Patents by Inventor Thomas Barrack

Thomas Barrack 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: 11734975
    Abstract: A transportation system for identifying an object using a short range radar at a transportation gate. The transportation system includes one or more short range radars and a cloud server. The radars detect the object within a predetermined distance from the transportation gate and sense the object to generate a point cloud. An identification of the object is determined based on sensed data of the object using a machine learning algorithm from the cloud server. The identification is determined based on matching the point cloud with a plurality of profiles. The plurality of profiles includes matching information for a plurality of predetermined objects. The object is selected from the plurality of predetermined objects using the matching information. An authorization for the object is determined using another machine learning algorithm. Based on the authorization, either the passage through the transportation gate is authorized or the object is flagged as unauthorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Cubic Corporation
    Inventors: Tom Vilhelmsen, Richard Rowlands, Thomas Barrack, Steffen Reymann
  • Patent number: 11704952
    Abstract: A method for operating an adaptive gateline may include detecting a patron approaching a gateline. The method may include determining whether the gateline should be operated in a standard mode or in a modified mode based at least in part on data from one or more sensors. The method may include operating the gateline in the standard mode or in the modified mode based on the determination. In the modified mode a barrier of the gateline operates to provide one or both of extra time or additional space for the patron to pass through the gateline relative to the standard mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Cubic Corporation
    Inventors: Tom Vilhelmsen, Thomas Barrack, Daniel Thompson, Steffen Reymann
  • Publication number: 20210375083
    Abstract: A method for operating an adaptive gateline may include detecting a patron approaching a gateline. The method may include determining whether the gateline should be operated in a standard mode or in a modified mode based at least in part on data from one or more sensors. The method may include operating the gateline in the standard mode or in the modified mode based on the determination. In the modified mode a barrier of the gateline operates to provide one or both of extra time or additional space for the patron to pass through the gateline relative to the standard mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Tom Vilhelmsen, Thomas Barrack, Daniel Thompson, Steffen Reymann
  • Publication number: 20210287468
    Abstract: A transportation system for identifying an object using a short range radar at a transportation gate. The transportation system includes one or more short range radars and a cloud server. The radars detect the object within a predetermined distance from the transportation gate and sense the object to generate a point cloud. An identification of the object is determined based on sensed data of the object using a machine learning algorithm from the cloud server. The identification is determined based on matching the point cloud with a plurality of profiles. The plurality of profiles includes matching information for a plurality of predetermined objects. The object is selected from the plurality of predetermined objects using the matching information. An authorization for the object is determined using another machine learning algorithm. Based on the authorization, either the passage through the transportation gate is authorized or the object is flagged as unauthorized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Tom Vilhelmsen, Richard Rowlands, Thomas Barrack, Steffen Reymann
  • Patent number: 10482683
    Abstract: A ticket validation device that is protected from debris ingression includes a validator housing defining a ticket entry bezel. The ticket entry bezel defines a first and second major sides and shorter connecting regions that connect the two major sides. The device includes an acceptor assembly that transports a ticket to a ticket reader device and at least one flap positioned between the acceptor assembly and the ticket entry bezel. The flap is biased against one of the first major side or the second major side of the entry bezel. A ticket-side of the flap is pushed away from the one of the major sides by the ticket when inserted into the ticket entry bezel such that the ticket scrapes between a distal end of the flap and the one of the major sides to remove any loose debris from the ticket prior to the ticket reaching the acceptor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Cubic Corporation
    Inventors: John Michael Harvey, Mark Barry Pottinger, Darryl Meek, Thomas Barrack, Trevor Kingsley Brown
  • Publication number: 20190080522
    Abstract: A ticket validation device that is protected from debris ingression includes a validator housing defining a ticket entry bezel. The ticket entry bezel defines a first and second major sides and shorter connecting regions that connect the two major sides. The device includes an acceptor assembly that transports a ticket to a ticket reader device and at least one flap positioned between the acceptor assembly and the ticket entry bezel. The flap is biased against one of the first major side or the second major side of the entry bezel. A ticket-side of the flap is pushed away from the one of the major sides by the ticket when inserted into the ticket entry bezel such that the ticket scrapes between a distal end of the flap and the one of the major sides to remove any loose debris from the ticket prior to the ticket reaching the acceptor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Cubic Corporation
    Inventors: John Michael Harvey, Mark Barry Pottinger, Darryl Meek, Thomas Barrack, Trevor Kingsley Brown