Patents by Inventor Rob Barton

Rob Barton 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).

  • WI-FI PROTOCOL ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR LOW POWER NETWORKING FOR THE INTERNET-OF-THINGS
    Publication number: 20180376448
    Abstract: A system and method enhances Wi-Fi protocol by transmitting an Internet-of-Things (IoT) notification map designated for an IoT device. The IoT notification map having format of at least part of a beacon frame and be included in an IoT beacon frame that, when transmitted by at least one router, causes the IoT device to perform an operation indicated in the IoT notification map. The at least one router may be part of the router cluster designated for the IoT device. The router cluster may include a subset of a plurality of routers within a geographical area associated with a location of the IoT device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ben Wild, Rob Barton, Ravneet Bajwa
  • Methods for enabling low-power RFID communication
    Patent number: 9367718
    Abstract: A system and method for enabling low-powered RFID communication that includes at an RFID tag listening for a periodic signal containing beacon signals; synchronizing the internal clock to those beacon signals; identifying access points from the beacon signals; selecting an access point; sending a join request to the access point; identifying the tag to the access point; receiving an assigned time slot; and communicating with the access point in that time slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: IOTERA, INC.
    Inventors: Ben Wild, Rob Barton
  • Interactive input system and method
    Patent number: 9207812
    Abstract: A method for adjusting the position of a light curtain emitted by an illumination assembly over a surface, comprises determining a position of the light curtain; calculating a difference between the determined position of the light curtain and a desired position of the light curtain; and adjusting the position of the illumination assembly based on the calculated difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: SMART Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Robbie Rattray, Grant McGibney, Rob Barton, Cameron Taylor, David Holmgren, Peter Shivkumar, Nicole Martin, Dmitry Elman, Alexis Guillemin, Patrick Marcil, Yun Zhang
  • INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140313166
    Abstract: A method for adjusting the position of a light curtain emitted by an illumination assembly over a surface, comprises determining a position of the light curtain; calculating a difference between the determined position of the light curtain and a desired position of the light curtain; and adjusting the position of the illumination assembly based on the calculated difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Robbie Rattray, Grant McGibney, Rob Barton, Cameron Taylor, David Holmgren, Peter Shivkumar, Nicole Martin, Dmitry Elman, Alexis Guillemin, Patrick Marcil, Yun Zhang
  • INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140267193
    Abstract: A method of determining pointer position in an interactive input system comprises identifying pixels of at least one captured image frame as being associated with coherent light; generating a processed image frame from the identified pixels; and determining from the processed image frame a position of at least one pointer that emits coherent light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SMART Technologies ULC
    Inventor: Rob Barton
  • METHODS FOR ENABLING LOW-POWER RFID COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20140111313
    Abstract: A system and method for enabling low-powered RFID communication that includes at an RFID tag listening for a periodic signal containing beacon signals; synchronizing the internal clock to those beacon signals; identifying access points from the beacon signals; selecting an access point; sending a join request to the access point; identifying the tag to the access point; receiving an assigned time slot; and communicating with the access point in that time slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Iotera, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Wild, Rob Barton