Patents by Inventor Jeff Cole
Jeff Cole 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: 20230258010Abstract: A spa cover lift is disclosed. The spa cover lift includes a support structure, and a lifting structure coupled to the support structure, the lifting structure having an actuator configured to store and release energy during lifting and storing of a spa cover. Embodiments of the spa cover lift include an electro-mechanical actuator configured to move the spa cover from between a “covered state” and a “stored state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: Roberts Manufacturing LLCInventors: Jerry Greer, Jeff Coles, Justin Jobe
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Patent number: 11060310Abstract: A spa cover is disclosed. The spa cover includes two separate and symmetrical halves comprising an insulating portion, a half hourglass-shaped insulating gasket, a resilient thermal gasket, and a tapered gasket spanning a bottom surface thereof and a sheet covering both halves. The two separate and symmetrical halves are joined by a hinge, which may be part of the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Roberts Manufacturing LLCInventors: Jerry Greer, Jeff Coles, Justin Jobe
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Publication number: 20200270887Abstract: A spa cover is disclosed. The spa cover includes two separate and symmetrical halves comprising an insulating portion, a half hourglass-shaped insulating gasket, a resilient thermal gasket, and a tapered gasket spanning a bottom surface thereof and a sheet covering both halves. The two separate and symmetrical halves are joined by a hinge, which may be part of the sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Jerry Greer, Jeff Coles, Justin Jobe
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Patent number: 10705602Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to operating a user interface on an augmented reality computing device comprising a see-through display system. For example, one disclosed embodiment includes receiving a user input selecting an object in a field of view of the see-through display system, determining a first group of commands currently operable based on one or more of an identification of the selected object and a state of the object, and presenting the first group of commands to a user. The method may further include receiving a command from the first group of commands, changing the state of the selected object from a first state to a second state in response to the command, determining a second group of commands based on the second state, where the second group of commands is different than the first group of commands, and presenting the second group of commands to the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Adam Poulos, Cameron Brown, Daniel McCulloch, Jeff Cole
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Patent number: 10665344Abstract: The invention can be directed toward a method for personalized management and comparison of medical condition and outcome based on patient profiles of a community of patients. The method can include the steps of providing a database of patient profiles, providing a user interface for inputting a query of the database from a user, generating a query result including one or more matching patient profiles from the database, and displaying the query result as a correlation medical condition parameters of the user with a medical outcome.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2015Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: PatientsLikeMe, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Heywood, Jeff Cole, James Heywood
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Publication number: 20180011534Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to operating a user interface on an augmented reality computing device comprising a see-through display system. For example, one disclosed embodiment includes receiving a user input selecting an object in a field of view of the see-through display system, determining a first group of commands currently operable based on one or more of an identification of the selected object and a state of the object, and presenting the first group of commands to a user. The method may further include receiving a command from the first group of commands, changing the state of the selected object from a first state to a second state in response to the command, determining a second group of commands based on the second state, where the second group of commands is different than the first group of commands, and presenting the second group of commands to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Adam Poulos, Cameron Brown, Daniel McCulloch, Jeff Cole
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Patent number: 9791921Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to operating a user interface on an augmented reality computing device comprising a see-through display system. For example, one disclosed embodiment includes receiving a user input selecting an object in a field of view of the see-through display system, determining a first group of commands currently operable based on one or more of an identification of the selected object and a state of the object, and presenting the first group of commands to a user. The method may further include receiving a command from the first group of commands, changing the state of the selected object from a first state to a second state in response to the command, determining a second group of commands based on the second state, where the second group of commands is different than the first group of commands, and presenting the second group of commands to the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2013Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Adam Poulos, Cameron Brown, Daniel McCulloch, Jeff Cole
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Patent number: 9710130Abstract: A user input for a near-eye, see-through display device is disclosed. Hands-free user input in an augmented reality environment is provided for. A user can provide input by moving the orientation of their head. For example, the user could rotate their head. In one aspect, a user can provide input by moving their eye gaze along a direction. In one aspect, when the user directs their attention at a user interface symbol, a handle extends away from the user interface symbol. The handle may serve as a type of selection device such that if the user directs their attention along the handle, away from the user interface symbol, a selection can be made. “As one example, the selection causes a spoke menu to appear which the user can select by rotating their head such that the system determines the user is looking along the spoke away from a central hub.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2013Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kathleen Mulcahy, Aaron Burns, Todd Omotani, Felicia Williams, Jeff Cole, Tim Psiaki
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Publication number: 20170190449Abstract: The present invention relates to Packaging machine (1) having a deep-drawing-(2), filling-(7) and/or sealing station (19) to produce a package made from a lower-(8) and an upper (14) film web, wherein, in the filling station (7), a packaging item (16) is placed on the lower film web (8) on an L-board (5) comprising a base (5?) and a flap (5?) foldable connected to the base and folding means (10) to pivot the flap (5?) from an initial flat to a folded position and hold-down means (17) which maintains the flap (5?) in the folded position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2015Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Mike KING, Bee YANG, Scott MOTTERN, Brian TOLBERT, Jeff COLE
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Patent number: 9280972Abstract: Embodiments that relate to converting audio inputs from an environment into text are disclosed. For example, in one disclosed embodiment a speech conversion program receives audio inputs from a microphone array of a head-mounted display device. Image data is captured from the environment, and one or more possible faces are detected from image data. Eye-tracking data is used to determine a target face on which a user is focused. A beamforming technique is applied to at least a portion of the audio inputs to identify target audio inputs that are associated with the target face. The target audio inputs are converted into text that is displayed via a transparent display of the head-mounted display device.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Daniel McCulloch, Abby Lin Lee, Adam Benjamin Smith-Kipnis, Jonathan William Plumb, Alexandre David, Michael O Hale, Jeff Cole, Hendrik Mark Langerak
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Publication number: 20150324530Abstract: The invention can be directed toward a method for personalized management and comparison of medical condition and outcome based on patient profiles of a community of patients. The method can include the steps of providing a database of patient profiles, providing a user interface for inputting a query of the database from a user, generating a query result including one or more matching patient profiles from the database, and displaying the query result as a correlation medical condition parameters of the user with a medical outcome.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Benjamin Heywood, Jeff Cole, James Heywood
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Patent number: 9147111Abstract: A blocking image generating system and related methods include a head-mounted display device having an opacity layer. A method may include receiving a virtual image to be presented by display optics in the head-mounted display device. Lighting information and an eye-position parameter may be received from an optical sensor system in the head-mounted display device. A blocking image may be generated in the opacity layer of the head-mounted display device based on the lighting information and the virtual image. The location of the blocking image in the opacity layer may be adjusted based on the eye-position parameter.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2012Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Rod G. Fleck, David D. Bohn, Stephen Latta, Julia Meinershagen, Sebastian Sylvan, Brian McDowell, Jeff Cole, Jeffrey Alan Kohler
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Patent number: 8930224Abstract: The invention can be directed toward a method for personalized management and comparison of medical condition and outcome based on patient profiles of a community of patients. The method can include the steps of providing a database of patient profiles, providing a user interface for inputting a query of the database from a user, generating a query result including one or more matching patient profiles from the database, and displaying the query result as a correlation medical condition parameters of the user with a medical outcome.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2012Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: PatientsLikeMe, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Heywood, Jeff Cole, James Heywood
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Publication number: 20140372944Abstract: A user input for a near-eye, see-through display device is disclosed. Hands-free user input in an augmented reality environment is provided for. A user can provide input by moving the orientation of their head. For example, the user could rotate their head. In one aspect, a user can provide input by moving their eye gaze along a direction. In one aspect, when the user directs their attention at a user interface symbol, a handle extends away from the user interface symbol. The handle may serve as a type of selection device such that if the user directs their attention along the handle, away from the user interface symbol, a selection can be made. “As one example, the selection causes a spoke menu to appear which the user can select by rotating their head such that the system determines the user is looking along the spoke away from a central hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2013Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Kathleen Mulcahy, Aaron Burns, Todd Omotani, Felicia Williams, Jeff Cole, Tim Psiaki
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Publication number: 20140337023Abstract: Embodiments that relate to converting audio inputs from an environment into text are disclosed. For example, in one disclosed embodiment a speech conversion program receives audio inputs from a microphone array of a head-mounted display device. Image data is captured from the environment, and one or more possible faces are detected from image data. Eye-tracking data is used to determine a target face on which a user is focused. A beamforming technique is applied to at least a portion of the audio inputs to identify target audio inputs that are associated with the target face. The target audio inputs are converted into text that is displayed via a transparent display of the head-mounted display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2013Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Daniel McCulloch, Abby Lin Lee, Adam Benjamin Smith-Kipnis, Jonathan William Plumb, Alexandre David, Michael O. Hale, Jeff Cole, Hendrik Mark Langerak
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Publication number: 20140237366Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to operating a user interface on an augmented reality computing device comprising a see-through display system. For example, one disclosed embodiment includes receiving a user input selecting an object in a field of view of the see-through display system, determining a first group of commands currently operable based on one or more of an identification of the selected object and a state of the object, and presenting the first group of commands to a user. The method may further include receiving a command from the first group of commands, changing the state of the selected object from a first state to a second state in response to the command, determining a second group of commands based on the second state, where the second group of commands is different than the first group of commands, and presenting the second group of commands to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Inventors: Adam Poulos, Cameron Brown, Daniel McCulloch, Jeff Cole
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Publication number: 20130208014Abstract: A blocking image generating system including a head-mounted display device having an opacity layer and related methods are disclosed. A method may include receiving a virtual image to be presented by display optics in the head-mounted display device. Lighting information and an eye-position parameter may be received from an optical sensor system in the head-mounted display device. A blocking image may be generated in the opacity layer of the head-mounted display device based on the lighting information and the virtual image. The location of the blocking image in the opacity layer may be adjusted based on the eye-position parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2012Publication date: August 15, 2013Inventors: Rod G. Fleck, David D. Bohn, Stephen Latta, Julia Meinershagen, Sebastian Sylvan, Brian McDowell, Jeff Cole, Jeffrey Alan Kohler
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Patent number: D963891Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: ROBERTS MANUFACTURING LLCInventors: Jerry Greer, Justin Jobe, Jeff Coles
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Patent number: D963892Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: ROBERTS MANUFACTURING LLCInventors: Jerry Greer, Justin Jobe, Jeff Coles
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Patent number: D964600Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Roberts Manufacturing LLCInventors: Jerry Greer, Justin Jobe, Jeff Coles