Patents by Inventor RACHEL ANNE NEIMAN
RACHEL ANNE NEIMAN 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: 11956838Abstract: A system and method establishing control of affordances at a workstation. The method includes the steps of storing affordance preferences in a database for a plurality of portable affordance settings that may be present at a workstation, detecting a subset of affordances present within a first zone associated with the workstation, for each detected affordance in the subset, identifying an affordance setting in the database indicating a user preference, and automatically controlling settings of at least each of the detected affordances in the subset to match the user preferences for the detected affordances.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Darrin Sculley, Bo Anderson, Rachel Anne Neiman, Brandon Buckingham
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Patent number: 11690111Abstract: A system and method establishing control of affordances at a workstation. The method includes the steps of storing affordance preferences in a database for a plurality of portable affordance settings that may be present at a workstation, detecting a subset of affordances present within a first zone associated with the workstation, for each detected affordance in the subset, identifying an affordance setting in the database indicating a user preference, and automatically controlling settings of at least each of the detected affordances in the subset to match the user preferences for the detected affordances.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Darrin Sculley, Bo Anderson, Rachel Anne Neiman, Brandon Buckingham
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Patent number: 11330647Abstract: A system and method establishing control of affordances at a workstation. The method includes the steps of storing affordance preferences in a database for a plurality of portable affordance settings that may be present at a workstation, detecting a subset of affordances present within a first zone associated with the workstation, for each detected affordance in the subset, identifying an affordance setting in the database indicating a user preference, and automatically controlling settings of at least each of the detected affordances in the subset to match the user preferences for the detected affordances.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Darrin Sculley, Bo Anderson, Rachel Anne Neiman, Brandon Buckingham
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Publication number: 20200012403Abstract: A system and method establishing control of affordances at a workstation. The method includes the steps of storing affordance preferences in a database for a plurality of portable affordance settings that may be present at a workstation, detecting a subset of affordances present within a first zone associated with the workstation, for each detected affordance in the subset, identifying an affordance setting in the database indicating a user preference, and automatically controlling settings of at least each of the detected affordances in the subset to match the user preferences for the detected affordances.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Darrin Sculley, Bo Anderson, Rachel Anne Neiman, Brandon Buckingham
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Patent number: 10459611Abstract: A method and system for anonymously associating a workstation user's station control preferences with a workstation, the method comprising the steps of correlating anonymous user IDs with user preference sets in a database, obtaining input from a user at a workstation, comparing the user input to the anonymous user IDs to distinguish one distinguished user from other users without determining the identity of the user, accessing the user preference set associated with the distinguished user and controlling workstation affordances per the accessed user preferences while the user is located within a present zone proximate the workstation.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Darrin Sculley, Bo Anderson, Rachel Anne Neiman, Brandon Buckingham
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Patent number: 10253527Abstract: A smart locker includes electronics to operate a user interface, including a keypad, and to receive user commands via the keypad to lock or unlock the smart locker with an electronic lock. The smart locker also receives primary input power and provides direct charging power and wireless charging power for charging electronic devices. The smart locker also is capable of receiving secondary input power to operate the electronic lock in the absence of the primary input power.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: STEELCASE INC.Inventors: Charles Beasley, Rachel Anne Neiman, Felipe Efrain Castaneda Roldan, Robert M. Scheper
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Patent number: 10219614Abstract: A reconfigurable conference table includes an annulus shaped worksurface having radially spaced inner and outer peripheral edges. The inner peripheral edge defines a center opening having a center axis. The worksurface is moveable between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration. The worksurface may include at least three sectors supported by and moveable relative to circumferentially spaced support nodes radially spaced from the center axis. At least two of the support nodes are moveable toward and away from the center axis. First and second monitors, facing inwardly toward the center opening, may be positioned above and below the worksurface. Methods of assembling and reconfiguring the conference table are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: STEELCASE INC.Inventors: Felipe Efrain Castaneda Roldan, Rachel Anne Neiman, Robert Scheper, Eric Arenson
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Patent number: 9921726Abstract: A method and system for anonymously associating a workstation user's station control preferences with a workstation, the method comprising the steps of correlating anonymous user IDs with user preference sets in a database, obtaining input from a user at a workstation, comparing the user input to the anonymous user IDs to distinguish one distinguished user from other users without determining the identity of the user, accessing the user preference set associated with the distinguished user and controlling workstation affordances per the accessed user preferences while the user is located within a present zone proximate the workstation.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Darrin Sculley, Bo Anderson, Rachel Anne Neiman, Brandon Buckingham
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Publication number: 20170356218Abstract: A smart locker includes electronics to operate a user interface, including a keypad, and to receive user commands via the keypad to lock or unlock the smart locker with an electronic lock. The smart locker also receives primary input power and provides direct charging power and wireless charging power for charging electronic devices. The smart locker also is capable of receiving secondary input power to operate the electronic lock in the absence of the primary input power.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: STEELCASE INC.Inventors: Charles Beasley, RACHEL ANNE NEIMAN, FELIPE EFRAIN CASTANEDA ROLDAN, Robert M. SCHEPER
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Publication number: 20170295918Abstract: A reconfigurable conference table includes an annulus shaped worksurface having radially spaced inner and outer peripheral edges. The inner peripheral edge defines a center opening having a center axis. The worksurface is moveable between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration. The worksurface may include at least three sectors supported by and moveable relative to circumferentially spaced support nodes radially spaced from the center axis. At least two of the support nodes are moveable toward and away from the center axis. First and second monitors, facing inwardly toward the center opening, may be positioned above and below the worksurface. Methods of assembling and reconfiguring the conference table are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: STEELCASE INC.Inventors: FELIPE EFRAIN CASTANEDA ROLDAN, RACHEL ANNE NEIMAN, ROBERT SCHEPER, ERIC ARENSON
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Patent number: D808197Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: STEELCASE INC.Inventors: Felipe Efrain Castaneda Roldan, Rachel Anne Neiman, Robert Scheper
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Patent number: D838129Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: STEELCASE INC.Inventors: Felipe Efrain Castaneda Roldan, Rachel Anne Neiman, Robert Scheper
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Patent number: D862127Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Felipe Efrain Castaneda Roldan, Rachel Anne Neiman, Robert Scheper