Patents by Inventor John Gordon

John Gordon 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: 20220174867
    Abstract: An autonomous lawn mower is described. The autonomous lawn mower comprises a chassis supporting a podium. In some examples, the podium comprises an upper portion and a lower portion, where the upper portion may support one or more sensors, antennas and/or cameras that may be used to provide environmental information regarding the surroundings of the autonomous lawn mower. The upper portion may be detached from the lower portion such that the upper portion is calibrated prior to the upper portion being coupled to the lower portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Johnstone McCutcheon, IV, John Gordon Morrison, Isaac Heath Roberts, Kevin Peter McGlade, Davis Thorp Foster, Mathew Alexander Kaplan, Zachary Austin Goins, Mathew G. Quick
  • Publication number: 20220174865
    Abstract: An autonomous lawn mower is described. The autonomous lawn mower comprises a chassis supporting a podium that is raked forward with respect to a horizontal plane. In some examples, the podium comprises a top portion that may support one or more sensors, antennas and/or cameras that may be used to provide environmental information regarding the surroundings of the autonomous lawn mower. In additional or alternative examples, the podium may facilitate communication services to and/or from the autonomous lawn mower. Such a podium may improve the operation of the mower by a user when manually (or semi-autonomously controlled) while optimizing a field of view of such sensors with respect to the mowable area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Johnstone McCutcheon, IV, John Gordon Morrison, Isaac Heath Roberts, Kevin Peter McGlade, Davis Thorp Foster, Matthew Alexander Kaplan, Zachary Austin Goins, Matthew G. Quick
  • Publication number: 20220179273
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to electrochromic windows that are bird friendly, as well as methods and apparatus for forming such windows. Bird friendly windows include one or more elements that make the window visible to birds so that the birds recognize that they cannot fly through the window. An electrochromic window includes one or more transparent substrates, wherein at least one of the substrates is an electrochromic (EC) lite including an electrochromic device and a pattern formed on at least one of the substrates by a laser, the pattern including a first feature configured to provide a set of optical properties different than optical properties of the transparent substrate. The set of optical properties includes one or more characteristics of refractivity, reflectivity and diffraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: John Gordon Halbert Mathew, Robert T. Rozbicki, Luis Vidal Ponce Cabrera, Anshu A. Pradhan, Abhishek Anant Dixit, Eithan Ritz
  • Publication number: 20220174866
    Abstract: An autonomous lawn mower is described. The autonomous lawn mower comprises a chassis supporting a podium. In some examples, the podium comprises a top portion that may support one or more sensors, antennas and/or cameras that may be used to provide environmental information regarding the surroundings of the autonomous lawn mower. In additional or alternative examples, the autonomous lawn mower receives, via a wireless receiver, a signal from a remote controller, the signal comprising one or more of an emergency stop signal or a pause signal. Based at least in part on the signal comprising the emergency stop signal, causing the autonomous lawn mower to invoke an emergency stop procedure, or based at least in part on the signal comprising the pause signal, causing the autonomous lawn mower to invoke a pause procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Johnstone McCutcheon, IV, John Gordon Morrison, Isaac Heath Roberts, Kevin Peter McGlade, Davis Thorp Foster, Matthew Alexander Kaplan, Zachary Austin Goins, Matthew G. Quick
  • Patent number: 11343613
    Abstract: The technology described in this document can be embodied in a computer-implemented method of controlling a wearable audio device configured to provide an audio output. The method includes receiving data indicating the wearable audio device is proximate a geographic location associated with a localized audio message, and determining that the localized audio message has a higher priority compared to at least one other localized audio message associated with another geographical location proximate to the wearable audio device. The method also includes, responsive to determining that the localized audio message has the higher priority, providing a prompt to initiate playback of the localized audio message with the higher priority to a user of the wearable audio device, and initiating playback of the localized audio message with the higher priority at the wearable audio device in response to actuation of the prompt by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: John Gordon, Santiago Carvajal, Glenn Gomes-Casseres, Todd Richard Reily, Conor Sheehan, Neil Adam Ranney
  • Patent number: 11325562
    Abstract: A wire-management module is configured to be installable to a vehicle having an operable system configured to be energized in response to operative connection between a first wire and a second wire. A user-authentication module is configured to transmit a wire-management signal including a wire-inhibit signal configured to indicate lack of authorization to use the operable system of the vehicle. The wire-management module is configured to be operatively coupled to the first wire and the second wire. The wire-management module has a signal input port configured to receive the wire-inhibit signal that is transmittable from the user-authentication module. The wire-management module is also configured to inhibit operative connection between the first wire and the second wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Herschell, Christopher Joseph Mendes, Benjamin John Gordon Gaffney
  • Patent number: 11314901
    Abstract: System, apparatus, device and methods relating to a telematic vehicle sharing platform ecosystem and a telematic vehicle share I/O expander to automate sharing and management of a vehicle that is shared by more than one operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Mendes, Stephen Michael Fox, Benjamin John Gordon Gaffney
  • Patent number: 11307475
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to electrochromic windows that are bird friendly, as well as methods and apparatus for forming such windows. Bird friendly windows include one or more elements that make the window visible to birds so that the birds recognize that they cannot fly through the window. An electrochromic window includes one or more transparent substrates, wherein at least one of the substrates is an electrochromic (EC) lite including an electrochromic device and a pattern formed on at least one of the substrates by a laser, the pattern including a first feature configured to provide a set of optical properties different than optical properties of the transparent substrate. The set of optical properties includes one or more characteristics of refractivity, reflectivity and diffraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: John Gordon Halbert Mathew, Robert T. Rozbicki, Luis Vidal Ponce Cabrera, Anshu A. Pradhan, Abhishek Anant Dixit, Eithan Ritz
  • Patent number: 11285156
    Abstract: Provided herein are KRAS G12C inhibitors, such as composition of the same, and methods of using the same. These inhibitors are useful for treating a number of disorders, including pancreatic, colorectal, and lung cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: John Gordon Allen, Brian Alan Lanman, Jian Chen, Anthony B. Reed, Victor J. Cee, Longbin Liu, Patricia Lopez, Ryan Paul Wurz, Thomas T. Nguyen, Shon Booker, Jennifer Rebecca Allen, Margaret Chu-Moyer, Albert Amegadzie, Ning Chen, Clifford Goodman, Jonathan D. Low, Vu Van Ma, Ana Elena Minatti, Nobuko Nishimura, Alexander J. Pickrell, Hui-Ling Wang, Youngsook Shin, Aaron C. Siegmund, Kevin C. Yang, Nuria A. Tamayo, Mary Walton, Qiufen Xue
  • Publication number: 20220091613
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for generating a set of connected segments for a device or system to traverse in order to reach every point of the region (a coverage plan). Nodes defining the region to be traversed define a polygon. The polygon is decomposed into a mesh and a graph of the mesh is generated. The graph may be used to determine a longest funneled path which, in turn, may be used to either optimize for a longest path or to divide the polygon for eroding sides. The longest path and/or erosions are used to define a set of segments. The segments are connected, which in some examples is done via an optimization to minimize an amount of time or energy to traverse all segments and connections. The resultant coverage plan is sent to a system configured to receive the plan and traverse the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Marc Christopher Alban, Zachary Austin Goins, Kristopher Charles Kozak, John Gordon Morrison
  • Publication number: 20220073504
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): (I), as defined herein, and synthetic intermediates thereof, which are capable of modulating KIF18A protein thereby influencing the process of cell cycle and cell proliferation to treat cancer and cancer-related diseases. The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions, including the compounds, and methods of treating disease states related to the activity of KIF18A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: NURIA A TAMAYO, ABHISEK BANERJEE, JAMES ALEXANDER BROWN, MICHAEL J FROHN, JIAN JEFFREY CHEN, KEXUE LI, QINGYIAN LIU, JONATHAN DANTE LOW, VU MA, LIPING H PETTUS, MARY CATHERINE WALTON, ANA ELENA MINATTI, MATTHEW PAUL BOURBEAU, LEI JIA, THOMAS T NGUYEN, NOBUKO NISHIMURA, QIUFEN MAY XUE, JOHN GORDON ALLEN
  • Patent number: 11253747
    Abstract: A method is provided for detecting at least one fitness related activity is provided. Data is obtained from at least one sensor of a wearable device, wherein the at least one sensor detects the data based on at least one body movement of a user wearing the wearable device. Based on the obtained data, the at least one fitness related activity is detected from a set of fitness related activities, wherein the detection is performed without pre-training by the user for the detecting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naganagouda Patil, Mark Sydorenko, John Gordon, Bruce C. Levens, Ryan K. Burns, Jeremy Kemmerer, Juan Carlos Rodero Sales, William Berardi
  • Publication number: 20220039313
    Abstract: An autonomous lawn mower is described which is provided with boundary information of a region, explores the region, and based on information collected while exploring, is configured to mow the region in accordance with a mow pattern. Exploration may be performed based on random motions, striping, etc. Sensor data captured during exploration is captured in order to determine the presence of any objects within the region (e.g., trees, manmade objects, lakes, and the like). Sensor data and boundary information is used to optimize a mow pattern for the lawn mower to follow when mowing the region. Additional sensor data captured while mowing may be used for obstacle avoidance, monitoring of the system, or otherwise generating notifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: John Gordon Morrison, Isaac Heath Roberts, Kevin Peter McGlade, Davis Thorp Foster, Robert Johnstone McCutcheon, IV, Zachary Austin Goins
  • Publication number: 20220030763
    Abstract: A vegetative health mapping system which creates two- or three-dimensional maps and associates moisture content, soil density, ambient light, surface temperature, and/or additional indications of vegetative health with the map. Moisture content is inferred using radar return signals of near-field and/or far-field radar. By tuning various parameters of the one or more radar (e.g. frequency, focus, power), additional data may be associated with the map from subterranean features (such as rocks, soil density, sprinklers, etc.). Additional sensors (camera(s), lidar, IMU, GPS, etc.) may be fused with radar returns to generate maps having associated moisture content, surface temperature, ambient light levels, additional indications of vegetative health (as may be determined by machine learned algorithms), etc. Such vegetative health maps may be provided to a user who, in turn, may indicate additional areas for the vegetative health device to scan or otherwise used to recommend and/or perform treatments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: John Gordon Morrison, Davis Thorp Foster, Isaac Heath Roberts
  • Publication number: 20220007571
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for detecting a difference in orientation between a lawn mower and a surface on which the mower is mowing, or between portions of such surface, based on one or more of sensor data or map data are discussed. The difference in orientation may then be used to control the lawn mower by, for example, raising a deck height or idling a blade speed, though other actuations are contemplated. In some examples, an amount the deck height is raised may be based on the difference in orientation. Based on a subsequent difference detected being at or below a threshold difference, the mower may return to previous operating conditions including, but not limited to, returning a blade speed to a previous blade speed and/or returning the deck height to a previous deck height, among other controls. Such techniques may prevent undercutting turf due to such differences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Davis Thorp Foster, Robert Johnstone McCutcheon, IV, John Gordon Morrison, Isaac Heath Roberts
  • Publication number: 20220007570
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for detecting suboptimal mowing due to impacted vegetation and/or orientation changes are discussed. In some examples, blade speeds, blade heights, torques, and/or a current required to spin the blades of a mower at a determined rate may be calibrated and associated with a lawn mower and/or map. Changes in any one or more of the blade speed, current required, torque, etc. (and/or additional data from one or more sensors on the mower) may be used as an indication for determining whether vegetation has impacted the underside of a mower, whether the blade has struck an object, whether the mower is undergoing an orientation change, whether the mower requires maintenance, and the like. Based on the indication, the mower can perform one or more functions to attempt to remediate the problem autonomously and/or send a signal to a user for additional help.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Davis Thorp Foster, Robert Johnstone McCutcheon, IV, John Gordon Morrison, Isaac Heath Roberts
  • Publication number: 20220002311
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chemical compounds having a general formula (I), as defined herein, and synthetic intermediates thereof, which are capable of modulating KIF18A protein thereby influencing the process of cell cycle and cell proliferation to treat cancer and cancer-related diseases. The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions, including the compounds, and methods of treating disease states related to the activity of KIF18A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: NURIA A TAMAYO, ABHISEK BANERJEE, MICHAEL J FROHN, JIAN JEFFREY CHEN, KEXUE LI, MATTHEW PAUL BOURBEAU, LEI JIA, MATTHEW RICHARD KALLER, THOMAS T NGUYEN, NOBUKO NISHIMURA, QIUFEN MAY XUE, JOHN GORDON ALLEN
  • Patent number: 11210612
    Abstract: System, apparatus, device and methods relating to a telematic vehicle sharing platform ecosystem and a telematic vehicle share I/O expander to automate sharing and management of a vehicle that is shared by more than one operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Mendes, Stephen Michael Fox, Benjamin John Gordon Gaffney
  • Publication number: 20210382476
    Abstract: An autonomous lawn mowing system and method comprising receiving data from at least one autonomous lawn mower of a fleet of autonomous lawn mowers. The data comprising at least sensor data from one or more sensors associated with the at least one autonomous lawn mower. The sensor data is captured while the at least one autonomous lawn mower traversed an environment in accordance with a mow pattern. Based at least in part on the data, generating information indicative of one or more of: a diagnostic of the at least one autonomous lawn mower, an attribute associated with the environment, or a metric associated with the at least one autonomous lawn mower performing a task, and providing the information to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: John Gordon Morrison, Isaac Heath Roberts, Kevin Peter McGlade, Davis Thorp Foster
  • Publication number: 20210378171
    Abstract: A control device for an autonomous lawn mower is described which receives input signals from a first and/or second hand control and determines a control signal for controlling the autonomous lawn mower. The hand controls may provide for intuitive control of the mower by a user. The control signals may be used to operate the autonomous lawn mower to perform a task such that, when later detached or otherwise decoupled, the autonomous lawn mower may perform the same or similar tasks substantially autonomously based on data (e.g., sensor signals, control signals, etc.), generated during manual operation. In some examples, the control signals may be determined to aid a user in maintaining a straight mow, proximity to a desired pattern for mowing, and/or be otherwise altered based on the presence of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: MICHAEL TIMOTHY BARBER, Davis Thorp Foster, Zachary Austin Goins, Nicole Beth Jacobson, Matthew Alexander Kaplan, Robert Johnstone Mccutcheon, IV, John Gordon Morrison, Matthew G. Quick, Isaac Heath Roberts