Patents by Inventor John Andrew HANKINS

John Andrew HANKINS 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).

  • Publication number: 20240066380
    Abstract: A system for remotely communicating sports instructions that includes a transmitter and an audio receiver. The transmitter includes a transmitter unit configured to transmit wireless signals, a first microcontroller coupled to the transmitter unit, the first microcontroller configured to provide the transmitter unit with a selection signal to wirelessly transmit, and a display screen with plurality of user actuatable input elements coupled to the transmitter unit. The user actuatable input elements respectively correspond to different sports instructions. The first microcontroller is configured to provide the transmitter unit with the selection signal to wirelessly transmit a prewritten text in accordance with actuation of the user actuatable input elements, the selection signal corresponding to a sports instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Craig Anthony FILICETTI, John Andrew HANKINS
  • Patent number: 11893307
    Abstract: A covert sports communication system has a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit coded audio track selection signals. The system includes a receiver that may be worn within headgear. The receiver includes stored audio tracks and is configured to receive coded audio track selection signals from the transmitter, decode the audio track selection signals, and play at least one stored audio track in accordance with the decoded audio track selection signals. The audio tracks may include audio instructions to a participant of a sporting event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventors: John Andrew Hankins, Craig Anthony Filicetti
  • Publication number: 20230271078
    Abstract: A baseball pitch selection communication system has a transmitter and a body-worn visual receiver. The transmitter includes a transmitter unit configured to transmit wireless signals, a first microcontroller and a plurality of user actuatable input elements. The first microcontroller is configured to provide the transmitter unit with a selection signal to wirelessly transmit in accordance with actuation of the user actuatable input elements, the selection signal corresponding to a pitch selection. The visual receiver includes a receiving unit configured to wirelessly receive the selection signal, a memory configured to contain a plurality of stored visual instructions, a display configured to display visual instructions, and a second microcontroller. The second microcontroller is configured to control the memory and the display to display a selected visual instruction in accordance with the received selection signal, where the selected visual instruction corresponds to the pitch selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: John Andrew HANKINS, Craig Anthony FILICETTI
  • Publication number: 20220416821
    Abstract: A system for communicating pitch selections wirelessly from a wireless transmitter has a coded signal generator that generates coded signals in accordance with selected pitch types. A receiver decodes the received coded signals, selects an audio file based on the received coded signal and generates an audio signal announcing the selected pitch type based on the transmitted selected pitch type in accordance with the received coded signal. The audio signal is transduced by a bone conductor transducer so that the player can hear the announced selected pitch type through bone conduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: John Andrew Hankins, Craig Anthony Filcetti
  • Publication number: 20220276826
    Abstract: A covert sports communication system has a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit coded audio track selection signals. The system includes a receiver that may be worn within headgear. The receiver includes stored audio tracks and is configured to receive coded audio track selection signals from the transmitter, decode the audio track selection signals, and play at least one stored audio track in accordance with the decoded audio track selection signals. The audio tracks may include audio instructions to a participant of a sporting event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: John Andrew HANKINS, Craig Anthony FILICETTI