Patents by Inventor Michael G. Taylor

Michael G. Taylor 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: 12084824
    Abstract: Apparatuses, components and methods are provided herein useful to provide assistance to customers and/or workers in a shopping facility. In some embodiments, a shopping facility personal assistance system comprises: a plurality of motorized transport units located in and configured to move through a shopping facility space; a plurality of user interface units, each corresponding to a respective motorized transport unit during use of the respective motorized transport unit; and a central computer system having a network interface such that the central computer system wirelessly communicates with one or both of the plurality of motorized transport units and the plurality of user interface units, wherein the central computer system is configured to control movement of the plurality of motorized transport units through the shopping facility space based at least on inputs from the plurality of user interface units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Donald R. High, Michael D. Atchley, Shuvro Chakrobartty, Karl Kay, Brian G. McHale, Robert C. Taylor, John P. Thompson, Eric E. Welch, David C. Winkle
  • Patent number: 12076642
    Abstract: Systems and methods for receiving a scene by a head mounted display (HMD) of an HMD user. One method includes receiving image data of a real world space where the HMD is located. The image data is analyzed to identify positional data on the one or more spectators present in the real world space. The method includes identifying, based on the positional data, that a personal space of a spectator is being encroached. The identifying causing an indicator to alert the HMD user of said encroachment of said personal space of the spectator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn T. Black, Michael G. Taylor, Todd Tokubo
  • Publication number: 20240277905
    Abstract: A no-sting skin protectant film forming composition is formulated with a film forming polymer having both polar and nonpolar characteristics, a no-sting nonpolar solvent system, and at least one skin health ingredient. The no-sting skin protectant film forming composition is configured to form a protective film on a skin surface after the solvent system evaporates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Michael G. Taylor
  • Patent number: 11986574
    Abstract: A no-sting skin protectant film forming composition is formulated with a film forming polymer having both polar and nonpolar characteristics, a no-sting nonpolar solvent system, and at least one skin health ingredient. The no-sting skin protectant film forming composition is configured to form a protective film on a skin surface after the solvent system evaporates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Hollister Incorporated
    Inventor: Michael G. Taylor
  • Patent number: 11826651
    Abstract: Methods for providing guidance to a user wearing a head mounted display (HMD) are provided. One example method includes using a camera of the HMD to track the user wearing the HMD in a real-world space, and identifying a safe zone within the real-world space for interacting with a virtual reality space via the HMD. The method further includes detecting movements of the user in the real-world space. The method includes integrating content into the virtual reality space. The content is configured to provide guidance in direction of movement of the user toward the safe zone of the real-world space. If the user continues to move away from safe zone, pausing presentation of the virtual reality space, and resuming the presentation when the user is in the safe zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn T. Black, Michael G. Taylor, Todd Tokubo
  • Publication number: 20230191213
    Abstract: A golf club head has a body having a ball striking face, a rear opposite the ball striking face, a crown, a sole, a heel, and a toe, the body having a void defined by a peripheral edge on the sole. The body further defines a cover that extends over the void and forms at least a portion of the crown. At least a portion of the peripheral edge of the void includes a lip extending from the peripheral edge inwardly into the void. The golf club head may additionally or alternately include one or more weight receptacles connected to the sole and having an opening in the sole, such that each weight receptacle is configured to receive insertion of a weight through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Michael G. Taylor, Michael Wallans, John T. Stites, Sherry L. Jones
  • Patent number: 11577133
    Abstract: A golf club head has a body having a ball striking face, a rear opposite the ball striking face, a crown, a sole, a heel, and a toe, the body having a void defined by a peripheral edge on the sole. The body further defines a cover that extends over the void and forms at least a portion of the crown. At least a portion of the peripheral edge of the void includes a lip extending from the peripheral edge inwardly into the void. The golf club head may additionally or alternately include one or more weight receptacles connected to the sole and having an opening in the sole, such that each weight receptacle is configured to receive insertion of a weight through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael G. Taylor, Michael Wallans, John T. Stites, Sherry L. Jones
  • Patent number: 11327708
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for processing operations for integrating audience participation content into virtual reality (VR) content presented by a head mounted display (HMD) of an HMD user is provided. The method includes providing a VR scene to the HMD of the HMD user and receiving indications from one or more spectator devices of respective one or more spectators. The indications corresponding to requests for audience participation content for participating in the VR scene. The method includes sending audience participation content to the one or more spectator devices. The audience participation content configured to be displayed on respective displays associated with the one or more spectator devices. The audience participation content further includes interactive content for obtaining spectator input from the one or more spectators via the one or more spectator devices, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn T. Black, Michael G. Taylor, Todd Tokubo
  • Publication number: 20220001082
    Abstract: A no-sting skin protectant film forming composition is formulated with a film forming polymer having both polar and nonpolar characteristics, a no-sting nonpolar solvent system, and at least one skin health ingredient. The no-sting skin protectant film forming composition is configured to form a protective film on a skin surface after the solvent system evaporates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventor: Michael G. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20210370172
    Abstract: Systems and methods for receiving a scene by a head mounted display (HMD) of an HMD user. One method includes receiving image data of a real world space where the HMD is located. The image data is analyzed to identify positional data on the one or more spectators present in the real world space. The method includes identifying, based on the positional data, that a personal space of a spectator is being encroached. The identifying causing an indicator to alert the HMD user of said encroachment of said personal space of the spectator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Glenn T. Black, Michael G. Taylor, Todd Tokubo
  • Publication number: 20210346771
    Abstract: A golf club head has a body having a ball striking face, a rear opposite the ball striking face, a crown, a sole, a heel, and a toe, the body having a void defined by a peripheral edge on the sole. The body further defines a cover that extends over the void and forms at least a portion of the crown. At least a portion of the peripheral edge of the void includes a lip extending from the peripheral edge inwardly into the void. The golf club head may additionally or alternately include one or more weight receptacles connected to the sole and having an opening in the sole, such that each weight receptacle is configured to receive insertion of a weight through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Michael G. Taylor, Michael Wallans, John T. Stites, Sherry L. Jones
  • Patent number: 11104001
    Abstract: Techniques for transferring highly dimensional movements to lower dimensional robot movements are described. In an example, a reference motion of a target is used to train a non-linear approximator of a robot to learn how to perform the motion. The robot and the target are associated with a robot model and a target model, respectively. Features related to the positions of the robot joints are input to the non-linear approximator. During the training, a robot joint is simulated, which results in movement of this joint and different directions of a robot link connected thereto. The robot link is mapped to a link of the target model. The directions of the robot link are compared to the direction of the target link to learn the best movement of the robot joint. The training is repeated for the different links and for different phases of the reference motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Taylor, Sergey Bashkirov
  • Patent number: 11071915
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing operations for delivering spectator feedback content to a head mounted display (HMD) of an HMD user are provided. A computer-implemented method includes providing a VR scene to an HMD user and capturing images of one or more spectators usable to detect a presence and emotional state of the one or more spectators. The method also includes displaying within the VR scene of the HMD user one or more avatars representing the presence of the one or more spectators. Further, the method includes delivering an indication of the detected emotional state of the one or more spectators via the one or more avatars, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn T. Black, Michael G. Taylor, Todd Tokubo
  • Patent number: 11065517
    Abstract: A golf club head has a body having a ball striking face, a rear opposite the ball striking face, a crown, a sole, a heel, and a toe, the body having a void defined by a peripheral edge on the sole. The body further defines a cover that extends over the void and forms at least a portion of the crown. At least a portion of the peripheral edge of the void includes a lip extending from the peripheral edge inwardly into the void. The golf club head may additionally or alternately include one or more weight receptacles connected to the sole and having an opening in the sole, such that each weight receptacle is configured to receive insertion of a weight through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael G. Taylor, Michael Wallans, John T. Stites, Sherry L. Jones
  • Publication number: 20210106919
    Abstract: A method for assisting game play. The method includes monitoring game play of the user playing a gaming application, wherein the user has a defined task to accomplish, wherein the task is associated with a task type. The method includes determining a task type proficiency rule for the task type based on results of a plurality of players taking on a plurality of tasks having the task type. The method includes determining a player proficiency score for accomplishing the task based on the task type proficiency rule. The method includes determining a user predictive rate of success in accomplishing the task based on the player proficiency score, the task type proficiency rule, and the task. The method includes determining a recommendation for the user based on the user predictive rate of success.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Steven Osman, Jeffrey R. Stafford, Javier F. Rico, Michael G. Taylor, Todd S. Tokubo
  • Publication number: 20210026588
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for processing operations for integrating audience participation content into virtual reality (VR) content presented by a head mounted display (HMD) of an HMD user is provided. The method includes providing a VR scene to the HMD of the HMD user and receiving indications from one or more spectator devices of respective one or more spectators. The indications corresponding to requests for audience participation content for participating in the VR scene. The method includes sending audience participation content to the one or more spectator devices. The audience participation content configured to be displayed on respective displays associated with the one or more spectator devices. The audience participation content further includes interactive content for obtaining spectator input from the one or more spectators via the one or more spectator devices, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Glenn T. Black, Michael G. Taylor, Todd Tokubo
  • Patent number: 10870057
    Abstract: A method for assisting game play. The method includes monitoring game play of the user playing a gaming application, wherein the user has a defined task to accomplish, wherein the task is associated with a task type. The method includes determining a task type proficiency rule for the task type based on results of a plurality of players taking on a plurality of tasks having the task type. The method includes determining a player proficiency score for accomplishing the task based on the task type proficiency rule. The method includes determining a user predictive rate of success in accomplishing the task based on the player proficiency score, the task type proficiency rule, and the task. The method includes determining a recommendation for the user based on the user predictive rate of success.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Osman, Jeffrey R. Stafford, Javier F. Rico, Michael G. Taylor, Todd S. Tokubo
  • Patent number: 10802787
    Abstract: A method and system for integrating audience participation content into virtual reality (VR) content presented by head mounted display (HMD) of an HMD user is provided. The method includes providing a VR scene to the HMD of an HMD user and receiving indications from one or more spectator devices of one or more spectators that correspond to requests for audience participation content for participating in the VR scene. The method and system is capable of sending audience participation content to the spectator devices for enabling spectator interactivity with the audience participation content via respective spectator devices. The method and system provided also enables a receiving of the spectator input, which may then be subsequently integrated into the VR scene of the HMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn T. Black, Michael G. Taylor, Todd Tokubo
  • Publication number: 20200298078
    Abstract: A golf club head has a body having a ball striking face, a rear opposite the ball striking face, a crown, a sole, a heel, and a toe, the body having a void defined by a peripheral edge on the sole. The body further defines a cover that extends over the void and forms at least a portion of the crown. At least a portion of the peripheral edge of the void includes a lip extending from the peripheral edge inwardly into the void. The golf club head may additionally or alternately include one or more weight receptacles connected to the sole and having an opening in the sole, such that each weight receptacle is configured to receive insertion of a weight through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Michael G. Taylor, Michael Wallans, John T. Stites, Sherry L. Jones
  • Publication number: 20200290203
    Abstract: Techniques for transferring highly dimensional movements to lower dimensional robot movements are described. In an example, a reference motion of a target is used to train a non-linear approximator of a robot to learn how to perform the motion. The robot and the target are associated with a robot model and a target model, respectively. Features related to the positions of the robot joints are input to the non-linear approximator. During the training, a robot joint is simulated, which results in movement of this joint and different directions of a robot link connected thereto. The robot link is mapped to a link of the target model. The directions of the robot link are compared to the direction of the target link to learn the best movement of the robot joint. The training is repeated for the different links and for different phases of the reference motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Michael G. Taylor, Sergey Bashkirov