Patents by Inventor Mark Andrew Christensen
Mark Andrew Christensen 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: 11963770Abstract: A meditation system comprising a meditation surface including a contactless bio-sensor and a processor to analyze data from the contactless bio-sensor, to determine meditation results including a user's respiration, heart rate, and meditation quality, the processor further to calculate a recommendation to the user based on the meditation results. The system further comprising a user interface to display the meditation results and the recommendation.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Philippe R. Kahn, Sonia Lee Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving, Mark Andrew Christensen
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Patent number: 11963792Abstract: Devices, systems and methods that track various aspects of a person's sleep and environment to optimize one or more aspects of the user's environment and sleep conditions, quality and duration, together or alone, and help make the one or more users maintain and prolong his or her deep sleep status and improve the their sleep duration and quality.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving, Mark Andrew Christensen, Venkat Easwar, Steven D. Powell
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Patent number: 11883188Abstract: A method comprising receiving data from a sleep sensor integrated in a mattress system, the sleep sensor coupled via a cord to a data collection unit, analyzing the data at the data collection unit, and providing results of the analyzed data to a user mobile device via a wireless connection, for display to the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving, Mark Andrew Christensen, Venkat Easwar
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Patent number: 11825953Abstract: A smart sleep system comprising a mattress including a plurality of pressure zones, each pressure zone separately adjustable for firmness, a sensor to sense a user's position on the mattress, a processing system to determine pressure for each of the plurality of pressure zones based on data from the sensor, and a controller to adjust one or more of the pressure zones based on the determination.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving, Mark Andrew Christensen
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Patent number: 11793455Abstract: A sleep sensor system comprising a sensor to collect movement data from a sleeper on an adjustable bed, a receiver to send movement data from the sensor to a server. The sleep sensor system further comprising the receiver to receive command data from the server, a bed controller to transmit bed movement command data to the adjustable bed, to cause the adjustable bed to alter one or more settings, and an IoT controller to transmit IoT command data to an IoT device to cause the IoT device to take an action.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving, Mark Andrew Christensen, Mihai Ionescu, Sean Brooks Harre, David Vogel
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Patent number: 11766213Abstract: A compliance and effectiveness tracking engine system including a sensor system to obtain sensed sleep data for a sleep session for a user, and a user interface implementing a user data acquisition system to obtain perceived sleep data from the user after the sleep session. The system further includes a server system implementing a predictive engine to predicted sleep data for the user, based on user background data and transactional data reflecting one or more medical interventions for the user. The server implementing a compliance and effectiveness tracking engine (CETE) to compare the sensed sleep data, the perceived sleep data, and the predicted sleep data, and to determine effectiveness of the one or more medical interventions for the user, and compliance with a protocol associated with the one or more medical interventions.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving, Mark Andrew Christensen, Sonia Lee Kahn
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Patent number: 11471097Abstract: A hardware sensor system comprising a piezo sensor outputting charge data corresponding to a motion, an insulated cable from the piezo sensor to a receiver, to transmit the charge data, an insulated charge to voltage converter on the receiver, the insulated charge to voltage converter converting the charge data to voltage data, an analog-to-digital converter to convert the voltage data to digital data, and an uploader to upload the data to a server for processing.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving, Mark Andrew Christensen, Mihai Ionescu, Sean Brooks Harre, David Vogel
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Patent number: 11462238Abstract: The present system ensures that external noise sources do not taint sensor data recorded about a user's sleep parameters, to reduce false positives and false negatives, and provides a more accurate record of the user's sleep sounds, by cycling on and off noise sources. Additionally, the present system, in one embodiment, may be used to track changes in sound patterns from the user and from the environment. This may lead to early warning of health issues, as well as issues with the devices in the bedroom.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Sonia Lee Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving, Mark Andrew Christensen, Venkat Easwar
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Patent number: 11452916Abstract: A yoga under-mat to be positioned under an exercise mat, to make the exercise mat a smart mat. The yoga under-mat including a plurality of sensors to monitor a user's health data, while the user is performing exercises, and to provide data to the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Sonia Lee Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving, Mark Andrew Christensen
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Patent number: 11382534Abstract: A method of detecting the presence of a person on a bed comprising, receiving movement data in pseudo-real-time, extracting features from the movement data for a time period in pseudo-real-time, determining whether the bed is occupied for the time period in pseudo-real-time, for each time period in which the bed is indicated as occupied, determining a user on a side of the bed, based on data from a plurality of time periods, and utilizing a sleep engine to determine sleep stages for the user. The method in one embodiment further comprising flagging when a majority of the plurality of time periods indicate that the sleep stage for the user is awake and providing a sleep recording to the user, showing the sleep stages for the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving, Mark Andrew Christensen, Venkat Easwar, Andrew Cotton-Clay
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Patent number: 11253079Abstract: A smart sleep system comprising a mattress including a plurality of pressure zones, each pressure zone separately adjustable for firmness, a sensor to sense a user's position on the mattress, a processing system to determine pressure for each of the plurality of pressure zones based on data from the sensor, and a controller to adjust one or more of the pressure zones based on the determination.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving, Mark Andrew Christensen
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Patent number: 11249104Abstract: An electronic device monitors accelerations using a motion sensor. The electronic device determines a current motion state based on the accelerations. The electronic device identifies a plurality of applications that subscribe to a motion state identification service and notifies a subset of the applications of the current motion state, the subset meeting notification criteria associated with the current motion state.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving, Mark Andrew Christensen, Brian Y. Lee, David Vogel
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Publication number: 20210215734Abstract: An electronic device monitors accelerations using a motion sensor. The electronic device determines a current motion state based on the accelerations. The electronic device identifies a plurality of applications that subscribe to a motion state identification service and notifies a subset of the applications of the current motion state, the subset meeting notification criteria associated with the current motion state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Philippe Richard KAHN, Arthur KINSOLVING, Mark Andrew CHRISTENSEN, Brian Y. LEE, David VOGEL
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Publication number: 20210110845Abstract: The present system ensures that external noise sources do not taint sensor data recorded about a user's sleep parameters, to reduces false positives and false negatives, and provide a more accurate record of the user's sleep sounds, by cycling on and off noise sources. Additionally, the present system, in one embodiment, may be used to track changes in sound patterns from the user and from the environment. This may lead to early warning of health issues, as well as issues with the devices in the bedroom.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Sonia Lee Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving, Mark Andrew Christensen, Venkat Easwar
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Patent number: 10945659Abstract: A method and apparatus to receive data from a dual sleep sensor associated with a sleep surface, and analyzing the data to identify sleep phases of one or more users on the sleep surface. In one embodiment, the dual sleep sensor comprises two or more sensors positioned to enable separation of motion data of a first sleeper and a second sleeper.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving, Mark Andrew Christensen, Venkat Easwar
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Patent number: 10948512Abstract: An electronic device monitors accelerations using a motion sensor. The electronic device determines a current motion state based on the accelerations. The electronic device identifies a plurality of applications that subscribe to a motion state identification service and notifies a subset of the applications of the current motion state, the subset meeting notification criteria associated with the current motion state.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving, Mark Andrew Christensen, Brian Y. Lee, David Vogel
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Publication number: 20200393488Abstract: An electronic device monitors accelerations using a motion sensor. The electronic device determines a current motion state based on the accelerations. The electronic device identifies a plurality of applications that subscribe to a motion state identification service and notifies a subset of the applications of the current motion state, the subset meeting notification criteria associated with the current motion state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Philippe Richard KAHN, Arthur KINSOLVING, Mark Andrew CHRISTENSEN, Brian Y. LEE, David VOGEL
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Publication number: 20200393487Abstract: An electronic device monitors accelerations using a motion sensor. The electronic device determines a current motion state based on the accelerations. The electronic device identifies a plurality of applications that subscribe to a motion state identification service and notifies a subset of the applications of the current motion state, the subset meeting notification criteria associated with the current motion state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Philippe Richard KAHN, Arthur KINSOLVING, Mark Andrew CHRISTENSEN, Brian Y. LEE, David VOGEL
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Patent number: 10744390Abstract: A method for monitoring human activity using an inertial sensor includes monitoring accelerations, identifying a current user activity from a plurality of user activities based on the accelerations, and counting periodic human motions appropriate to the current user activity.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2015Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving, Mark Andrew Christensen, Brian Y. Lee, David Vogel
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Patent number: 10424183Abstract: A smart seating system is described. In one embodiment, the smart seating system may be integrated into a chair or seat, or may be a cushion that is placed on a seat. In one embodiment, the smart seating system uses one or more sensors to monitor the user. In one embodiment, the sensors may be sufficiently sensitive to monitor the user's respiration and heart rate, as well as whether the user is sitting or not. In one embodiment, the smart seating system can be used to monitor a user's breathing and heart rate. The system may be used to control stress in an office environment, in one embodiment. In addition to controlling stress, the smart seating system may be used to coach users to more healthful behaviors.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: DP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving, Mark Andrew Christensen