Patents by Inventor Kevin C. Olds

Kevin C. Olds 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).

  • Patent number: 11148033
    Abstract: Provided is a rehabilitation and training gaming system that can comprise a mechanism of detecting user inputs, such as a camera, joystick, force sensor, position sensor, inertial sensor, robotic interface, bioelectrical signal sensor, etc., computing unit(s) for processing inputs and generating outputs, and a computer-rendered object that is at least partially controlled by the user's inputs in a physics-driven manner. The physics-driven manner involves the computer-rendered object responding to user inputs in a manner which is both continuous and time-dependent, including but not limited to: a viscosity relationship, where the velocity, or rate of change, of a property of the computer-rendered object is proportional to the user's input, or an inertial relationship, where the acceleration, or second time derivative, of a property of the computer-rendered object is proportional to the user's input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kevin C. Olds, Omar Ahmad, Promit Roy, John Krakauer, Kathleen McNally
  • Patent number: 10646990
    Abstract: A mechanical translation apparatus includes a translation stage and a translation assembly operatively connected to the translation stage so as to impart linear motions to the translation stage substantially free of rotational motions. The translation assembly includes a plurality of at least three arms pivotably connected to the translation stage at a first end of each arm of the plurality of at least three arms. The mechanical translation apparatus also includes a base assembly in which each arm of the plurality of at least three arms is also rotationally connected to the base assembly at a second end of each arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Kevin C. Olds, Russell H. Taylor
  • Patent number: 10368720
    Abstract: A system for stereo reconstruction from a monoscopic endoscope includes an image pick-up element at a distal end thereof and a working channel defined by a body of the monoscopic endoscope. The system comprises a light patterning component configured to be disposed within the working channel such that a light emitting end of the light patterning component will be fixed with a defined relative distance from the distal end of the image pick-up element. The system also includes a data processor adapted to be in communication with the image pick-up element. The light patterning component forms a pattern of light that is projected onto a region of interest. The data processor receives an image signal of the region of interest that includes the pattern, and determines a distance from the endoscope to the region of interest based on the image signal and based on the defined relative distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Kevin C. Olds, Tae Soo Kim, Russell H. Taylor, Austin Reiter
  • Patent number: 10166080
    Abstract: A cooperatively controlled robotic system includes a main robot assembly, and an arm assembly comprising a proximal end and a distal end. The arm assembly is connected to the main robot assembly at the proximal end. The system also includes a tool assembly connected to the arm assembly at the distal end, a first force sensor between the distal end of the arm assembly and the tool assembly, and a second force sensor between the proximal end of the arm assembly and the main robot assembly. The system includes a control system that is configured to determine a force applied at the first force sensor based on a force detected by the second force sensor, and to compare the determined force to a force detected by the first force sensor to detect a failure of at least one of the first and second force sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Marcin Arkadiusz Balicki, Kevin C. Olds, Russell H. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20180228407
    Abstract: Provided is a system for hand rehabilitation comprising an enclosure comprising a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface; a wrist support attached to the top surface and configured to support and rigidly hold a wrist in position with respect to the top surface; a finger retention support arranged on the top surface, sized to accommodate at least a fingertip, and arranged to allow the finger to exert forces on the finger retention support in any direction; a sensor housed within the enclosure and in communication with the finger retention support, the sensor configured to detect and convert forces exerted by the finger on the finger retention support in multiple degrees of freedom into an electrical signal; and a processor in electrical communication with the sensor and configured to receive the electrical signal and provide feedback to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin C. Olds, Omar Ahmad, Promit Roy, John Krakauer
  • Publication number: 20180214761
    Abstract: Provided is a rehabilitation and training gaming system that can comprise a mechanism of detecting user inputs, such as a camera, joystick, force sensor, position sensor, inertial sensor, robotic interface, bioelectrical signal sensor, etc., computing unit(s) for processing inputs and generating outputs, and a computer-rendered object that is at least partially controlled by the user's inputs in a physics-driven manner. The physics-driven manner involves the computer-rendered object responding to user inputs in a manner which is both continuous and time-dependent, including but not limited to: a viscosity relationship, where the velocity, or rate of change, of a property of the computer-rendered object is proportional to the user's input, or an inertial relationship, where the acceleration, or second time derivative, of a property of the computer-rendered object is proportional to the user's input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin C. Olds, Omar Ahmad, Promit Roy, John Krakauer, Kathleen McNally
  • Patent number: 9873198
    Abstract: According to some embodiments of the present invention, a cooperatively-controlled robot includes a robotic actuator assembly comprising a tool holder and a force sensor. The cooperatively-controlled robot further includes a control system adapted to communicate with the robotic actuator assembly and the force sensor, and an actuator in communication with the control system and mechanically coupled to a tool. The force sensor is configured to detect a vibrational force applied on the tool and send a signal to the control system based on the vibrational force. The control system is configured to receive the signal and determine a force to apply to the tool to damp the vibrational force. The control system then signals to the actuator to apply the determined force, and the actuator applies the determined force to actively damp a vibration of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Russell H. Taylor, Kevin C. Olds, Guillaume Arvin
  • Publication number: 20180000548
    Abstract: A mechanical translation apparatus includes a translation stage and a translation assembly operatively connected to the translation stage so as to impart linear motions to the translation stage substantially free of rotational motions. The translation assembly includes a plurality of at least three arms pivotably connected to the translation stage at a first end of each arm of the plurality of at least three arms. The mechanical translation apparatus also includes a base assembly in which each arm of the plurality of at least three arms is also rotationally connected to the base assembly at a second end of each arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin C. Olds, Russell H. Taylor
  • Patent number: 9554865
    Abstract: A cooperative-control robot includes a base component, a mobile platform arranged proximate the base component, a translation assembly operatively connected to the base component and the mobile platform and configured to move the mobile platform with translational degrees of freedom substantially without rotation with respect to said the component, a tool assembly connected to the mobile platform, and a control system configured to communicate with the translation assembly to control motion of the mobile platform in response to forces by a user applied to at least a portion of the cooperative-control robot. The translation assembly includes at least three independently operable actuator arms, each connected to a separate position of the mobile platform. A robotic system includes two or more the cooperative-control robots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kevin C. Olds, Russell H. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20160361125
    Abstract: A cooperatively controlled robotic system includes a main robot assembly, and an arm assembly comprising a proximal end and a distal end. The arm assembly is connected to the main robot assembly at the proximal end. The system also includes a tool assembly connected to the arm assembly at the distal end, a first force sensor between the distal end of the arm assembly and the tool assembly, and a second force sensor between the proximal end of the arm assembly and the main robot assembly. The system includes a control system that is configured to determine a force applied at the first force sensor based on a force detected by the second force sensor, and to compare the determined force to a force detected by the first force sensor to detect a failure of at least one of the first and second force sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Marcin Arkadiusz Balicki, Kevin C. Olds, Russell H. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20160143509
    Abstract: According to some embodiments of the present invention, a system for stereo reconstruction from a monoscopic endoscope is provided. The monoscopic endoscope comprising an image pick-up element at a distal end thereof and a working channel defined by a body of the monoscopic endoscope. The working channel provides a port at the distal end of the monoscopic endoscope. The system for stereo reconstruction comprises a light patterning component configured to be disposed within the working channel of the monoscopic endoscope such that a light emitting end of the light patterning component will be fixed with a defined relative distance from the distal end of the image pick-up element. The system for stereo reconstruction also includes a data processor adapted to be in communication with the image pick-up element. The light patterning component forms a pattern of light that is projected onto a region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Kevin C. Olds, Tae Soo Kim, Russell H. Taylor, Austin Reiter
  • Publication number: 20160096271
    Abstract: According to some embodiments of the present invention, a cooperatively-controlled robot includes a robotic actuator assembly comprising a tool holder and a force sensor. The cooperatively-controlled robot further includes a control system adapted to communicate with the robotic actuator assembly and the force sensor, and an actuator in communication with the control system and mechanically coupled to a tool. The force sensor is configured to detect a vibrational force applied on the tool and send a signal to the control system based on the vibrational force. The control system is configured to receive the signal and determine a force to apply to the tool to damp the vibrational force. The control system then signals to the actuator to apply the determined force, and the actuator applies the determined force to actively damp a vibration of the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Russell H. Taylor, Kevin C. Olds, Guillaume Arvin
  • Publication number: 20150073597
    Abstract: A cooperative-control robot includes a base component, a mobile platform arranged proximate the base component, a translation assembly operatively connected to the base component and the mobile platform and configured to move the mobile platform with translational degrees of freedom substantially without rotation with respect to said the component, a tool assembly connected to the mobile platform, and a control system configured to communicate with the translation assembly to control motion of the mobile platform in response to forces by a user applied to at least a portion of the cooperative-control robot. The translation assembly includes at least three independently operable actuator arms, each connected to a separate position of the mobile platform. A robotic system includes two or more the cooperative-control robots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin C. Olds, Russell H. Taylor
  • Patent number: 8911429
    Abstract: A cooperative-control robot includes a base component, a mobile platform arranged proximate the base component, a translation assembly operatively connected to the base component and the mobile platform and configured to move the mobile platform with translational degrees of freedom substantially without rotation with respect to said the component, a tool assembly connected to the mobile platform, and a control system configured to communicate with the translation assembly to control motion of the mobile platform in response to forces by a user applied to at least a portion of the cooperative-control robot. The translation assembly includes at least three independently operable actuator arms, each connected to a separate position of the mobile platform. A robotic system includes two or more the cooperative-control robots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Kevin C. Olds, Russell H. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20130079711
    Abstract: An endoscope manipulation adapter includes a support frame having a first end configured to be rigidly fixed relative to a handpiece of a flexible endoscope, and a manipulation assembly arranged at a second end of the support frame. The manipulation assembly defines a channel for at least one of a flexible endoscope shaft or a flexible endoscope insertion component to traverse through in an axial direction to assist in manipulating the at least one of the flexible endoscope shaft or the flexible endoscope insertion component during use of the flexible endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Archana Appukuttan Nair, Kevin C. Olds, Russell H. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20120065470
    Abstract: A robotic system for steerable tip endoscopes includes a support arm, an endoscope gripping assembly rotatably connected to the support arm by a rotation assembly, and a translation assembly operatively connected to the support arm. The endoscope gripping assembly is configured to grip any one of a plurality of differently structured endoscopes, the translation assembly is configured to move the support arm along a linear direction to thereby move an endoscope when held by the endoscope gripping assembly along an axial direction, and the rotation assembly is configured to rotate the endoscope along a longitudinal axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Kevin C. Olds, Russell H. Taylor, Jeremy D. Richmon