predetermined color and visible light image data. Methods can include replacing one or the other of visible light edge pixels or corresponding infrared pixels with the predetermined color before combining the visible light and infrared image data to create a display image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Peter A. Bergstrom, Kirk R. Johnson, James T. Pickett
  • Patent number: 10366496
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to edge detection and presentation in thermal images. Infrared and visible light images comprising at least partially overlapping target scenes are analyzed. An edge detection process is performed on the visible light image to determine which pixels represent edges in the target scene. A display image is generated in which some pixels include infrared image data and in which pixels corresponding to edges in the visible light image include a predetermined color and do not include corresponding infrared image data to emphasize edges. Edge pixels in the display image can include exclusively the predetermined color, or in some examples, a blend of a predetermined color and visible light image data. Methods can include replacing one or the other of visible light edge pixels or corresponding infrared pixels with the predetermined color before combining the visible light and infrared image data to create a display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Fluke Corporation
    Inventors: Peter A. Bergstrom, Kirk R. Johnson, James T. Pickett
  • Publication number: 20180260958
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to edge detection and presentation in thermal images. Infrared and visible light images comprising at least partially overlapping target scenes are analyzed. An edge detection process is performed on the visible light image to determine which pixels represent edges in the target scene. A display image is generated in which some pixels include infrared image data and in which pixels corresponding to edges in the visible light image include a predetermined color and do not include corresponding infrared image data to emphasize edges. Edge pixels in the display image can include exclusively the predetermined color, or in some examples, a blend of a predetermined color and visible light image data. Methods can include replacing one or the other of visible light edge pixels or corresponding infrared pixels with the predetermined color before combining the visible light and infrared image data to create a display image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Peter A. Bergstrom, Kirk R. Johnson, James T. Pickett
  • Patent number: 9990730
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to edge detection and presentation in thermal images. Infrared and visible light images comprising at least partially overlapping target scenes are analyzed. An edge detection process is performed on the visible light image to determine which pixels represent edges in the target scene. A display image is generated in which some pixels include infrared image data and in which pixels corresponding to edges in the visible light image include a predetermined color and do not include corresponding infrared image data to emphasize edges. Edge pixels in the display image can include exclusively the predetermined color, or in some examples, a blend of a predetermined color and visible light image data. Methods can include replacing one or the other of visible light edge pixels or corresponding infrared pixels with the predetermined color before combining the visible light and infrared image data to create a display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Fluke Corporation
    Inventors: Peter A. Bergstrom, Kirk R. Johnson, James T. Pickett
  • Publication number: 20160323522
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for monitoring a temperature of an object over time using a thermal imaging camera. The methods and apparatus may gather infrared temperature data from a selected source of temperature data within a scene at a selected time interval and display a graphical plot of the gathered temperature data on a digital display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Heinke, James T. Pickett