Patents by Inventor Joshua Andrew Schultz

Joshua Andrew Schultz 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).

  • Camera positioning mechanism using an antagonistic pair of compliant contractile actuators
    Patent number: 8662764
    Abstract: In a method of controlling a gaze direction of a camera, the camera is placed on a top surface of a substrate that is pivotally coupled to a frame, wherein a movement arm depends downwardly from the substrate. The movement arm is moved with two spaced apart amplified piezoelectric ceramic stack actuators that are affixed to the frame and coupled to the movement arm by deforming the amplified piezoelectric ceramic stack actuators as a result of applying a voltage thereto, thereby changing an angular orientation of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua Andrew Schultz, Jun Ueda
  • Camera Positioning Mechanism using an Antagonistic Pair of Compliant Contractile Actuators
    Publication number: 20130336644
    Abstract: In a method of controlling a gaze direction of a camera, the camera is placed on a top surface of a substrate that is pivotally coupled to a frame, wherein a movement arm depends downwardly from the substrate. The movement arm is moved with two spaced apart amplified piezoelectric ceramic stack actuators that are affixed to the frame and coupled to the movement arm by deforming the amplified piezoelectric ceramic stack actuators as a result of applying a voltage thereto, thereby changing an angular orientation of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Joshua Andrew Schultz, Jun Ueda