Patents by Inventor Michael E. Ralston

Michael E. Ralston 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: 11915376
    Abstract: An assisted perception (AP) module comprises an attachment mechanism to attach the AP module to a helmet, and a housing to integrate modular components of the AP module. The housing comprises a front portion and side portion, the front portion located over an eye of the user. The modular components include sensors to collect information about an environment as sensor data, and processors located in the side portion. The processors execute one or more assisted perception engines that process the sensor data from the sensors into enhanced characterization data. Output devices electronically communicate the enhanced characterization data to a user, wherein at least one of the output devices protrudes from the front portion of the housing in front of an eye of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Qwake Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Ralston, Sam J. Cossman, Omer Haciomeroglu, John Davis Long, II
  • Patent number: 11354895
    Abstract: A platform comprises one or more sensors that collect information about an environment as sensor data. A processor is in communication with the one or more sensors, wherein the processor executes enhancement engines that processes the sensor data into enhanced characterization data having a reduced amount of data compared to the sensor data. An output device electronically communicate the enhanced characterization data to a user, wherein the sensor and the output device comprise an assisted perception module worn by the user during an incident. A command interface device remote from the user to enable a person of authority to manage the incident and the user by receiving and displaying the enhanced characterization data, and by transmitting data and commands back to the assisted perception module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Qwake Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sam J. Cossman, John Davis Long, II, Omer Haciomeroglu, Michael E. Ralston
  • Patent number: 11036988
    Abstract: A cognitive load reducing platform comprises one or more sensors that collect information about an environment as sensor data. A processor is in communication with the one or more sensors, wherein the processor executes a cognitive enhancement engines that processes the sensor data into enhanced characterization data having a reduced amount of data compared to the sensor data. An output device electronically communicate the enhanced characterization data to a user such that the enhanced characterization data reduces the cognitive load of the user, wherein the sensor and the output device comprise an assisted perception module worn by the user during an incident. A command interface device remote from the user to enable a person of authority to manage the incident and the user by receiving and displaying the enhanced characterization data, and by transmitting data and commands back to the assisted perception module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: QWAKE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Sam J. Cossman, John Davis Long, II, Omer Haciomeroglu, Michael E. Ralston
  • Publication number: 20210059344
    Abstract: An assisted perception (AP) module comprises an attachment mechanism to attach the AP module to a helmet, and a housing to integrate modular components of the AP module. The housing comprises a front portion and side portion, the front portion located over an eye of the user. The modular components include sensors to collect information about an environment as sensor data, and processors located in the side portion. The processors execute one or more assisted perception engines that process the sensor data from the sensors into enhanced characterization data. Output devices electronically communicate the enhanced characterization data to a user, wherein at least one of the output devices protrudes from the front portion of the housing in front of an eye of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: QWAKE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael E. Ralston, Sam J. Cossman, Omer Haciomeroglu, John Davis Long, II
  • Publication number: 20200349354
    Abstract: A platform comprises one or more sensors that collect information about an environment as sensor data. A processor is in communication with the one or more sensors, wherein the processor executes enhancement engines that processes the sensor data into enhanced characterization data having a reduced amount of data compared to the sensor data. An output device electronically communicate the enhanced characterization data to a user, wherein the sensor and the output device comprise an assisted perception module worn by the user during an incident. A command interface device remote from the user to enable a person of authority to manage the incident and the user by receiving and displaying the enhanced characterization data, and by transmitting data and commands back to the assisted perception module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: QWAKE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Sam J. COSSMAN, John Davis LONG, II, Omer HACIOMEROGLU, Michael E. RALSTON
  • Publication number: 20200151449
    Abstract: A cognitive load reducing platform comprises one or more sensors that collect information about an environment as sensor data. A processor is in communication with the one or more sensors, wherein the processor executes a cognitive enhancement engines that processes the sensor data into enhanced characterization data having a reduced amount of data compared to the sensor data. An output device electronically communicate the enhanced characterization data to a user such that the enhanced characterization data reduces the cognitive load of the user, wherein the sensor and the output device comprise an assisted perception module worn by the user during an incident. A command interface device remote from the user to enable a person of authority to manage the incident and the user by receiving and displaying the enhanced characterization data, and by transmitting data and commands back to the assisted perception module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Sam J. COSSMAN, John Davis LONG, II, Omer HACIOMEROGLU, Michael E. RALSTON
  • Patent number: 10417497
    Abstract: A cognitive load reducing platform comprises one or more sensors that collect information about an environment as sensor data. A processor is in communication with the one or more sensors, wherein the processor executes a cognitive enhancement engines that processes the sensor data into enhanced characterization data having a reduced amount of data compared to the sensor data. An output device electronically communicate the enhanced characterization data to a user such that the enhanced characterization data reduces the cognitive load of the user, wherein the sensor and the output device comprise an assisted perception module worn by the user during an incident. A command interface device remote from the user to enable a person of authority to manage the incident and the user by receiving and displaying the enhanced characterization data, and by transmitting data and commands back to the assisted perception module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: QWAKE TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Sam J. Cossman, John Davis Long, II, Omer Haciomeroglu, Michael E. Ralston