Patents by Inventor Thomas A. McWilliams

Thomas A. McWilliams 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).

  • Systems and methods for making non-smart objects smart for internet of things
    Patent number: 10555153
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for simulating an internet of things capability in an object. Storage media may store reactions executable by a wireless communication device. The wireless communication device may include one or more sensors and one or more feedback capabilities. Individual reactions may be characterized by reaction criteria detectable by the one or more sensors and reaction effects executable through the one or more feedback capabilities. One or more processors may be configured by machine readable instructions to receive input indicating an object association between the wireless communication device and the object, and, responsive to reception of the input, activate a set of reactions for the wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. Goslin, Blade Olson, Timothy Panec, Katherine M. Bassett, Thomas McWilliams
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING NON-SMART OBJECTS SMART FOR INTERNET OF THINGS
    Publication number: 20170257270
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for simulating an internet of things capability in an object. Storage media may store reactions executable by a wireless communication device. The wireless communication device may include one or more sensors and one or more feedback capabilities. Individual reactions may be characterized by reaction criteria detectable by the one or more sensors and reaction effects executable through the one or more feedback capabilities. One or more processors may be configured by machine readable instructions to receive input indicating an object association between the wireless communication device and the object, and, responsive to reception of the input, activate a set of reactions for the wireless communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Michael P. Goslin, Blade Olson, Timothy Panec, Katherine M. Bassett, Thomas McWilliams
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODEL BASED CONTROL OF A MECHANICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20040148037
    Abstract: A model based controller system and method is disclosed. The system and method includes at least one model including at least one process step, at least one controller that generates at least one control command, at least one component responsive to the at least one control command, wherein the at least one component receives the at least one control command from the at least one controller, and wherein the at least one component sends at least one component information element to the at least one controller, and at least one communicative coordination that communicatively coordinates the at least one model with the at least one controller, wherein the at least one control command is generated in accordance with the at least one process step, and wherein at least one of the at least one process step is varied in accordance with the at least one component information element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Nathaniel Frampton, Eileen Heider, Michael Miller, Erika Valentine, J. Michael Bearden, Thomas A. McWilliams
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODEL BASED CONTROL OF A NEURAL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20040128003
    Abstract: A model based controller system and method is disclosed. The system and method includes at least one model including at least one process step, at least one controller that generates at least one control command, at least one component responsive to the at least one control command, wherein the at least one component receives the at least one control command from the at least one controller, and wherein the at least one component sends at least one component information element to the at least one controller, and at least one communicative coordination that communicatively coordinates the at least one model with the at least one controller, wherein the at least one control command is generated in accordance with the at least one process step, and wherein at least one of the at least one process step is varied in accordance with the at least one component information element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Nathaniel Frampton, Eileen Heider, Michael Miller, Erika Valentine, J. Michael Bearden, Thomas A. McWilliams
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODEL BASED CONTROL OF A CHEMICAL PROCESS
    Publication number: 20040128002
    Abstract: A model based controller system and method is disclosed. The system and method includes at least one model including at least one process step, at least one controller that generates at least one control command, at least one component responsive to the at least one control command, wherein the at least one component receives the at least one control command from the at least one controller, and wherein the at least one component sends at least one component information element to the at least one controller, and at least one communicative coordination that communicatively coordinates the at least one model with the at least one controller, wherein the at least one control command is generated in accordance with the at least one process step, and wherein at least one of the at least one process step is varied in accordance with the at least one component information element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Nathaniel Frampton, Eileen Heider, Michael Miller, Erika Valentine, J. Michael Bearden, Thomas A. McWilliams