Patents by Inventor Kurt Hildebrand

Kurt Hildebrand 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: 20240111039
    Abstract: A system for detecting human entry into a container using electromagnetic imaging to generate image maps of the container. The system includes a door monitor configured to detect an entry door open event associated with the container. The system uses one or more processors and a memory with instructions to generate a baseline image map of the container, detect an entry door open event with the door monitor associated with the container, generate a post entry door open event image map of the container, and compare the baseline image map generated before the entry door open event with image map generated after the entry door open event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: IAN JEFFREY, COLIN GERALD GILMORE, JOE LOVETRI, Jitendra PALIWAL, MOHAMMAD ASEFI, WILLIAM KURT HILDEBRAND, ERIC CONNER HAWLEY
  • Publication number: 20210003621
    Abstract: A method for electromagnetic imaging of containers receives uncalibrated first data corresponding to signals of a first plurality of different frequencies associated with an antenna array residing in a container having contents. The method estimates of a second data based on a computer model and simulation of signals of a second plurality of different frequencies associated with the antenna array, the second plurality of different frequencies including a subset of the first plurality of different frequencies. The method compares magnitudes, without corresponding phase comparisons, of the first and second data at each frequency of the second plurality of different frequencies. The method updates the second data based on the comparing. The method provides information about the contents within the container based on the updated second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Colin Gerald Gilmore, IAN Jeffrey, Joe LoVetri, Mohammad Asefi, Nicholas Geddert, Kevin Brown, Jitendra Paliwal, William Kurt Hildebrand, Eric Conner Hawley
  • Patent number: 8870184
    Abstract: A strategy board game of territorial conquest for two to four players. Each player commands an army of twenty-four pieces on a playing board divided into five regions called territories. The pieces rest on the intersections of lines on the board called Points. In each territory there exists a special board Point referred to as a Base. The pieces in the game at all times have a specific direction that they face on the game board. The facing of the piece determines its vulnerability to capture by another piece. In addition to facing, different types of playing pieces are assigned different attributes such as Movement number, Attack number and Blocking faces which affect the utility of each piece in game situations. A notation system allows text play of the game. Electronic embodiments allow game play on electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Inventor: Kurt Hildebrand
  • Publication number: 20130032999
    Abstract: A strategy board game of territorial conquest for two to four players. Each player commands an army of twenty-four pieces on a playing board divided into five regions called territories. The pieces rest on the intersections of lines on the board called Points. In each territory there exists a special board Point referred to as a Base. The pieces in the game at all times have a specific direction that they face on the game board. The facing of the piece determines its vulnerability to capture by another piece. In addition to facing, different types of playing pieces are assigned different attributes such as Movement number, Attack number and Blocking faces which affect the utility of each piece in game situations. A notation system allows text play of the game. Electronic embodiments allow game play on electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventor: Kurt Hildebrand
  • Patent number: 4027897
    Abstract: The invention concerns a safety ski binding for the toe and/or heel with a spring loaded holding jaw that pivots around an axle with the other end of the spring attached to the housing which is mounted on the ski.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1977
    Inventor: Kurt Hildebrand