Patents by Inventor Kathryn Jane Zealand

Kathryn Jane Zealand 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: 20240077848
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for an exosuit activity transition control structure. In some implementations, sensor data for a powered exosuit is received. The sensor data is classified depending on whether the sensor data is indicative of a transition between different types of activities of a wearer of the powered exosuit. The classification is provided to a control system for the powered exosuit. The powered exosuit is controlled based on the classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Skip Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathryn Jane Zealand, Elliott J. Rouse, Georgios Evangelopoulos
  • Patent number: 11853034
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for an exosuit activity transition control structure. In some implementations, sensor data for a powered exosuit is received. The sensor data is classified depending on whether the sensor data is indicative of a transition between different types of activities of a wearer of the powered exosuit. The classification is provided to a control system for the powered exosuit. The powered exosuit is controlled based on the classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Skip Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathryn Jane Zealand, Elliott J. Rouse, Georgios Evangelopoulos
  • Publication number: 20220096249
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for an exosuit activity transition control structure. In some implementations, sensor data representing an estimate of sensor data that will be produced by sensors of an exosuit at a particular time in the future is generated, where the exosuit is configured to assist mobility of a wearer. Actual sensor data that is generated using the sensors of the exosuit is obtained. A measure of uncertainty is determined based on the forecasted sensor data and the actual sensor data. Based on the measure of uncertainty, a control action for the exosuit to adjust an assistance provided to the wearer is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Elliott J. Rouse, Georgios Evangelopoulos, Kathryn Jane Zealand
  • 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: 20210349445
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for an exosuit activity transition control structure. In some implementations, sensor data for a powered exosuit is received. The sensor data is classified depending on whether the sensor data is indicative of a transition between different types of activities of a wearer of the powered exosuit. The classification is provided to a control system for the powered exosuit. The powered exosuit is controlled based on the classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kathryn Jane Zealand, Elliott J. Rouse, Georgios Evangelopoulos
  • Publication number: 20210084997
    Abstract: Methods and systems for supporting and/or assisting users' movements include detecting, by one or more sensors integrated with a garment having two or more controllable regions, movement of a particular part of a user's body enclosed within the garment, measuring, by the one or more sensors, data that indicates the detected movement of the particular part of the user's body, determining, based on the measured data, an activity classification that indicates a future movement of the particular part of the user's body, identifying, based on the determined activity classification and by the one or more processors, a support configuration for the garment, and dynamically adjusting, by the one or more processors, at least one of an effective tension and an effective stiffness of at least one of the two or more controllable regions of the garment to provide the identified support configuration of the garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Kathryn Jane Zealand