Patents by Inventor Robert Eugene Thomas, Jr.

Robert Eugene Thomas, Jr. 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).

  • Publication number: 20260234979
    Abstract: A barrier operator monitoring system includes a barrier operator system, a cloud processing platform, and a controller. The barrier operator system includes a movable barrier, a barrier operator configured to move the movable barrier and maintain operational data, and one or more sensors configured to measure data regarding the barrier operator system. The controller is configured to receive the measured data and the operational data, detect an anomaly in the barrier operator system based at least in part on the measured data and the operational data, compare at least a portion of the measured data and the operational data to model data, classify the anomaly based on the comparison, and transmit a notification to a user, the notification identifying the classified anomaly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2025
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Inventors: Robert Eugene Thomas, JR., Thomas Kerber, Mahidhar Nandigam, Prudhvi Reddy Vemireddy, Timothy Vriend
  • Publication number: 20260234980
    Abstract: A barrier operator monitoring system includes a barrier operator system, a cloud processing platform, and a controller. The barrier operator system includes a movable barrier, a barrier operator configured to move the movable barrier and maintain operational data, and one or more sensors configured to measure data regarding the barrier operator system. The controller is configured to receive the operational data and the measured data, compare at least a portion of the operational data and the measured data to model data, detect an anomaly in the barrier operator system based on the comparison, and transmit a notification to a user, the notification identifying the detected anomaly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2025
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Inventors: Robert Eugene Thomas, JR., Thomas Kerber, Mahidhar Nandigam, Prudhvi Reddy Vemireddy, Timothy Vriend
  • Patent number: 12574441
    Abstract: A barrier operator monitoring system includes a barrier operator system and a cloud processing platform. The barrier operator system includes a movable barrier, sensors configured to measure data regarding the barrier operator system, and a barrier operator. The barrier operator is configured to move the movable barrier, detect a loss of a data connection between the barrier operator and the cloud processing platform, collect measured data from the sensors, perform wavelet transformation on the measured data, store coefficients of the wavelet transformation, and transmit, upon restoration of the data connection, the coefficients. The cloud processing platform is configured to receive the coefficients, reconstruct a representation of the measured data, compare the representation of the measured data to model data, detect an anomaly in the barrier operator system based on the comparison, and transmit a notification from the cloud processing platform to a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2025
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: GMI Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Eugene Thomas, Jr., Thomas Kerber, Mahidhar Nandigam, Prudhvi Reddy Vemireddy, Timothy Vriend