Patents by Inventor Michael Fusco

Michael Fusco 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: 11890747
    Abstract: An interactive autonomous robot is configured for deployment within a social environment. The disclosed robot includes a show subsystem configured to select between different in-character behaviors depending on robot status, thereby allowing the robot to appear in-character despite technical failures. The disclosed robot further includes a safety subsystem configured to intervene with in-character behavior when necessary to enforce safety protocols. The disclosed robot is also configured with a social subsystem that interprets social behaviors of humans and then initiates specific behavior sequences in response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Andrew Mika, Michael Richard Honeck, Kyle G. Freeman, Michael Fusco
  • Publication number: 20230296348
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a soap foam blaster device with a switch (or trigger) actuated pump to create soap foam using an aerator that is directed into a telescoping breech for pressurization thereof. A grip member with a nozzle on the free end thereof is attached to an inner member and actuated rearwardly to collapse the breech thereby launching the soap foam a substantial distance for targeted direction of soap foam for improved gameplay. For another blast of foam soap, the telescoping breech is expanded again by moving the grip member forwardly to slide out the inner member within the outer member whereby another volume of soap foam can be loaded into the breech for a subsequent launch. Alternatively, soap foam solution may be manually pumped from the soap solution reservoir by a manual telescoping pump configuration to create foam and then manually launched therefrom through the outer nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Little Kids, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Petrarca, Michael Fusco
  • Publication number: 20230240483
    Abstract: The invention provides an improved machine for generating soap foam that includes a single drive, such an electric motor or human-driven crank that simultaneously drives both a pump, such a peristaltic pump, and a blower. Soap solution is delivered in front of the blower in a waterfall-like manner by gravity so it can be urged through a fine mesh fabric screen to introduce air for the formation of soap foam. The motor speed, drive gearing for the pump, the fan turbine for the blower and soap solution nozzle configuration are selected to provide soap foam of the desired volume, density, and flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Little Kids, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Petrarca, Michael Fusco
  • Publication number: 20230241527
    Abstract: The present invention includes a plurality of soap bubble making ports in a housing where each of the ports includes a ring-shaped soap bubble outlet. A single tube, via the pump, pulls soap bubble solution from the reservoir and, through a manifold, delivers soap bubble solution to the output ports of the manifold and then to each of the plurality of soap bubble making ports. A plurality of mechanically linked wipers is respectively located at each soap bubble making port to form a film at the soap bubble making port. An air manifold splits air received from the air blower respectively to each soap bubble making port. When a motor-driven shaft rotates, soap bubble solution is delivered to all soap bubble ports; causes all wipers to rotate and causes air to be blown through all of the soap bubble ports to creates multiple soap bubbles at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Little Kids, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Petrarca, Michael Fusco
  • Patent number: 11590660
    Abstract: An interactive autonomous robot is configured for deployment within a social environment. The disclosed robot includes a show subsystem configured to select between different in-character behaviors depending on robot status, thereby allowing the robot to appear in-character despite technical failures. The disclosed robot further includes a safety subsystem configured to intervene with in-character behavior when necessary to enforce safety protocols. The disclosed robot is also configured with a social subsystem that interprets social behaviors of humans and then initiates specific behavior sequences in response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle G. Freeman, Michael Fusco, Jeremy Andrew Mika, Michael Richard Honeck, Jon Hayes Snoddy, Shelley Short, Cory Rouse, Raymond J. Scanlon, Clifford Wong, Lance Duane Updyke, Jeremie Papon, Daniel Pike
  • Publication number: 20220280851
    Abstract: The object toss target game includes a board preferably with holes in gaming regions to provide a gameplay surface. A support is pivotally connected to the bottom of the board in spring-biased fashion to maintain the board in a neutral position level with the ground when there are no gaming objects are on the top surface of the board. When gaming objects of on the surface of the board and there is uneven weighting on the top surface due to the gaming objects on the gameplay surface, the gameplay surface will tilt providing dynamic gameplay. The board may also be two boards hingedly connected to each other so the board may be folded into to a compact size and shape to reveal a handle to facilitate transport and storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Little Kids, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Petrarca, Michael Fusco, John Davies, Keri Castro
  • Publication number: 20220230389
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system and process for creating a graphical representation of a re-development location. The system can perform the process of locating a region based upon a primary criteria. Next the system can then evaluate the region in its current state based upon social criteria, and then evaluate the region in is future re-developed state based upon future social criteria. Next, the system can perform the step of evaluating the region in its current state based upon environmental criteria and also perform the step of evaluating the region in its future re-developed state based upon future environmental criteria. Next, the system can perform the step of evaluating the region in its current state based upon economic criteria, and then perform the step of evaluating the region in its future re-developed state based upon future economic criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: RENAISSANCE V&A TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Donald S. MONTI, Kevin D. DEVITO, Michael FUSCO
  • Publication number: 20220189768
    Abstract: Silicon carbide (SiC) materials including SiC wafers and SiC boules and related methods are disclosed that provide large dimension SiC wafers with reduced crystallographic stress. Growth conditions for SiC materials include maintaining a generally convex growth surface of SiC crystals, adjusting differences in front-side to back-side thermal profiles of growing SiC crystals, supplying sufficient source flux to allow commercially viable growth rates for SiC crystals, and reducing the inclusion of contaminants or non-SiC particles in SiC source materials and corresponding SiC crystals. By forming larger dimension SiC crystals that exhibit lower crystallographic stress, overall dislocation densities that are associated with missing or additional planes of atoms may be reduced, thereby improving crystal quality and usable SiC crystal growth heights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Yuri Khlebnikov, Varad R. Sakhalkar, Caleb A. Kent, Valeri F. Tsvetkov, Michael J. Paisley, Oleksandr Kramarenko, Matthew David Conrad, Eugene Deyneka, Steven Griffiths, Simon Bubel, Adrian R. Powell, Robert Tyler Leonard, Elif Balkas, Curt Progl, Michael Fusco, Alexander Shveyd, Kathy Doverspike, Lukas Nattermann
  • Patent number: 11154991
    Abstract: An interactive autonomous robot is configured for deployment within a social environment. The disclosed robot includes a show subsystem configured to select between different in-character behaviors depending on robot status, thereby allowing the robot to appear in-character despite technical failures. The disclosed robot further includes a safety subsystem configured to intervene with in-character behavior when necessary to enforce safety protocols. The disclosed robot is also configured with a social subsystem that interprets social behaviors of humans and then initiates specific behavior sequences in response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Andrew Mika, Michael Richard Honeck, Michael Fusco
  • Publication number: 20210072841
    Abstract: A virtual reality system (100) and device for use therein involve an optical detection arrangement (200) configured to detect a light pattern associated with a unique identity, and a tool (300) having a plurality of light-emitting devices (600) engaged therewith. The light-emitting devices (600) are selectively user-actuatable between a plurality of light patterns detectable by the optical detection arrangement (200). The light patterns provide a plurality of unique identities of the tool (300) as detected by the optical detection arrangement (200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Purvis, Michael Fusco
  • Patent number: 10814487
    Abstract: A self-guiding automaton includes sensors, a hardware processor, and a memory storing a self-guidance software code. The hardware processor executes the self-guidance software code to detect a location and/or travel path of one or more human being(s) in a pedestrian environment using the sensors, and identify a self-guided path forward in the pedestrian environment based on the location and/or travel path of each human being(s). The self-guidance software code also determines a social cue for communicating the self-guided path forward to the human being(s), detects any change in the location and/or travel path of each human being(s) using the sensors, determines a pedestrian safety score of the self-guided path forward based on the location and/or travel path and any change in the location and/or travel path of each human being(s), and moves the automaton along the self-guided path forward if the pedestrian safety score satisfies a safety threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Honeck, Shelley O. Short, Jerry Rees, Kyle G. Freeman, Cory J. Rouse, Jeremy A. Mika, Michael Fusco
  • Publication number: 20200097011
    Abstract: An interactive autonomous robot is configured for deployment within a social environment. The disclosed robot includes a show subsystem configured to select between different in-character behaviors depending on robot status, thereby allowing the robot to appear in-character despite technical failures. The disclosed robot further includes a safety subsystem configured to intervene with in-character behavior when necessary to enforce safety protocols. The disclosed robot is also configured with a social subsystem that interprets social behaviors of humans and then initiates specific behavior sequences in response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Jeremy Andrew MIKA, Michael Richard HONECK, Kyle G. FREEMAN, Michael FUSCO
  • Publication number: 20200094418
    Abstract: An interactive autonomous robot is configured for deployment within a social environment. The disclosed robot includes a show subsystem configured to select between different in-character behaviors depending on robot status, thereby allowing the robot to appear in-character despite technical failures. The disclosed robot further includes a safety subsystem configured to intervene with in-character behavior when necessary to enforce safety protocols. The disclosed robot is also configured with a social subsystem that interprets social behaviors of humans and then initiates specific behavior sequences in response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Jeremy Andrew MIKA, Michael Richard HONECK, Michael FUSCO
  • Publication number: 20200094417
    Abstract: An interactive autonomous robot is configured for deployment within a social environment. The disclosed robot includes a show subsystem configured to select between different in-character behaviors depending on robot status, thereby allowing the robot to appear in-character despite technical failures. The disclosed robot further includes a safety subsystem configured to intervene with in-character behavior when necessary to enforce safety protocols. The disclosed robot is also configured with a social subsystem that interprets social behaviors of humans and then initiates specific behavior sequences in response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Kyle G. FREEMAN, Michael FUSCO, Jeremy Andrew MIKA, Michael Richard HONECK, Jon Hayes SNODDY, Shelley SHORT, Cory ROUSE, Raymond J. SCANLON, Clifford WONG, Lance Duane UPDYKE, Jeremie PAPON, Daniel PIKE
  • Publication number: 20190224850
    Abstract: A self-guiding automaton includes sensors, a hardware processor, and a memory storing a self-guidance software code. The hardware processor executes the self-guidance software code to detect a location and/or travel path of one or more human being(s) in a pedestrian environment using the sensors, and identify a self -guided path forward in the pedestrian environment based on the location and/or travel path of each human being(s). The self-guidance software code also determines a social cue for communicating the self-guided path forward to the human being(s), detects any change in the location and/or travel path of each human being(s) using the sensors, determines a pedestrian safety score of the self-guided path forward based on the location and/or travel path and any change in the location and/or travel path of each human being(s), and moves the automaton along the self-guided path forward if the pedestrian safety score satisfies a safety threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Michael R. Honeck, Shelley O. Short, Jerry Rees, Kyle G. Freeman, Cory J. Rouse, Jeremy A. Mika, Michael Fusco
  • Publication number: 20190182411
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus related to a wireless remote video monitor. A method includes providing a camera wirelessly linked to a base station, displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) on the base station, the GUI including an image of a subject captured by the camera, positioning a boundary around the image in the GUI, detecting motion across the boundary, and generating an alarm in response to the detected motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Paul MacPhail Brown, Michael Fusco, Eyal Fishman
  • Patent number: 8118449
    Abstract: An LED based module designed to be easily retrofitted into existing incandescent based light fixtures with minimum or no modification is provided. The LED module of the present disclosure includes a generally cylindrical threaded adapter module including a flat top surface and a conical bottom portion. The bottom portion includes a threaded cavity for receiving a conventional threaded rod of a light fixture which then couples the LED module to the light fixture. The top surface of the LED module is configured to mount a metal core printed circuit board including at least one LED (light emitting diode). Furthermore, the LED module includes at least two channels running therethrough to accommodate wires or conductors from the light fixture to the metal core printed circuit board. The threaded surface of the LED module is configured to accept a conventional shade retainer ring or nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: LED Specialists Inc.
    Inventors: Wojciech Pawelko, Michael Fusco
  • Patent number: 7798674
    Abstract: A device for enhancing the appearance of a compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) and changing the optical properties of light emitted by the CFL is provided. The device for a compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) includes a cover configured for obscuring the compact fluorescent lamp; and an attachment mechanism configured for coupling the cover to the compact fluorescent lamp by engaging an inner surface of the compact fluorescent lamp. The attachment mechanism includes at least two resilient fingers for engaging at least two spaced apart inner surfaces of the compact fluorescent lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Adaptive Lighting Solutions LLC.
    Inventors: Gary Colin Bernhardt, Wojciech Pawelko, Michael Fusco, Michael A Savona, Jonathan Hacker
  • Patent number: D855065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: SUMMER INFANT (USA), INC.
    Inventors: Paul MacPhail Brown, Michael Fusco, Eyal Fishman
  • Patent number: D861012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SUMMER INFANT (USA), INC.
    Inventors: Paul MacPhail Brown, Michael Fusco, Eyal Fishman