Patents by Inventor Robert Sanders
Robert Sanders 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: 11960960Abstract: A method is disclosed for adjusting imaging parameters of a bioptic barcode reader. The method includes capturing, by an imaging assembly, an initial image of a target object having an indicia thereon. The imaging assembly captures the initial image according to an initial imaging parameter. The method further includes attempting to decode the indicia from the initial image, and responsive to being unable to decode the indicia, detecting a substantially static presence of the target object within a field of view (FOV) of the imaging assembly. The method then includes, responsive to detecting the substantially static presence of the target object within the FOV, adjusting the initial imaging parameter to a subsequent imaging parameter, wherein the subsequent imaging parameter is different than the initial imaging parameter.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Christopher W. Brock, Edward Barkan, Robert Sanders
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Patent number: 11961067Abstract: A network node includes at least one processor, at least one memory, and at least one network interface. The network node is configured to be within a plurality of network nodes communicatively coupled in a peer-to-peer network of network nodes implementing a distributed ledger. The network node is configured to be communicatively coupled to at least one remotely located computing device through the at least one network interface. The at least one processor is configured to determine a split ratio for a new split of security tokens held in at least one address of the distributed ledger. The at least one processor is also configured to store an indication of the split ratio without updating token balances for all of the at least one address in a list of addresses holding at least one of the security tokens.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: tZERO IP, LLCInventors: Justin Wilson, Nicole Sanders, Robert Christensen, Chase Lester, Andrew Warner
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Patent number: 11959889Abstract: An apparatus for testing paving samples includes a base that includes a paving sample tray about the cabinet and configured for translation relative to the cabinet. A roller is configured for imparting compressive forces to a sample carried by the sample tray. An arm is configured for moving the roller from a stowed position to an in-use position where the roller contacts the sample. A cylinder assembly having a piston therein supplies pressure forces to the arm to move the arm from the stowed position to the in-use position, wherein a depth of travel of the arm is limited by the sample. As the sample is compressed, the depth of travel increases. A measurement device is in communication with the cylinder for determining an amount of travel of the arm to thus determine an amount of compression of the sample.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Troxler Electronic Laboratories Inc.Inventors: Matthew Marchese, William Sanders, Yan Zhang, Robert Ernest Troxler
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Publication number: 20240112057Abstract: An optics-integrated confinement apparatus system comprises a confinement apparatus chip having a confinement apparatus formed thereon and having at least one apparatus optical element disposed and/or formed thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Matthew Bohn, Christopher John Carron, Bryan DeBono, Chris Ertsgaard, Robert D. Horning, Molly Krogstad, Patricia Lee, Lora Nugent, Adam Jay Ollanik, Mary Rowe, Steve Sanders, Alex Zolot
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Publication number: 20240100747Abstract: The present invention is directed to a 3D-printed tire segment model having a tread portion comprising a plurality of grooves, ribs and/or tread blocks, and a plurality of blades extending out of the ribs and/or tread blocks, wherein the tire segment model is made of a 3D-printed polymer. Moreover, the present invention is drawn to a method of making a tire mold segment, including the step of 3D-printing the above tire segment model with a polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: David Charles Jacques Robert Laurent, Jean-Philippe Aloyse Henri Sander, Antoine Francois Regnier
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Publication number: 20240095719Abstract: A network node in a peer-to-peer network of nodes includes at least one processor, at least one memory, and at least one network interface. The at least one processor is configured to receive a request to transfer a security token and execute a plurality of compliance rules associated with the security token. At least one of the compliance rules is implemented using at least one smart contract. The at least one smart contract references a global registry. The at least one processor is also configured to transfer the security token based on the execution of the compliance rules. The global registry includes personally identifiable information (PII) hash(es) for each of at least one investor associated with the transfer of the security token. The hashes are committed to the distributed ledger and updated when PII of a respective one of the at least one investor changes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: tZERO IP, LLCInventors: Scott Overholser, Robert Christensen, Nicole Sanders, Justin Wilson, Robert Valmassoi, Chase Lester, Michael William Stuart Smith, Andrew Warner
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Publication number: 20240086886Abstract: At least some embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of product scanning systems and arrangements used within a retail venue. In an embodiment, the present invention is a data capture system that includes a scanner pod housing a plurality of scanners, each configured to capture product data; a data capture module communicatively coupled to the scanner pod, the first data capture module configured to capture, via a mobile device associated with a customer, customer data; and a server communicatively coupled to at least one of the scanner pod and the first data capture module, the server being configured to, upon the first data capture module capturing the customer data associated with the customer, associate one of the plurality of scanners with at least one of the customer and the customer data associated with the customer, resulting in an associated data capture device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Edward Barkan, Darran Michael Handshaw, Robert Sanders, Thomas E. Wulff, Mark Drzymala, Yuri Astvatsaturov
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Publication number: 20240065428Abstract: A brush, rotatably arranged in a cleaning device for cleaning surfaces, is described. The brush includes a core element and brush elements arranged on the core element. The brush elements are arranged in a bristle field extending in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the brush and in a peripheral direction about the longitudinal axis. Further, the brush elements include fiber hairs. Furthermore, a linear mass density of at least tip portions of the brush elements is lower than 15 g per 10 km. In addition, an average of a packing density of the brush elements in the bristle field is lower than 15,000 brush elements per 1 cm2 so as to ensure that for the purpose of moving the brush during a cleaning action, only a relatively small amount of energy is needed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Bastiaan Johannes DE WIT, Anke Rieka MEULENDIJKS, Jamila MIDHAT, Orhan KAHYA, Chengang CAO, Rinse Hendrik BOSMA, Fermín ESPÍN FRANCO, Robert Friso BURGERS, Albert AL-SHORACHI, Arjan Sander VONK
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Patent number: 11829981Abstract: At least some embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of product scanning systems and arrangements used within a retail venue. In an embodiment, the present invention is a data capture system that includes a scanner pod housing a plurality of scanners, each configured to capture product data; a data capture module communicatively coupled to the scanner pod, the first data capture module configured to capture, via a mobile device associated with a customer, customer data; and a server communicatively coupled to at least one of the scanner pod and the first data capture module, the server being configured to, upon the first data capture module capturing the customer data associated with the customer, associate one of the plurality of scanners with at least one of the customer and the customer data associated with the customer, resulting in an associated data capture device.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLCInventors: Edward Barkan, Darran Michael Handshaw, Robert Sanders, Thomas E. Wulff, Mark Drzymala, Yuri Astvatsaturov
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Patent number: 11750552Abstract: Systems and methods for automated evaluation system routing are described herein. The system can include a memory, which can include a model database and a correlation database. The system can include a first user device and a second user device. The system can include at least one server. The at least one server can: receive a response communication from the user device; generate an initial evaluation value according to an AI model; determine a correlation between the initial evaluation value and evaluation range data; accept the initial evaluation value when the correlation exceeds a threshold value; and route the response communication to the second user device for generation of an elevated evaluation value when the correlation does not exceed the threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2017Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Kyle Habermehl, Karen Lochbaum, Robert Sanders, Walter Denny Way, Ryan Calme
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Publication number: 20230153556Abstract: A method is disclosed for adjusting imaging parameters of a bioptic barcode reader. The method includes capturing, by an imaging assembly, an initial image of a target object having an indicia thereon. The imaging assembly captures the initial image according to an initial imaging parameter. The method further includes attempting to decode the indicia from the initial image, and responsive to being unable to decode the indicia, detecting a substantially static presence of the target object within a field of view (FOV) of the imaging assembly. The method then includes, responsive to detecting the substantially static presence of the target object within the FOV, adjusting the initial imaging parameter to a subsequent imaging parameter, wherein the subsequent imaging parameter is different than the initial imaging parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Christopher W. Brock, Edward Barkan, Robert Sanders
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Patent number: 11562159Abstract: A method is disclosed for adjusting imaging parameters of a bioptic barcode reader. The method includes capturing, by an imaging assembly, an initial image of a target object having an indicia thereon. The imaging assembly captures the initial image according to an initial imaging parameter. The method further includes attempting to decode the indicia from the initial image, and responsive to being unable to decode the indicia, detecting a substantially static presence of the target object within a field of view (FOV) of the imaging assembly. The method then includes, responsive to detecting the substantially static presence of the target object within the FOV, adjusting the initial imaging parameter to a subsequent imaging parameter, wherein the subsequent imaging parameter is different than the initial imaging parameter.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Christopher W. Brock, Edward Barkan, Robert Sanders
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Publication number: 20220379004Abstract: The wound drainage apparatus for drug-assisted removal of bodily fluids includes a double-lumen tubing member connected to a customizable branched tubing member for placement in a wound cavity. A perforated inner tube connected to an anticoagulant drug delivery pump and a solid outer tube connected to a fluid drainage vacuum make up the double-lumen tubing member. The branched tubing member includes a plurality of secondary wound cavity tubes branching away from a primary wound cavity tube. The apparatus disclosed herein improves upon current drainage systems by preventing occlusions produced by blood clots forming in fluid drainage tubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Ann Hellman, Mary Forde, Pressley May, David Matei, Alexander Otts, Robert Sanders, Sheila Hurley, Nathan Beaty
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Patent number: 11270283Abstract: At least some embodiments described herein relate to the field of product scanning systems and arrangements used within a retail venue. In an embodiment, the present invention is a system including: a barcode reader repository having docking stations each with a power connector and a lock; barcode readers docked at and locked by the docking stations, each receiving an electrical charge from the respective power connector; a data acquisition assembly configured to capture and decode a symbol associated with an operator profile, and forward the decoded data for further processing; and a server configured to: receive the decoded data; responsively select one of the plurality of barcode readers resulting in a selected barcode reader; transmit, an unlock signal to the lock locking the selected barcode reader to enable removal; and transmit a beacon signal to activate a beacon that is indicative of a physical location of the selected barcode reader.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLCInventors: Edward Barkan, Darran Michael Handshaw, Robert Sanders, Thomas E. Wulff, Mark Drzymala
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Patent number: 11144897Abstract: Methods and systems to detect items left in merchandise carriers are disclosed. A disclosed example system includes: an input device configured to receive an indication that a merchandise carrier is to be empty from at least one of a user or a device communicatively coupled to the input device; an overhead imaging device configured to capture an image of the merchandise carrier at a checkout station in response to the indication; an image processor configured to detect based on the image an obscuration of a portion of the merchandise carrier by the presence of an item in the merchandise carrier, and generate an alert signal when the portion of the merchandise carrier is obscured; and an output device configured to receive the alert signal and provide a notification of the presence of the item in the merchandise carrier.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Robert Sanders, Edward Barkan, Darran Michael Handshaw, Mark Drzymala
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Publication number: 20210110367Abstract: Methods and systems to detect items left in merchandise carriers are disclosed. A disclosed example system includes: an input device configured to receive an indication that a merchandise carrier is to be empty from at least one of a user or a device communicatively coupled to the input device; an overhead imaging device configured to capture an image of the merchandise carrier at a checkout station in response to the indication; an image processor configured to detect based on the image an obscuration of a portion of the merchandise carrier by the presence of an item in the merchandise carrier, and generate an alert signal when the portion of the merchandise carrier is obscured; and an output device configured to receive the alert signal and provide a notification of the presence of the item in the merchandise carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2019Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Robert Sanders, Edward Barkan, Darran Michael Handshaw, Mark Drzymala
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Publication number: 20210110123Abstract: A method is disclosed for adjusting imaging parameters of a bioptic barcode reader. The method includes capturing, by an imaging assembly, an initial image of a target object having an indicia thereon. The imaging assembly captures the initial image according to an initial imaging parameter. The method further includes attempting to decode the indicia from the initial image, and responsive to being unable to decode the indicia, detecting a substantially static presence of the target object within a field of view (FOV) of the imaging assembly. The method then includes, responsive to detecting the substantially static presence of the target object within the FOV, adjusting the initial imaging parameter to a subsequent imaging parameter, wherein the subsequent imaging parameter is different than the initial imaging parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2019Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Christopher W. Brock, Edward Barkan, Robert Sanders
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Patent number: 10516641Abstract: Systems and methods for automated evaluation system routing are described herein. The system can include a memory, which can include a model database and a correlation database. The system can include a first user device and a second user device. The system can include at least one server. The at least one server can: receive a response communication from the user device; generate an initial evaluation value according to an AI model; determine a correlation between the initial evaluation value and evaluation range data; accept the initial evaluation value when the correlation exceeds a threshold value; and route the response communication to the second user device for generation of an elevated evaluation value when the correlation does not exceed the threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Kyle Habermehl, Karen Lochbaum, Robert Sanders, Walter Denny Way, Ryan Calme
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Publication number: 20190073654Abstract: At least some embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of product scanning systems and arrangements used within a retail venue. In an embodiment, the present invention is a data capture system that includes a scanner pod housing a plurality of scanners, each configured to capture product data; a data capture module communicatively coupled to the scanner pod, the first data capture module configured to capture, via a mobile device associated with a customer, customer data; and a server communicatively coupled to at least one of the scanner pod and the first data capture module, the server being configured to, upon the first data capture module capturing the customer data associated with the customer, associate one of the plurality of scanners with at least one of the customer and the customer data associated with the customer, resulting in an associated data capture device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Edward Barkan, Darran Michael Handshaw, Robert Sanders, Thomas E. Wulff, Mark Drzymala, Yuri Astvatsaturov
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Publication number: 20190073655Abstract: At least some embodiments described herein relate to the field of product scanning systems and arrangements used within a retail venue. In an embodiment, the present invention is a system including: a barcode reader repository having docking stations each with a power connector and a lock; barcode readers docked at and locked by the docking stations, each receiving an electrical charge from the respective power connector; a data acquisition assembly configured to capture and decode a symbol associated with an operator profile, and forward the decoded data for further processing; and a server configured to: receive the decoded data; responsively select one of the plurality of barcode readers resulting in a selected barcode reader; transmit, an unlock signal to the lock locking the selected barcode reader to enable removal; and transmit a beacon signal to activate a beacon that is indicative of a physical location of the selected barcode reader.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Edward Barkan, Darran Michael Handshaw, Robert Sanders, Thomas E. Wulff, Mark Drzymala, Yuri Astvatsaturov