Patents by Inventor Kumaran Thillainadarajah
Kumaran Thillainadarajah 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).
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Publication number: 20210270686Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for sensing impacts applied to an article during a production and transportation process. The systems and methods can include a plurality of impact sensors fixed to the article and a processor coupled to the plurality of impact sensors. Each impact sensor can be fixed to the article at a corresponding sensor location and the plurality of impact sensors can be configured to generate a plurality of impact measurements in response to an impact applied to the article. The processor can be configured to: receive the plurality of impact measurements from the plurality of impact sensors; determine, from the plurality of impact measurements, that an impact condition is satisfied; determine an impact location based on the plurality of impact measurements and the corresponding sensor locations; and determine an overall impact magnitude based on the impact location and the plurality of impact measurements.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2020Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Daniel Rogers, Jonathan Halse, Kumaran Thillainadarajah, Adam Joseph MacDonald, Jordan Ritchie
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Patent number: 10883827Abstract: A system and method of measuring and analyzing an object within a rotating shell is provided. The system can include a receptacle defining an interior storage chamber; at least one sensor, the at least one sensor being contained within the interior storage chamber, the at least one sensor having a fixed spatial relationship to the receptacle; and at least one processor configured for processing the measurement data. The at least one sensor can include a gyroscope for measuring angular velocity of the receptacle over a duration of time and generating measurement data indicative of the angular velocity over the duration of time. In some embodiments, the method involves determining a position of the receptacle within the rotating shell. In some embodiments, the receptacle includes heat resistant material capable of shielding electronics contained within the interior storage chamber from temperatures that exceed a maximum temperature rating of the electronics.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Smart Skin Technologies Inc.Inventors: Kumaran Thillainadarajah, Adam Joseph MacDonald, Roua M. Razak
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Publication number: 20190324115Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for methods and systems that can be used to track a position of a mobile receiver on a production line. In one example embodiment, the position of the mobile receiver is tracked by receiving at least one information signal from at least one location tag from among a plurality of location tags positioned at fixed locations along the length of a conveyor belt in a production line, by determining a signal strength of the at least one information signal, and by determining the position of the mobile receiver based on the signal strength of the at least one information signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Kumaran Thillainadarajah, Adam Joseph MacDonald, Daniel Robert Rogers, Abhishek Kar
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Patent number: 10386453Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for methods and systems that can be used to track a position of a mobile receiver on a production line. In one example embodiment, the position of the mobile receiver is tracked by receiving at least information signal from at least one location tag from among a plurality of location tags positioned at fixed locations along the length of a conveyor belt in a production line, by determining a signal strength of the at least one information signal, and by determining the position of the mobile receiver based on the signal strength of the at least one information signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Smart Skin Technologies Inc.Inventors: Kumaran Thillainadarajah, Adam Joseph MacDonald, Daniel Robert Rogers, Abhishek Kar
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Patent number: 10222283Abstract: Various systems and methods for providing automated feedback to a user using a shoe insole assembly are disclosed. In one example embodiment, a shoe insole assembly shaped to be positioned within a footwear and shaped to conform to the contour of the bottom of a human foot when placed within the footwear is provided. The shoe insole assembly comprises a pressure-sensing circuit for determining a pressure profile exerted on the shoe insole assembly by the human foot and for generating data signals corresponding to the pressure profile, a control circuit for processing the data signals received from the pressure-sensing circuit, and housing for encapsulating the pressure-sensing circuit and the control circuit. The processed signals are used to generate output signals that provide feedback to the user based on the pressure exerted on the shoe insole assembly. The shoe insole assembly of the various embodiments illustrated herein is an integral structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Smart Skin Technologies Inc.Inventors: Kumaran Thillainadarajah, Adam Joseph MacDonald, Roua M. Razak
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Publication number: 20180172444Abstract: A system and method of measuring and analyzing an object within a rotating shell is provided. The system can include a receptacle defining an interior storage chamber; at least one sensor, the at least one sensor being contained within the interior storage chamber, the at least one sensor having a fixed spatial relationship to the receptacle; and at least one processor configured for processing the measurement data. The at least one sensor can include a gyroscope for measuring angular velocity of the receptacle over a duration of time and generating measurement data indicative of the angular velocity over the duration of time. In some embodiments, the method involves determining a position of the receptacle within the rotating shell. In some embodiments, the receptacle includes heat resistant material capable of shielding electronics contained within the interior storage chamber from temperatures that exceed a maximum temperature rating of the electronics.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Kumaran Thillainadarajah, Adam Joseph MacDonald, Roua M. Razak
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Publication number: 20170363708Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for methods and systems that can be used to track a position of a mobile receiver on a production line. In one example embodiment, the position of the mobile receiver is tracked by receiving at least information signal from at least one location tag from among a plurality of location tags positioned at fixed locations along the length of a conveyor belt in a production line, by determining a signal strength of the at least one information signal, and by determining the position of the mobile receiver based on the signal strength of the at least one information signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: Smart Skin Technologies Inc.Inventors: Kumaran Thillainadarajah, Adam Joseph MacDonald, Daniel Robert Rogers, Abhishek Kar
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Patent number: 9488538Abstract: This disclosure if directed to an improved pressure, force, and orientation sensing system, which may be applied to various industrial articles or sports equipment, fore remote performance analysis and user interface. Where applied to sports equipment, including a golf club, the sensor array of flexible and resilient piezo-resistive material permits collection of grip force data for an array of positions around and along the golf club grip handle; for the analysis, processing and communication of the data once collected, and a method of providing automated golf instruction using a force sensing golf grip of the present invention. Where applied to improved manufacturing lines and shipping of containers, force sensing packages may be equipped with the sensor arrays disclosed herein. The force sensing package is of similar shape to a standard sized package the ordinary forces on which are being tested and by the sampled force sensing package.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Smart Skin Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kumaran Thillainadarajah, Arpad Kormendy, Adam Joseph MacDonald
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Publication number: 20160299021Abstract: Various systems and methods for providing automated feedback to a user using a shoe insole assembly are disclosed. In one example embodiment, a shoe insole assembly shaped to be positioned within a footwear and shaped to conform to the contour of the bottom of a human foot when placed within the footwear is provided. The shoe insole assembly comprises a pressure-sensing circuit for determining a pressure profile exerted on the shoe insole assembly by the human foot and for generating data signals corresponding to the pressure profile, a control circuit for processing the data signals received from the pressure-sensing circuit, and housing for encapsulating the pressure-sensing circuit and the control circuit. The processed signals are used to generate output signals that provide feedback to the user based on the pressure exerted on the shoe insole assembly. The shoe insole assembly of the various embodiments illustrated herein is an integral structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Kumaran Thillainadarajah, Adam Joseph MacDonald, Roua M. Razak
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Publication number: 20140366650Abstract: This disclosure if directed to an improved pressure, force, and orientation sensing system, which may be applied to various industrial articles or sports equipment, fore remote performance analysis and user interface. Where applied to sports equipment, including a golf club, the sensor array of flexible and resilient piezo-resistive material permits collection of grip force data for an array of positions around and along the golf club grip handle; for the analysis, processing and communication of the data once collected, and a method of providing automated golf instruction using a force sensing golf grip of the present invention. Where applied to improved manufacturing lines and shipping of containers, force sensing packages may be equipped with the sensor arrays disclosed herein. The force sensing package is of similar shape to a standard sized package the ordinary forces on which are being tested and by the sampled force sensing package.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2013Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Kumaran Thillainadarajah, Arpad Kormendy, Adam Joseph MacDonald
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Patent number: 8884913Abstract: A computing device with a multi-touch touch interface having a plurality of rows of contact points and a plurality of columns of contact points. For each other row of contact points, every contact point in the row is connected to form a row sensor. For each other column of contact points, every contact point in the column that is not part of a row sensor is connected to form a column sensor. The contact points that are not part of a row sensor and not part of a column sensor are connected together to form at least one shape sensor. A computing device with a multi-touch touch interface having a plurality of contact points has at least one layer of piezoresistive material, an insulating structure disposed between the plurality of contact points and the piezoresistive material, and a gap between the plurality of contact points and piezoresistive material.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Smart Skin TechnologiesInventors: Xavier Pierre-Emmanuel Saynac, Arpad Kormendy, Adam Joseph MacDonald, Kumaran Thillainadarajah
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Publication number: 20110260994Abstract: A computing device with a multi-touch touch interface having a plurality of rows of contact points and a plurality of columns of contact points. For each other row of contact points, every contact point in the row is connected to form a row sensor. For each other column of contact points, every contact point in the column that is not part of a row sensor is connected to form a column sensor. The contact points that are not part of a row sensor and not part of a column sensor are connected together to form at least one shape sensor. A computing device with a multi-touch touch interface having a plurality of contact points has at least one layer of piezoresistive material, an insulating structure disposed between the plurality of contact points and the piezoresistive material, and a gap between the plurality of contact points and piezoresistive material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventors: Xavier Pierre-Emmanuel Saynac, Arpad Kormendy, Adam Joseph MacDonald, Kumaran Thillainadarajah