Patents by Inventor Thomas Reardon

Thomas Reardon 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).

  • Publication number: 20230218202
    Abstract: A system comprising a plurality of neuromuscular sensors, each of which is configured to record a time-series of neuromuscular signals from a surface of a user's body; and at least one computer hardware processor programmed to perform: applying a source separation technique to the time series of neuromuscular signals recorded by the plurality of neuromuscular sensors to obtain a plurality of neuromuscular source signals and corresponding mixing information; providing features, obtained from the plurality of neuromuscular source signals and/or the corresponding mixing information, as input to a trained statistical classifier and obtaining corresponding output; and identifying, based on the output of the trained statistical classifier, and for each of one or more of the plurality of neuromuscular source signals, an associated set of one or more biological structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Patrick Kaifosh, Tudor Giurgica-Tiron, Timothy Machado, Thomas Reardon, Erik Schomburg
  • Patent number: 11635736
    Abstract: A system comprising a plurality of neuromuscular sensors, each of which is configured to record a time-series of neuromuscular signals from a surface of a user's body; and at least one computer hardware processor programmed to perform: applying a source separation technique to the time series of neuromuscular signals recorded by the plurality of neuromuscular sensors to obtain a plurality of neuromuscular source signals and corresponding mixing information; providing features, obtained from the plurality of neuromuscular source signals and/or the corresponding mixing information, as input to a trained statistical classifier and obtaining corresponding output; and identifying, based on the output of the trained statistical classifier, and for each of one or more of the plurality of neuromuscular source signals, an associated set of one or more biological structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Kaifosh, Tudor Giurgica-Tiron, Timothy Machado, Thomas Reardon, Erik Schomburg
  • Patent number: 11337652
    Abstract: A method for determining spatial information for a multi-segment articulated rigid body system having at least an anchored segment and a non-anchored segment coupled to the anchored segment, each segment in the multi-segment articulated rigid body system representing a respective body part of a user, the method comprising: obtaining signals recorded by a first autonomous movement sensor coupled to a body part of the user represented by the non-anchored segment; providing the obtained signals as input to a trained statistical model and obtaining corresponding output of the trained statistical model; and determining, based on the corresponding output of the trained statistical model, spatial information for at least the non-anchored segment of the multi-segment articulated rigid body system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Kaifosh, Timothy Machado, Thomas Reardon, Erik Schomburg, Calvin Tong
  • Publication number: 20210405750
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing a dynamically-updated computerized musculo-skeletal representation comprising a plurality of rigid body segments connected by joints. The method comprises recording, using a plurality of autonomous sensors arranged on one or more wearable devices, a plurality of autonomous signals from a user, wherein the plurality of autonomous sensors include a plurality of neuromuscular sensors configured to record neuromuscular signals. The method further comprises providing as input to a trained statistical model, the plurality of neuromuscular signals and/or information based on the plurality of neuromuscular signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Patrick Kaifosh, Timothy Machado, Thomas Reardon, Erik Schomburg
  • Patent number: 11000211
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for adapting a control mapping associating sensor signals with control signals for controlling an operation of a device. The method comprises obtaining first state information for an operation of the device, providing the first state information as input to an intention model associated with an operation of the device and obtaining corresponding first intention model output, providing a plurality of neuromuscular signals recorded from a user and/or signals derived from the neuromuscular signals as inputs to a first control mapping and obtaining corresponding first control mapping output, and updating the first control mapping using the inputs provided to the first control mapping and the first intention model output to obtain a second control mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Kaifosh, Timothy Machado, Thomas Reardon, Erik Schomburg, Joshua Merel, Steven Demers
  • Patent number: 10990174
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing a dynamically-updated computerized musculo-skeletal representation comprising a plurality of rigid body segments connected by joints. The method comprises recording, using a plurality of autonomous sensors arranged on one or more wearable devices, a plurality of autonomous signals from a user, wherein the plurality of autonomous sensors include a plurality of neuromuscular sensors configured to record neuromuscular signals. The method further comprises providing as input to a trained statistical model, the plurality of neuromuscular signals and/or information based on the plurality of neuromuscular signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Kaifosh, Timothy Machado, Thomas Reardon, Erik Schomburg
  • Patent number: 10905350
    Abstract: Computerized systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media storing code for implementing the methods are described for providing dynamically-updated musculoskeletal information. One such system includes a processor is programmed to: provide, as an input to a trained inference model, information based on a plurality of neuromuscular signals from a user and information based on at least one image of the user; determine, based on an output of the trained inference model, position information describing a spatial relationship between two or more connected musculoskeletal segments of the user and/or force information describing a force exerted by at least one musculoskeletal segment of the user; and output the position information and/or the force information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Berenzweig, Thomas Reardon, Christopher Osborn, Patrick Kaifosh, Brett Jurman, Daniel Wetmore
  • Patent number: 10842407
    Abstract: Computerized systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media storing code for implementing the methods are provided for training an inference model used to generate a musculoskeletal representation. One such system includes a processor programmed to: determine, based on information obtained from at least one image, position information describing a spatial relationship between two or more connected musculoskeletal segments of a user; determine, based on a plurality of neuromuscular signals, force information; associate the position information with the force information; train an inference model to output a musculoskeletal representation consistent with the position information and/or the force information when neuromuscular input signals provided to the inference model have at least one predetermined characteristic, to produce an updated inference model; and cause the updated inference model to be stored in a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Berenzweig, Thomas Reardon, Christopher Osborn, Patrick Kaifosh, Brett Jurman, Daniel Wetmore
  • Patent number: 10656711
    Abstract: Methods and system for predicting the onset of a motor action using neuromuscular signals. The system comprises a plurality of sensors configured to continuously record a plurality of neuromuscular signals from a user and at least one computer processor programmed to provide as input to a trained statistical model, the plurality of neuromuscular signals or information based on the plurality of neuromuscular signals, predict, based on an output of the trained statistical model, whether an onset of a motor action will occur within a threshold amount of time; and send a control signal to at least one device based, at least in part, on the output probability, wherein the control signal is sent to the at least one device prior to completion of the motor action by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Kaifosh, Timothy Machado, Thomas Reardon, Erik Schomburg
  • Publication number: 20200069211
    Abstract: Computerized systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media storing code for implementing the methods are provided for training an inference model used to generate a musculoskeletal representation. One such system includes a processor programmed to: determine, based on information obtained from at least one image, position information describing a spatial relationship between two or more connected musculoskeletal segments of a user; determine, based on a plurality of neuromuscular signals, force information; associate the position information with the force information; train an inference model to output a musculoskeletal representation consistent with the position information and/or the force information when neuromuscular input signals provided to the inference model have at least one predetermined characteristic, to produce an updated inference model; and cause the updated inference model to be stored in a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: CTRL-labs Corporation
    Inventors: Adam Berenzweig, Thomas Reardon, Christopher Osborn, Patrick Kaifosh, Brett Jurman, Daniel Wetmore
  • Publication number: 20200073483
    Abstract: Computerized systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media storing code for implementing the methods are provided, in which camera information is used to calibrate one or more inference models used to generate a musculoskeletal representation. One such system includes at least one camera configured to capture at least one image, a plurality of neuromuscular sensors configured to sense and record a plurality of neuromuscular signals from a user, and at least one computer processor. The plurality of neuromuscular sensors are arranged on one or more wearable devices structured to be worn by the user to obtain the plurality of neuromuscular signals. The at least one computer processor is programmed to calibrate the one or more inference models by updating at least one parameter associated with the one or more inference models based, at least in part, on the plurality of neuromuscular signals and the at least one image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: CTRL-labs Corporation
    Inventors: Adam Berenzweig, Thomas Reardon, Christopher Osborn, Patrick Kaifosh, Brett Jurman, Daniel Wetmore
  • Publication number: 20200069210
    Abstract: Computerized systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media storing code for implementing the methods are described for providing dynamically-updated musculoskeletal information. One such system includes a processor is programmed to: provide, as an input to a trained inference model, information based on a plurality of neuromuscular signals from a user and information based on at least one image of the user; determine, based on an output of the trained inference model, position information describing a spatial relationship between two or more connected musculoskeletal segments of the user and/or force information describing a force exerted by at least one musculoskeletal segment of the user; and output the position information and/or the force information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: CTRL-labs Corporation
    Inventors: Adam Berenzweig, Thomas Reardon, Christopher Osborn, Patrick Kaifosh, Brett Jurman, Daniel Wetmore
  • Publication number: 20190354182
    Abstract: Methods and system for predicting the onset of a motor action using neuromuscular signals. The system comprises a plurality of sensors configured to continuously record a plurality of neuromuscular signals from a user and at least one computer processor programmed to provide as input to a trained statistical model, the plurality of neuromuscular signals or information based on the plurality of neuromuscular signals, predict, based on an output of the trained statistical model, whether an onset of a motor action will occur within a threshold amount of time; and send a control signal to at least one device based, at least in part, on the output probability, wherein the control signal is sent to the at least one device prior to completion of the motor action by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: CTRL-labs Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Kaifosh, Timothy Machado, Thomas Reardon, Erik Schomburg
  • Patent number: 10409371
    Abstract: Methods and system for predicting the onset of a motor action using neuromuscular signals. The system comprises a plurality of sensors configured to continuously record a plurality of neuromuscular signals from a user and at least one computer processor programmed to provide as input to a trained statistical model, the plurality of neuromuscular signals or information based on the plurality of neuromuscular signals, predict, based on an output of the trained statistical model, whether an onset of a motor action will occur within a threshold amount of time; and send a control signal to at least one device based, at least in part, on the output probability, wherein the control signal is sent to the at least one device prior to completion of the motor action by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: CTRL-labs Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Kaifosh, Timothy Machado, Thomas Reardon, Erik Schomburg
  • Publication number: 20190212817
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing a dynamically-updated computerized musculo-skeletal representation comprising a plurality of rigid body segments connected by joints. The method comprises recording, using a plurality of autonomous sensors arranged on one or more wearable devices, a plurality of autonomous signals from a user, wherein the plurality of autonomous sensors include a plurality of neuromuscular sensors configured to record neuromuscular signals. The method further comprises providing as input to a trained statistical model, the plurality of neuromuscular signals and/or information based on the plurality of neuromuscular signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: CTRL-labs Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Kaifosh, Timothy Machado, Thomas Reardon, Erik Schomburg
  • Publication number: 20190121306
    Abstract: A method, comprising applying a source separation technique to the time series of neuromuscular signals recorded by the plurality of neuromuscular sensors to obtain a plurality of neuromuscular source signals and corresponding mixing information; aligning the plurality of neuromuscular source signals to a plurality of template neuromuscular source signals, the aligning comprising: determining, using a cost function, a distance between first features and second features, the first features obtained from the plurality of neuromuscular source signals and/or the corresponding mixing information, the second features obtained from the template neuromuscular source signals and/or corresponding template mixing information; and identifying, based on results of the aligning and for each of one or more of the plurality of neuromuscular source signals, an associated set of one or more biological structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: CTRL-labs Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Kaifosh, Tudor Giurgica-Tiron, Timothy Machado, Thomas Reardon, Erik Schomburg
  • Publication number: 20190121305
    Abstract: A system comprising a plurality of neuromuscular sensors, each of which is configured to record a time-series of neuromuscular signals from a surface of a user's body; and at least one computer hardware processor programmed to perform: applying a source separation technique to the time series of neuromuscular signals recorded by the plurality of neuromuscular sensors to obtain a plurality of neuromuscular source signals and corresponding mixing information; providing features, obtained from the plurality of neuromuscular source signals and/or the corresponding mixing information, as input to a trained statistical classifier and obtaining corresponding output; and identifying, based on the output of the trained statistical classifier, and for each of one or more of the plurality of neuromuscular source signals, an associated set of one or more biological structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: CTRL-labs Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Kaifosh, Tudor Giurgica-Tiron, Timothy Machado, Thomas Reardon, Erik Schomburg
  • Publication number: 20180020978
    Abstract: A method for determining spatial information for a multi-segment articulated rigid body system having at least an anchored segment and a non-anchored segment coupled to the anchored segment, each segment in the multi-segment articulated rigid body system representing a respective body part of a user, the method comprising: obtaining signals recorded by a first autonomous movement sensor coupled to a body part of the user represented by the non-anchored segment; providing the obtained signals as input to a trained statistical model and obtaining corresponding output of the trained statistical model; and determining, based on the corresponding output of the trained statistical model, spatial information for at least the non-anchored segment of the multi-segment articulated rigid body system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Patrick Kaifosh, Timothy Machado, Thomas Reardon, Erik Schomburg, Calvin Tong
  • Publication number: 20180020951
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for adapting a control mapping associating sensor signals with control signals for controlling an operation of a device. The method comprises obtaining first state information for an operation of the device, providing the first state information as input to an intention model associated with an operation of the device and obtaining corresponding first intention model output, providing a plurality of neuromuscular signals recorded from a user and/or signals derived from the neuromuscular signals as inputs to a first control mapping and obtaining corresponding first control mapping output, and updating the first control mapping using the inputs provided to the first control mapping and the first intention model output to obtain a second control mapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Patrick Kaifosh, Timothy Machado, Thomas Reardon, Erik Schomburg, Joshua Merel, Steven Demers
  • Publication number: 20180024634
    Abstract: Methods and system for predicting the onset of a motor action using neuromuscular signals. The system comprises a plurality of sensors configured to continuously record a plurality of neuromuscular signals from a user and at least one computer processor programmed to provide as input to a trained statistical model, the plurality of neuromuscular signals or information based on the plurality of neuromuscular signals, predict, based on an output of the trained statistical model, whether an onset of a motor action will occur within a threshold amount of time; and send a control signal to at least one device based, at least in part, on the output probability, wherein the control signal is sent to the at least one device prior to completion of the motor action by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Patrick Kaifosh, Timothy Machado, Thomas Reardon, Erik Schomburg