Patents by Inventor Lee Roberts
Lee Roberts 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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Patent number: 11701978Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for charging devices at a property using battery-charging drones. In some implementations, a monitoring system is configured to monitor a property and includes a battery-powered sensor configured to generate sensor data. The system includes a drone that is configured to navigate the property and charge the battery-powered sensor. A monitor control unit is configured to obtain a battery level from the battery-powered sensor and compare the battery level to a battery level threshold. Based on the comparison, the monitor control unit determines that the battery level does not satisfy the threshold. Based on the determination, the monitor control unit generates and transmits an instruction to a drone for the drone to navigate to the battery-powered sensor and charge a battery of the battery-powered sensor. The monitor control unit receives data from the drone that indicates whether the drone charged the battery of the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Alarm.com IncorporatedInventors: Kevin Maurer, Alison Jane Slavin, Aaron Lee Roberts, Shan Huang
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Publication number: 20230211259Abstract: Devices and methods associated with these devices for significantly improving the efficiency of an existing or new filter having a granular media filter bed. The methods and devices are designed to increase the height and hence overall volume of the filter bed to allow for longer filtration runs between washing or cleaning cycles of the granular media filter bed. One embodiment includes a multi-wash trough adapter that upon removal of an existing deep wash trough connects two shallow wash troughs or two shallow wash trough channels to an existing wash trough opening formed in a wall of a filter compartment. The shallow members have a height significantly less than the height of the existing deep wash trough, e.g., one third to one half of the height of the existing deep wash trough allowing the volume of the granular media filter bed to be significantly increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: R. Lee Roberts, Matthew Roberts
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Patent number: 11693410Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for using a drone to monitor a community. The drone may include a processor and a storage device storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations may include receiving an instruction to deploy based on a determination, by a community monitoring system that an event was detected at a property of the community, navigating towards the property along an initial navigation path, obtaining local monitoring system data from a local monitoring system of a property of the community, generating based on the local monitoring system data a navigational model that identifies a location of each of one or more surveillance objectives, determining an adjusted navigation path to a location of a surveillance objective of the one or more surveillance objectives, and navigating along the adjusted navigation path.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Alarm.com IncorporatedInventor: Aaron Lee Roberts
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Patent number: 11674841Abstract: A monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property includes a connected scale device that is configured to receive a package, determine a weight of the package, and after determining the weight of the package, arm the connected scale device, and a monitoring control unit that is configured to receive, from the connected scale device, data indicating that the connected scale device received the package and the connected scale device is armed, and based on receiving the data indicating that the connected scale device received the package and the connected scale device is armed, communicate, to a user device of a resident of the property, a notification indicating that the connected scale device received the package.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Alarm.com IncorporatedInventors: Alison Jane Slavin, Bret Jutras, Aaron Lee Roberts
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Publication number: 20230165913Abstract: The present disclosure provides microbial consortia comprising O. formigenes capable of stable engraftment in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject and methods of using and making the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: Federation Bio, Inc.Inventors: Lee Robert Swem, Pawan Kumar, Aditya Bhalla, Shital A. Tripathi, Anupreet Parmar, Joshua J. Hamilton, Ariel R. Brumbaugh, Dante P. Ricci, Hans Richard William Layman, Ariana M. Ciglar, James Berleman, Zachary Walters, Kyle Jacoby, Nicholas D. Youngblut, Andreas Grauer, Emily Drabant Conley, Heather Romasko
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Publication number: 20230137022Abstract: An apparatus including a bracket, an upper rack engagement tab, a lower rack engagement tab; and a lock pin hole. The bracket has a rack attachment member and a guard attachment member. The lock pin hole is defined by the rack attachment member and structured to receive a lock pin having a stabilizing leg coupled to a lock pin head. Each engagement tab is coupled to the rack attachment member. Each engagement tab includes a stem portion coupled to the rack attachment member and a head portion having a greater cross-sectional area than the stem portion. The guard attachment member defines a guard attachment hole positioned at a rack guard spacing distance from the rack attachment member, and the stabilizing leg has a geometry such that the lock pin head is urged toward the lock pin hole when the stabilizing leg is passed through the lock pin hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Edward M. Murphy, Scott A. Jump, Christopher Lee Roberts
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Publication number: 20230115838Abstract: Described herein is environmental sensors, sensor units, sensor systems and/or sensing methods. In particular, an agricultural or horticultural environment multi-sensor unit comprising a plurality of environmental sensors, including at least: an incident light sensor, a temperature sensor, a carbon dioxide sensor and a relative humidity sensor. The sensor unit may also comprise a wireless communication interface, the multi-sensor unit being configured to transmit data from the environmental sensors via the wireless communications interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2020Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: WAYBEYOND LimitedInventors: Barend Hermanus VAN WYK, Darryn Leslie KEILLER, Glynn Alexander MCCABE, Jonathan Andrew MORGAN, Lee Robert DUNN
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Patent number: 11581010Abstract: Techniques and systems are described for generating and using a sound localization model. A described technique includes obtaining for a building a sound sensor map indicating locations of first and second sound sensor devices in respective first and second rooms of the building; causing an autonomous device to navigate to the first room and to emit, during a time window, sound patterns at one or more frequencies within the first room; receiving sound data including first and second sound data respectively from the first and second sound sensor devices that are observed during the time window; and generating and storing a sound localization model based on the sound sensor map, autonomous device location information, and the received sound data, the model being configured to compensate for how sounds travels among rooms in at least a portion of the building such that an origin room of a sound source is identifiable.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Alarm.com IncorporatedInventor: Aaron Lee Roberts
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Publication number: 20230033294Abstract: The present invention provides a novel isolated succinate prodrug as the free compound or a salt, hydrate, solvate or complex thereof being cell permeable and aimed for increasing the ATP-production in mitochondria. The compound is useful in the medical treatment of a range of diseases, in nutritional supplements, nutricosmetics and in cosmetics.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Magnus Joakim HANSSON, Alvar GRÖNBERG, Mats Eskil ELMÉR, Mark Richard FARMERY, Lee Robert WEBSTER, Steven James MOSS, Matthew Alan GREGORY
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Patent number: 11564491Abstract: An example apparatus includes a bracket having a rack attachment member and a guard attachment member, and upper and lower engagement tabs that are coupled to the rack attachment member and have a stem portion and a head portion. The rack attachment member has a lock pin hole above the lower rack engagement tab. The lock pin hole is sized and positioned to provide sufficient cross-sectional area within a rack engagement distance to allow passage of a bracket lock pin therethrough within the rack engagement distance. The apparatus further includes a bracket lock pin having a stabilizing leg coupled to a lock pin head, where the stabilizing leg fits through the lock pin hole and the lock pin head does not. The stabilizing leg urges the lock pin head toward the lock pin hole when the stabilizing leg is passed through the lock pin hole.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: SpaceGuard Products, Inc.Inventors: Edward M. Murphy, Scott A. Jump, Christopher Lee Roberts
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Patent number: 11565998Abstract: The present invention provides a novel isolated succinate prodrug as the free com-pound or a salt, hydrate, solvate or complex thereof being cell permeable and aimed for increasing the ATP-production in mitochondria. The compound is useful in the medical treatment of a range of diseases, in nutritional supplements, nutricosmetics and in cosmetics.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: ABLIVA ABInventors: Magnus Joakim Hansson, Alvar Grönberg, Mats Eskil Elmér, Mark Richard Farmery, Steven James Moss, Lee Robert Webster, Matthew Alan Gregory
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Patent number: 11544924Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for finding lost objects. In some implementations, a request for a location of an item is obtained. Current video data from one or more cameras is obtained. It is determined that the item is not shown in the current video data. Sensor data corresponding to historical video data is obtained. Events that likely occurred with the item and corresponding likelihoods for each of the events are determined. A likely location for the item is determined based on the likelihoods determined for the events. An indication of the likely location of the item is provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Alarm.com IncorporatedInventors: Jangwon Lee, Aaron Lee Roberts, Bret Jutras, Allison Beach, Donald Gerard Madden
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Patent number: 11532939Abstract: Systems and techniques for solar energy management are described. A described system includes circuitry to determine a solar power generation value based on a power output of a solar power generator configured to supply electricity to a plurality of devices associated with a property; circuitry to determine a power consumption value of the plurality of devices; and a controller configured to determine a power status based on the solar power generation value and the power consumption value. The controller can be configured to selectively enable additional power consumption among the plurality of devices to an extent of the solar power generation value based on the power status indicating a power surplus state. The controller can be configured to selectively reduce power consumption among the plurality of devices based on the power status indicating a power deficit state.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Alarm.com IncorporatedInventors: Aaron Lee Roberts, Bret Jutras
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Publication number: 20220355622Abstract: A tire tread includes a plurality of circumferential grooves, each of the plurality extending continuously in a tire circumferential direction. The plurality of circumferential grooves define a circumferentially extending shoulder rib. The shoulder rib has a plurality of shoulder elements. Each shoulder element is defined by two lateral shoulder grooves. Each shoulder element has an axially outer shoulder element and a corresponding axially adjacent and axially inner shoulder element separated by a circumferential groove. The axially outer shoulder elements each have a pair of angled outer lateral S-shaped blind grooves extending axially away from the inner shoulder elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Brian David Digman, Brett Alan Bogner, Jonathan Robert Luke, Jeremy Lee Roberts
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Patent number: 11472232Abstract: A tire includes a tread formed with tread elements that include a dual angled chamfer. The tire includes a pair of sidewalls extending radially outward to a ground-engaging tread. A plurality of circumferentially-extending grooves extend about the tread and define a plurality of ribs. A plurality of laterally-extending grooves cooperate with the circumferential grooves to divide the ribs into tread elements. A plurality of selected tread elements are formed with a dual angled chamfer. Each of the selected tread elements includes a body, a radially outer, ground-engaging surface, a chamfer side, and a dual angled chamfer that is formed in the body between the ground-engaging surface and the chamfer side.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Michael Stefan Skurich, Zachary William Juergens, Jeremy Lee Roberts, Jung Wan Cho, Gregory Marvin Strach
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Patent number: 11348434Abstract: In some implementations, a system can transmit communications indicating an occurrence of a particular type of safety incident experienced by a user. Registration information that indicates that a plurality of safety devices of different types are to be registered with the user is initially obtained. Sensor data from the plurality of safety devices of different types are obtained. An occurrence of a particular type of safety incident experienced by the user is then selected from among a plurality of types of safety incidents. The selection may be based at least on the obtained sensor data and the obtained registration information. A communication is then provided to another user to indicate the occurrence of the particular type of safety incident experienced by the user in response to selecting the occurrence of the particular type of safety incident.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Alarm.com IncorporatedInventors: Alison Jane Slavin, Aaron Lee Roberts
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Publication number: 20220162162Abstract: The present invention provides a novel isolated succinate prodrug as the free com-pound or a salt, hydrate, solvate or complex thereof being cell permeable and aimed for increasing the ATP-production in mitochondria. The compound is useful in the medical treatment of a range of diseases, in nutritional supplements, nutricosmetics and in cosmetics.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Magnus Joakim HANSSON, Alvar GRÖNBERG, Mats Eskil ELMÉR, Mark Richard FARMERY, Steven James MOSS, Lee Robert WEBSTER, Matthew Alan GREGORY
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Publication number: 20220134895Abstract: An electrical apparatus comprises an earth input (10a) for connection to an earth wire (10) of an electrical supply from a distribution network, an earth interface for providing an earth connection from the earth input (10a) to an appliance (2) and current sensing means (40) for sensing a current flow through the earth input (10a). The electrical apparatus further comprises earth-wire disconnection means (48) for disconnecting the earth interface from the earth input (10a) when a sensed current flow through the earth input (10a) satisfies an earth-wire disconnection condition and live-wire disconnection means (42) for initiating a disconnection of a live wire (4) of the electrical supply to the appliance (2) before or at the same time as the disconnecting of the earth interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Lee Robert Sutton, Robin Loic Richard
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Publication number: 20220082430Abstract: A monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property includes a connected scale device that is configured to receive a package, determine a weight of the package, and after determining the weight of the package, arm the connected scale device, and a monitoring control unit that is configured to receive, from the connected scale device, data indicating that the connected scale device received the package and the connected scale device is armed, and based on receiving the data indicating that the connected scale device received the package and the connected scale device is armed, communicate, to a user device of a resident of the property, a notification indicating that the connected scale device received the package.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Alison Jane Slavin, Bret Jutras, Aaron Lee Roberts
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Patent number: D954568Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: WayBeyond LimitedInventors: Barend Hermanus van Wyk, Darryn Leslie Keiller, Glynn Alexander McCabe, Jonathan Andrew Morgan, Lee Robert Dunn