Patents by Inventor Tamara Bonaci

Tamara Bonaci 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: 9736167
    Abstract: Methods and systems for securing remotely-operable devices are provided. A security device can receive a plurality of commands to control a remotely-operable device in a remote environment. At least one command in the plurality of commands can include command data that is related to the remotely-operable device. The security device can receive a plurality of responses to the plurality of commands. The security device can process the plurality of commands and the plurality of responses to determine a signature related to an operator that issued the plurality of commands for the remotely-operable device. The security device can determine an identity of the operator based on the signature. The security device can generate an identity report that includes the identity of the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: University of Washington Through its Center For Commercialization
    Inventors: Howard Jay Chizeck, Tamara Bonaci, Thomas Lendvay
  • Patent number: 9686306
    Abstract: Methods and systems for securing remotely-operable devices are provided. A remotely-operable device can receive a command related to a component of the remotely-operable device operating in an environment. The remotely-operable device can include a reality-rules database (RRDB) that is configured to store a plurality of reality rules with each reality rule relating to a constraint on the remotely-operable device. The remotely-operable device can determine a reasonableness value for the command based on a constraint, where the constraint is determined based on a constraint related to at least one reality rule of the plurality of reality rules stored in the RRDB. The remotely-operable device can encode the reasonableness value for the command in a feedback message. The remotely-operable device can send the encoded feedback message from the remotely-operable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: University of Washington Through Its Center for Commercialization
    Inventors: Howard Jay Chizeck, Tamara Bonaci
  • Publication number: 20160057152
    Abstract: Methods and systems for securing remotely-operable devices are provided. A security device can receive a plurality of commands to control a remotely-operable device in a remote environment. At least one command in the plurality of commands can include command data that is related to the remotely-operable device. The security device can receive a plurality of responses to the plurality of commands. The security device can process the plurality of commands and the plurality of responses to determine a signature related to an operator that issued the plurality of commands for the remotely-operable device. The security device can determine an identity of the operator based on the signature. The security device can generate an identity report that includes the identity of the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Howard Jay Chizeck, Tamara Bonaci, Thomas Lendvay
  • Publication number: 20150295949
    Abstract: Methods and systems for securing remotely-operable devices are provided. A remotely-operable device can receive a command related to a component of the remotely-operable device operating in an environment. The remotely-operable device can include a reality-rules database (RRDB) that is configured to store a plurality of reality rules with each reality rule relating to a constraint on the remotely-operable device. The remotely-operable device can determine a reasonableness value for the command based on a constraint, where the constraint is determined based on a constraint related to at least one reality rule of the plurality of reality rules stored in the RRDB. The remotely-operable device can encode the reasonableness value for the command in a feedback message. The remotely-operable device can send the encoded feedback message from the remotely-operable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Howard Jay Chizeck, Tamara Bonaci
  • Patent number: 9148443
    Abstract: Methods and systems for securing remotely-operable devices are provided. A security device can receive a plurality of commands to control a remotely-operable device in a remote environment. At least one command in the plurality of commands can include command data that is related to the remotely-operable device. The security device can receive a plurality of responses to the plurality of commands. The security device can process the plurality of commands and the plurality of responses to determine a signature related to an operator that issued the plurality of commands for the remotely-operable device. The security device can determine an identity of the operator based on the signature. The security device can generate an identity report that includes the identity of the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: University of Washington Through its Center for Commericalization
    Inventors: Howard Jay Chizeck, Tamara Bonaci, Thomas Lendvay
  • Publication number: 20140228701
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for using are provided for anonymizing neural signals of a brain-computer interface (BCI). A BCI can receive a plurality of brain neural signals. The plurality of brain neural signals can be based on electrical activity of a brain of a user and can include signals related to a BCI-enabled application. The BCI can determine features of the plurality of brain neural signals related to the BCI-enabled application. A BCI anonymizer of the BCI can generate anonymized neural signals by at least filtering the one or more features to remove privacy-sensitive information. The BCI can generate one or more application commands for the BCI-enabled application from the anonymized neural signals. The BCI can send the one or more application commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Howard Jay Chizeck, Tamara Bonaci
  • Publication number: 20140068770
    Abstract: Methods and systems for securing remotely-operable devices are provided. A security device can receive a plurality of commands to control a remotely-operable device in a remote environment. At least one command in the plurality of commands can include command data that is related to the remotely-operable device. The security device can receive a plurality of responses to the plurality of commands. The security device can process the plurality of commands and the plurality of responses to determine a signature related to an operator that issued the plurality of commands for the remotely-operable device. The security device can determine an identity of the operator based on the signature. The security device can generate an identity report that includes the identity of the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Howard Jay Chizeck, Tamara Bonaci, Thomas Lendvay