Patents by Inventor Michael James Wilson
Michael James Wilson 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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Publication number: 20240168162Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses and methods for a rotating optical reflector. Optical systems may have a limited field of view, and so in order to expand the area that the optical system collects data from, the field of view of the optical system may be scanned across a target area. The present disclosure is directed to a rotating optical reflector, which includes a transmissive layer which refracts light onto a reflective layer, which has a normal which is not parallel to the axis about which the optical reflector is rotated. The optical reflector may be both statically and dynamically balanced, which may allow an increased size of the optical reflector, which in turn may increase the aperture of an optical system (e.g., a lidar system) using the rotating optical reflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: Bridger Photonics, Inc.Inventors: Peter Aaron Roos, Michael James Thorpe, Aaron Thomas Kreitinger, Christopher Ray Wilson
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Publication number: 20240108446Abstract: According to one aspect, an electric toothbrush may include a handle, a brush head, a rechargeable battery, an electric motor, and a pair of electrical contacts. The handle may have a first end region and a second end region defining a longitudinal axis therebetween, the handle defining a volume from the first end region to the second end region. The brush head may include bristles, the brush head releasably securable to the first end region of the handle. The rechargeable battery may be in the volume. The electric motor may be at least partially disposed in the volume, the electric motor in electrical communication with the rechargeable battery, the electric motor in mechanical communication with the brush head. The pair of electrical contacts may be in electrical communication with the rechargeable battery, and the pair of electrical contacts axially and radially spaced from one another, relative to the longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Michael J. LAWLOR, Jonathan Henry FRATTI, Eric Glenn HARSH, Simon J. M. ENEVER, William MAY, Sean James WILSON, Jonathan Pradeep AUSTIN, James C. KRAUSE, Paul B. KOH
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Publication number: 20240112413Abstract: A room manager can generate mappings for a real-world room that support a shared XR environment. For example, the real-world room can include real-world objects and surfaces, such as a table(s), chair(s), wall(s), door(s), window(s), etc. The room manager can generate XR object definitions based on information received about the real-world room, object(s), and surface(s). For example, the room manager can implement a flow that guides a user equipped with an XR system to provide information for the XR object definitions, such as real-world surfaces that map to the XR object(s), borders (e.g., measured using a component of the XR system), such as borders on real-world surfaces, semantic information (e.g., number of seat assignments at an XR table, size of XR objects, etc.), and other suitable information. Implementations generate previews of the shared XR environment, such as a local preview and a remote preview.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Björn WANBO, Michael James LEBEAU, William Arthur Hugh STEPTOE, Jonathan MALLINSON, Steven James WILSON, Vasanth Kumar RAJENDRAN, Vasyl BARAN
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Publication number: 20240112414Abstract: A room manager can generate mappings for a real-world room that support a shared XR environment. For example, the real-world room can include real-world objects and surfaces, such as a table(s), chair(s), wall(s), door(s), window(s), etc. The room manager can generate XR object definitions based on information received about the real-world room, object(s), and surface(s). For example, the room manager can implement a flow that guides a user equipped with an XR system to provide information for the XR object definitions, such as real-world surfaces that map to the XR object(s), borders (e.g., measured using a component of the XR system), such as borders on real-world surfaces, semantic information (e.g., number of seat assignments at an XR table, size of XR objects, etc.), and other suitable information. Implementations generate previews of the shared XR environment, such as a local preview and a remote preview.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Björn WANBO, Michael James LEBEAU, William Arthur Hugh STEPTOE, Jonathan MALLINSON, Steven James WILSON, Vasanth Kumar RAJENDRAN, Vasyl BARAN
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Publication number: 20240112412Abstract: A room manager can generate mappings for a real-world room that support a shared XR environment. For example, the real-world room can include real-world objects and surfaces, such as a table(s), chair(s), wall(s), door(s), window(s), etc. The room manager can generate XR object definitions based on information received about the real-world room, object(s), and surface(s). For example, the room manager can implement a flow that guides a user equipped with an XR system to provide information for the XR object definitions, such as real-world surfaces that map to the XR object(s), borders (e.g., measured using a component of the XR system), such as borders on real-world surfaces, semantic information (e.g., number of seat assignments at an XR table, size of XR objects, etc.), and other suitable information. Implementations generate previews of the shared XR environment, such as a local preview and a remote preview.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Björn WANBO, Michael James LEBEAU, William Arthur Hugh STEPTOE, Jonathan MALLINSON, Steven James WILSON, Vasanth Kumar RAJENDRAN, Vasyl BARAN
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Patent number: 11921211Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses and methods for a rotating optical reflector. Optical systems may have a limited field of view, and so in order to expand the area that the optical system collects data from, the field of view of the optical system may be scanned across a target area. The present disclosure is directed to a rotating optical reflector, which includes a transmissive layer which refracts light onto a reflective layer, which has a normal which is not parallel to the axis about which the optical reflector is rotated. The optical reflector may be both statically and dynamically balanced, which may allow an increased size of the optical reflector, which in turn may increase the aperture of an optical system (e.g., a lidar system) using the rotating optical reflector.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Bridger Photonics, Inc.Inventors: Peter Aaron Roos, Michael James Thorpe, Aaron Thomas Kreitinger, Christopher Ray Wilson
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Patent number: 9783992Abstract: A spacer for use in spacing a cladding component from a building component has a support member, a base spaced apart from the support member, the base having a contact surface facing away from the support member, a web connected between the support member and the base, and a guide configured to locate the cladding component on the support member. A plurality of the spacers can be used by resiliently deforming them to accommodate and retain by restorative bias force a corresponding plurality of portions of the cladding component. Thereafter, the spacers are secured to the building component.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Cascadia Fiberglass Inc.Inventors: Roberto Bombino, Kevin Joseph Michael Ganzert, Warren Samuel Knowles, Edward Peter Thiessen, Michael James Wilson
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Publication number: 20170051512Abstract: A spacer for use in spacing a cladding component from a building component has a support member, a base spaced apart from the support member, the base having a contact surface facing away from the support member, a web connected between the support member and the base, and a guide configured to locate the cladding component on the support member. A plurality of the spacers can be used by resiliently deforming them to accommodate and retain by restorative bias force a corresponding plurality of portions of the cladding component. Thereafter, the spacers are secured to the building component.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Roberto BOMBINO, Kevin Joseph Michael GANZERT, Warren Samuel KNOWLES, Edward Peter THIESSEN, Michael James WILSON
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Patent number: 9499974Abstract: A spacer for use in spacing a cladding component from a building component has a support member, a base spaced apart from the support member, the base having a contact surface facing away from the support member, a web connected between the support member and the base, and a guide configured to locate the cladding component on the support member. A plurality of the spacers can be used by resiliently deforming them to accommodate and retain by restorative bias force a corresponding plurality of portions of the cladding component. Thereafter, the spacers are secured to the building component.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2012Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Cascadia Fiberglass Inc.Inventors: Roberto Bombino, Kevin Joseph Michael Ganzert, Warren Samuel Knowles, Edward Peter Thiessen, Michael James Wilson
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Publication number: 20130174506Abstract: A spacer for use in spacing a cladding component from a building component has a support member, a base spaced apart from the support member, the base having a contact surface facing away from the support member, a web connected between the support member and the base, and a guide configured to locate the cladding component on the support member. A plurality of the spacers can be used by resiliently deforming them to accommodate and retain by restorative bias force a corresponding plurality of portions of the cladding component. Thereafter, the spacers are secured to the building component.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2012Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicant: CASCADIA WINDOWS LTD.Inventors: Roberto Bombino, Kevin Joseph Michael Ganzert, Warren Samuel Knowles, Edward Peter Thiessen, Michael James Wilson
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Patent number: D666894Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2011Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Cascadia Windows, Ltd.Inventors: Roberto Bombino, Kevin Joseph Michael Ganzert, Warren Samuel Knowles, Edward Peter Thiessen, Michael James Wilson