Patents by Inventor Susan Pirzchalski

Susan Pirzchalski 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).

  • Patent number: 11235255
    Abstract: This disclosure provides devices and methods for implementing a robotic doll head. An implementation of the doll head can have a face mask having a pair of integral eyelids and an eyeball actuation frame supporting a pair of moveable eye assemblies. Each moveable eye assembly can have an eyeball element and an eyelid actuator assembly. The eyelid actuator assembly can have an eyelid support that can be coupled to an interior surface of one integral eyelid of the pair of integral eyelids. The eyelid actuator assembly can have a drive band configured to magnetically couple to the eyelid support and move the drive band in an arcuate path to blink the integral eyelids. The moveable eye assemblies can be offset from a centerline of the doll head by a separation angle by the eyeball actuation frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Realbotix. LLC
    Inventors: Matthew McMullen, Susan Pirzchalski
  • Patent number: 10940399
    Abstract: This disclosure provides devices and systems for a moveable eyeball assembly for a doll head. The eyeball assembly can have a rear portion having at least one first eyeball magnet and a substantially hemispherical shape forming a rear cavity in the rear portion. The eyeball assembly can have a front portion having a substantially hemispherical shape. The front portion can have at least one second eyeball magnet configured to magnetically couple with the at least one first eyeball magnet. The front portion can have a pupil element. The front portion can have an iris portion surrounding the pupil element. The eyeball assembly can be received in a gimbal assembly to move the eyeball assembly in at least two axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Realbotix, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew McMullen, Susan Pirzchalski
  • Publication number: 20200147808
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for providing user feedback are disclosed. The device can include a housing having a hollow inner core extending from an outer opening to an inner end. The device can include a plurality of sensors disposed along an interior surface of the housing within the hollow inner core, operable to sense position of an object within the housing or pressure applied to an interior surface of the hollow inner core. The sensors can further sense depth of the object inserted into the hollow inner core. The device can have a controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and operable to receive sensor indications based on the position of the object within the housing provide various outputs based on the depth, position, pressure, etc. of the object within the hollow inner core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Susan Pirzchalski, Matthew McMullen
  • Publication number: 20190381414
    Abstract: This disclosure provides devices and methods for implementing a robotic doll head. An implementation of the doll head can have a face mask having a pair of integral eyelids and an eyeball actuation frame supporting a pair of moveable eye assemblies. Each moveable eye assembly can have an eyeball element and an eyelid actuator assembly. The eyelid actuator assembly can have an eyelid support that can be coupled to an interior surface of one integral eyelid of the pair of integral eyelids. The eyelid actuator assembly can have a drive band configured to magnetically couple to the eyelid support and move the drive band in an arcuate path to blink the integral eyelids. The moveable eye assemblies can be offset from a centerline of the doll head by a separation angle by the eyeball actuation frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew McMullen, Susan Pirzchalski
  • Publication number: 20190381415
    Abstract: This disclosure provides devices and systems for a moveable eyeball assembly for a doll head. The eyeball assembly can have a rear portion having at least one first eyeball magnet and a substantially hemispherical shape forming a rear cavity in the rear portion. The eyeball assembly can have a front portion having a substantially hemispherical shape. The front portion can have at least one second eyeball magnet configured to magnetically couple with the at least one first eyeball magnet. The front portion can have a pupil element. The front portion can have an iris portion surrounding the pupil element. The eyeball assembly can be received in a gimbal assembly to move the eyeball assembly in at least two axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew McMullen, Susan Pirzchalski