Patents by Inventor KEVIN JOSEPH

KEVIN JOSEPH 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: 11899888
    Abstract: A touch sensor device (TSD) includes TSD electrodes associated with a surface of the TSD. Also, an overlay that includes marker electrode(s) is also associated with at least a portion of the surface of the TSD. The TSD also includes drive-sense circuits (DSCs) operably coupled to the plurality of TSD electrodes. A DSC is configured to provide a TSD electrode signal to a TSD electrode and simultaneously to sense a change of the TSD electrode signal based on a change of impedance of the TSD electrode caused by capacitive coupling between the TSD electrode and the marker electrode(s) of the overlay. Processing module(s) is configured to process a digital signal generated by the DSC to determine characteristic(s) of the overlay that is associated with the at least a portion of the surface of the TSD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.
    Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Gerald Dale Morrison, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Kevin Joseph Derichs, Shayne X. Short, Timothy W. Markison
  • Publication number: 20240041013
    Abstract: A phosphorescent fish luring device for use in spearfishing includes first and second spheres, which are mutually attached by a coupler so that they are pivotable relative to each other. One or both of a first portion of the first sphere's outer surface and a first section of the second sphere's exterior surface is phosphorescent. A first connector is attached to the first sphere and is used to attach the first sphere to a fishing line or to a leader that is attached to a fishing line. A lure is attached to the second sphere by a second connector. The lure, the first sphere, and the second sphere attract a fish so that a user is positioned to spear the fish. Alternatively, with a hook being attached to the lure, the user catch fish on the hook using a rod and reel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Kevin Joseph McKenzie
  • Publication number: 20240044083
    Abstract: Disclosed are single ply creped webs and products made therewith. The webs and products are generally durable, flexible and highly dispersible. For example, the creped single ply tissue products have a Slosh time less than 1 minute, and more preferably less than about 30 seconds, and a wet cross-machine direction (CD) tensile strength greater than about 100 g/3?. The foregoing properties are achieved even in those instances where the products comprise a latex binder disposed on an outer surface. For example, the tissue products may be produced by a print crepe process that disposes a non-crosslinked latex binder on at least one of the product's outer surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Maurizio Tirimacco, Kevin Joseph Vogt
  • Publication number: 20240047072
    Abstract: A system comprises processing circuitry configured to receive parametric data for a plurality of parameters of a patient. The parametric data is generated by one or more sensing devices of the patient based on physiological signals of the patient sensed by the one or more sensing devices. The plurality of parameters comprise AF burden. The processing circuitry is configured to derive one or more features based on the parametric data for the plurality of parameters, wherein the one or more features comprise at least one AF burden pattern feature, apply the one or more features to a model, and determine a risk level of a health event for the patient based on the application of the one or more features to the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Tarek D. Haddad, Lawrence C. Johnson, Chris K. Reedy, Joe J. Hendrickson, Manish K. Singh, Kevin Joseph Pochatila, Nirav A. Patel, Linda Z. Massie, Noreli C. Franco, Michael Erich Jordan, Adam V. Dewing, Vamshi Poornima Yerrapragada Durga, Katy A. Muckala, Sairaghunath B. Godithi, Evan J. Stanelle, Rahul Kanwar, Dana M. Soderlund, Jeff Lande
  • Publication number: 20240036203
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a trajectory dataset including a plurality of geospatial points forming a point cloud and acquired along a trajectory wherein for each of the plurality of geospatial points there is a defined an x-coordinate, a y-coordinate and a z-coordinate and at least one mapping device orientation attribute, segmenting the trajectory dataset into a plurality of segments, determining at least one relative constraint for each of the plurality of segments and utilizing, for each of the plurality of segments, at least one of the determined relative constraints to determine a relative position of at least two of the plurality of segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Ji Zhang, Calvin Wade Sheen, Kevin Joseph Dowling
  • Patent number: 11885073
    Abstract: Disclosed are multi-ply tissue products comprising a non-crosslinked binder that are durable and dispersible. The products generally have a Slosh time less than 2 minutes, such as less than about 60 seconds, such as less than about 45 seconds. Surprisingly, the foregoing Slosh times are achieved despite the tissue products having relatively high cross-machine direction (CD) wet tensile strength, such as greater than about 100 g/3?. Typically, increasing wet tensile strength, particularly wet CD tensile strength, negatively effects dispersability and increases Slosh time. Despite this trend, the present invention surprisingly provides a tissue product having a relatively high degree of wet strength and good dispersability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph Vogt, Mark William Sachs, Erin Ann McCormick, Devon Gaynelle Curley, Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Nathan John Vogel, Christopher Steven LeCount
  • Publication number: 20240028172
    Abstract: A touch controller includes a processing module operably coupled to a plurality of sensing circuits, the processing module is operable to receive a sense signal regarding an electrical characteristic of a sensor of a plurality of sensors. The processing module is further operable to determine the sense signal indicates the electrical characteristic is affected by an identifying signal emitted by a finger. The processing module is further operable to determine a coordinate location of the sensor. The processing module is further operable to generate a proximal touch signal that includes the coordinate location of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph Derichs, Richard Stuart Seger, JR., Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Timothy W. Markison
  • Publication number: 20240019964
    Abstract: A method includes a processing module obtaining touch data at a touch data rate. The method further includes the processing module obtaining video data at a refresh rate, wherein the touch data rate is greater than the refresh rate. For a frame of the video data, the method further includes the processing module determining a touch movement trend based on the touch data. The method further includes the processing module determining a position offset for a graphical representation of the touch data based on the touch movement trend. When the position offset exceeds an offset threshold, the method further includes the processing module adjusting position of the graphical representation of the touch data within the frame of video data based on the position offset to produce an adjusted frame of video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph Derichs, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240010145
    Abstract: A sensor system is operable to: communicate a first ID signal at a first frequency between a first perimeter sensor and a first sensor circuit through a body of a first user in a first vehicle chair, determine interaction with an interactable element corresponding to the first sensor circuit based on sensed signal data from a first sensor circuit indicating changes in electrical properties of an electrode of the first sensor circuit; determine the interaction is via the first user in the first vehicle chair when the sensed signal data indicates detection of the first frequency; and when the sensed signal data indicates detection of the first frequency, perform a first vehicle functionality of a set of vehicle functionalities based on configuration data corresponding to the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph Derichs, Richard Stuart Seger, JR., Michael Shawn Gray, Patrick Troy Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand
  • Publication number: 20240010144
    Abstract: A sensor system is operable to: communicate a first ID signal at a first frequency between a first passenger restraint and a first sensor circuit through a body of a first user in a first vehicle chair; determine interaction with an interactable element corresponding to the first sensor circuit based on sensed signal data from a first sensor circuit indicating changes in electrical properties of an electrode of the first sensor circuit; determine the interaction is via the first user in the first vehicle chair when the sensed signal data indicates detection of the first frequency; and when the sensed signal data indicates detection of the first frequency, perform a first vehicle functionality of a set of vehicle functionalities based on configuration data corresponding to the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph Derichs, Richard Stuart Seger, JR., Michael Shawn Gray, Patrick Troy Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand
  • Publication number: 20240004602
    Abstract: An interactive device is operable to receive a first plurality of sensed signals during a first temporal period. The first plurality of sensed signals indicate a first plurality of changes in electrical characteristics of a set of electrodes of the plurality of electrodes. A first impedance pattern identifying a writing passive device is detected based on interpreting the first plurality of changes in the electrical characteristics of the set of electrodes during the first temporal period. The writing passive device is detected based on detecting the first impedance pattern. Written user notion data is detected based on detecting movement of the writing passive device in relation to the interactive display device during the first temporal period. The written user notation data is processed for display in accordance with at least one display setting corresponding to the writing passive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.
    Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, JR., Michael Shawn Gray, Patrick Troy Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Kevin Joseph Derichs
  • Publication number: 20240003093
    Abstract: Disclosed are non-treated, creped tissue webs, and tissue products produced therefrom, having low stiffness and surface lint. The inventive products may be produced by a print creping process adapted to dispose a non-crosslinked latex polymer on at least one of the outer surfaces of the tissue product. The non-crosslinked latex polymer creping composition does not negatively affect stiffness such that the products generally have a Stiffness Index less than about 5.0, such as from about 2.5 to about 5.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph Vogt, Mark William Sachs, Christopher Steven LeCount, Erin Ann McCormick, Devon Gaynelle Curley, Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Nathan John Vogel
  • Patent number: 11858713
    Abstract: An inflation feature for a shipping package, an inflation rig assembly for inflating a shipping package, and a method of inflating a shipping package. The method includes providing an inflation feature and an inflation rig assembly with corresponding alignment features, positioning the inflation feature of a shipping package, in an uninflated state, on to the inflation rig assembly in a first position, moving the inflation rig assembly to a second position, such that the shipping package is in fluid communication with an expansion material source, and inflating the shipping package to an inflated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Susana E Borrero, Joseph Craig Lester, Kevin Joseph Wood, Benjamin G Hesford, Anthony Ogg, Nathan William Valentine
  • Patent number: 11861082
    Abstract: An e-pen includes e-pen sensor electrodes (including a first and a second e-pen sensor electrode) and drive-sense circuits (DSCs) (including a first DSC and a second DSC. The first DSC drives a first e-pen signal having a first frequency via a first single line coupling to the first e-pen sensor electrode and simultaneously senses, via the first single line, the first e-pen signal. Based on e-pen/touch sensor device interaction, the first e-pen signal is coupled into at least one touch sensor electrode of the touch sensor device. The first DSC process the first e-pen signal to generate a first digital signal representative of a first electrical characteristic of the first e-pen sensor electrode. Similarly, the second DSC drives a second e-pen signal having a second frequency via a second single line coupling to the second e-pen sensor electrode and simultaneously senses, via the second single line, the second e-pen signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Gerald Dale Morrison, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Michael Shawn Gray, Kevin Joseph Derichs
  • Patent number: 11861262
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for facilitating simultaneous execution of applications so that associated audio playback corresponds to user expectation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: David Michael Hornsby, Georgiy Kassabli, Kevin Joseph Thornberry
  • Publication number: 20230416791
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions that enable the production of branched-chain polyhydroxyalkanoates, branched-chain 3-hydroxyacids (BCHA) (PHA monomers), and branched-chain fatty acids (BCFA) in Pseudomonas putida KT2440. The branched-chain molecules enabled by this platform enable novel chemistries that are not accessible via the existing paradigm which is limited to straight-chain molecules. Further disclosed herein are methods and compositions for deciphering the mechanisms of bacterial fatty acid biosynthesis is crucial for both the engineering of bacterial hosts to produce fatty acid-derived molecules and the development of new antibiotics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Gregg Tyler BECKHAM, Gayle Joann BENTLEY, Christopher W. JOHNSON, Kevin Joseph McNAUGHT
  • Publication number: 20230422533
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes an irregular network of interconnected ridges in physical contact with a planar substrate and a perovskite layer, where the planar substrate include a support layer and a first charge selective contact layer, the first charge selective contact layer is positioned between the support layer and the interconnected ridges, each ridge includes a second charge selective contact layer and an insulating layer, the insulating layer is positioned between the first charge selective contact layer and the second charge selective contact layer, and the perovskite layer substantially covers the plurality of interconnected ridges and the underlying planar substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Lance Michael WHEELER, Kevin Joseph PRINCE, Colin Andrew WOLDEN, Mirzojamshed M. MIRZOKARIMOV, Christopher Paul MUZZILLO
  • Publication number: 20230408142
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to improved HVAC devices and kits for HVAC devices that improve the sound attenuation associated with the device, particularly low-frequency noise. An example embodiment includes an improved furnace including a housing with a combustion air chamber, a heat exchanger chamber, and a circulation blower chamber, wherein the combustion air chamber comprises a burner assembly and a combustion air fan, the furnace also includes a sound attenuation layer including a first acoustic metamaterial layer coupled to the combustion air chamber and tuned to attenuate sound for a first frequency band, one or more housing openings fluidly connecting the combustion air chamber to an environment outside the housing, wherein the sound attenuation layer includes a discontinuous section that aligns with one or more of the housing openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yogesh Pandit, Richard L. Jameson, Zubin Varghese, John Bailey, Lance Lindenburg, Thomas Gort, Shiva Prasad Keralapura Basavaraju, Kevin Joseph Ligi, Chris Fuller, Curtis Mitchell
  • Patent number: 11848226
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a susceptor for thermal processing is provided. The susceptor includes an outer rim surrounding and coupled to an inner dish, the outer rim having an inner edge and an outer edge. The susceptor further includes one or more structures for reducing a contacting surface area between a substrate and the susceptor when the substrate is supported by the susceptor. At least one of the one or more structures is coupled to the inner dish proximate the inner edge of the outer rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Anhthu Ngo, Zuoming Zhu, Balasubramanian Ramachandran, Paul Brillhart, Edric Tong, Anzhong Chang, Kin Pong Lo, Kartik Shah, Schubert S. Chu, Zhepeng Cong, James Francis Mack, Nyi O. Myo, Kevin Joseph Bautista, Xuebin Li, Yi-Chiau Huang, Zhiyuan Ye
  • Publication number: 20230400943
    Abstract: A touch sensor device includes a first panel, a second panel, and a drive-sense circuit (DSC). The first panel that includes first electrodes arranged in a first direction and second electrodes arranged in a second direction. The second panel includes third electrodes arranged in a third direction and fourth electrodes arranged in a fourth direction. The DSC is operably coupled via a single line to a coupling of a first electrode of the first electrodes and a first electrode of the third electrodes. The DSC is configured to provide the signal, which is generated based on a reference signal, via the single line to the coupling and simultaneously to sense the signal via the single line. The DSC generates a digital signal representative of the at least one electrical characteristic associated with the first electrode of the first electrodes and/or the first electrode of the third electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventor: Kevin Joseph Derichs