Patents by Inventor Michael Grandner
Michael Grandner 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).
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Patent number: 12693553Abstract: Methods and devices are described that relate to spectral filters and associated eyewear that are specifically designed to block emissions of circadian-active blue light to reach the observer. An example wearable device includes one or more windows positioned to allow light from a light source to propagate toward a position of a wearer's eyes, and a spectral filter that comprises a coating positioned on one or more sections of the one or more windows. The spectral filter includes a multi-layer stack of dielectric material. The number and thicknesses of the layers are selected to provide designed transmission and blocking characteristics. The designed characteristics include a contiguous blocking region that blocks 98-100% of the circadian-active spectra and two contiguous transmission regions that transmit 80%-100% of the spectral content outside of the circadian-active spectra.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: July 28, 2026Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of ArizonaInventors: Brooke Alexander, Fabian Fernandez, Michael Grandner, Stanley K. H. Pau
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Publication number: 20260076620Abstract: Systems for altering a subject's behavior through a user interface are described herein. Altering a subject's behavior change is done through detecting a signal from a subject indicating that a subject is about to engage in a behavior and initiating a real-time intervention through a user interface before the subject engages in the behavior.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2025Publication date: March 19, 2026Inventors: Kathryn E. R. Kennedy, Michael Grandner, Fabian Fernandez, Ann Skulas-Ray
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Publication number: 20250093683Abstract: Methods and devices are described that rely on interference filter designs to provide a precise and granular spectral behavior by allowing emissions of circadian-active blue and green light to reach a viewer. An example wearable device includes one or more windows positioned to allow light from a light source to propagate toward a position of a wearer's eyes, and a spectral filter that includes a coating positioned on one or more sections of the one or more windows. The spectral filter includes a multi-layer stack of dielectric material with alternate high and low indices of refraction. The number of the layers and a thickness of each layer are selected to provide designed transmission and blocking characteristics to allow circadian-active spectra to reach the wearer's eyes while blocking spectral content other than the circadian-active spectra. The designed transmission and blocking characteristics include a contiguous transmission region and two contiguous blocking regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Michael Grandner, Fabian Fernandez, Brooke Jordan Mason, Stanley K. H. Pau
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Publication number: 20250093684Abstract: Methods and devices are described that relate to spectral filters and associated eyewear that are specifically designed to mitigate the disruptive effects of electric lighting on the circadian clock that can cause sleep deprivation and other physiological and psychological maladies. An example wearable device for viewing a real or virtual environment includes one or more windows positioned and a spectral filter that comprises a coating positioned on one or more sections of the one or more windows. The spectral filter includes a multi-layer stack of dielectric material with alternate high and low indices of refraction. The number of the layers and a thickness of each layer are selected to provide designed transmission and blocking characteristics to block circadian-rhythm-disruptive spectra from reaching the wearer's eyes while providing viewability of the real or virtual environment by allowing light outside of the circadian-rhythm-disruptive spectra to reach the wearer's eyes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Fabian Fernandez, Brooke Jordan Mason, Michael Grandner, Stanley K. H. Pau
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Publication number: 20240377656Abstract: Methods and devices are described that relate to eyewear that are specifically designed to allow emissions of circadian-active green light to reach the observer. An example wearable device includes one or more windows positioned to allow light from a light source to propagate toward a position of a wearer's eyes. and a spectral filter that comprises a coating positioned on one or more sections of the one or more windows. The spectral filter includes a multi-layer stack of dielectric material with alternate high and low indices of refraction. The number thicknesses of the layers are selected to provide designed transmission and blocking characteristics to allow circadian-active spectra to pass through while blocking spectral content other than the circadian-active spectra. The filter characteristics include one contiguous transmission region to transmit 98%-100% of a precisely-selected green region and two contiguous blocking regions that block 80-100% of the remaining spectral content.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventors: Fabian Fernandez, Michael Grandner, Brooke Jordan Mason, Stanley K. H. Pau
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Publication number: 20240369856Abstract: Methods and devices are described that relate to spectral filters and associated eyewear that are specifically designed to block emissions of circadian-active blue light to reach the observer. An example wearable device that includes one or more windows, and a spectral filter that comprises a coating positioned on one or more sections of the one or more windows. The spectral filter includes a multi-layer stack of dielectric material with alternate high and low indices of refraction. The number of the layers and a thickness of each layer are selected to provide designed transmission and blocking characteristics to block circadian-active spectra while allowing spectral content outside of the circadian-active spectra to pass through the spectral filter. The spectral filter further includes an additional layer to effectuate a particular color such as the color pink.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: November 7, 2024Inventors: Brooke Jordan Mason, Fabian Fernandez, Michael Grandner, Stanley K. H. Pau
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Publication number: 20240345422Abstract: Methods and devices are described that relate to spectral filters and associated eyewear that are specifically designed to block emissions of circadian-active blue light to reach the observer. An example wearable device includes one or more windows positioned to allow light from a light source to propagate toward a position of a wearer's eyes, and a spectral filter that comprises a coating positioned on one or more sections of the one or more windows. The spectral filter includes a multi-layer stack of dielectric material. The number and thicknesses of the layers are selected to provide designed transmission and blocking characteristics. The designed characteristics include a contiguous blocking region that blocks 98-100% of the circadian-active spectra and two contiguous transmission regions that transmit 80%-100% of the spectral content outside of the circadian-active spectra.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: October 17, 2024Inventors: Brooke Jordan Mason, Fabian Fernandez, Michael Grandner, Stanley K. H. Pau
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Patent number: 11957480Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods for sleep optimization are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the system includes one or more peripheral devices, a network, one or more networked computers, and one or more remote servers. The peripheral devices and/or the networked computers collect one or more types of sleep data, calculate one or more sleep parameters, and transmit said sleep parameters to the one or more remote servers. The remote servers then perform calculations to determine optimal sleep recommendations. The sleep recommendations are then output to one or more networked computers and/or one or more peripheral devices as adjustments to sleep time and sleep duration.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, The Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaInventors: Michael Grandner, Michael Perlis
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Publication number: 20220338799Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods for sleep optimization are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the system includes one or more peripheral devices, a network, one or more networked computers, and one or more remote servers. The peripheral devices and/or the networked computers collect one or more types of sleep data, calculate one or more sleep parameters, and transmit said sleep parameters to the one or more remote servers. The remote servers then perform calculations to determine optimal sleep recommendations. The sleep recommendations are then output to one or more networked computers and/or one or more peripheral devices as adjustments to sleep time and sleep duration.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Michael Grandner, Michael Perlis
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Patent number: 11382560Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods for sleep optimization are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the system includes one or more peripheral devices, a network, one or more networked computers, and one or more remote servers. The peripheral devices and/or the networked computers collect one or more types of sleep data, calculate one or more sleep parameters, and transmit said sleep parameters to the one or more remote servers. The remote servers then perform calculations to determine optimal sleep recommendations. The sleep recommendations are then output to one or more networked computers and/or one or more peripheral devices as adjustments to sleep time and sleep duration.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignees: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of ArizonaInventors: Michael Grandner, Michael Perlis
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Publication number: 20200305787Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods for sleep optimization are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the system includes one or more peripheral devices, a network, one or more networked computers, and one or more remote servers. The peripheral devices and/or the networked computers collect one or more types of sleep data, calculate one or more sleep parameters, and transmit said sleep parameters to the one or more remote servers. The remote servers then perform calculations to determine optimal sleep recommendations. The sleep recommendations are then output to one or more networked computers and/or one or more peripheral devices as adjustments to sleep time and sleep duration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Michael Grandner, Michael Perlis