Patents by Inventor Patrick Kessler
Patrick Kessler 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: 20230089080Abstract: A desktop computing system having at least a central core surrounded by housing having a shape that defines a volume in which the central core resides is described. The housing includes a first opening and a second opening axially displaced from the first opening. The first opening having a size and shape in accordance with an amount of airflow used as a heat transfer medium for cooling internal components, the second opening defined by a lip that engages a portion of the airflow in such a way that at least some of the heat transferred to the air flow from the internal components is passed to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Eugene A. Whang, Christopher J. Stringer, Brett W. Degner, David H. Narajowski, Patrick Kessler, Eric R. Prather, Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski, Adam T. Stagnaro, Daniel L. McBroom, Matthew P. Casebolt, Michael D. McBroom
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Patent number: 11592836Abstract: A system includes at least partially autonomous vehicles, at least partially separated interconnected roadways, and a management system. Each of the vehicles is configured to cooperate with another vehicle or an area controller. The management system is configured to receive requests to transport, which may have respective start points and respective destinations. Additionally, the management system is configured, responsive to receiving the request, to assign a vehicle to fulfill the request. The assigned vehicle is configured to transport a person from the respective start point, at least in part via the interconnected roadways, to the respective destination.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Glydways Inc.Inventors: Peter Robert Williams, Patrick Kessler, Lars Herold
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Publication number: 20220402154Abstract: In certain embodiments, a personal care device can include a housing, a functional assembly attached to the housing, a motor disposed within the housing and operatively connected to the functional assembly to move one or more components of the functional assembly, and a switch configured to move between at least two states.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Anthony Ashcroft, Joshua Funamura, Jonathan P. Ive, Patrick Kessler, Eugene Whang, Christopher Wilson, Suhang Zhou
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Publication number: 20220297515Abstract: A vehicle may include a frame structure, a body mounted to the frame structure, and a door structure defining a first side segment defining a portion of a first side of the vehicle, a second side segment defining a portion of a second side of the vehicle opposite the first side, and a roof segment extending from the first side segment to the second side segment and defining a portion of a top of the vehicle. The vehicle may also include a door mechanism coupled to the door structure and configured to move the door structure between a closed position and an open position, relative to the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Erik Shahoian, Patrick Kessler
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Publication number: 20220253074Abstract: A system includes at least partially autonomous vehicles, at least partially separated interconnected roadways, and a management system. Each of the vehicles is configured to cooperate with another vehicle or an area controller. The management system is configured to receive requests to transport, which may have respective start points and respective destinations. Additionally, the management system is configured, responsive to receiving the request, to assign a vehicle to fulfill the request. The assigned vehicle is configured to transport a person from the respective start point, at least in part via the interconnected roadways, to the respective destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Peter Robert Williams, Patrick Kessler, Lars Herold
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Patent number: 11403854Abstract: An operating assistance method for a working device or for a vehicle. Object boxes for an object in a field of view of the working device are obtained at consecutive times. From object boxes of a given object, for images recorded in succession or direct succession, an instantaneous change of scale of an object box for the specific object, and an instantaneous lateral change of position of the object box for the specific object, are determined. An object box predicted in the future is determined from the current change of scale, and from the instantaneous lateral change in position for an object box for a specific object. The position of the predicted object box and/or the ratio of a lateral extension of the predicted object box to a lateral extension of a covered field of view and/or of the recorded images are determined and evaluated.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Jens Roeder, Michael Kessler, Patrick Koegel, Steffen Brueggert
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Patent number: 11358445Abstract: A vehicle may include a frame structure, a body mounted to the frame structure, and a door structure defining a first side segment defining a portion of a first side of the vehicle, a second side segment defining a portion of a second side of the vehicle opposite the first side, and a roof segment extending from the first side segment to the second side segment and defining a portion of a top of the vehicle. The vehicle may also include a door mechanism coupled to the door structure and configured to move the door structure between a closed position and an open position, relative to the body.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Glydways, Inc.Inventors: Erik Shahoian, Patrick Kessler
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Publication number: 20220147121Abstract: A desktop computing system having at least a central core surrounded by housing having a shape that defines a volume in which the central core resides is described. The housing includes a first opening and a second opening axially displaced from the first opening. The first opening having a size and shape in accordance with an amount of airflow used as a heat transfer medium for cooling internal components, the second opening defined by a lip that engages a portion of the airflow in such a way that at least some of the heat transferred to the air flow from the internal components is passed to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Eugene A. Whang, Christopher J. Stringer, Brett W. Degner, David H. Narajowski, Patrick Kessler, Eric R. Prather, Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski, Adam T. Stagnaro, Daniel L. McBroom, Matthew P. Casebolt, Michael D. McBroom
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Patent number: 11256306Abstract: A desktop computing system having at least a central core surrounded by housing having a shape that defines a volume in which the central core resides is described. The housing includes a first opening and a second opening axially displaced from the first opening. The first opening having a size and shape in accordance with an amount of airflow used as a heat transfer medium for cooling internal components, the second opening defined by a lip that engages a portion of the airflow in such a way that at least some of the heat transferred to the air flow from the internal components is passed to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Eugene A. Whang, Christopher J. Stringer, Brett W. Degner, David H. Narajowski, Patrick Kessler, Eric R. Prather, Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski, Adam T. Stagnaro, Daniel L. McBroom, Matthew P. Casebolt, Michael D. McBroom
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Publication number: 20220051568Abstract: A method of assigning a vehicle to a trip request in a transportation system including a plurality of vehicles configured to autonomously navigate along a roadway may include receiving, at a dispatch server system of the transportation system, a trip request. The trip request may include an origin location, a destination location, and a requested vehicle arrival time. The method may further include identifying a subset of vehicles from the plurality of vehicles, each respective vehicle in the identified subset of vehicles having sufficient energy to travel from the origin location to the destination location and having a respective estimated time of arrival at the origin location corresponding to a time at which the origin location is predicted to have available boarding capacity. The method may further include choosing, from the subset of vehicles, a selected vehicle having an earliest estimated time of arrival at the origin location.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventor: Patrick Kessler
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Publication number: 20220026924Abstract: A system includes at least partially autonomous vehicles, at least partially separated interconnected roadways, and a management system. Each of the vehicles is configured to cooperate with another vehicle or an area controller. The management system is configured to receive requests to transport, which may have respective start points and respective destinations. Additionally, the management system is configured, responsive to receiving the request, to assign a vehicle to fulfill the request. The assigned vehicle is configured to transport a person from the respective start point, at least in part via the interconnected roadways, to the respective destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Peter Robert Williams, Patrick Kessler, Lars Herold
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Publication number: 20210394748Abstract: A method of decelerating a plurality of vehicles along a roadway may include, at a first vehicle, receiving, from an adjacent downstream vehicle, a first braking initiation signal and a first deceleration value indicating a deceleration rate of the adjacent downstream vehicle, determining a first distance to the adjacent downstream vehicle, and determining, based at least in part on the first distance, a second deceleration value configured to prevent the first vehicle from colliding with the adjacent downstream vehicle. The method may further include in accordance with a determination that the second deceleration value is greater than or equal to an upper deceleration value, decelerating at the upper deceleration value, and, in accordance with a determination that the second deceleration value is less than the upper deceleration value and greater than a lower deceleration target, decelerating at the second deceleration value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventor: Patrick Kessler
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Patent number: 11169538Abstract: A system includes at least partially autonomous vehicles, at least partially separated interconnected roadways, and a management system. Each of the vehicles is configured to cooperate with another vehicle or an area controller. The management system is configured to receive requests to transport, which may have respective start points and respective destinations. Additionally, the management system is configured, responsive to receiving the request, to assign a vehicle to fulfill the request. The assigned vehicle is configured to transport a person from the respective start point, at least in part via the interconnected roadways, to the respective destination.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Glydways, Inc.Inventors: Peter Robert Williams, Patrick Kessler, Lars Herold
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Publication number: 20210294352Abstract: A method of navigating a plurality of vehicles along a roadway includes, at a first vehicle, navigating along a section of a roadway by following a first moving position-target, the first moving position-target determined in accordance with a first tracking function defining position along the section of the roadway as a function of time, and at a second vehicle, navigating along the section of the roadway by following a second moving position-target, the second moving position-target determined in accordance with a second tracking function defining position along the section of the roadway as a function of time. A distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle may change as the first vehicle and the second vehicle navigate along the section of the roadway.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventor: Patrick Kessler
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Patent number: 10983650Abstract: A dynamic input surface for an electronic device and a method of reconfiguring the same is disclosed. The input surface has a partially-flexible metal contact portion defining an input area, and a group of indicators. The indicators may be group of holes extending through the contact portion. The group of holes may be selectively illuminated based on a gesture performed on the contact portion. A size of the input area may be dynamically varied based on the gesture. Additionally, the group of indicators indicates a boundary of the input area.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Brett W. Degner, Daniel D. Sunshine, Ron A. Hopkinson, Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, William F. Leggett, Patrick Kessler
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Patent number: 10817062Abstract: Electronic devices may use touch pads that have touch sensor arrays, force sensors, and actuators for providing tactile feedback. A touch pad may be mounted in a computer housing. The touch pad may have a rectangular planar touch pad member that has a glass layer covered with ink and contains a capacitive touch sensor array. Force sensors may be mounted under each of the four corners of the rectangular planar touch pad member. The force sensors may be used to measure how much force is applied to the surface of the planar touch pad member by a user. Processed force sensor signals may indicate the presence of button activity such as press and release events. In response to detected button activity or other activity in the device, actuator drive signals may be generated for controlling the actuator. The user may supply settings to adjust signal processing and tactile feedback parameters.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Avi Cieplinski, Brett W. Degner, Duncan Kerr, Patrick Kessler, Paul Puskarich, Marcelo H. Coelho, Aleksandar Pance
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Patent number: 10762751Abstract: A fabric-based electronic device may include an electronic device housing coupled to fabric. Control circuitry may be mounted in the electronic device housing and may control the movement of an output device in the fabric that provides tactile output to a user. For example, the output device may include a wire enclosed within a flexible tube. The flexible tube may be intertwined with fibers in the fabric. The wire may include a kink or other irregularity that presses against the inner surface of the flexible tube. When the wire is rotated or moved into an appropriate position, the kink may press against the inner surface of the tube, which in turn forms a protrusion on the fabric. The protrusion may press against the user's body and may therefore be used to obtain the attention of a user that is wearing or holding the fabric-based electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Patrick Kessler, Daniel A. Podhajny
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Publication number: 20200257375Abstract: A dynamic input surface for an electronic device and a method of reconfiguring the same is disclosed. The input surface has a partially-flexible metal contact portion defining an input area, and a group of indicators. The indicators may be group of holes extending through the contact portion. The group of holes may be selectively illuminated based on a gesture performed on the contact portion. A size of the input area may be dynamically varied based on the gesture. Additionally, the group of indicators indicates a boundary of the input area.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Brett W. Degner, Daniel D. Sunshine, Ron A. Hopkinson, Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, William F. Leggett, Patrick Kessler
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Patent number: 10683677Abstract: An intelligent door lock system that permits both electronic and manual control of a deadbolt. The door lock system can include an inner bezel assembly, an outer bezel assembly, and a deadbolt assembly, where the deadbolt assembly can be coupled to the outer bezel assembly via a twist-lock feature. The inner bezel assembly also includes a puck assembly that seats within an inner bezel. The puck assembly can be retained within or released from the inner bezel via a latch assembly. The outer bezel assembly includes a display assembly that seats within an outer bezel. The outer bezel is coupled to a motor chassis assembly that includes a motor and gear assembly having a series of gears that translate movement of dial elements or a motor into movement of a bolt element between locked and unlocked positions.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Otto LLCInventors: Joshua Funamura, Nicolas Pedro Lylyk, Patrick Kessler, Eric Jadallah, Jordan Fountain, Robert Sean Murphy, Phillip Satterfield, Greg Springer, David Morgenstern
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Patent number: 10656719Abstract: A dynamic input surface for an electronic device and a method of reconfiguring the same is disclosed. The input surface has a partially-flexible metal contact portion defining an input area, and a group of indicators. The indicators may be group of holes extending through the contact portion. The group of holes may be selectively illuminated based on a gesture performed on the contact portion. A size of the input area may be dynamically varied based on the gesture. Additionally, the group of indicators indicates a boundary of the input area.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Brett W. Degner, Daniel D. Sunshine, Ron A. Hopkinson, Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, William F. Leggett, Patrick Kessler