Patents by Inventor Kimberly M. Martine

Kimberly M. Martine 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).

  • Optical position marker apparatus
    Patent number: 8210435
    Abstract: An apparatus for marking predetermined known overhead positional locations within a coordinate space, for viewing by an image acquisition system. The apparatus comprises a plurality of marker tags, grouped in one or more rows, each row having an axis, each row being supported by a row support. Each marker tag comprises an optically opaque, dark colored corrugated substrate, substantially rectangular in shape. A label having a unique machine-readable barcode symbology printed thereon is positioned centrally on the substrate so that a dark colored border of the substrate surrounds the label. Each row support comprises a first support cord and a second support cord. The first support cord supports a first lateral edge of the marker tags in a row group in a fixed, spaced-apart positional arrangement. The second support cord supports the second lateral edge of the marker tags in the row in a slidable support arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sky-Trax, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry G. Mahan, Sarah M. Brisbin, Kimberly M. Martine
  • Optical position marker apparatus
    Publication number: 20090180667
    Abstract: An apparatus for marking predetermined known overhead positional locations within a coordinate space, for viewing by an image acquisition system. The apparatus comprises a plurality of marker tags, grouped in one or more rows, each row having an axis, each row being supported by a row support. Each marker tag comprises an optically opaque, dark colored corrugated substrate, substantially rectangular in shape. A label having a unique machine-readable barcode symbology printed thereon is positioned centrally on the substrate so that a dark colored border of the substrate surrounds the label. Each row support comprises a first support cord and a second support cord. The first support cord supports a first lateral edge of the marker tags in a row group in a fixed, spaced-apart positional arrangement. The second support cord supports the second lateral edge of the marker tags in the row in a slidable support arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Larry G. Mahan, Sarah M. Brisbin, Kimberly M. Martine