Patents by Inventor Robert Martens
Robert Martens 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: 11961347Abstract: A method for seamless access control according to one embodiment includes determining whether a user is authorized to access a passageway controlled by an access control device based on credential data received from a mobile device of the user, determining, by a RADAR system, a location of the user relative to the passageway, determining whether the user intends to access the passageway based on the determined location of the user relative to the passageway, and controlling, by the access control device, a lock mechanism to allow the user access to the passageway in response to determining that the user is authorized to access the passageway and the user intends to access the passageway.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: Robert Prostko, Robert Martens, Ryan C. Kincaid
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Patent number: 11962594Abstract: A method of using a blockchain in an access control environment according to one embodiment includes transmitting, by a mobile device, a request to access a passageway secured by a lock device to a first node device, wherein a plurality of node devices including the first node device store the blockchain, receiving, by the mobile device, a lock-specific access token from one of the plurality of node devices in response to validation of a blockchain transaction associated with the request received from the mobile device by the plurality of node devices, transmitting, by the mobile device, the lock-specific access token to the lock device, receiving, by the mobile device, a verification message from the lock device in response to successful authentication of the lock-specific access token, and transmitting, by the mobile device, a notification of verification to the first node device to amend the blockchain.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: Joseph W. Baumgarte, Robert Martens, Sean Neal
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Publication number: 20240104983Abstract: A system according to one embodiment includes a first computing device comprising ultra-wideband communication circuitry, and a second computing device comprising ultra-wideband communication circuitry configured to communicate with the ultra-wideband communication circuitry of the first computing device to determine the angle and distance of the first computing device relative to the second computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Ryan C. Kincaid, Robert Prostko, Robert Martens, Benjamin J. Hopkins, David M. Baty, Srikanth Venkateswaran, Christopher R. Baker
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Patent number: 11939800Abstract: A cover plate according to certain embodiments is configured for use with a mounting plate and a control system, and has a front side and a rear side opposite the front side. The cover plate includes a support substrate, a cover plate coupler, and an electronic device. The support substrate includes an opening sized and shaped to receive a spindle of a door hardware apparatus associated with the rose assembly. The cover plate coupler is configured to releasably couple with a mounting plate coupler of the mounting plate. The electronic device is mounted to the support substrate, and includes a first electrical connector accessible from the rear side of the cover plate and configured for electrical connection with a second electrical connector of the control system, and an electronic component electrically connected with the first electrical connector.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Schlage Lock Compay LLCInventors: Joseph W. Baumgarte, Mitchell T. Barbon, Zachary P. Boomer, Joshua Long, Daniel Langenberg, Eric Halvorson, Jason Beck, Autumn A. Groleski, Robert Martens, Robert Prostko
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Patent number: 11922950Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes receiving audio input by a microphone of an access control device that controls access through a passageway, processing an audio signal associated with the audio input to identify and authenticate a user, determining a command corresponding with the audio signal in response to identification and authentication of the user, and performing at least one action that corresponds with the command.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: Daniel Langenberg, Joseph W. Baumgarte, Joshua Long, Brady Plummer, John D. Goodwin, Dakoda Johnson, Benjamin J. Hopkins, Robert Prostko, Robert Martens
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Publication number: 20230401918Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes transmitting, by a handler device associated with package handler, a message to an access control system requesting access to a secure container secured by an electronic lock mechanism; determining, by the access control system, whether the package handler is authorized to access the secure container based on the received message; transmitting, by the access control system, an unlock command to the secure container in response to a determination that the package handler is authorized to access the secure container; and unlocking the electronic lock mechanism of the secure container in response to successful authentication of the unlock command.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Roger Barrett, Robert Prostko, Brian C. Eickhoff, Rockwood T. Roberts, III, Robert Martens, Scott Baxter, Joseph W. Baumgarte
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Publication number: 20230351826Abstract: A method for seamless access control according to one embodiment includes determining whether a user is authorized to access a passageway controlled by an access control device based on credential data received from a mobile device of the user, determining, by a RADAR system, a location of the user relative to the passageway, determining whether the user intends to access the passageway based on the determined location of the user relative to the passageway, and controlling, by the access control device, a lock mechanism to allow the user access to the passageway in response to determining that the user is authorized to access the passageway and the user intends to access the passageway.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Robert Prostko, Robert Martens, Ryan C. Kincaid
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Patent number: 11663864Abstract: A system according to one embodiment includes a first computing device comprising ultra-wideband communication circuitry, and a second computing device comprising ultra-wideband communication circuitry configured to communicate with the ultra-wideband communication circuitry of the first computing device to determine the angle and distance of the first computing device relative to the second computing device.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: Ryan C. Kincaid, Robert Prostko, Robert Martens, Benjamin J. Hopkins, David M. Baty, Srikanth Venkateswaran, Christopher R. Baker
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Patent number: 11562609Abstract: A method for seamless access control according to one embodiment includes determining whether a user is authorized to access a passageway controlled by an access control device based on credential data received from a mobile device of the user, determining, by a RADAR system, a location of the user relative to the passageway, determining whether the user intends to access the passageway based on the determined location of the user relative to the passageway, and controlling, by the access control device, a lock mechanism to allow the user access to the passageway in response to determining that the user is authorized to access the passageway and the user intends to access the passageway.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: Robert Prostko, Robert Martens, Ryan C. Kincaid
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Patent number: 11551499Abstract: A method includes transmitting, by a handler device associated with a package handler, a message to an access control system requesting access to a secure container secured by an electronic lock mechanism; determining, by the access control system, whether the package handler is authorized to access the secure container based on the received message; transmitting, by the access control system, an unlock command to the secure container in response to a determination that the package handler is authorized to access the secure container; and unlocking the electronic lock mechanism of the secure container in response to successful authentication of the unlock command.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: Joseph W. Baumgarte, Robert Prostko, Brian C. Eickhoff, Rockwood T. Roberts, III, Robert Martens, Scott Baxter, Roger Barrett
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Publication number: 20220375474Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes receiving audio input by a microphone of an access control device that controls access through a passageway, processing an audio signal associated with the audio input to identify and authenticate a user, determining a command corresponding with the audio signal in response to identification and authentication of the user, and performing at least one action that corresponds with the command.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Daniel Langenberg, Joseph W. Baumgarte, Joshua Long, Brady Plummer, John D. Goodwin, Dakoda Johnson, Benjamin J. Hopkins, Robert Prostko, Robert Martens
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Patent number: 11302336Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes receiving audio input by a microphone of an access control device that controls access through a passageway, processing an audio signal associated with the audio input to identify and authenticate a user, determining a command corresponding with the audio signal in response to identification and authentication of the user, and performing at least one action that corresponds with the command.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: Daniel Langenberg, Joseph W. Baumgarte, Joshua Long, Brady Plummer, John D. Goodwin, Dakoda Johnson, Benjamin J. Hopkins, Robert Prostko, Robert Martens
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Publication number: 20210327183Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes transmitting, by a handler device associated with package handler, a message to an access control system requesting access to a secure container secured by an electronic lock mechanism; determining, by the access control system, whether the package handler is authorized to access the secure container based on the received message; transmitting, by the access control system, an unlock command to the secure container in response to a determination that the package handler is authorized to access the secure container; and unlocking the electronic lock mechanism of the secure container in response to successful authentication of the unlock command.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Joseph W. Baumgarte, Robert Prostko, Brian C. Eickhoff, Rockwood T. Roberts, III, Robert Martens, Scott Baxter, Roger Barrett
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Publication number: 20210274669Abstract: A cover plate according to certain embodiments is configured for use with a mounting plate and a control system, and has a front side and a rear side opposite the front side. The cover plate includes a support substrate, a cover plate coupler, and an electronic device. The support substrate includes an opening sized and shaped to receive a spindle of a door hardware apparatus associated with the rose assembly. The cover plate coupler is configured to releasably couple with a mounting plate coupler of the mounting plate. The electronic device is mounted to the support substrate, and includes a first electrical connector accessible from the rear side of the cover plate and configured for electrical connection with a second electrical connector of the control system, and an electronic component electrically connected with the first electrical connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Joseph W. Baumgarte, Mitchell T. Barbon, Zachary P. Boomer, Joshua Long, Daniel Langenberg, Eric Halvorson, Jason Beck, Autumn A. Groleski, Robert Martens, Robert Prostko
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Publication number: 20210158637Abstract: A system according to one embodiment includes a first computing device comprising ultra-wideband communication circuitry, and a second computing device comprising ultra-wideband communication circuitry configured to communicate with the ultra-wideband communication circuitry of the first computing device to determine the angle and distance of the first computing device relative to the second computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Ryan C. Kincaid, Robert Prostko, Robert Martens, Benjamin J. Hopkins, David M. Baty, Srikanth Venkateswaran, Christopher R. Baker
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Patent number: 10990122Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes communicating a wireless advertisement that identifies a clock status of a real-time clock of the access control device, wherein the clock status includes a clock status value indicating that the real-time clock has not been set, establishing a wireless communication connection with a computing device in response to the wireless advertisement, transmitting a session random value to the computing device, receiving a clock update token from the computing device, wherein the clock update token is indicative of an authority of the computing device to update the real-time clock of the access control device, authenticating the clock update token based on at least the session random value, and updating the real-time clock based on a received update time in response to successful authentication of the clock update token.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: John Goodrich, Devin A. Love, Robert Martens
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Publication number: 20210085853Abstract: Systems and methods for automated assessment and monitoring of bodily fluids are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for provisioning a treatment composition to a bladder of a patient includes: an irrigation bag that carries the treatment composition; a catheter configured for connecting the irrigation bag to the bladder; a flow regulator configured for controlling a flow of the treatment composition from the irrigation bag to the bladder; and a drainage bag in fluid communication with the bladder through a drainage tubing of the catheter. The drainage tubing is configured for draining urine from the bladder. The system also includes: a first sensor for detecting a first amount of the treatment composition in the irrigation bag; a second sensor for detecting a second amount of urine in the drainage bag; a third sensor for detecting a concentration of particles in the urine carried by the drainage bag; and a controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: University of WashingtonInventors: Tony Chen, Jialu Sun, Robert Marten Sweet, John Lawrence Gore, Jonathan Teng-Chieh Liu, Jonathan Dov Posner, Akshay Purushottamji Randad, Allegra Joyce Branch, Eleftherios Kampianakis, Claudia Jimena Covelli Velez
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Patent number: 10937261Abstract: A method includes transmitting, by a handler device associated with package handler, a message to an access control system requesting access to a secure container secured by an electronic lock mechanism; determining, by the access control system, whether the package handler is authorized to access the secure container based on the received message; transmitting, by the access control system, an unlock command to the secure container in response to a determination that the package handler is authorized to access the secure container; and unlocking the electronic lock mechanism of the secure container in response to successful authentication of the unlock command.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: Joseph W. Baumgarte, Robert Prostko, Brian C. Eickhoff, Rockwood T. Roberts, III, Robert Martens, Scott Baxter, Roger Barrett
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Patent number: 10868815Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes determining whether a guest associated with a guest device is authorized to control an access control device based on an access control list, generating a caveated cryptographic bearer token in response to determining the guest is authorized to control the access control device, the caveated cryptographic bearer token including a time-based caveat defining a time limit for control of the access control device, transmitting the caveated cryptographic bearer token to the guest device in response to generating the caveated cryptographic bearer token, transmitting, in response to receiving the caveated cryptographic bearer token, a request including the caveated cryptographic bearer token to control the access control device to the access control device, and authenticating the request based on the received caveated cryptographic bearer token, a base cryptographic bearer token stored on the access control device, and a real-time clock of the access control device.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: Devin A. Love, John Goodrich, Robert Martens
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Patent number: 10830523Abstract: A refrigerator appliance and method of operation during Jewish holidays is provided herein. The refrigerator appliance may include a cabinet defining a refrigerated chamber, a sealed cooling system, and a controller. The sealed cooling system may be in operable communication with the refrigerated chamber and include a compressor. The controller may be operatively coupled to the sealed cooling system. The controller may be configured to selectively control the refrigerator appliance according to an operation routine for a Jewish holiday.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Darin Franks, Robert Marten Bultman, Samuel Vincent DuPlessis, William Thea, Rabbi Tsvi Ortner, Eliyahu Antebi