Patents by Inventor Timothy Luce

Timothy Luce 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).

  • Method and system for operating an apparatus through multiple input and output devices coupled with a microprocessor
    Patent number: 11484012
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling movement of a door or other apparatus, such as to provide and restrict access to a chicken coop, including a plurality of input devices, a plurality of output devices, and a microprocessor configured on a circuit board to detect signals from the input devices, process the signals, and based upon predetermined logic generate and transmit output signals to the output devices. One of the input devices is a wireless smart switch remotely controlled by a user, which transmits electric current based upon user input such that when the user input indicates an intention that the apparatus move in a first direction, the switch will transmit electric current, and when the user input indicates an intention that the apparatus move in a second direction, the switch will stop transmitting electric current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventor: Timothy Luce
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING AN APPARATUS THROUGH MULTIPLE INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICES COUPLED WITH A MICROPROCESSOR
    Publication number: 20200296938
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling movement of a door or other apparatus, such as to provide and restrict access to a chicken coop, including a plurality of input devices, a plurality of output devices, and a microprocessor configured on a circuit board to detect signals from the input devices, process the signals, and based upon predetermined logic generate and transmit output signals to the output devices. One of the input devices is a wireless smart switch remotely controlled by a user, which transmits electric current based upon user input such that when the user input indicates an intention that the apparatus move in a first direction, the switch will transmit electric current, and when the user input indicates an intention that the apparatus move in a second direction, the switch will stop transmitting electric current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventor: Timothy Luce