Patents by Inventor Mark McKnight

Mark McKnight 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: 11836671
    Abstract: Response parameters for a population of RFID tags present in an inventory space are determined by (a) continuously scanning the inventory space to interrogate the population of RFID tags in the inventory space and receiving responses from multiple RFID tags within the population, (b) after multiple responses have been received from a specific RFID tag within the population, determining response times for the specific RFID tag corresponding to time periods between sequential ones of the multiple responses from the specific RFID tag, (c) calculating a maximum acceptable response time based at least in part on the response times determined in step (b), and (d) recording a response interval data set including one or more of the response times determined in step (b) and the maximum acceptable response time calculated in step (c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Joe L. Smith, Mark McKnight
  • Patent number: 11068844
    Abstract: Response parameters for a population of RFID tags present in an inventory space are determined by (a) continuously scanning the inventory space to interrogate the population of RFID tags and receiving responses from RFID tags within the population; (b) after multiple responses have been received from a specific RFID tag, determining response times for the specific RFID tag corresponding to time periods between sequential ones of the multiple responses from the specific RFID tag, (c) calculating a maximum acceptable response time based at least in part on the response times determined in step (b); and (c) recording a response interval data set including one or more of the response times determined in step (b) and the maximum acceptable response time calculated in step (c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Joe L. Smith, Mark McKnight
  • Publication number: 20210117912
    Abstract: Response parameters for a population of RFID tags present in an inventory space are determined by (a) continuously scanning the inventory space to interrogate the population of RFID tags in the inventory space and receiving responses from multiple RFID tags within the population, (b) after multiple responses have been received from a specific RFID tag within the population, determining response times for the specific RFID tag corresponding to time periods between sequential ones of the multiple responses from the specific RFID tag, (c) calculating a maximum acceptable response time based at least in part on the response times determined in step (b), and (d) recording a response interval data set including one or more of the response times determined in step (b) and the maximum acceptable response time calculated in step (c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Joe L. Smith, Mark McKnight
  • Publication number: 20190318303
    Abstract: Response parameters for a population of RFID tags present in an inventory space are determined by (a) continuously scanning the inventory space to interrogate the population of RFID tags and receiving responses from RFID tags within the population; (b) after multiple responses have been received from a specific RFID tag, determining response times for the specific RFID tag corresponding to time periods between sequential ones of the multiple responses from the specific RFID tag, (c) calculating a maximum acceptable response time based at least in part on the response times determined in step (b); and (c) recording a response interval data set including one or more of the response times determined in step (b) and the maximum acceptable response time calculated in step (c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Joe L. Smith, Mark McKnight
  • Publication number: 20190105893
    Abstract: A decorator press for printing on metal cans has a pump unit, a distribution head, a sensing device and a processing circuit. The pump unit comprises a plurality of inlet ports, a first inlet port configured to receive an ink of a first color from a first ink source and a second inlet port configured to receive an ink of a second color darker than the first color. The distribution head is coupled to the pump unit and configured to spread fluid received from the pump unit across zones of a print roller. The sensing device is coupled to the press and configured to sense a characteristic of fluid flowing out of the distribution head. The processing circuit is configured to receive the sensed characteristic, compare the sensed characteristic to a predetermined threshold, and to provide an indication to a display based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Baldwin Americas Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Keith Hendricks, Mark McKnight, Gary Stumvoll