Patents by Inventor Matthew Philips

Matthew Philips 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: 11069490
    Abstract: A mounting frame may be configured as a self-adjusting mounting frame that biases itself against a surface of structure. The mounting frame may be a component, for example, of a remote control device or a faceplate assembly. The mounting frame may be configured to bias a rear surface of the mounting frame against the surface of a structure. The mounting frame may include biasing members. Each biasing member may include an attachment portion and a pair of resilient spring arms that suspend the attachment portion relative to a perimeter wall of the mounting frame such that the attachment portion is spaced further from the rear surface of the mounting frame than locations where the spring arms extend from the mounting frame. The rear surface of the mounting frame may be defined by the perimeter wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Dimberg, Matthew Philip McDonald
  • Publication number: 20210201660
    Abstract: A remote control device is provided that is configured for use in a load control system that includes one or more electrical loads. The remote control device includes a mounting structure and a control unit, and the control unit is configured to be attached to the mounting structure in a plurality of different orientations. The control unit includes a user interface, an orientation sensing circuit, and a communication circuit. The control unit is configured to determine an orientation of the control unit via the orientation sensing circuit. The control unit is also configured to translate a user input from the user interface into control data to control an electrical load of the load control system based on the orientation of the control unit and/or provide a visual indication of an amount of power delivered to the electrical load based on the orientation of the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Chris Dimberg, Alexander Wade Gage, Matthew V. Harte, Jason C. Killo, Brad Michael Kreschollek, Matthew Philip McDonald, Daniel L. Twaddell
  • Patent number: 11043115
    Abstract: A remote control device may be configured to be mounted over the toggle actuator of a light switch and to control a load control device. The remote control device may include a base portion and a rotating portion supported by the base portion so as to be rotatable about the base portion. The remote control device may include a control circuit, a wireless communication circuit, and a rotary encoder circuit. The rotary encoder circuit may be configured to translate a force applied to the rotating portion into input signals, and to operate as an antenna of the remote control device. The rotary encoder circuit may be configured to provide the input signals to the control circuit. The control circuit may be configured to translate the one or more input signals into control signals for transmission to the load control device via the wireless communication circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Chris Dimberg, Matthew Philip McDonald
  • Patent number: 11040491
    Abstract: According to some aspects, a system for identifying a printed object is provided. The system may include an imaging device configured to image a three-dimensional (3D) printed object and a processor coupled to the imaging device. The processor may be configured to receive information generated as a result of imaging the 3D printed object with the imaging device, identify a set of features for the 3D printed object using the received information, compare the set of features with multiple reference sets of features, each of the multiple reference sets of features being associated with a respective 3D object in a plurality of 3D objects, and identify, based at least in part on results of the comparison, a 3D object from the plurality of 3D objects that matches the 3D printed object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Shapeways, Inc.
    Inventors: Daphne Marlies Laméris, Jop Antonius Van Rooij, Thomas de Wolf, Laurus Augustinus Hilte, Tiago André Costa São José, Sebastien Boutard, Elena Korina Koutsiota, Jelmer Johan Siekmans, Maarten van Dijk, Matthew Philip Boyle, Zachary Hansen Dillon, Edward Kurt Summers, Bram van Zandvoort, Fábio Martins Moreira, Lucia Henriëtta Petronella Leenders, Jules Witte, Hans Louis Robert Lambermont, Stefan Rink, Daniël Gerrit Mulder
  • Patent number: 11032586
    Abstract: Techniques for dynamic digital advertising are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a dynamic advertising method comprising: receiving, by a computer processor associated with a dynamic advertising device, from a client device, first advertising content information including timepoint data for a playback event associated with first advertising content of a first advertising slot on a webpage; configuring, by the computer processor, a recall request for the first advertising content, the recall request including identification data associated with the first advertising content and specifying a timepoint obtained from the timepoint data; receiving, by the computer processor, from the client device, first advertising content resume request; and requesting, by the computer processor, for the client device, using the recall request, timepoint-configured first advertising content having a playback start time equal to the timepoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: WP COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Mark Turner, Amanda Hicks, Matthew Philip Lemieux, Hongliang Eric Lin, Aram Jason Zucker-Scharff, Christian Derrick Walls, Brittany Pableo
  • Patent number: 11007066
    Abstract: An embodiment includes an orthopedic fusion system comprising: a cage; a curved first channel coupling a lateral wall of the cage to a superior surface of the cage; a curved second channel coupling the lateral wall of the cage to an inferior surface of the cage; a third channel coupling the superior surface of the cage to the inferior surface of the cage; a curved first anchor configured to slide within the first channel; a curved second anchor configured to slide within the second channel; and a resilient member comprising a resilient first arm that projects across a portion of the first channel and a resilient second arm that projects across a portion of the second channel. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: GENESYS SPINE
    Inventors: Joshua Kaufmann, Greg Calbert, Scott Bryant, Brian Bergeron, Landon Gilkey, Ben Keller, Bernard H. Guiot, Aizik Wolf, Matthew Philips, John T. Friedland
  • Patent number: 11004329
    Abstract: A remote control device having capacitive touch controls may be configured to enter a sleep state (or mode). For example, the remote control device may be configured to enter the sleep state upon expiration of an interval of time since a most recent button press. The remote control may be configured to awaken from the sleep state when one or more portions of a housing of the remote control are deflected, for example, when a user grasps the remote control to actuate one or more of the capacitive touch controls. For example, the remote control device may include a switch. The switch may include a carbon structure that may be configured to contact an open circuit pad on a circuit board to close the corresponding circuit when the housing is deflected and awaken the remote control device from the sleep state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Mann, Matthew Philip McDonald, Lawrence R. Carmen, Jr., Robert D. Stevens, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20210125795
    Abstract: A remote control device may control electrical loads and/or load control devices of a load control system without accessing electrical wiring. The remote control device may include a control unit and a base for the control unit. The base may include a frame and a mounting tab that attaches to the paddle actuator of a mechanical switch. The mounting tab may be monolithic with the frame. Alternatively, the base may include a resilient attachment member that extends from the frame and is captively retained by the mounting tab. The frame and the attachment member may be configured such that the attachment member is held in a fixed in position by the frame, or such that the attachment member is translatable relative to the frame. The base may include one or more alignment members. The base may cause a rear surface of the frame to be biased against the mechanical switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Chris Dimberg, Matthew Philip McDonald
  • Publication number: 20210118631
    Abstract: A veneer configured to be secured to a backlit button of a control device may include a plate portion. The plate portion may have one or more laser-cut indicia defined therethrough, may have laser-cut rounded corners, and may have angularly offset outer edges that may be defined during an embossing process. The laser-cut indicia may be representative of a command for controlling an electrical load. The indicia may include an alphanumeric character, an icon, or the like, may define one or more substantially zero-radius corners, and may define respective inner surfaces that are substantially perpendicular to an outer surface of the plate portion. A laser-cut alphanumeric character may have variable (e.g., continuously variable) line width. The plate portion may define a rib that suspends a floating portion of the alphanumeric character relative to an open portion. The rib may define a thickness that does not exceed 0.003 inches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Jason O. Adams, Rich Destremps, George M. Drizos, Scott A. Kleppinger, Brad Michael Kreschollek, Matthew Philip McDonald, Shawn A. Strange
  • Patent number: 10977931
    Abstract: A remote control device is provided that is configured for use in a load control system that includes one or more electrical loads. The remote control device includes a mounting structure and a control unit, and the control unit is configured to be attached to the mounting structure in a plurality of different orientations. The control unit includes a user interface, an orientation sensing circuit, and a communication circuit. The control unit is configured to determine an orientation of the control unit via the orientation sensing circuit. The control unit is also configured to translate a user input from the user interface into control data to control an electrical load of the load control system based on the orientation of the control unit and/or provide a visual indication of an amount of power delivered to the electrical load based on the orientation of the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Chris Dimberg, Alexander Wade Gage, Matthew V. Harte, Jason C. Killo, Brad Michael Kreschollek, Matthew Philip McDonald, Daniel L. Twaddell
  • Publication number: 20210045216
    Abstract: A wall-mounted keypad may include a light detector circuit located inside the keypad that is configured to measure an ambient light level in a space. The light detector circuit may receive ambient light through an aperture that is hidden from view by the keypad. The keypad may include a reflector for directing ambient light onto the light detector circuit. The keypad may include an enclosure that houses the light detector circuit. The enclosure may define a recess that exposes at least a portion of the light detector circuit. The enclosure may include a reflector that may focus ambient light received through the aperture onto the light detector circuit. The keypad may include a control circuit that may be configured to illuminate the indicia of respective buttons of the control device in response to actuations of the one or more buttons, in accordance with the measured ambient light level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: William Taylor Shivell, Matthew Philip McDonald
  • Publication number: 20210045204
    Abstract: A control device may have a plurality of buttons that may be backlit to multiple levels, such as first, second, and third adjacent buttons positioned in order, and first, second, and third LEDs positioned to illuminate a respective button. The control device may be configured to illuminate the first LED to a first LED illumination intensity to illuminate the respective button to a first surface illumination intensity; illuminate the third LED to a second LED illumination intensity to illuminate the respective button to a second surface illumination intensity; and illuminate the second LED to a third LED illumination intensity to illuminate the respective button to the second surface illumination intensity. The third LED illumination intensity may be less than the second LED illumination intensity, which may be less than the first LED illumination intensity, and the second surface illumination intensity may be less than the first surface illumination intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Philip McDonald, Daniel L. Twaddell, Jason C. Killo
  • Patent number: D913254
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Chris Dimberg, Jason C. Killo, Matthew Philip McDonald, Daniel L. Twaddell
  • Patent number: D921595
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Jason C. Killo, Matthew Philip McDonald, Sean Tucker
  • Patent number: D922334
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Jason C. Killo, Matthew Philip McDonald, Sean Tucker
  • Patent number: D922336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Susan Hakkarainen, Jason C. Killo, Brad Michael Kreschollek, Matthew Philip McDonald
  • Patent number: D922965
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Jason C. Killo, Matthew Philip McDonald, Sean Tucker
  • Patent number: D924184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Susan Hakkarainen, Jason C. Killo, Brad Michael Kreschollek, Noel Mayo, Matthew Philip McDonald
  • Patent number: D924818
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Chris Dimberg, Jason C. Killo, Brad Michael Kreschollek, Matthew Philip McDonald
  • Patent number: D924821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin F. Bard, Chris Dimberg, Jason C. Killo, Matthew Philip McDonald, Daniel L. Twaddell