Patents by Inventor Phil Carpenter

Phil Carpenter 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).

  • Publication number: 20180181094
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing Internet of Things (“IoT”) functionality. In some embodiments, a computing system or IoT management node might receive sensor data from one or more IoT-capable sensors, analyze the sensor data to determine one or more actions to be taken, and identify one or more devices (e.g., household devices associated with a customer premises; vehicular components associated with a vehicle; devices disposed in, on, or along a roadway; devices disposed throughout a population area; etc.) for performing the determined one or more first actions. The computing system or IoT management node then autonomously controls each of the identified one or more devices to perform tasks based on the determined one or more first actions to be taken, thereby implementing smart environment functionality (e.g., smart home, building, or customer premises functionality, smart vehicle functionality, smart roadway functionality, smart city functionality, and so on).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Tom Funk, Phil Carpenter, Kevin M. McBride, William R. Walker
  • Publication number: 20180181095
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing Internet of Things (“IoT”) functionality. In some embodiments, a computing system or IoT management node might receive sensor data from one or more IoT-capable sensors, analyze the sensor data to determine one or more actions to be taken, and identify one or more devices (e.g., household devices associated with a customer premises; vehicular components associated with a vehicle; devices disposed in, on, or along a roadway; devices disposed throughout a population area; etc.) for performing the determined one or more first actions. The computing system or IoT management node then autonomously controls each of the identified one or more devices to perform tasks based on the determined one or more first actions to be taken, thereby implementing smart environment functionality (e.g., smart home, building, or customer premises functionality, smart vehicle functionality, smart roadway functionality, smart city functionality, and so on).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Tom Funk, Phil Carpenter, Robert J. Morrill, William R. Walker
  • Publication number: 20180178781
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing Internet of Things (“IoT”) functionality. In some embodiments, a computing system or IoT management node might receive sensor data from one or more IoT-capable sensors, analyze the sensor data to determine one or more actions to be taken, and identify one or more devices (e.g., household devices associated with a customer premises; vehicular components associated with a vehicle; devices disposed in, on, or along a roadway; devices disposed throughout a population area; etc.) for performing the determined one or more first actions. The computing system or IoT management node then autonomously controls each of the identified one or more devices to perform tasks based on the determined one or more first actions to be taken, thereby implementing smart environment functionality (e.g., smart home, building, or customer premises functionality, smart vehicle functionality, smart roadway functionality, smart city functionality, and so on).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Tom Funk, Phil Carpenter, William R. Walker
  • Publication number: 20180181091
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing Internet of Things (“IoT”) functionality. In some embodiments, a computing system or IoT management node might receive sensor data from one or more IoT-capable sensors, analyze the sensor data to determine one or more actions to be taken, and identify one or more devices (e.g., household devices associated with a customer premises; vehicular components associated with a vehicle; devices disposed in, on, or along a roadway; devices disposed throughout a population area; etc.) for performing the determined one or more first actions. The computing system or IoT management node then autonomously controls each of the identified one or more devices to perform tasks based on the determined one or more first actions to be taken, thereby implementing smart environment functionality (e.g., smart home, building, or customer premises functionality, smart vehicle functionality, smart roadway functionality, smart city functionality, and so on).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Tom Funk, Phil Carpenter, William R. Walker
  • Patent number: 8163222
    Abstract: A machine head for producing a surface relief on a substrate, the machine head comprising a flexible stamping element having a curved profile and an inverse of the surface relief on its convex side; and the flexibility of the element being such that the inverse of the surface relief can be pressed to become flat and in planar contact with the substrate being pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: API Group PLC
    Inventors: Stephen Done, Ken Shepherd, Phil Carpenter
  • Publication number: 20100213637
    Abstract: A machine head for producing a surface relief on a substrate, the machine head comprising a flexible stamping element having a curved profile and an inverse of the surface relief on its convex side; and the flexibility of the element being such that the inverse of the surface relief can be pressed to become flat and in planar contact with the substrate being pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: API GROUP PLC
    Inventors: Stephen DONE, Ken SHEPHERD, Phil CARPENTER
  • Publication number: 20100196617
    Abstract: A method for producing a patterned surface relief on a substrate, the method comprising the steps of depositing a curable resin on to the substrate; pressing the surface of a first shim in to the resin, the surface of the first shim having an inverse impression profile of a first surface relief; curing the resin within the region pressed by the first shim; and removing the first shim from the resin; wherein one or both of the depositing and curing steps are performed on a first selected area within the region pressed by the first shim such that the surface relief in the resin is formed only within the said first selected area of the said region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: API GROUP PLC
    Inventors: Stephen DONE, Phil CARPENTER