Patents by Inventor STEVE ROW
STEVE ROW 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: 20190333012Abstract: Automated inventory management and material (or container) handling removes the requirement to operate fully automatically or all-manual using conventional task dedicated vertical storage and retrieval (S&R) machines. Inventory requests Automated vehicles plan their own movements to execute missions over a container yard, warehouse aisles or roadways, sharing this space with manually driven trucks. Automated units drive to planned speed limits, manage their loads (stability control), stop, go, and merge at intersections according human driving rules, use on-board sensors to identify static and dynamic obstacles, and human traffic, and either avoid them or stop until potential collision risk is removed. They identify, localize, and either pick-up loads (pallets, container, etc.) or drop them at the correctly demined locations. Systems without full automation can also implement partially automated operations (for instance load pick-up and drop), and can assure inherently safe manually operated vehicles (i.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: Cybernet Systems Corp.Inventors: Charles J. Jacobus, Glenn J. Beach, Steve Rowe
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Patent number: 10346797Abstract: Automated inventory management and material (or container) handling removes the requirement to operate fully automatically or all-manual using conventional task dedicated vertical storage and retrieval (S&R) machines. Inventory requests Automated vehicles plan their own movements to execute missions over a container yard, warehouse aisles or roadways, sharing this space with manually driven trucks. Automated units drive to planned speed limits, manage their loads (stability control), stop, go, and merge at intersections according human driving rules, use on-board sensors to identify static and dynamic obstacles, and human traffic, and either avoid them or stop until potential collision risk is removed. They identify, localize, and either pick-up loads (pallets, container, etc.) or drop them at the correctly demined locations. Systems without full automation can also implement partially automated operations (for instance load pick-up and drop), and can assure inherently safe manually operated vehicles (i.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Cybernet Systems, Inc.Inventors: Charles J. Jacobus, Glenn J. Beach, Steve Rowe
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Publication number: 20190128375Abstract: A device and method for the end termination of a braided synthetic rope offering full efficiency of the spliced and unspliced, tensile strength of the subject synthetic rope, with a tapered solid compression thimble of unique surface topography allowing forces on the tapered solid compression thimble only in compression, seated inside an enclosing thimble socket with an internal tapered thimble seat free of sharp edges, with a screw-on cap at the top of the enclosing thimble socket with a fitting for attachment for connecting links and configurable for different rigging attachment styles, a contoured groove in the tapered solid compression thimble for receiving a braided synthetic rope wrapped around the solid compression thimble and spliced into itself. In addition, rounded edges at the bottom of the enclosing thimble socket help protect the braided synthetic rope from abrasion and cutting while in service.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: GABRIEL BENAVIDEZ, STEVE ROW, LANCE EGGERS, JORDAN A. FIEDLER
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Publication number: 20190088148Abstract: Autonomous and manually operated vehicles are integrated into a cohesive, interactive environment, with communications to each other and to their surroundings, to improve traffic flow while reducing accidents and other incidents. All vehicles send/receive messages to/from each other, and from infrastructure devices, enabling the vehicles to determine their status, traffic conditions and infrastructure. The vehicles store and operate in accordance with a common set of rules based upon the messages received and other inputs from sensors, databases, and so forth, to avoid obstacles and collisions based upon current and, in some cases, future or predicted behavior. Shared vehicle control interfaces enable the AVs to conform to driving activities that are legal, safe, and allowable on roadways. Such activities enable each AV to drive within safety margins, speed limits, on allowed or legal driving lanes and through allowed turns, intersections, mergers, lane changes, stops/starts, and so forth.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Charles J. Jacobus, Douglas Haanpaa, Eugene Foulk, Pritpaul Mahal, Steve Rowe, Charles J. Cohen, Glenn J. Beach
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Publication number: 20180357601Abstract: A system for automated inventory management and material handling removes the requirement to operate fully automatically or all-manual using conventional vertical storage and retrieval (S&R) machines. Inventory requests to place palletized material into storage at a specified lot location or retrieve palletized material from a specified lot are resolved into missions for autonomous fork trucks, equivalent mobile platforms, or manual fork truck drivers (and their equipment) that are autonomously or manually executed to effect the request. Automated trucks plan their own movements to execute the mission over the warehouse aisles or roadways sharing this space with manually driven trucks. Automated units drive to planned speed limits, manage their loads (stability control), stop, go, and merge at intersections according human driving rules, use on-board sensors to identify static and dynamic obstacles, and human traffic, and either avoid them or stop until potential collision risk is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: Cybernet Systems Corp.Inventors: Charles J. Jacobus, Glenn J. Beach, Steve Rowe
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Publication number: 20180089616Abstract: Automated inventory management and material (or container) handling removes the requirement to operate fully automatically or all-manual using conventional task dedicated vertical storage and retrieval (S&R) machines. Inventory requests Automated vehicles plan their own movements to execute missions over a container yard, warehouse aisles or roadways, sharing this space with manually driven trucks. Automated units drive to planned speed limits, manage their loads (stability control), stop, go, and merge at intersections according human driving rules, use on-board sensors to identify static and dynamic obstacles, and human traffic, and either avoid them or stop until potential collision risk is removed. They identify, localize, and either pick-up loads (pallets, container, etc.) or drop them at the correctly demined locations. Systems without full automation can also implement partially automated operations (for instance load pick-up and drop), and can assure inherently safe manually operated vehicles (i.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Charles J. Jacobus, Glenn J. Beach, Steve Rowe
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Publication number: 20170074351Abstract: A device and method for the end termination of a braided synthetic rope, with a tapered wedge seated inside a wedge socket free of sharp edges, with a screw-on cap at the top of the wedge socket with an eye for attachment for connecting links, slots in the wedge for receiving unbraided individual strands of a braided synthetic rope. In addition, the device includes a spring and a steel plunger to be inserted in the screw-on cap to assist in holding the wedge securely in place once it is installed in the wedge socket. Rounded edges at the bottom of the wedge socket help protect the braided synthetic rope from abrasion and cutting while in service. The device is intended to create a safe and efficient manner to connect objects in the mooring industry such other synthetic mooring lines, anchor chains, and wire ropes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: GABRIEL BENAVIDEZ, STEVE ROW, LANCE EGGERS, RAYMOND DOUGLAS CUTSINGER
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Patent number: 8965561Abstract: A system for automated inventory management and material handling removes the requirement to operate fully automatically or all-manual using conventional vertical storage and retrieval (S&R) machines. Inventory requests to place palletized material into storage at a specified lot location or retrieve palletized material from a specified lot are resolved into missions for autonomous fork trucks, equivalent mobile platforms, or manual fork truck drivers (and their equipment) that are autonomously or manually executed to effect the request. Automated trucks plan their own movements to execute the mission over the warehouse aisles or roadways sharing this space with manually driven trucks. Automated units drive to planned speed limits, manage their loads (stability control), stop, go, and merge at intersections according human driving rules, use on-board sensors to identify static and dynamic obstacles, and human traffic, and either avoid them or stop until potential collision risk is removed.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Cybernet Systems CorporationInventors: Charles J. Jacobus, Glenn J. Beach, Steve Rowe
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Publication number: 20140277691Abstract: A system for automated inventory management and material handling removes the requirement to operate fully automatically or all-manual using conventional vertical storage and retrieval (S&R) machines. Inventory requests to place palletized material into storage at a specified lot location or retrieve palletized material from a specified lot are resolved into missions for autonomous fork trucks, equivalent mobile platforms, or manual fork truck drivers (and their equipment) that are autonomously or manually executed to effect the request. Automated trucks plan their own movements to execute the mission over the warehouse aisles or roadways sharing this space with manually driven trucks. Automated units drive to planned speed limits, manage their loads (stability control), stop, go, and merge at intersections according human driving rules, use on-board sensors to identify static and dynamic obstacles, and human traffic, and either avoid them or stop until potential collision risk is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: CYBERNET SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Charles J. Jacobus, Glenn J. Beach, Steve Rowe
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Publication number: 20020059246Abstract: A method for collecting emergency information from users. The user transmits data including at least a name and identifying indicia to a central storage server which stores the emergency information and indexes the information by name. Alternatively, the information is stored on substation computers located at police stations, fire stations, hospitals, and other places where the emergency information may be useful. In an emergency, the emergency personnel retrieve the information using the substation computers for use during the emergency.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2001Publication date: May 16, 2002Inventor: Steve Rowe
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Patent number: RE47108Abstract: A system for automated inventory management and material handling removes the requirement to operate fully automatically or all-manual using conventional vertical storage and retrieval (S&R) machines. Inventory requests to place palletized material into storage at a specified lot location or retrieve palletized material from a specified lot are resolved into missions for autonomous fork trucks, equivalent mobile platforms, or manual fork truck drivers (and their equipment) that are autonomously or manually executed to effect the request. Automated trucks plan their own movements to execute the mission over the warehouse aisles or roadways sharing this space with manually driven trucks. Automated units drive to planned speed limits, manage their loads (stability control), stop, go, and merge at intersections according human driving rules, use on-board sensors to identify static and dynamic obstacles, and human traffic, and either avoid them or stop until potential collision risk is removed.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Cybernet Systems Corp.Inventors: Charles J. Jacobus, Glenn J. Beach, Steve Rowe