Patents by Inventor Ronald A. Carter
Ronald A. Carter 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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Publication number: 20220122391Abstract: An artificial intelligence (AI) entry management (EM) security system includes a camera, a microphone, a motion detector, a speaker, a software platform and a smart electronic device. The smart electronic device is operable to interface with the software platform device to provide verification, receive alerts, and receive images, video and/or audio. The smart electronic device include one or more of a smart wearable device including smart watches, smart glasses, virtual reality devices, and augmented reality devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: 1AHEAD TechnologiesInventor: Ronald Carter
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Publication number: 20220116570Abstract: An artificial intelligence entry management device for an entry and delivery system includes a camera, a microphone, a motion detector, a speaker, and a housing. The housing has an oval shape with a substantially open middle. The substantially open middle has a housing protrusion portion configured to house the camera, the microphone, the motion detector, and the speaker. The entry and delivery system may also include one or more robots that interface with the entry management device to monitor an area around an access point and to alert the user of activity. A robot may be an aerial robot that has a camera, a robot light, a speaker, a microphone and an actuator to enable picking and moving a package. Aerial robots may be configured around a perimeter of a building to monitor the building and may turn on a robot light when motion is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventor: Ronald Carter
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Publication number: 20220114546Abstract: An artificial intelligence entry management device for an entry and delivery system includes a camera, a microphone, a motion detector, a speaker, and a housing. The housing has an oval shape with a substantially open middle. The substantially open middle has a housing protrusion portion configured to house the camera, the microphone, the motion detector, and the speaker. The entry and delivery system may also include one or more robots that interface with the entry management device to monitor an area around an access point and to alert the user of activity. A robot may be an aerial robot that has a camera, a robot light, a speaker, a microphone and an actuator to enable picking and moving a package. Aerial robots may be configured around a perimeter of a building to monitor the building and may turn on a robot light when motion is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventor: Ronald Carter
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Publication number: 20220114851Abstract: An artificial intelligence entry management device for an entry and delivery system includes a camera, a microphone, a motion detector, a speaker, and a housing. The housing has an oval shape with a substantially open middle. The substantially open middle has a housing protrusion portion configured to house the camera, the microphone, the motion detector, and the speaker. The entry and delivery system may also include one or more robots that interface with the entry management device to monitor an area around an access point and to alert the user of activity. A robot may be an aerial robot that has a camera, a robot light, a speaker, a microphone and an actuator to enable picking and moving a package. Aerial robots may be configured around a perimeter of a building to monitor the building and may turn on a robot light when motion is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: 1AHEAD TechnologiesInventor: Ronald Carter
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Patent number: 11303856Abstract: An artificial intelligence entry management device for an entry and delivery system includes a camera, a microphone, a motion detector, a speaker, and a housing. The housing has an oval shape with a substantially open middle. The substantially open middle has a housing protrusion portion configured to house the camera, the microphone, the motion detector, and the speaker. The entry and delivery system may also include one or more robots that interface with the entry management device to monitor an area around an access point and to alert the user of activity. A robot may be an aerial robot that has a camera, a robot light, a speaker, a microphone and an actuator to enable picking and moving a package. Aerial robots may be configured around a perimeter of a building to monitor the building and may turn on a robot light when motion is detected.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: 1AHEAD TechnologiesInventor: Ronald Carter
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Patent number: 11151825Abstract: An artificial intelligence entry management device for an entry management system includes a camera, a microphone, a motion detector, a speaker, and a housing. The housing has an oval shape with a substantially open middle. The substantially open middle has a housing protrusion portion configured to house the camera, the microphone, the motion detector, and the speaker.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: 1AHEAD TechnologiesInventor: Ronald Carter
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Patent number: 11128840Abstract: An artificial intelligence entry management device for an entry management system includes a camera, a microphone, a motion detector, a speaker, and a housing. The housing has an oval shape with a substantially open middle. The substantially open middle has a housing protrusion portion configured to house the camera, the microphone, the motion detector, and the speaker.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: 1AHEAD TechnologiesInventor: Ronald Carter
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Publication number: 20210142603Abstract: A secured delivery system can include a doorbell device comprising a scanner, and a locking mechanism operatively connected to the scanner a computer processor or a cloud server and a structure, such as a residence or lockbox. A key, which can be in the for of a bar code, can be generated and sent to delivery or service personnel needing access to the structure. The delivery or service personnel present the bar code to the scanner. Upon reading the bar code, the locking mechanism is unlocked thereby allowing access to the structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventor: Ronald CARTER
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Publication number: 20210092329Abstract: An audio-video communication system comprises a wireless exterior module located proximate an entrance, a computerized controller running a software application, and a remote peripheral device. The wireless exterior module includes a proximity sensor for detecting a person at the entrance, a video camera for recording an image of the person at the entrance, a microphone for recording the person at the entrance, a speaker for playing audio to the person at the entrance, a transmitter for communicating sounds and images of the person at the entrance, and a receiver for receiving communications at the wireless exterior module. The computerized controller is disposed in wireless electronic communication with the wireless exterior module via the transmitter and the receiver of the wireless exterior module. The remote peripheral device is configured to electronically communicate with the computerized controller for viewing an image from the video camera communicated from the wireless exterior module.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventor: Ronald Carter
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Patent number: 10941795Abstract: A bushing device includes a cap end shaped to engage a first surface of a first component having a first hole, and a slotted barrel body coupled with the cap end and elongated along a center axis. The slotted barrel body includes plural first cantilevered beam legs extending away from the cap end in directions that are parallel to the center axis. One or more of the first cantilevered beam legs has a hook at a distal end of the one or more first cantilevered beam legs. The slotted barrel body is shaped to fit inside the first hole in the first component and into a concentric second hole in a second component. The hook of the one or more first cantilevered beam legs is positioned to engage the second component to secure the first component and the second component together.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Glenn G. Heavens, Ronald Carter Owens, Chad Michael Clark
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Patent number: 10896562Abstract: A secured delivery system can include a doorbell device comprising a scanner, and a locking mechanism operatively connected to the scanner, a computer processor or a cloud server and a structure, such as a residence or lockbox. A key, which can be in the form of a bar code, can be generated and sent to delivery or service personnel needing access to the structure. The delivery or service personnel present the bar code to the scanner. Upon reading the bar code, the locking mechanism is unlocked thereby allowing access to the structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: 1AHEAD TechnologiesInventor: Ronald Carter
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Patent number: 10863147Abstract: An audio-video communication system comprises a wireless exterior module located proximate an entrance, a computerized controller running a software application, and a remote peripheral device. The wireless exterior module includes a proximity sensor for detecting a person at the entrance, a video camera for recording an image of the person at the entrance, a microphone for recording the person at the entrance, a speaker for playing audio to the person at the entrance, a transmitter for communicating sounds and images of the person at the entrance, and a receiver for receiving communications at the wireless exterior module. The computerized controller is disposed in wireless electronic communication with the wireless exterior module via the transmitter and the receiver of the wireless exterior module. The remote peripheral device is configured to electronically communicate with the computerized controller for viewing an image from the video camera communicated from the wireless exterior module.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Eyetalk365, LLCInventor: Ronald Carter
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Publication number: 20200288090Abstract: An audio-video communication system comprises a wireless exterior module located proximate an entrance, a computerized controller running a software application, and a remote peripheral device. The wireless exterior module includes a proximity sensor for detecting a person at the entrance, a video camera for recording an image of the person at the entrance, a microphone for recording the person at the entrance, a speaker for playing audio to the person at the entrance, a transmitter for communicating sounds and images of the person at the entrance, and a receiver for receiving communications at the wireless exterior module. The computerized controller is disposed in wireless electronic communication with the wireless exterior module via the transmitter and the receiver of the wireless exterior module. The remote peripheral device is configured to electronically communicate with the computerized controller for viewing an image from the video camera communicated from the wireless exterior module.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventor: Ronald Carter
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Patent number: 10674120Abstract: An audio-video communication system comprises a wireless exterior module located proximate an entrance, a computerized controller running a software application, and a remote peripheral device. The wireless exterior module includes a proximity sensor for detecting a person at the entrance, a video camera for recording an image of the person at the entrance, a microphone for recording the person at the entrance, a speaker for playing audio to the person at the entrance, a transmitter for communicating sounds and images of the person at the entrance, and a receiver for receiving communications at the wireless exterior module. The computerized controller is disposed in wireless electronic communication with the wireless exterior module via the transmitter and the receiver of the wireless exterior module. The remote peripheral device is configured to electronically communicate with the computerized controller for viewing an image from the video camera communicated from the wireless exterior module.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Eyetalk365, LLCInventor: Ronald Carter
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Publication number: 20200035050Abstract: A secured delivery system can include a doorbell device comprising a scanner, and a locking mechanism operatively connected to the scanner, a computer processor or a cloud server and a structure, such as a residence or lockbox. A key, which can be in the form of a bar code, can be generated and sent to delivery or service personnel needing access to the structure. The delivery or service personnel present the bar code to the scanner. Upon reading the bar code, the locking mechanism is unlocked thereby allowing access to the structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventor: Ronald Carter
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Publication number: 20200018340Abstract: A bushing device includes a cap end shaped to engage a first surface of a first component having a first hole, and a slotted barrel body coupled with the cap end and elongated along a center axis. The slotted barrel body includes plural first cantilevered beam legs extending away from the cap end in directions that are parallel to the center axis. One or more of the first cantilevered beam legs has a hook at a distal end of the one or more first cantilevered beam legs. The slotted barrel body is shaped to fit inside the first hole in the first component and into a concentric second hole in a second component. The hook of the one or more first cantilevered beam legs is positioned to engage the second component to secure the first component and the second component together.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2018Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Glenn G. Heavens, Ronald Carter Owens, Chad Michael Clark
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Publication number: 20200007826Abstract: An audio-video communication system comprises a wireless exterior module located proximate an entrance, a computerized controller running a software application, and a remote peripheral device. The wireless exterior module includes a proximity sensor for detecting a person at the entrance, a video camera for recording an image of the person at the entrance, a microphone for recording the person at the entrance, a speaker for playing audio to the person at the entrance, a transmitter for communicating sounds and images of the person at the entrance, and a receiver for receiving communications at the wireless exterior module. The computerized controller is disposed in wireless electronic communication with the wireless exterior module via the transmitter and the receiver of the wireless exterior module. The remote peripheral device is configured to electronically communicate with the computerized controller for viewing an image from the video camera communicated from the wireless exterior module.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventor: Ronald Carter
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Patent number: 10523906Abstract: An audio-video communication system comprises a wireless exterior module located proximate an entrance, a computerized controller running a software application, and a remote peripheral device. The wireless exterior module includes a proximity sensor for detecting a person at the entrance, a video camera for recording an image of the person at the entrance, a microphone for recording the person at the entrance, a speaker for playing audio to the person at the entrance, a transmitter for communicating sounds and images of the person at the entrance, and a receiver for receiving communications at the wireless exterior module. The computerized controller is disposed in wireless electronic communication with the wireless exterior module via the transmitter and the receiver of the wireless exterior module. The remote peripheral device is configured to electronically communicate with the computerized controller for viewing an image from the video camera communicated from the wireless exterior module.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Eyetalk365, LLCInventor: Ronald Carter
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Patent number: 10475259Abstract: A security system can include a doorbell device comprising a scanner, and a locking mechanism operatively connected to the scanner and a structure, such as a home or lockbox. A key, which can be in the form of a bar code, can be generated and sent to delivery or service personnel needing access to the structure. The delivery or service personnel present the bar code to the scanner. Upon reading the bar code, the locking mechanism is unlocked thereby allowing access to the structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Inventor: Ronald Carter
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Publication number: 20190234448Abstract: A fastening system is configured to securely couple a fastened component to a mating structure using a fastener with a shaft. The fastening system includes a compression limiting sleeve and a spring element. The compression limiting sleeve has an axial hub, a base, and a sleeve outer wall. The axial hub extends perpendicularly from the base and is configured to receive the shaft of the fastener. The sleeve outer wall extends from the base. The spring element has a central portion and a spring element outer wall. The central portion includes a central opening and at least one coupling feature. The central opening is configured to receive the shaft of the fastener. The at least one coupling feature is configured to engage the axial hub of the compression limiting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Ronald Carter Owens, II, Chad Michael Clark