Patents by Inventor Michael Francis Mitchell

Michael Francis Mitchell 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).

  • Publication number: 20240149454
    Abstract: Techniques for controlling a process to prevent injury are presented. The techniques include obtaining a location estimation of a mobile transmitter affixed to an object, where the location estimation is relative to a location of a fixed receiver, and where the obtaining the location estimation includes sending an ultra wideband communication from the mobile transmitter to the fixed receiver and acquiring the ultra wideband communication by a phased antenna array of the fixed receiver; assessing, based on the location estimation, that the mobile transmitter is within an impermissible location; determining that the location estimation is sufficiently accurate based on a distance between the location estimation and the fixed receiver; and interrupting the process upon both assessing that the mobile transmitter is within an impermissible location and determining that the location estimation is sufficiently accurate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael Francis MITCHELL, John Dalton WILLIAMS, Fei CAI, Farahnaz SISCO
  • Publication number: 20230008262
    Abstract: A device for monitoring a patient includes a substrate, an adhesive layer coupled to a first side of the substrate, and a circuit board coupled to a second side of the substrate. The adhesive layer is configured to adhere to a patient. The device also includes a plurality of switches coupled to the circuit board. Each switch is associated with a respective condition and is switchable by a user between a first state indicating that a corresponding condition is believed to be associated with the patient and a second state indicating that the corresponding condition is not believed to be associated with the patient. The device also includes a wireless transmitter coupled to the circuit board. The wireless transmitter is configured to transmit medical information associated with the patient to a mobile device. The medical information includes data indicating a setting of each of the plurality of switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas Martin Wyckoff, John D. Williams, Michael Francis Mitchell
  • Patent number: 11435176
    Abstract: A system for remote sensing of air gaps includes a substrate and a capacitor sensor array attached to the substrate, where the capacitor sensor array includes a plurality of capacitor sensors. The system also includes a transmit antenna attached to the substrate, and a microprocessor electrically connected to the transmit antenna and the capacitor sensor array. The microprocessor is configured to switch on and off at least one capacitor sensor of the plurality of capacitor sensors and to transmit determined air gap measurements using the transmit antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John E. Rogers, Ted Ronald Dabrowski, Robert A. Smith, Timothy Doyle Messer, Corey McKinney Thacker, Michael Francis Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20220159354
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for label technology that includes a flexible substrate and a flexible circuit coupled to the flexible substrate, the flexible circuit including a power source, a microcontroller, a plurality of sensors, one or more transceivers, and an antenna. The microcontroller may be configured to identify sensor readings in one or more signals from the plurality of sensors and send the sensor readings to one or more of a central computer or a computer network via one or more standard wireless transmission protocols, wherein at least one of the sensor readings is sent in a push communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John Dalton Williams, Michael Francis Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20200309504
    Abstract: A system for remote sensing of air gaps includes a substrate and a capacitor sensor array attached to the substrate, where the capacitor sensor array includes a plurality of capacitor sensors. The system also includes a transmit antenna attached to the substrate, and a microprocessor electrically connected to the transmit antenna and the capacitor sensor array. The microprocessor is configured to switch on and off at least one capacitor sensor of the plurality of capacitor sensors and to transmit determined air gap measurements using the transmit antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: John E. Rogers, Ted Ronald Dabrowski, Robert A. Smith, Timothy Doyle Messer, Corey McKinney Thacker, Michael Francis Mitchell