Patents by Inventor Steven Thomas WOODWARD

Steven Thomas WOODWARD 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).

  • Methods and Systems for Combination Electrodes for Wearable Devices
    Publication number: 20240032805
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a wellness tracking device with a base plate that may be utilized as a combination electrode by a variety of sensors. The base plate may be a multi-material electrode that includes a conductor and a transparent or semi-transparent material to enable optical sensing. In certain embodiments, the base plate supports a plurality of different sensors, which may selectively utilize the base plate as an electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Jens Mitchell Nielsen, Jaclyn Leverett Wasson, Kyung Nim Noh, Man-Chi Liu, Alan Luu, Peter Colin Dess, Lindsey Michelle Sunden, Lukas Bielskis, Thomas Consolazio, Steven Thomas Woodward, Dennis Jacob McCray
  • Biometric Sensor Integrated with Electronic Display of a Wearable Device
    Publication number: 20230255559
    Abstract: A wearable computing device includes an outer covering defining an outer-most top surface and an outer perimeter and an internal volume defined, at least in part, by an inner surface of the outer covering. The wearable computing device also includes an electronic display and an electronic display module connector arranged within the internal volume. Further, the wearable computing device includes at least one biometric sensor electrode positioned on the outer-most top surface of the outer covering and wrapping around one or more side edges of the outer covering to the internal volume. Moreover, the wearable computing device includes a printed circuit board arranged within the internal volume. In addition, the wearable computing device includes a conductive component electrically connecting the biometric sensor electrode(s) to the printed circuit board through the electronic display module connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Dong Yeung Kwak, Triton Hurd, Jens Mitchell Nielsen, Steven Thomas Woodward, Chih-Chun Chang, Gang Cheng, Dennis Jisung Kim, Mike Suk, Brian Dennis Paschke, Cody David Lee, Jeffrey Michael Borra, Ritu Verma, Pieris Berreitter
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMBINATION ELECTRODES FOR WEARABLE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20230122218
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a wellness tracking device with a base plate that may be utilized as a combination electrode by a variety of sensors. The base plate may be a multi-material electrode that includes a conductor and a transparent or semi-transparent material to enable optical sensing. In certain embodiments, the base plate supports a plurality of different sensors, which may selectively utilize the base plate as an electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Jens Mitchell NIELSEN, Jaclyn Leverett WASSON, Kyung Nim NOH, Man-Chi LIU, Alan LUU, Peter Colin DESS, Lindsey Michelle SUNDEN, Lukas BIELSKIS, Thomas CONSOLAZIO, Steven Thomas WOODWARD
  • Methods and systems for combination electrodes for wearable devices
    Patent number: 11419504
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a wellness tracking device with a base plate that may be utilized as a combination electrode by a variety of sensors. The base plate may be a multi-material electrode that includes a conductor and a transparent or semi-transparent material to enable optical sensing. In certain embodiments, the base plate supports a plurality of different sensors, which may selectively utilize the base plate as an electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: FITBIT, INC.
    Inventors: Jens Mitchell Nielsen, Jaclyn Leverett Wasson, Kyung Nim Noh, Man-Chi Liu, Alan Luu, Peter Colin Dess, Lindsey Michelle Sunden, Lukas Bielskis, Thomas Consolazio, Steven Thomas Woodward, Dennis Jacob McCray
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMBINATION ELECTRODES FOR WEARABLE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20200405160
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a wellness tracking device with a base plate that may be utilized as a combination electrode by a variety of sensors. The base plate may be a multi-material electrode that includes a conductor and a transparent or semi-transparent material to enable optical sensing. In certain embodiments, the base plate supports a plurality of different sensors, which may selectively utilize the base plate as an electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Jens Mitchell NIELSEN, Jaclyn Leverett WASSON, Kyung Nim NOH, Man-Chi LIU, Alan LUU, Peter Colin DESS, Lindsey Michelle SUNDEN, Lukas BIELSKIS, Thomas CONSOLAZIO, Steven Thomas WOODWARD