Patents by Inventor Leonard Robert Speiser

Leonard Robert Speiser 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: 11632826
    Abstract: A disclosed computer-implemented method for heating an item in a chamber of an electronic oven towards a target state includes heating the item with a set of applications of energy to the chamber while the electronic oven is in a respective set of configurations. The set of applications of energy and respective set of configurations define a respective set of variable distributions of energy in the chamber. The method also includes sensing sensor data that defines a respective set of responses by the item to the set of applications of energy. The method also includes generating a plan to heat the item in the chamber. The plan is generated by a control system of the electronic oven and uses the sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Markov LLC
    Inventors: Arvind Antonio de Menezes Pereira, Leonard Robert Speiser, Nick C. Leindecker
  • Patent number: 11561623
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adjusting point of sale (POS) interfaces. In some embodiments, a POS device includes a display. The display is configured to present a user interface, the user interface having a first interface and a second interface. The first interface has a first set of functionalities that is prevented from being accessible in the second interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Clover Network, LLC.
    Inventors: John Daniel Beatty, Leonard Robert Speiser, Angelique Julie Lausier, Tamer Mohamed El Calamawy, Michael Joseph Quinlan
  • Patent number: 11126898
    Abstract: Methods, storage media, and systems are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: provide an encoding derived from an image of an item; provide a set of networks; individually apply the encoding to each network in the set of networks; generate, in response to the applying, a set of classification probabilities; identify a specific network in the set of networks which generated the largest classification probability in the set of classification probabilities; and associate the item with a specific class from the set of classes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Markov LLC
    Inventors: Leonard Robert Speiser, Joel T. Kaardal
  • Publication number: 20210165497
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adjusting point of sale (POS) interfaces. In some embodiments, a POS device includes a display. The display is configured to present a user interface, the user interface having a first interface and a second interface. The first interface has a first set of functionalities that is prevented from being accessible in the second interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Clover Network, Inc
    Inventors: John Daniel Beatty, Leonard Robert Speiser, Angelique Julie Lausier, Tamer Mohamed El Calamawy, Michael Joseph Quinlan
  • Patent number: 10980088
    Abstract: This disclosure includes methods and systems that utilize energy absorption monitoring for intelligent electronic ovens with energy steering. One disclosed method for heating an item in an electronic oven includes introducing an application of energy into a heating chamber using an energy source coupled to an injection port, changing a distribution of the application of energy in the heating chamber by setting a configuration of the oven to a first configuration, and measuring an energy return from the heating chamber while the oven is in the first configuration. The measuring is conducted using a radio frequency directional power sensor. The method also includes determining that the energy return from the heating chamber exceeds a level, adjusting, in response to determining that the energy return exceeds the level, the configuration of the oven from the first configuration to an altered first configuration, and saving the altered first configuration in a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Markov LLC
    Inventors: Nick C. Leindecker, Leonard Robert Speiser, Arvind Antonio de Menezes Pereira, Parth Chadha
  • Patent number: 10955925
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adjusting point of sale (POS) interfaces. In some embodiments, a POS device includes a display. The display is configured to present a user interface, the user interface having a first interface and a second interface. The first interface has a first set of functionalities that is prevented from being accessible in the second interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Clover Network, Inc.
    Inventors: John Daniel Beatty, Leonard Robert Speiser, Angelique Julie Lausier, Tamer Mohamed El Calamawy, Michael Joseph Quinlan
  • Publication number: 20200380315
    Abstract: Methods, storage media, and systems are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: provide an encoding derived from an image of an item; provide a set of networks; individually apply the encoding to each network in the set of networks; generate, in response to the applying, a set of classification probabilities; identify a specific network in the set of networks which generated the largest classification probability in the set of classification probabilities; and associate the item with a specific class from the set of classes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: The Markov Corporation
    Inventors: Leonard Robert Speiser, Joel T. Kaardal
  • Publication number: 20200260529
    Abstract: A disclosed computer-implemented method for heating an item in a chamber of an electronic oven towards a target state includes heating the item with a set of applications of energy to the chamber while the electronic oven is in a respective set of configurations. The set of applications of energy and respective set of configurations define a respective set of variable distributions of energy in the chamber. The method also includes sensing sensor data that defines a respective set of responses by the item to the set of applications of energy. The method also includes generating a plan to heat the item in the chamber. The plan is generated by a control system of the electronic oven and uses the sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Markov LLC
    Inventors: Arvind Antonio de Menezes Pereira, Leonard Robert Speiser, Nick C. Leindecker
  • Patent number: 10681776
    Abstract: A disclosed computer-implemented method for heating an item in a chamber of an electronic oven towards a target state includes heating the item with a set of applications of energy to the chamber while the electronic oven is in a respective set of configurations. The set of applications of energy and respective set of configurations define a respective set of variable distributions of energy in the chamber. The method also includes sensing sensor data that defines a respective set of responses by the item to the set of applications of energy. The method also includes generating a plan to heat the item in the chamber. The plan is generated by a control system of the electronic oven and uses the sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Markov LLC
    Inventors: Arvind Antonio de Menezes Pereira, Leonard Robert Speiser, Nick C. Leindecker
  • Publication number: 20190357324
    Abstract: Universal electronic oven heating functionality modules and associated methods are disclosed herein. One such module includes an energy steering element, a controller with control logic for the energy steering element, a first means for forming a seal with an opening, and a casing to enclose the controller and the energy steering element. The casing can include top and bottom side elements. One such method includes providing a functionality module with a mounting plate, the first means for forming a seal, and the casing. The method also includes providing an electronic oven with a heating chamber and a second means for forming a seal with the functionality module. The heating chamber can have a first opening for a heating chamber door, and a second opening for functionality module reception. The method also includes engaging the functionality module with the heating chamber to form a seal between the first and second means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: The Markov Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Sharpe, Nick C. Leindecker, Leonard Robert Speiser
  • Publication number: 20190350407
    Abstract: Method and systems related to vertically actuated heating chamber doors are disclosed. One system includes an electronic oven, comprising a hinge mechanism, a heating chamber, a chamber door connected to the hinge mechanism, and an integrated touch display on the chamber door. The chamber door seals the heating chamber in a closed state and reveals the heating chamber in an open state. The hinge mechanism is configured to move the chamber door vertically between the open state and the closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: The Markov Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Sharpe, Leonard Robert Speiser, J. Efrain Alcorta, Scott M. DeWinter, Christopher Loew
  • Publication number: 20190230749
    Abstract: This disclosure includes methods and systems that utilize energy absorption monitoring for intelligent electronic ovens with energy steering. One disclosed method for heating an item in an electronic oven comprises introducing an application of energy into a heating chamber using an energy source coupled to an injection port, changing a distribution of the application of energy in the heating chamber by setting a configuration of the oven to a first configuration, and measuring an energy return from the heating chamber while the oven is in the first configuration. The measuring is conducted using a radio frequency directional power sensor. The method also comprises determining that the energy return from the heating chamber exceeds a level, adjusting, in response to determining that the energy return exceeds the level, the configuration of the oven from the first configuration to an altered first configuration, and saving the altered first configuration in a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: The Markov Corporation
    Inventors: Nick C. Leindecker, Leonard Robert Speiser, Arvind Antonio de Menezes Pereira, Parth Chadha
  • Publication number: 20190179422
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adjusting point of sale (POS) interfaces. In some embodiments, a POS device includes a display. The display is configured to present a user interface, the user interface having a first interface and a second interface. The first interface has a first set of functionalities that is prevented from being accessible in the second interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Clover Network, Inc
    Inventors: John Daniel Beatty, Leonard Robert Speiser, Angelique Julie Lausier, Tamer Mohamed El Calamawy, Michael Joseph Quinlan
  • Patent number: 10216281
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adjusting point of sale (POS) interfaces. In some embodiments, a POS device includes a memory, a display and a sensor. The memory is configured to store data and computer-executable instructions. The display is configured to present a user interface, the user interface having a first interface and a second interface. The sensor is configured to detect an adjustment in a physical position of the POS device from a first position and from a second position. The first interface is presented in the first position and the second interface is presented in the second position. The first interface has a first set of functionalities that is prevented from being accessible in the second interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Clover Network, Inc.
    Inventors: John Daniel Beatty, Leonard Robert Speiser, Angelique Julie Lausier, Tamer Mohamed El Calamawy, Michael Joseph Quinlan
  • Publication number: 20190059133
    Abstract: Approaches relating to electronic ovens are disclosed. One approach involves an electronic oven with a heating chamber and an energy source that is coupled to an injection port in the heating chamber for introducing an application of energy into the chamber. The electronic oven also comprises a control system to adjust a distribution of the application of energy in the heating chamber, and a set of radio frequency (RF) responsive sensors in the heating chamber. Each RF responsive sensor in the set of RF responsive sensors directly responds to the application of energy in the heating chamber. The control system includes a machine learning system. The control system uses data from each RF responsive sensor in the set of RF responsive sensors to create a set of training data. The control system uses the set of training data to train the machine learning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Nick C. Leindecker, Leonard Robert Speiser, Arvind Antonio de Menezes Pereira
  • Publication number: 20180220496
    Abstract: Method and systems related to improved human-machine interfaces for electronic ovens are disclosed. Different methods for displaying information to the user are disclosed. Different methods for dividing segmentation and identification tasks between a user and a control system are disclosed. In one example, an electronic oven includes a touch display, a heating chamber for heating an item, a light sensor having a field of view of at least a portion of the heating chamber, and a microwave energy source coupled to the heating chamber. The oven also includes a computer-readable medium that stores instructions to display the portion of the heating chamber as an image on the touch display using information from the light sensor, and process a touch input on the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: The Markov Corporation
    Inventors: Arvind Antonio de Menezes Pereira, Leonard Robert Speiser
  • Patent number: 10009957
    Abstract: A disclosed computer-implemented method for heating an item in a chamber of an electronic oven towards a target state includes heating the item with a set of applications of energy to the chamber while the electronic oven is in a respective set of configurations. The set of applications of energy and respective set of configurations define a respective set of variable distributions of energy in the chamber. The method also includes sensing sensor data that defines a respective set of responses by the item to the set of applications of energy. The method also includes generating a plan to heat the item in the chamber. The plan is generated by a control system of the electronic oven and uses the sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: The Markov Corporation
    Inventors: Arvind Antonio de Menezes Pereira, Leonard Robert Speiser, Nick C. Leindecker
  • Patent number: D844046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Clover Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Siva Raja Sekhar Reddy Yeruva, Sam Niansheng Qiu, David Frederick Lyons, Christopher Loew, Eric David Fuhs, John Daniel Beatty, Leonard Robert Speiser
  • Patent number: D844047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Clover Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Siva Raja Sekhar Reddy Yeruva, Sam Niansheng Qiu, David Frederick Lyons, Christopher Loew, Eric David Fuhs, John Daniel Beatty, Leonard Robert Speiser
  • Patent number: D844696
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Clover Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Siva Raja Sekhar Reddy Yeruva, Sam Niansheng Qiu, David Frederick Lyons, Christopher Loew, Eric David Fuhs, John Daniel Beatty, Leonard Robert Speiser