Patents by Inventor Robert Irwin Griffiths

Robert Irwin Griffiths 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).

  • Detection of hypokinetic and hyperkinetic states
    Patent number: 11596327
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automated method of determining a kinetic state of a person. The method obtains accelerometer data from an accelerometer worn on an extremity of the person and processes the accelerometer data to determine a measure for the kinetic state. The present invention further relates to a device for determining a kinetic state of a person. The device comprises a processor configured to process data obtained from an accelerometer worn on an extremity of the person and to determine from the data a measure for the kinetic state. In the method and system the kinetic state is at least one of bradykinesia, dyskinesia, and hyperkinesia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Global Kinetics Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Robert Irwin Griffiths, Malcolm Kenneth Horne
  • System and method for assessing impulse control disorder
    Patent number: 10292635
    Abstract: A method of assessing the likelihood that an individual has impulse control disorder. The individual is provided with an actuator, and instructed to actuate the actuator as an acknowledgement of when the individual has completed a reward task. Actuation of the actuator is monitored and recorded. An automated diagnosis of ICD is produced and output, wherein a greater degree of actuation of the actuator by the individual is taken to indicate a greater likelihood that the individual has impulse control disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Global Kinetics Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Robert Irwin Griffiths, Malcolm Kenneth Home, Andrew H. Evans
  • Detection of Hypokinetic and Hyperkinetic States
    Publication number: 20180049676
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automated method of determining a kinetic state of a person. The method obtains accelerometer data from an accelerometer worn on an extremity of the person and processes the accelerometer data to determine a measure for the kinetic state. The present invention further relates to a device for determining a kinetic state of a person. The device comprises a processor configured to process data obtained from an accelerometer worn on an extremity of the person and to determine from the data a measure for the kinetic state. In the method and system the kinetic state is at least one of bradykinesia, dyskinesia, and hyperkinesia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Irwin Griffiths, Malcolm Kenneth Horne
  • Detection of hypokinetic and hyperkinetic states
    Patent number: 9826921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automated method of determining a kinetic state of a person. The method obtains accelerometer data from an accelerometer worn on an extremity of the person and processes the accelerometer data to determine a measure for the kinetic state. The present invention further relates to a device for determining a kinetic state of a person. The device comprises a processor configured to process data obtained from an accelerometer worn on an extremity of the person and to determine from the data a measure for the kinetic state. In the method and system the kinetic state is at least one of bradykinesia, dyskinesia, and hyperkinesia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Global Kinetics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Robert Irwin Griffiths, Malcolm Kenneth Horne
  • System and Method for Assessing Impulse Control Disorder
    Publication number: 20160022192
    Abstract: A method of assessing the likelihood that an individual has impulse control disorder. The individual is provided with an actuator, and instructed to actuate the actuator as an acknowledgement of when the individual has completed a reward task. Actuation of the actuator is monitored and recorded. An automated diagnosis of ICD is produced and output, wherein a greater degree of actuation of the actuator by the individual is taken to indicate a greater likelihood that the individual has impulse control disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: Global Kinetics Corporation Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Robert Irwin Griffiths, Malcolm Kenneth Home, Andrew H. Evans
  • DETECTION OF HYPOKINETIC AND HYPERKINETIC STATES
    Publication number: 20110098608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automated method of determining a kinetic state of a person. The method obtains accelerometer data from an accelerometer worn on an extremity of the person and processes the accelerometer data to determine a measure for the kinetic state. The present invention further relates to a device for determining a kinetic state of a person. The device comprises a processor configured to process data obtained from an accelerometer worn on an extremity of the person and to determine from the data a measure for the kinetic state. In the method and system the kinetic state is at least one of bradykinesia, dyskinesia, and hyperkinesia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Robert Irwin Griffiths, Malcolm Kenneth Horne