Patents by Inventor Joseph Langer

Joseph Langer 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: 20170193778
    Abstract: A mobile tag reader that may be configured to wirelessly communicate with a security tag is provided. The mobile tag reader may include a position estimator, which includes processing circuitry configured to receive information indicative of at least a first read event associated with a first antenna beam pattern and a second read event associated with a second antenna beam pattern emitted by the mobile tag reader. The processing circuitry may be further configured to identify an overlap area between at least the first antenna beam pattern and the second antenna beam pattern. The processing circuitry may be further configured to determine an estimated location of the security tag based on the overlap area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventor: Robert Joseph Langer
  • Publication number: 20170193779
    Abstract: A mobile tag reader that may be configured to wirelessly communicate with a security tag is provided. The mobile tag reader may include processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may be configured to determine a position of the mobile tag reader in the monitoring environment. The processing circuitry may be further configured to determine a position of the security tag in the monitoring environment based on the mobile tag reader position. The processing circuitry may be further configured to in response to a loss of confidence in the mobile tag reader position, execute a location estimating routine to determine an estimated mobile tag reader position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Joseph Langer, William Shuff
  • Publication number: 20170162015
    Abstract: A mobile tag reader that may be configured to wirelessly communicate with a security tag is provided. The mobile tag reader may include a position estimator, which includes processing circuitry configured to receive information indicative of a position of the mobile tag reader. The processing circuitry may be further configured to receive information indicative of location coordinates of the security tag based on wireless communications between the mobile tag reader and the security tag, The processing circuitry may be further configured to calculate an estimated position of the security tag based on information indicative of the position of the mobile tag reader and the information indicative of the location coordinates of the security tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Robert Joseph Langer
  • Patent number: 4671585
    Abstract: An adaptor for connecting a luminaire to a track receptacle is disclosed. The track receptacle has retaining flanges along its bottom edges and an insulator assembly adjacent the top. The insulator assembly mounts parallel electrical conductors in the top of the track receptacle and also defines parallel guide channels. The adaptor includes a body having a lid. The lid includes retainers for mating with the retaining flanges. A pair of spring biased electrical contacts extend upwardly from a contact housing mounted in the body and extending through the lid. The housing includes a pair of guide members which are rotationally biased to an aligned position for insertion into the track receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1987
    Assignee: National Service Industries
    Inventors: Joseph Langer, Raymond A. Brown, Jon D. Hinnefeld