Patents by Inventor Ryan McGee

Ryan McGee 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: 20250063319
    Abstract: Systems and methods for navigating a virtual space using sound are described. Some examples include a multidimensional sound space with a plurality of nodes associated with a plurality of audio sources. Some examples of the system and methods include receiving a first user navigational input, determining a first user location in the multidimensional sound space, and playing a binaural sound associated with a node based on the first user location and the node's location. Some examples further include receiving a second user navigational input, determining a second user location in the multidimensional sound space, and playing a stereophonic sound associated with the node based on the second user location and the node's location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Stephen M. Zoepf, Ryan McGee
  • Publication number: 20250013307
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for a multisensory digital interaction experience to create simulated in-person experiences of apparel and material, such as garments and fabric. The system generates digital output for an online web application or device hosted application. In one embodiment, the system provides the multisensory digital interaction experience that matches device capacity, experience context, and the best interaction type for the tactile representation values associated with manufactured apparel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Ellisa Kathleen CALDER, Timothy Ryan MCGEE, Daniel Patrick RYDER, Sarah Renee PARNES ROGOWSKY, Piengpatou Clarissa JUNCHAYA, Charles YUST, Tammy BAIRD, Ho-Wei HSU, Antonello CRIMI, Hidekazu SAEGUSA
  • Patent number: 12137335
    Abstract: Systems and methods for navigating a virtual space using sound are described. Some examples include a multidimensional sound space with a plurality of nodes associated with a plurality of audio sources. Some examples of the system and methods include receiving a first user navigational input, determining a first user location in the multidimensional sound space, and playing a binaural sound associated with a node based on the first user location and the node's location. Some examples further include receiving a second user navigational input, determining a second user location in the multidimensional sound space, and playing a stereophonic sound associated with the node based on the second user location and the node's location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: DZCO INC
    Inventors: Stephen M. Zoepf, Ryan McGee
  • Patent number: 12019315
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an optical device for enhancing the well-being of a wearer. The optical device includes a frame, at least one lens connected to the frame, at least one filter configured to engage with the at least one lens, at least one second filter configured to engaged with the at least one lens, and a modulating mechanism in communication with the frame, the at least one lens, the at least one first filter and/or the at least one second filter for modulating the at least one first filter and the at least one second filter. The at least one first filter attenuates light at wavelengths in the visible blue light spectral region. The at least one second filter attenuates light at wavelengths of the visible spectral region outside of the visible blue light spectral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: LULULEMON ATHLETICA CANADA INC.
    Inventors: Thomas McCarthy Waller, Siân Elizabeth Slawson, Sian Victoria Allen, Todd James Smith, Nils Johan Edzén, Kerem Dogurga, Philip David Siwek, Timothy Ryan McGee, Kate Alexandria Macmillan, Navjot Kailay, Ellisa Kathleen Calder, William Ly
  • Publication number: 20240080638
    Abstract: Systems and methods for navigating a virtual space using sound are described. Some examples include a multidimensional sound space with a plurality of nodes associated with a plurality of audio sources. Some examples of the system and methods include receiving a first user navigational input, determining a first user location in the multidimensional sound space, and playing a binaural sound associated with a node based on the first user location and the node's location. Some examples further include receiving a second user navigational input, determining a second user location in the multidimensional sound space, and playing a stereophonic sound associated with the node based on the second user location and the node's location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen M. Zoepf, Ryan McGee
  • Publication number: 20230379638
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to binaural audio detection and enhancement. In one or more embodiments, a binaural audio system is provided having a digital signal processor configured to receive a first digital audio signal from an audio signal source, determine an audio frequency spectrum including two or more signal frequencies based on the digital audio signal, determine a first binaural frequency pair including two signal frequencies in the audio frequency spectrum having a first frequency difference in the range of 1 Hz to 100 Hz and generate a first binaural audio signal by modulating the first binaural frequency pair to increase a gain for the two signal frequencies of the first binaural frequency pair. In various embodiments the digital signal processor is further configured to output a second audio signal corresponding to the first digital audio signal and including the first binaural audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Damian Wagner, Ryan McGee
  • Publication number: 20230340562
    Abstract: Examples of a moisture induced bioluminescent composition are disclosed. The moisture induced bioluminescent composition includes luciferin granulates and a mixture of a dried luciferase enzyme and one or both of at least one cofactor and at least one excipient. The luciferin granulates are mixed with the dried luciferase mixture forming an unreactive composition that is configured to produce a luminescence when exposed to moisture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Felix MOSER, Lynn Yuqin Wan, Timothy Ryan McGee
  • Publication number: 20230329233
    Abstract: Examples of a mat are disclosed. The mat comprises a body with a first surface and a second surface, and a microbial component that comprises pre-determined microorganisms which are dispersed in the body of the mat between the first and second surfaces, on one of the first surface or the second surface, or on both of the first surface and the second surface. The microbial component manipulates a microbiome of an environment adjacent or in contact to the mat. The microbial component can comprise at least one of live bacteria, bacteria endospores, fungi, viruses, protozoa, algae, slime moulds, archaea, micro-plants, a synthetic biology system or microbial precursor that stimulate growth of the desired microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Lynn Yuqin WAN, Robert John GATHERCOLE, Timothy Ryan McGEE
  • Patent number: 11760516
    Abstract: A system including a flume. The flume can include a fluid and be configured to receive crops. The system also can include crop selectors each sized to move the crops individually from the flume into a scale. The system additionally can include the scale. The scale can be configured to weigh the crops while the crops are in the scale. The system further can include a container carrier configured to (i) hold a container that is submerged in the fluid while the crops are dumped from the scale into the container and (ii) lift the container out of the fluid to allow the fluid to drain from the container while the container holds the crops. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: HARVEST CROO, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Henry Pitzer, Scott Gordon Scarpinato, Ryan McGee
  • Publication number: 20220229314
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an optical device for enhancing the well-being of a wearer. The optical device includes a frame, at least one lens connected to the frame, at least one filter configured to engage with the at least one lens, at least one second filter configured to engaged with the at least one lens, and a modulating mechanism in communication with the frame, the at least one lens, the at least one first filter and/or the at least one second filter for modulating the at least one first filter and the at least one second filter. The at least one first filter attenuates light at wavelengths in the visible blue light spectral region. The at least one second filter attenuates light at wavelengths of the visible spectral region outside of the visible blue light spectral region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas McCarthy WALLER, Siân Elizabeth SLAWSON, Sian Victoria ALLEN, Todd James Smith, Nils Johan EDZÉN, Kerem DOGURGA, Philip David SIWEK, Timothy Ryan MCGEE, Kate Alexandria MACMILLAN, Navjot KAILAY, Ellisa Kathleen CALDER, William LY
  • Publication number: 20220194641
    Abstract: A system including a flume. The flume can include a fluid and be configured to receive crops. The system also can include crop selectors each sized to move the crops individually from the flume into a scale. The system additionally can include the scale. The scale can be configured to weigh the crops while the crops are in the scale. The system further can include a container carrier configured to (i) hold a container that is submerged in the fluid while the crops are dumped from the scale into the container and (ii) lift the container out of the fluid to allow the fluid to drain from the container while the container holds the crops. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Harvest CROO, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Henry Pitzer, Scott Gordon Scarpinato, Ryan McGee
  • Patent number: 9764632
    Abstract: A plugin hybrid electric vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a battery, an electric machine, and a controller. The vehicle is operable in a primary electric vehicle driving mode (EV mode) and in a hybrid electric vehicle driving mode (HEV mode). The controller is programmed to receive input from the driver representing a desired operating mode and a desired energy reservation. If the desired operating mode is HEV mode, then a state of charge (SOC) offset is established as the smaller of a maximum SOC offset and an allowable SOC offset, otherwise, the SOC offset is established based on the desired energy reservation. The vehicle is operated based on the SOC offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hai Yu, Ming Lang Kuang, Ryan McGee, Joseph G. Supina, Johannes G. Kristinsson, Fazal U. Syed
  • Patent number: 8998774
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided with an engine that is configured for automatic shutdown and restart. The vehicle is also provided with a controller that is configured to shutdown the engine in response to brake effort exceeding a first threshold and to restart the engine in response to brake effort decreasing below a second threshold. The first threshold and the second threshold are based on an estimated vehicle mass and a road gradient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hai Yu, Mathew Alan Boesch, Ryan McGee
  • Patent number: 8731752
    Abstract: In a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), the vehicle may be operated in a charge-depleting (CD) mode to ensure that the battery is effectively discharged or in a charge-sustaining (CS) mode in which the battery state of charge is maintained by operating the internal combustion engine predominantly for propulsion. In trips that are longer than that which fully depletes the battery storage, it is possible to control the proportion in a manner that is between CS and CD modes to provide overall higher efficiency while still effectively discharging the battery over the course of the trip. Such higher efficiency operation is possible when information about the distance until the next charging event is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hai Yu, Ming L. Kuang, Ryan McGee
  • Publication number: 20140066255
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided with an engine that is configured for automatic shutdown and restart. The vehicle is also provided with a controller that is configured to shutdown the engine in response to brake effort exceeding a first threshold and to restart the engine in response to brake effort decreasing below a second threshold. The first threshold and the second threshold are based on an estimated vehicle mass and a road gradient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Hai Yu, Mathew Alan Boesch, Ryan McGee
  • Patent number: 8579765
    Abstract: A vehicle powertrain with engine start-stop characteristics is capable of maintaining a vehicle stationary on a roadway with a gradient when wheel brakes are applied to stop the vehicle as the engine is shut down. Vehicle creep and vehicle launch is achieved as the engine is re-started following detection of a brake release signal based on engine speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hai Yu, Mathew Boesch, Ryan McGee
  • Publication number: 20130247272
    Abstract: A method of producing a graphic on a substrate includes receiving an image, determining a print pattern corresponding to the image, and replicating the print pattern as a graphic on a substantially flat, flexible and contiguous substrate. The print pattern is bounded by a cut pattern that represents multiple layflat components of a functional, three dimensional object. Determining the print pattern includes mapping selected portions of the image onto selected portions of the cut pattern, and altering the mapped portions of the image based on at least one of an expected three dimensional topography associated with a component and an expected seam area associated with the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Jason T. Reed, Kimberly Anne Moreno, Chadwick Abel Moreno, Joshua Ryan McGee, Walter S. Nolen
  • Publication number: 20110166733
    Abstract: A plugin hybrid electric vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a battery, an electric machine, and a controller. The vehicle is operable in a primary electric vehicle driving mode (EV mode) and in a hybrid electric vehicle driving mode (HEV mode). The controller is programmed to receive input from the driver representing a desired operating mode and a desired energy reservation. If the desired operating mode is HEV mode, then a state of charge (SOC) offset is established as the smaller of a maximum SOC offset and an allowable SOC offset, otherwise, the SOC offset is established based on the desired energy reservation. The vehicle is operated based on the SOC offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Hai Yu, Ming Lang Kuang, Ryan McGee, Joseph G. Supina, Johannes G. Kristinsson, Fazal U. Syed
  • Publication number: 20110166732
    Abstract: In a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), the vehicle may be operated in a charge-(CD) mode to ensure that the battery is effectively discharged or in a charge-sustaining (CS) mode in which the battery state of charge is maintained by operating the internal combustion engine predominantly for propulsion. In trips that are longer than that which fully depletes the battery storage, it is possible to control the proportion in a manner that is between CS and CD modes to provide overall higher efficiency while still effectively discharging the battery over the course of the trip. Such higher efficiency operation is possible when information about the distance until the next charging event is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Hai Yu, Ming L. Kuang, Ryan McGee
  • Publication number: 20110136625
    Abstract: A vehicle powertrain with engine start-stop characteristics is capable of maintaining a vehicle stationary on a roadway with a gradient when wheel brakes are applied to stop the vehicle as the engine is shut down. Vehicle creep and vehicle launch is achieved as the engine is re-started following detection of a brake release signal based on engine speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Hai Yu, Mathew Boesch, Ryan McGee