Patents by Inventor John Howland Sherman
John Howland Sherman 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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Patent number: 10902227Abstract: In one aspect where a load or a subset of one or more tags is in motion relative to an RFID reader system, the RFID system obtains tag readings and derives tag scalar or vector motional data e.g. tag velocity, tag acceleration, and/or rate of change of tag acceleration which can be compared to known tag motional information to distinguish true tags of interest from false positives which are unavoidably also within the field of the reader system. An antenna system may also make readings during distinctive movement patterns of true tags, such as vertical or arcuate movement and utilize computed tag motional data based on the tag readings to distinguish true tags from false positives. Two components of the RFID system may communicate information on identified tags, and/or interact (e.g. by silencing tags), so as to cooperate in identifying true positive tags.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: INTERMEC IP CORP.Inventors: Pavel V. Nikitin, Gary Neal Spiess, Hunter Martin Leland, Lynn Carl Hingst, John Howland Sherman
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Publication number: 20170372104Abstract: In one aspect where a load or a subset of one or more tags is in motion relative to an RFID reader system, the RFID system obtains tag readings and derives tag scalar or vector motional data e.g. tag velocity, tag acceleration, and/or rate of change of tag acceleration which can be compared to known tag motional information to distinguish true tags of interest from false positives which are unavoidably also within the field of the reader system. An antenna system may also make readings during distinctive movement patterns of true tags, such as vertical or arcuate movement and utilize computed tag motional data based on the tag readings to distinguish true tags from false positives. Two components of the RFID system may communicate information on identified tags, and/or interact (e.g. by silencing tags), so as to cooperate in identifying true positive tags.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: INTERMEC IP CORP.Inventors: Pavel V. NIKITIN, Gary Neal SPIESS, Hunter Martin LELAND, Lynn Carl HINGST, John Howland SHERMAN
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Publication number: 20170374476Abstract: The exemplary disclosure describes a hearing system e.g. comprising a Hearing Aid device comprising a cellphone and/or user worn device where some of the programs are carried out by components embedded onto the user worn device and some programs by hearing system components, e.g. which are inherently part of cellphones. The hearing system improves the intelligibility of voice messages arriving e.g. through the cellphone and/or other speaker, and/or e.g. via connected earphones and/or directly through the free air. The user can call diverse programs suitable for different situations, by using e.g. inertial sensors embedded in the hearing system, e.g. in the user worn system and/or e.g. are inherently part of the cellphone.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2014Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Avraham Suhami, John Howland Sherman
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Publication number: 20170245065Abstract: The exemplary disclosure describes a hearing system e.g. comprising a Hearing Aid device comprising a cellphone and/or user worn device where some of the programs are carried out by components embedded onto the user worn device and some programs by hearing system components, e.g. which are inherently part of cellphones. The hearing system improves the intelligibility of voice messages arriving e.g. through the cellphone and/or other speaker, and/or e.g. via connected earphones and/or directly through the free air. The user can call diverse programs suitable for different situations, by using e.g. inertial sensors embedded in the hearing system, e.g. in the user worn system and/or e.g. are inherently part of the cellphone.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2014Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Avraham Suhami, John Howland Sherman
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Patent number: 9704002Abstract: In one aspect where a load or a subset of one or more tags is in motion relative to an RFID reader system, the RFID system obtains tag readings and derives tag scalar or vector motional data e.g. tag velocity, tag acceleration, and/or rate of change of tag acceleration which can be compared to known tag motional information to distinguish true tags of interest from false positives which are unavoidably also within the field of the reader system. An antenna system may also make readings during distinctive movement patterns of true tags, such as vertical or arcuate movement and utilize computed tag motional data based on the tag readings to distinguish true tags from false positives. Two components of the RFID system may communicate information on identified tags, and/or interact (e.g. by silencing tags), so as to cooperate in identifying true positive tags.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: INTERMEC IP CORP.Inventors: Pavel V. Nikitin, Gary Neal Spiess, Hunter Martin Leland, Lynn Carl Hingst, John Howland Sherman
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Publication number: 20150186700Abstract: In one aspect where a load or a subset of one or more tags is in motion relative to an RFID reader system, the RFID system obtains tag readings and derives tag scalar or vector motional data e.g. tag velocity, tag acceleration, and/or rate of change of tag acceleration which can be compared to known tag motional information to distinguish true tags of interest from false positives which are unavoidably also within the field of the reader system. An antenna system may also make readings during distinctive movement patterns of true tags, such as vertical or arcuate movement and utilize computed tag motional data based on the tag readings to distinguish true tags from false positives. Two components of the RFID system may communicate information on identified tags, and/or interact (e.g. by silencing tags), so as to cooperate in identifying true positive tags.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Pavel V. NIKITIN, Gary Neal SPIESS, Hunter Martin LELAND, Lynn Carl HINGST, John Howland SHERMAN
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Patent number: 9047522Abstract: An RFID system is used to detect whether an RFID tag is part of the load of a forklift or other transport device. In one aspect where the load is in motion relative to an RFID reader system, the RFID system obtains tag readings and derives tag vector motion information which can be compared to the known motion of the load to distinguish tags that are part of the load from false positives which are unavoidably also within the field of the reader system. A forklift antenna system may also make readings from load pickup to load deposit in a truck trailer, and utilize computed tag vector motion information to distinguish tags that are part of the load from false positives. The tag vector information my relate to tag velocity, tag acceleration, and/or rate of change of tag acceleration. The two components of the RFID system may communicate information on identified tags, and/or interact (e.g. by silencing tags), so as to cooperate in identifying true positive tags in the load.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2010Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: INTERMEC IP CORP.Inventors: Pavel V. Nikitin, Gary Neal Spiess, Hunter Martin Leland, Lynn Carl Hingst, John Howland Sherman
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Patent number: 9007178Abstract: In one aspect where a load or a subset of one or more tags is in motion relative to an RFID reader system, the RFID system obtains tag readings and derives tag scalar or vector motional data e.g. tag velocity, tag acceleration, and/or rate of change of tag acceleration which can be compared to known tag motional information to distinguish true tags of interest from false positives which are unavoidably also within the field of the reader system. An antenna system may also make readings during distinctive movement patterns of true tags, such as vertical or arcuate movement and utilize computed tag motional data based on the tag readings to distinguish true tags from false positives. Two components of the RFID system may communicate information on identified tags, and/or interact (e.g. by silencing tags), so as to cooperate in identifying true positive tags.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Intermec IP Corp.Inventors: Pavel V. Nikitin, Gary Neal Spiess, Hunter Martin Leland, Lynn Carl Hingst, John Howland Sherman