Patents by Inventor Richard H. Cavallaro
Richard H. Cavallaro 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: 20240191983Abstract: A sensor system and a method of operating a sensor system including a plurality of sensors tracking a moving object in an area having known bounding surfaces. The apparatus and method calculate a time-specific position of the object based on data and sensor parameters from at least two of the plurality of sensors and determine errors between the calculated time-specific positions calculated. The method and apparatus calculate a minimum system error attributable to the at least two sensors by constraining at least one dimension in the data of the sensor used in the calculated time-specific position of the object associated with the sensor, the constraining based on an object/surface interaction, the minimum system error calculated by solving for modified sensor parameters for each sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2024Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: SportsMEDIA Technology CorporationInventors: Roger R. Labbe, Divya Ramakrishnan, Lavanya Sridharan, Richard H. Cavallaro, Marvin S. WHITE
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Publication number: 20240149126Abstract: A hockey puck is disclosed including an internal signal transmitter enabling instantaneous identification of its position as it moves around. The puck includes two molded subcomponents, which encapsulate the signal transmitter. The signal transmitter includes driver electronics and a number of signal transmitters which together generate and emit an electromagnetic signal. The electromagnetic signal is emitted by a plurality of diodes mounted in light pipes enclosed within cavities in the subcomponents that extend to outer surfaces of the hockey puck components. The puck includes two subcomponents that are attached via complimentary sets of concentrically arranged wedges.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: SportsMEDIA Technology CorporationInventors: Gerard J. Hall, Kirk Brown, Kent Mason, Richard H. Cavallaro, Jim Doeden
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Publication number: 20240142622Abstract: A system simultaneously tracks multiple objects. All or a subset of the objects includes a wireless receiver and a transmitter for providing an output. The system includes one or more wireless transmitters that send commands to the wireless receivers of the multiple objects instructing different subsets of the multiple objects to output (via their respective transmitter) at different times. The system also includes object sensors that receive output from the transmitters of the multiple objects and a computer system in communication with the object sensors. The computer system calculates locations of the multiple objects based on the sensed output from the multiple objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: SportsMEDIA Technology CorporationInventors: Richard H. Cavallaro, James Orville McGuffin, John Roy Borton
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Patent number: 11913768Abstract: A sensor system and a method of operating a sensor system including a plurality of sensors tracking a moving object in an area having known bounding surfaces. The apparatus and method calculate a time-specific position of the object based on data and sensor parameters from at least two of the plurality of sensors and determine errors between the calculated time-specific positions calculated. The method and apparatus calculate a minimum system error attributable to the at least two sensors by constraining at least one dimension in the data of the sensor used in the calculated time-specific position of the object associated with the sensor, the constraining based on an object/surface interaction, the minimum system error calculated by solving for modified sensor parameters for each sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: SPORTSMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Roger R. Labbe, Divya Ramakrishnan, Lavanya Sridharan, Richard H. Cavallaro, Marvin S. White
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Patent number: 11874373Abstract: A system simultaneously tracks multiple objects. All or a subset of the objects includes a wireless receiver and a transmitter for providing an output. The system includes one or more wireless transmitters that send commands to the wireless receivers of the multiple objects instructing different subsets of the multiple objects to output (via their respective transmitter) at different times. The system also includes object sensors that receive output from the transmitters of the multiple objects and a computer system in communication with the object sensors. The computer system calculates locations of the multiple objects based on the sensed output from the multiple objects.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: SPORTSMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Richard H. Cavallaro, James Orville McGuffin, John Roy Borton
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Patent number: 11872457Abstract: A hockey puck is disclosed including an internal signal transmitter enabling instantaneous identification of its position as it moves around. The puck includes two molded subcomponents, which encapsulate the signal transmitter. The signal transmitter includes driver electronics and a number of signal transmitters which together generate and emit an electromagnetic signal. The electromagnetic signal is emitted by a plurality of diodes mounted in light pipes enclosed within cavities in the subcomponents that extend to outer surfaces of the hockey puck components. The puck includes two subcomponents that are attached via complimentary sets of concentrically arranged wedges.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: SPORTSMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Gerard J. Hall, Kirk Brown, Kent Mason, Richard H. Cavallaro, Jim Doeden
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Publication number: 20230221108Abstract: A sensor system and a method of operating a sensor system including a plurality of sensors tracking a moving object in an area having known bounding surfaces. The apparatus and method calculate a time-specific position of the object based on data and sensor parameters from at least two of the plurality of sensors and determine errors between the calculated time-specific positions calculated. The method and apparatus calculate a minimum system error attributable to the at least two sensors by constraining at least one dimension in the data of the sensor used in the calculated time-specific position of the object associated with the sensor, the constraining based on an object/surface interaction, the minimum system error calculated by solving for modified sensor parameters for each sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: SportsMEDIA Technology CorporationInventors: Roger R. Labbe, Divya Ramakrishnan, Lavanya Sridharan, Richard H. Cavallaro, Marvin S. WHITE
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Publication number: 20220365212Abstract: A system simultaneously tracks multiple objects. All or a subset of the objects includes a wireless receiver and a transmitter for providing an output. The system includes one or more wireless transmitters that send commands to the wireless receivers of the multiple objects instructing different subsets of the multiple objects to output (via their respective transmitter) at different times. The system also includes object sensors that receive output from the transmitters of the multiple objects and a computer system in communication with the object sensors. The computer system calculates locations of the multiple objects based on the sensed output from the multiple objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: SportsMEDIA Technology CorporationInventors: Richard H. Cavallaro, James Orville McGuffin, John Roy Borton
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Publication number: 20220280852Abstract: A hockey puck is disclosed including an internal signal transmitter enabling instantaneous identification of its position as it moves around. The hockey puck includes two molded subcomponents, which encapsulate the signal transmitter. The signal transmitter includes driver electronics and a number of signal transmitters which together generate and emit an electromagnetic signal. The electromagnetic signal is emitted by a plurality of diodes mounted in cavities in the subcomponents, for example around an outer circumference of the hockey puck and through a top and bottom surfaces of the hockey puck. The hockey puck is alternatively formed of a material that allows electromagnetic radiation to be emitted through the subcomponents, and the diode cavities omitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: SportsMEDIA Technology CorporationInventors: Kent Mason, Richard H. Cavallaro, Jim Doeden
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Patent number: 11397264Abstract: A system simultaneously tracks multiple objects. All or a subset of the objects includes a wireless receiver and a transmitter for providing an output. The system includes one or more wireless transmitters that send commands to the wireless receivers of the multiple objects instructing different subsets of the multiple objects to output (via their respective transmitter) at different times. The system also includes object sensors that receive output from the transmitters of the multiple objects and a computer system in communication with the object sensors. The computer system calculates locations of the multiple objects based on the sensed output from the multiple objects.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: SPORTSMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Richard H. Cavallaro, James Orville McGuffin, John Roy Borton
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Patent number: 11344778Abstract: A hockey puck is disclosed including an internal signal transmitter enabling instantaneous identification of its position as it moves around. The puck includes two molded subcomponents, which encapsulate the signal transmitter. The signal transmitter includes driver electronics and a number of signal transmitters which together generate and emit an electromagnetic signal. The electromagnetic signal is emitted by a plurality of diodes mounted in cavities in the subcomponents, for example around an outer circumference of the hockey puck and through a top and bottom surfaces of the hockey puck. The puck is alternatively formed of a material that allows electromagnetic radiation to be emitted through the subcomponents, and the diode cavities omitted.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: SPORTSMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Kent Mason, Richard H. Cavallaro, Jim Doeden
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Publication number: 20220105404Abstract: A hockey puck is disclosed including an internal signal transmitter enabling instantaneous identification of its position as it moves around. The puck includes two molded subcomponents, which encapsulate the signal transmitter. The signal transmitter includes driver electronics and a number of signal transmitters which together generate and emit an electromagnetic signal. The electromagnetic signal is emitted by a plurality of diodes mounted in light pipes enclosed within cavities in the subcomponents that extend to outer surfaces of the hockey puck components. The puck includes two subcomponents that are attached via complimentary sets of concentrically arranged wedges.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: SportsMEDIA Technology CorporationInventors: Gerard J. Hall, Kirk Brown, Kent Mason, Richard H. Cavallaro, Jim Doeden
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Publication number: 20210286077Abstract: A system simultaneously tracks multiple objects. All or a subset of the objects includes a wireless receiver and a transmitter for providing an output. The system includes one or more wireless transmitters that send commands to the wireless receivers of the multiple objects instructing different subsets of the multiple objects to output (via their respective transmitter) at different times. The system also includes object sensors that receive output from the transmitters of the multiple objects and a computer system in communication with the object sensors. The computer system calculates locations of the multiple objects based on the sensed output from the multiple objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: SportsMEDIA Technology CorporationInventors: Richard H. Cavallaro, James Orville McGuffin, John Roy Borton
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Patent number: 11022690Abstract: A system simultaneously tracks multiple objects. All or a subset of the objects includes a wireless receiver and a transmitter for providing an output. The system includes one or more wireless transmitters that send commands to the wireless receivers of the multiple objects instructing different subsets of the multiple objects to output (via their respective transmitter) at different times. The system also includes object sensors that receive output from the transmitters of the multiple objects and a computer system in communication with the object sensors. The computer system calculates locations of the multiple objects based on the sensed output from the multiple objects.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: SPORTSMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Richard H. Cavallaro, James Orville McGuffin, John Roy Borton
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Publication number: 20200233084Abstract: A system simultaneously tracks multiple objects. All or a subset of the objects includes a wireless receiver and a transmitter for providing an output. The system includes one or more wireless transmitters that send commands to the wireless receivers of the multiple objects instructing different subsets of the multiple objects to output (via their respective transmitter) at different times. The system also includes object sensors that receive output from the transmitters of the multiple objects and a computer system in communication with the object sensors. The computer system calculates locations of the multiple objects based on the sensed output from the multiple objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: SportsMEDIA Technology CorporationInventors: Richard H. CAVALLARO, James Orville McGuffin, John Roy Borton
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Patent number: 10684117Abstract: A sensor system and a method of operating a sensor system including a plurality of sensors tracking a moving object in an area having known bounding surfaces. The apparatus and method calculate a time-specific position of the object based on data and sensor parameters from at least two of the plurality of sensors and determine errors between the calculated time-specific positions calculated. The method and apparatus calculate a minimum system error attributable to the at least two sensors by constraining at least one dimension in the data of the sensor used in the calculated time-specific position of the object associated with the sensor, the constraining based on an object/surface interaction, the minimum system error calculated by solving for modified sensor parameters for each sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: SPORTSMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Roger R. Labbe, Divya Ramakrishnan, Lavanya Sridharan, Richard H. Cavallaro, Marvin S. White
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Patent number: 10613226Abstract: A system simultaneously tracks multiple objects. All or a subset of the objects includes a wireless receiver and a transmitter for providing an output. The system includes one or more wireless transmitters that send commands to the wireless receivers of the multiple objects instructing different subsets of the multiple objects to output (via their respective transmitter) at different times. The system also includes object sensors that receive output from the transmitters of the multiple objects and a computer system in communication with the object sensors. The computer system calculates locations of the multiple objects based on the sensed output from the multiple objects.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: SPORTSMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Richard H. Cavallaro, James Orville McGuffin, John Roy Borton
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Publication number: 20190344143Abstract: A hockey puck is disclosed including an internal signal transmitter enabling instantaneous identification of its position as it moves around. The puck includes two molded subcomponents, which encapsulate the signal transmitter. The signal transmitter includes driver electronics and a number of signal transmitters which together generate and emit an electromagnetic signal. The electromagnetic signal is emitted by a plurality of diodes mounted in cavities in the subcomponents, for example around an outer circumference of the hockey puck and through a top and bottom surfaces of the hockey puck. The puck is alternatively formed of a material that allows electromagnetic radiation to be emitted through the subcomponents, and the diode cavities omitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: SportsMEDIA Technology CorporationInventors: Kent Mason, Richard H. CAVALLARO, Jim Doeden
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Publication number: 20190219694Abstract: A system simultaneously tracks multiple objects. All or a subset of the objects includes a wireless receiver and a transmitter for providing an output. The system includes one or more wireless transmitters that send commands to the wireless receivers of the multiple objects instructing different subsets of the multiple objects to output (via their respective transmitter) at different times. The system also includes object sensors that receive output from the transmitters of the multiple objects and a computer system in communication with the object sensors. The computer system calculates locations of the multiple objects based on the sensed output from the multiple objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: SportsMEDIA Technology CorporationInventors: Richard H. CAVALLARO, James Orville McGuffin, John Roy Borton
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Patent number: 10343042Abstract: A hockey puck is disclosed including an internal signal transmitter enabling instantaneous identification of its position as it moves around. The puck includes two molded subcomponents, which encapsulate the signal transmitter. The signal transmitter may include driver electronics and a number of signal transmitters which together generate and emit an electromagnetic signal. The electromagnetic signal may be emitted by a plurality of diodes mounted in cavities in the subcomponents, for example around an outer circumference of the hockey puck and through a top and bottom surfaces of the hockey puck. The puck may alternatively be formed of a material that allows electromagnetic radiation to be emitted through the subcomponents, and the diode cavities may be omitted.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: SPORTSMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Kent Mason, Richard H. Cavallaro, Jim Doeden