Patents by Inventor Richard Watkins
Richard Watkins 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: 12276896Abstract: This system and method of for providing a tunable orbital angular momentum system for providing higher order Bessel beams comprising: an acousto-optical deflector configured to receive an input beam, deflect a first portion of the input beam a first deflection angle relative to an axis of propagation and along an optical axis and deflect a second portion of the input beam a second deflection angle relative to the optical axis; a line generator disposed along the optical angle for receiving the first portion and the second portion of the input beam and provide an elliptical Gaussian mean; a log-polar optics assembly disposed along the optical angle for receiving the elliptical Gaussian beam and wrapping the elliptical Gaussian beam with an asymmetric ring; and, a Fourier lens configured to receive the wrapped elliptical Gaussian beam.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Clemson UniversityInventors: Eric G. Johnson, Jerome Keith Miller, Richard Watkins, Kaitlyn Morgan, Wenzhe Li, Yuan Li
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Patent number: 11673743Abstract: An object handling coordination system includes a plurality of transporting vessels arranged as a three-dimensional cluster of transporting vessels. The plurality of transporting vessels is addressable and the cluster has a self-reconfigurable physical topology. A relocatable transporting vessel is configured to be relocatable within the. A motion control system is configured to determine a path from a start location of the relocatable transporting vessel within the cluster to a destination location within the cluster and arranged to execute movement of the relocatable transporting vessel within the cluster using the determined path.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2018Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITEDInventors: David Sharp, Joseph Zammit, Richard Watkins, Michael Campbell
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Patent number: 11657248Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include a financial services card including a card substrate, and multiple rows of braille-encoded characters formed on the card substrate, at least a portion of the braille-encoded characters encoding an account number that is associated with the financial services card being distributed between a first row and a second row of the multiple rows, and additional information associated with the financial services card being braille-encoded in a third row.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Marco Antonio Gamboa, Ronald Richard Watkins, Patrick Sturdivant, Martha Rodriguez Hathorn, Stephen Adam Cone, Rhealyn Nicole Yanta
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Publication number: 20220390810Abstract: This system and method of for providing a tunable orbital angular momentum system for providing higher order Bessel beams comprising: an acousto-optical deflector configured to receive an input beam, deflect a first portion of the input beam a first deflection angle relative to an axis of propagation and along an optical axis and deflect a second portion of the input beam a second deflection angle relative to the optical axis; a line generator disposed along the optical angle for receiving the first portion and the second portion of the input beam and provide an elliptical Gaussian mean; a log-polar optics assembly disposed along the optical angle for receiving the elliptical Gaussian beam and wrapping the elliptical Gaussian beam with an asymmetric ring; and, a Fourier lens configured to receive the wrapped elliptical Gaussian beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Clemson UniversityInventors: Eric G. Johnson, Jerome Keith Miller, Richard Watkins, Kaitlyn Morgan, Wenzhe Li, Yuan Li
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Patent number: 11402722Abstract: This system and method of for providing a tunable orbital angular momentum system for providing higher order Bessel beams comprising: an acousto-optical deflector configured to receive an input beam, deflect a first portion of the input beam a first deflection angle relative to an axis of propagation and along an optical axis and deflect a second portion of the input beam a second deflection angle relative to the optical axis; a line generator disposed along the optical angle for receiving the first portion and the second portion of the input beam and provide an elliptical Gaussian mean; a log-polar optics assembly disposed along the optical angle for receiving the elliptical Gaussian beam and wrapping the elliptical Gaussian beam with an asymmetric ring; and, a Fourier lens configured to receive the wrapped elliptical Gaussian beam.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Clemson Univeristy Research FoundationInventors: Eric Johnson, Jerome Keith Miller, Richard Watkins, Kaitlyn Morgan, Wenzhe Li, Yuan Li
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Patent number: 11222034Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for rolling long-term data storage. Optimized or enhanced rolling long-term data storage may, for example, increase processing performance and reduce operational burdens on memory resources associated with execution of analytical models.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2015Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Gamesys Ltd.Inventors: Joshua Richard Watkins, Juan Fernando Cervera Parrilla
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Patent number: 11199048Abstract: A pivotable handle for an architectural covering is provided. The handle (400) includes first and second members (408,410) pivotably connected together at a hinge assembly (460). The first member (408) may be operable to connect the handle (400) to a movable rail (512). The second member (410) pivots between stored and use positions. In a stored position, the second member (410) may extend adjacent the first member (408). In a use position, the second member (410) may be pivoted away from the first member (408) to extend the movable rail (512) across an architectural structure. The handle includes a biasing member (470) operable to bias the second member (410) towards the first member (408).Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2017Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.Inventors: Richard Watkins, Kenneth W. Witherell, Stephen P. Smith, Michael True, Galen B. Rhodes, Tim Daviau, Kent Smith, Paula Cerna
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Patent number: 10970608Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include a financial services card including a card substrate, and multiple rows of braille-encoded characters formed on the card substrate, at least a portion of the braille-encoded characters encoding an account number that is associated with the financial services card being distributed between a first row and a second row of the multiple rows, and additional information associated with the financial services card being braille-encoded in a third row.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Marco Antonio Gamboa, Ronald Richard Watkins, Patrick Sturdivant, Martha Rodriguez Hathorn, Stephen Adam Cone, Rhealyn Nicole Yanta
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Patent number: 10755159Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include a financial services card including a card substrate, and multiple rows of braille-encoded characters formed on the card substrate, at least a portion of the braille-encoded characters encoding an account number that is associated with the financial services card being distributed between a first row and a second row of the multiple rows, and additional information associated with the financial services card being braille-encoded in a third row.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Marco Antonio Gamboa, Ronald Richard Watkins, Patrick Sturdivant, Martha Rodriguez Hathorn, Stephen Adam Cone, Rhealyn Nicole Yanta
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Publication number: 20200201136Abstract: This system and method of for providing a tunable orbital angular momentum system for providing higher order Bessel beams comprising: an acousto-optical deflector configured to receive an input beam, deflect a first portion of the input beam a first deflection angle relative to an axis of propagation and along an optical axis and deflect a second portion of the input beam a second deflection angle relative to the optical axis; a line generator disposed along the optical angle for receiving the first portion and the second portion of the input beam and provide an elliptical Gaussian mean; a log-polar optics assembly disposed along the optical angle for receiving the elliptical Gaussian beam and wrapping the elliptical Gaussian beam with an asymmetric ring; and, a Fourier lens configured to receive the wrapped elliptical Gaussian beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: Clemson University Research FoundationInventors: Eric G. Johnson, Jerome Keith Miller, Richard Watkins, Kaitlyn Morgan, Wenzhe Li, Yuan Li
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Patent number: 10531705Abstract: The disclosure relates to articles and components thereof, including outsoles, which can be used in conditions normally conducive to the accumulation of soil. In particular, the articles have substrate body, a tie layer secured to the substrate body, and a material including a hydrogel secured to the tie layer. The material can prevent or reduce the accumulation of soil during use. The presence of the tie layer can minimize or prevent delamination of the hydrogel containing material during normal use.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Nike, Inc.Inventors: Hossein A. Baghdadi, Jay Constantinou, Caleb W. Dyer, Myron Maurer, Denis Schiller, Jeremy D. Walker, Richard Watkins, Zachary C. Wright
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Patent number: D889539Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Marco Antonio Gamboa, Ronald Richard Watkins, Patrick Sturdivant, Martha Rodriguez Hathorn, Stephen Adam Cone, Rhealyn Nicole Yanta
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Patent number: D889540Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Marco Antonio Gamboa, Ronald Richard Watkins, Patrick Sturdivant, Martha Rodriguez Hathorn, Stephen Adam Cone, Rhealyn Nicole Yanta
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Patent number: D889541Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Marco Antonio Gamboa, Ronald Richard Watkins, Patrick Sturdivant, Martha Rodriguez Hathorn, Stephen Adam Cone, Rhealyn Nicole Yanta
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Patent number: D899518Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Marco Antonio Gamboa, Ronald Richard Watkins, Patrick Sturdivant, Martha Rodriguez Hathorn, Stephen Adam Cone, Rhealyn Nicole Yanta
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Patent number: D906418Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Marco Antonio Gamboa, Ronald Richard Watkins, Patrick Sturdivant, Martha Rodriguez Hathorn, Stephen Adam Cone, Rhealyn Nicole Yanta
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Patent number: D938515Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Marco Antonio Gamboa, Ronald Richard Watkins, Patrick Sturdivant, Martha Rodriguez Hathorn, Stephen Adam Cone, Rhealyn Nicole Yanta
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Patent number: D938516Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Marco Antonio Gamboa, Ronald Richard Watkins, Patrick Sturdivant, Martha Rodriguez Hathorn, Stephen Adam Cone, Rhealyn Nicole Yanta
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Patent number: D939627Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Marco Antonio Gamboa, Ronald Richard Watkins, Patrick Sturdivant, Martha Rodriguez Hathorn, Stephen Adam Cone, Rhealyn Nicole Yanta
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Patent number: D972030Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Stephen Adam Cone, Ronald Richard Watkins, Martha Rodriguez Hathorn