Patents by Inventor Richard Heater

Richard Heater 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).

  • Patent number: 10901586
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for detecting, tracking, and recording data associated with physical manipulatives in a physical environment, and a corresponding set of virtual manipulatives in a virtual environment. Physical manipulative sensor devices may be configured to detect the position and/or movements of physical manipulatives within a physical environment, including simple or multi-step user interactions with physical manipulatives. The sensor devices and/or associated user computing devices may use the sensor data to determine updated positions, orientations, and configurations for one or more physical manipulatives within the physical environment, as well as defining relationships between sets of the physical manipulatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.
    Inventor: Richard Heater
  • Publication number: 20190018578
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for detecting, tracking, and recording data associated with physical manipulatives in a physical environment, and a corresponding set of virtual manipulatives in a virtual environment. Physical manipulative sensor devices may be configured to detect the position and/or movements of physical manipulatives within a physical environment, including simple or multi-step user interactions with physical manipulatives. The sensor devices and/or associated user computing devices may use the sensor data to determine updated positions, orientations, and configurations for one or more physical manipulatives within the physical environment, as well as defining relationships between sets of the physical manipulatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Richard HEATER
  • Patent number: 10146414
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for detecting, tracking, and recording data associated with physical manipulatives in a physical environment, and a corresponding set of virtual manipulatives in a virtual environment. Physical manipulative sensor devices may be configured to detect the position and/or movements of physical manipulatives within a physical environment, including simple or multi-step user interactions with physical manipulatives. The sensor devices and/or associated user computing devices may use the sensor data to determine updated positions, orientations, and configurations for one or more physical manipulatives within the physical environment, as well as defining relationships between sets of the physical manipulatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Pearson Education, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Heater
  • Publication number: 20160364124
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for detecting, tracking, and recording data associated with physical manipulatives in a physical environment, and a corresponding set of virtual manipulatives in a virtual environment. Physical manipulative sensor devices may be configured to detect the position and/or movements of physical manipulatives within a physical environment, including simple or multi-step user interactions with physical manipulatives. The sensor devices and/or associated user computing devices may use the sensor data to determine updated positions, orientations, and configurations for one or more physical manipulatives within the physical environment, as well as defining relationships between sets of the physical manipulatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventor: Richard Heater