Patents by Inventor Joseph Hollis Sargent

Joseph Hollis Sargent 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: 20240099703
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a system, method, and non-transitory computer readable media for an ultrasound probe configured to capture ultrasound images of an examination region. The system includes a first set of one or more sensors coupled to the ultrasound probe and configured to estimate a first positional information associated with the ultrasound probe. The system includes a second set of one or more sensors coupled to the ultrasound probe and configured to capture electromagnetic force (EMF) measurements in the examination region to estimate a second positional information associated with the ultrasound probe. The second positional information is used to calibrate the first set of one or more sensors. The system includes a controller configured to use at least one of (i) the first positional information, or (ii) the second positional information to generate a reconstruction of the examination region based on ultrasound images captured by the ultrasound probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Martin Zoellner, Daniel Edward Rosenfeld, Ashley Quinn Swartz, John Paul Issa, Joseph Hollis Sargent, Ningrui Li, Phillip Yee, Ulrich Niemann, Qianyu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11903896
    Abstract: An exosuit includes a first structure including a series of link elements joined together by joints. The series of link elements extends along a length of the first structure. The joints are configured to flex such that, when the exosuit is worn by a user, the first structure at least partially conforms to a shape of the user's anatomy at a first side of the first structure that extends along the length. The joints restrict flexing that would deform a second side of the first structure extending along the length of the first structure. The exosuit includes a second structure and an actuator coupled to the first structure and the second structure. The actuator causes movement of the first structure relative to the second structure. The exosuit includes an attachment portion to attach the exosuit to the user with the first side of the first structure facing toward the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Skip Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Rhoda Jill Kentin, Joseph Hollis Sargent, Erik Lamers
  • Publication number: 20220125662
    Abstract: An exosuit includes a first structure including a series of link elements joined together by joints. The series of link elements extends along a length of the first structure. The joints are configured to flex such that, when the exosuit is worn by a user, the first structure at least partially conforms to a shape of the user's anatomy at a first side of the first structure that extends along the length. The joints restrict flexing that would deform a second side of the first structure extending along the length of the first structure. The exosuit includes a second structure and an actuator coupled to the first structure and the second structure. The actuator causes movement of the first structure relative to the second structure. The exosuit includes an attachment portion to attach the exosuit to the user with the first side of the first structure facing toward the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Rhoda Jill Kentin, Joseph Hollis Sargent, Erik Lamers
  • Publication number: 20220043940
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for creating exosuit interfaces using 3D printing. One of the methods includes receiving a three-dimensional data model of one or more areas of a person's body; determining exosuit position data that identifies a portion of the three-dimensional data model for which an exosuit model will be generated; determining an actuator housing location to integrate an actuator housing in a component of the exosuit model, the actuator housing location being determined to align a first movement path for an actuator received in the actuator housing with a second movement path for the person's body; and generating at least a portion of an exosuit model that includes the component having (i) a region shaped to correspond to a contour of the person's body and (ii) an actuator housing at the actuator housing location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph Hollis Sargent, Rhoda Jill Kentin
  • Patent number: 11238188
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating personalized exosuits. In some implementations, sensor data indicating a three-dimensional shape of stretchable template garment while the template garment is worn by a person and has been stretched to align with the person's anatomy is obtained. The template garment can include indicators corresponding to positions for components of an exosuit, and can correspond to an exosuit design. The sensor data is analyzed to determine locations of the indicators of the template garment. A personalized exosuit design is generated for the person by adjusting a computer model for the exosuit design to locate components of the exosuit at regions corresponding to the identified locations of the indicators of the template garment. The personalized exosuit design is provided to one or more manufacturing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Hollis Sargent, Rhoda Jill Kentin
  • Publication number: 20220004167
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating, using, or both, exosuit historical data. In some implementations, (i) sensor data generated by sensors of an exosuit worn by a user and (ii) control data indicating actions performed by or control signals generated by the exosuit based on the sensor data while worn by the user are received. The sensor data and the control data are added to a database that includes historical data describing use of the exosuit over time by the user. A control scheme of the exosuit is customized for the user by updating the one or more machine learning models or settings that govern the application of the one or more machine learning models. Forces provided by one or more actuators of the exosuit are controlled using the updated one or more machine learning models or the updated settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Kathryn Jane Zealand, Joseph Hollis Sargent, Georgios Evangelopoulos, Elliott J. Rouse
  • Publication number: 20210394114
    Abstract: Devices and methods for atmospheric water harvesting may be useful to obtain drinking water from air of moderate humidity, in a process driven directly by solar energy. Devices feature a recirculating stream of a fluid, such as air, and include heat recuperation to heat fluid in one portion of the stream using heat contained in another portion of the stream. Passive heat sinking is sufficient to condense liquid water, without need for refrigeration. The objective of the technologies and inventions is to enable affordable household products that improve drinking water access, with a focus on those currently without access to safely managed drinking water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Philipp H. Schmaelzle, Shane Washburn, Neil David Treat, Matthew Sakae Forkin, Finn Carlsvi, Claudia Truesdell, Alexandra Galila Ramadan, Adi Cathy Aron-Gilat, Jackson Lord, Nicole Kobilansky, Matthew David Day, Nicholas John Foster, Joseph Hollis Sargent, Julie Hanna, Cyrus Behroozi, David Youmans
  • Publication number: 20210312097
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating personalized exosuits. In some implementations, sensor data indicating a three-dimensional shape of stretchable template garment while the template garment is worn by a person and has been stretched to align with the person's anatomy is obtained. The template garment can include indicators corresponding to positions for components of an exosuit, and can correspond to an exosuit design. The sensor data is analyzed to determine locations of the indicators of the template garment. A personalized exosuit design is generated for the person by adjusting a computer model for the exosuit design to locate components of the exosuit at regions corresponding to the identified locations of the indicators of the template garment. The personalized exosuit design is provided to one or more manufacturing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph Hollis Sargent, Rhoda Jill Kentin
  • Patent number: 11009952
    Abstract: A method for analyzing electroencephalogram (EEG) signals is disclosed. Information associated with two or more options is presented to a user. EEG signals from a sensor coupled to the user are received contemporaneously to the user receiving information associated with the two or more options. The EEG signals are processed in real time to determine which one of the options was selected by the user. In response to determining which one of the options was selected by the user, an action from one or more possible actions associated with the information presented to the user is selected. An output associated with the selected action is then generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Ann Laszlo, Gabriella Levine, Joseph Hollis Sargent, Phillip Yee
  • Patent number: 10898137
    Abstract: An electroencephalogram (EEG) sensor is disclosed. The EEG sensor includes a housing defining a chamber capable of storing a gel, the housing includes a first and a second chamber wall, the walls each comprising a corresponding access port located on a common axis extending through the housing; an electrically-conductive probe with a probe tip extending at least partially through the chamber along the axis, at least a portion of the probe tip being exposed to the chamber; an electrical terminal located at an outer surface of the second chamber wall, the electrical terminal being in electrical communication with the probe tip through the access port at the second chamber wall; and a compliant member mechanically coupled to the access port at the first chamber wall capable of compressing, thereby providing a dispense pathway from the chamber through the access port at the first chamber wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Hollis Sargent, Philip Edwin Watson
  • Patent number: 10722134
    Abstract: An electroencephalogram (EEG) system is disclosed. The EEG system includes an EEG controller and an EEG sensor that includes a contact surface, the contact surface including an electrically-conductive portion in communication with the EEG controller and a sensor release element in communication with the EEG controller, the sensor release element being configured to perform, in response to a signal from the EEG controller, a release action to reduce adhesion of an electrically-conductive gel between the contact of the sensor and the user's skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Philip Edwin Watson, Joseph Hollis Sargent, Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Gabriella Levine
  • Publication number: 20200225749
    Abstract: A method for analyzing electroencephalogram (EEG) signals is disclosed. Information associated with two or more options is presented to a user. EEG signals from a sensor coupled to the user are received contemporaneously to the user receiving information associated with the two or more options. The EEG signals are processed in real time to determine which one of the options was selected by the user. In response to determining which one of the options was selected by the user, an action from one or more possible actions associated with the information presented to the user is selected. An output associated with the selected action is then generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Sarah Ann Laszlo, Gabriella Levine, Joseph Hollis Sargent, Phillip Yee
  • Patent number: 10671164
    Abstract: A method for analyzing electroencephalogram (EEG) signals is disclosed. Information associated with two or more options is presented to a user. EEG signals from a sensor coupled to the user are received contemporaneously to the user receiving information associated with the two or more options. The EEG signals are processed in real time to determine which one of the options was selected by the user. In response to determining which one of the options was selected by the user, an action from one or more possible actions associated with the information presented to the user is selected. An output associated with the selected action is then generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Ann Laszlo, Gabriella Levine, Joseph Hollis Sargent, Phillip Yee
  • Publication number: 20190196586
    Abstract: A method for generating an EEG signal is disclosed. Multiple signals from multiple electrodes applied to a user's scalp are measured. The signals correspond to electrical activity generated by the user's brain. Each of the signals is evaluated using a machine learning algorithm in real-time to determine a quality of each of the signals. One or more of the signals is selected based on quality in real-time to provide one or more selected signals. An EEG signal is outputted corresponding to the electrical activity based on the selected signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Sarah Ann Laszlo, Cyrus Behroozi, Gabriella Levine, Brian John Adolf, Joseph Hollis Sargent, Phillip Yee, Philip Edwin Watson
  • Publication number: 20190192078
    Abstract: An electroencephalogram (EEG) sensor is disclosed. The EEG sensor includes a housing defining a chamber capable of storing a gel, the housing includes a first and a second chamber wall, the walls each comprising a corresponding access port located on a common axis extending through the housing; an electrically-conductive probe with a probe tip extending at least partially through the chamber along the axis, at least a portion of the probe tip being exposed to the chamber; an electrical terminal located at an outer surface of the second chamber wall, the electrical terminal being in electrical communication with the probe tip through the access port at the second chamber wall; and a compliant member mechanically coupled to the access port at the first chamber wall capable of compressing, thereby providing a dispense pathway from the chamber through the access port at the first chamber wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph Hollis Sargent, Philip Edwin Watson
  • Publication number: 20190196585
    Abstract: A method for analyzing electroencephalogram (EEG) signals is disclosed. Information associated with two or more options is presented to a user. EEG signals from a sensor coupled to the user are received contemporaneously to the user receiving information associated with the two or more options. The EEG signals are processed in real time to determine which one of the options was selected by the user. In response to determining which one of the options was selected by the user, an action from one or more possible actions associated with the information presented to the user is selected. An output associated with the selected action is then generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Sarah Ann Laszlo, Gabriella Levine, Joseph Hollis Sargent, Phillip Yee
  • Publication number: 20190192030
    Abstract: An electroencephalogram (EEG) system is disclosed. The EEG system includes an EEG controller and an EEG sensor that includes a contact surface, the contact surface including an electrically-conductive portion in communication with the EEG controller and a sensor release element in communication with the EEG controller, the sensor release element being configured to perform, in response to a signal from the EEG controller, a release action to reduce adhesion of an electrically-conductive gel between the contact of the sensor and the user's skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Philip Edwin Watson, Joseph Hollis Sargent, Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Gabriella Levine
  • Patent number: D852367
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Hollis Sargent, Sarah Ann Laszlo, Brian John Adolf
  • Patent number: D869662
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Hollis Sargent, Sarah Ann Laszlo, Brian John Adolf
  • Patent number: D956840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Derek Werdenberg, Allen Richard Zhao, Phillip Yee, Joseph Hollis Sargent