Patents by Inventor Michael Pickett

Michael Pickett 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: 12201387
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for discretizing a movement or a motion of one or more robotic arms. The system may comprise a robotic arm, an end effector coupled to a distal portion of the robotic arm, and a trocar through which the end effector may be inserted. The trocar may comprise a trocar reference point. The system may further comprise a processor configured to (i) determine a starting position and a destination position of a distal end of the end effector, (ii) determine a path between the starting position and the destination position, (iii) determine a plurality of points along the path, and (iv) determine a set of motions to move the distal end of the end effector from the starting position to the destination position, based at least in part on the trocar reference point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: ACTIV Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Pickett, Vasiliy Buharin, Hossein Dehghani
  • Publication number: 20220175471
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for discretizing a movement or a motion of one or more robotic arms. The system may comprise a robotic arm, an end effector coupled to a distal portion of the robotic arm, and a trocar through which the end effector may be inserted. The trocar may comprise a trocar reference point. The system may further comprise a processor configured to (i) determine a starting position and a destination position of a distal end of the end effector, (ii) determine a path between the starting position and the destination position, (iii) determine a plurality of points along the path, and (iv) determine a set of motions to move the distal end of the end effector from the starting position to the destination position, based at least in part on the trocar reference point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Pickett, Vasiliy Buharin, Hossein Dehghani
  • Publication number: 20210073800
    Abstract: The coin-basis engine is used to determine crypto currency basis functions as a real time calculator and index for real-time basis determination and value tracking for any crypto currency. The coin-basis engine analyzes blockchain transactions for a heterogenous mix of blockchain based or digital crypto-currencies, market events, currency exchanges and related property/trade transactions to determine taxable basis and taxable gains of crypto currency tokens. The key components of the coin-basis are the Artificial intelligence (AI) based Coin-basis engine, gateway routers and the blockchain database/ledger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Carl B. Ingram, Michael Pickett, Tom Brown
  • Patent number: 10632626
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a biologically-inspired robotic device comprising: a first member; a second member pivotably connected to the first member; one or more actuators; and a coupler/decoupler mechanism (CDC) selectively coupling or decoupling of the one or more actuators to the second member, such that, when the one or more actuators are coupled to the second member, the one or more actuators act to pivot the second member relative to the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Marko B. Popovic, Matthew Paul Bowers, Thane Robert Hunt, Lynn Robert Koesterman, Michael Pickett, Richard Matthew Rafferty, Saivimal Sridar, Seiichiro Ueda, Varun Visnudas Verlencar, Amaid Zia, Ananth Jonnavittula
  • Publication number: 20200013049
    Abstract: The coin-basis engine is used to determine crypto currency basis functions as a real time calculator and index for real-time basis determination and value tracking for any crypto currency. The coin-basis engine analyzes blockchain transactions for a heterogenous mix of blockchain based or digital crypto-currencies, market events, currency exchanges and related property/trade transactions to determine taxable basis and taxable gains of crypto currency tokens. The key components of the coin-basis are the Artificial intelligence (AI) based Coin-basis engine, gateway routers and the blockchain database/ledger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Carl B. Ingram, Michael Pickett, Tom Brown
  • Publication number: 20170368696
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a biologically-inspired robotic device comprising: a first member; a second member pivotably connected to the first member; one or more actuators; and a coupler/decoupler mechanism (CDC) selectively coupling or decoupling of the one or more actuators to the second member, such that, when the one or more actuators are coupled to the second member, the one or more actuators act to pivot the second member relative to the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Marko B. Popovic, Matthew Paul Bowers, Thane Robert Hunt, Lynn Robert Koesterman, Michael Pickett, Richard Matthew Rafferty, Saivimal Sridar, Seiichiro Ueda, Varun Visnudas Verlencar, Amaid Zia, Ananth Jonnavittula
  • Patent number: 8000856
    Abstract: A diagnostic system for a vehicle comprises a refueling indicator module and a diagnostic module. The refueling indicator module selectively indicates when a refueling event occurs. The diagnostic module selectively diagnoses a fault in a fuel door position sensor when the fuel door position sensor indicates that a fuel door is in one of an open position for less than a first predetermined period when the refueling event occurs and a closed position for greater than a second predetermined period when the refueling event occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Inventors: John F. Larsen, Zhong Wang, Michael Pickett, Lan Wang, Richard E. Parsons, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20090216400
    Abstract: A diagnostic system for a vehicle comprises a refueling indicator module and a diagnostic module. The refueling indicator module selectively indicates when a refueling event occurs. The diagnostic module selectively diagnoses a fault in a fuel door position sensor when the fuel door position sensor indicates that a fuel door is in one of an open position for less than a first predetermined period when the refueling event occurs and a closed position for greater than a second predetermined period when the refueling event occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: John F. Larsen, Zhong Wang, Michael Pickett, Lan Wang, Richard E. Parsons, JR.