Patents by Inventor Paul Balutis
Paul Balutis 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: 11779475Abstract: An improvement to a prosthetic device which provides a spring member between first and second structural members that are rotatably connected to one another, the spring member providing predictable resistance as it is compressed by the rotation of the first and second structural members with respect to each other. The known resistance of the spring is used as an input to a model controlling a motor control circuit to provide counter-torque as rotational torque is applied to compress the spring.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Otto Bock Healthcare LPInventors: Weston Smith, Christopher Morse, Paul Balutis
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Publication number: 20210386563Abstract: An improvement to a prosthetic device which provides a spring member between first and second structural members that are rotatably connected to one another, the spring member providing predictable resistance as it is compressed by the rotation of the first and second structural members with respect to each other. The known resistance of the spring is used as an input to a model controlling a motor control circuit to provide counter-torque as rotational torque is applied to compress the spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Weston Smith, Christopher Morse, Paul Balutis
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Patent number: 11109986Abstract: An improvement to a prosthetic device which provides a spring member between first and second structural members that are rotatably connected to one another, the spring member providing predictable resistance as it is compressed by the rotation of the first and second structural members with respect to each other. The known resistance of the spring is used as an input to a model controlling a motor control circuit to provide counter-torque as rotational torque is applied to compress the spring.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Otto Bock Healthcare LPInventors: Weston Smith, Christopher Morse, Paul Balutis
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Publication number: 20190321200Abstract: An improvement to a prosthetic device which provides a spring member between first and second structural members that are rotatably connected to one another, the spring member providing predictable resistance as it is compressed by the rotation of the first and second structural members with respect to each other. The known resistance of the spring is used as an input to a model controlling a motor control circuit to provide counter-torque as rotational torque is applied to compress the spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Weston Smith, Christopher Morse, Paul Balutis
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Patent number: 10335292Abstract: An improvement to a prosthetic device which provides a spring member between first and second structural members that are rotatably connected to one another, the spring member providing predictable resistance as it is compressed by the rotation of the first and second structural members with respect to each other. The known resistance of the spring is used as an input to a model controlling a motor control circuit to provide counter-torque as rotational torque is applied to compress the spring.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Bionx Medical Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Weston Smith, Christopher Morse, Paul Balutis
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Publication number: 20190070021Abstract: An improvement to a prosthetic device which provides a spring member between first and second structural members that are rotatably connected to one another, the spring member providing predictable resistance as it is compressed by the rotation of the first and second structural members with respect to each other. The known resistance of the spring is used as an input to a model controlling a motor control circuit to provide counter-torque as rotational torque is applied to compress the spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2017Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: Bionx Medical Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Weston Smith, Christopher Morse, Paul Balutis
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Patent number: 9538702Abstract: A method of mowing multiple areas includes training the robotic mower to move across a space separating at least two areas, and initiating a mowing operation. Training the robotic mower to move across the space separating the areas includes moving the robotic mower to a traversal launch point of a first of the areas, storing data indicative of location of the traversal launch point, moving the robotic mower to a traversal landing point of a second of the areas, and storing data indicative of location of the traversal landing point. The mowing operation causes the robotic mower to autonomously and in sequence mow the first of the areas, move to the traversal launch point, move from the traversal launch point across the space to the traversal landing point, and then mow the second of the areas.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: iRobot CorporationInventors: Paul Balutis, Andrew Beaulieu, Brian Yamauchi
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Patent number: 9516806Abstract: A method of mowing an area with an autonomous mowing robot comprises storing, in non-transient memory of the robot, a set of geospatially referenced perimeter data corresponding to positions of the mowing robot as the mowing robot is guided about a perimeter of an area to be mowed, removing from the set of perimeter data one or more data points thereby creating a redacted data set and controlling the mowing robot to autonomously mow an area bounded by a boundary corresponding to the redacted data set, including altering direction of the mowing robot at or near a position corresponding to data in the redacted data set so as to redirect the robot back into the bounded area.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: iRobot CorporationInventors: Brian Yamauchi, Andrew Beaulieu, Paul Balutis
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Publication number: 20160174459Abstract: A method of mowing multiple areas includes training the robotic mower to move across a space separating at least two areas, and initiating a mowing operation. Training the robotic mower to move across the space separating the areas includes moving the robotic mower to a traversal launch point of a first of the areas, storing data indicative of location of the traversal launch point, moving the robotic mower to a traversal landing point of a second of the areas, and storing data indicative of location of the traversal landing point. The mowing operation causes the robotic mower to autonomously and in sequence mow the first of the areas, move to the traversal launch point, move from the traversal launch point across the space to the traversal landing point, and then mow the second of the areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Paul Balutis, Andrew Beaulieu, Brian Yamauchi
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Publication number: 20160165795Abstract: A method of mapping an area to be mowed with an autonomous mowing robot comprises receiving mapping data from a robot lawnmower, the mapping data specifying an area to be mowed and a plurality of locations of beacons positioned within the area to be mowed, and receiving at least first and second geographic coordinates for first and second reference points that are within the area and are specified in the mapping data. The mapping data is aligned to a coordinate system of a map image of the area using the first and second geographic coordinates. The map image is displayed based on aligning the mapping data to the coordinate system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Paul Balutis, Andrew Beaulieu, Brian Yamauchi, Karl Jeffrey Karlson, Dominic Hugh Jones
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Publication number: 20160100522Abstract: A method of mowing an area with an autonomous mowing robot comprises storing, in non-transient memory of the robot, a set of geospatially referenced perimeter data corresponding to positions of the mowing robot as the mowing robot is guided about a perimeter of an area to be mowed, removing from the set of perimeter data one or more data points thereby creating a redacted data set and controlling the mowing robot to autonomously mow an area bounded by a boundary corresponding to the redacted data set, including altering direction of the mowing robot at or near a position corresponding to data in the redacted data set so as to redirect the robot back into the bounded area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2014Publication date: April 14, 2016Inventors: Brian Yamauchi, Andrew Beaulieu, Paul Balutis