Patents by Inventor Timothy Lynn KELLIHER
Timothy Lynn KELLIHER 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).
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Patent number: 11964215Abstract: A toy vehicle track system of the present application includes electrical connections between the track pieces that allow a central hub, referred to herein as a “portal piece,” to communicate with any track pieces included in the track system. In order to ensure that the portal piece can quickly and accurately identify track configurations that are built, the toy vehicle track system implements a communications protocol that supports communications between any two pieces of track. Based on these communications, the portal piece can determine an orientation, a track type, and a position of any track pieces attached, whether directly or indirectly, to the portal piece. The portal piece can then transmit this information to an electronic device executing an application associated with the track system to allow for digital play on a digital version of the track configuration (among other digital play modes).Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Lynn Kelliher, Christopher D. Cimerman, Gerry Cody, Stephen C. Hallaian, Adam Miller, Jebraeil Samo
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Publication number: 20230050151Abstract: A toy vehicle track system of the present application includes electrical connections between the track pieces that allow a central hub, referred to herein as a “portal piece,” to communicate with any track pieces included in the track system. In order to ensure that the portal piece can quickly and accurately identify track configurations that are built, the toy vehicle track system implements a communications protocol that supports communications between any two pieces of track. Based on these communications, the portal piece can determine an orientation, a track type, and a position of any track pieces attached, whether directly or indirectly, to the portal piece. The portal piece can then transmit this information to an electronic device executing an application associated with the track system to allow for digital play on a digital version of the track configuration (among other digital play modes).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Timothy Lynn Kelliher, Christopher D. Cimerman, Gerry Cody, Stephen C. Hallaian, Adam Miller, Jebraeil Samo
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Patent number: 11471783Abstract: A toy vehicle track system of the present application includes electrical connections between the track pieces that allow a central hub, referred to herein as a “portal piece,” to communicate with any track pieces included in the track system. In order to ensure that the portal piece can quickly and accurately identify track configurations that are built, the toy vehicle track system implements a communications protocol that supports communications between any two pieces of track. Based on these communications, the portal piece can determine an orientation, a track type, and a position of any track pieces attached, whether directly or indirectly, to the portal piece. The portal piece can then transmit this information to an electronic device executing an application associated with the track system to allow for digital play on a digital version of the track configuration (among other digital play modes).Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Lynn Kelliher, Christopher D. Cimerman, Gerry Cody, Stephen C. Hallaian, Adam Miller, Jebraeil Samo
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Publication number: 20200330886Abstract: A toy vehicle track system of the present application includes electrical connections between the track pieces that allow a central hub, referred to herein as a “portal piece,” to communicate with any track pieces included in the track system. In order to ensure that the portal piece can quickly and accurately identify track configurations that are built, the toy vehicle track system implements a communications protocol that supports communications between any two pieces of track. Based on these communications, the portal piece can determine an orientation, a track type, and a position of any track pieces attached, whether directly or indirectly, to the portal piece. The portal piece can then transmit this information to an electronic device executing an application associated with the track system to allow for digital play on a digital version of the track configuration (among other digital play modes).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Timothy Lynn Kelliher, Christopher D. Cimerman, Gerry Cody, Stephen C. Hallaian, Adam Miller, Jebraeil Samo
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Patent number: 10458812Abstract: In a method of sensor output configuration, sensor output specifications for a plurality of sensor clients of a sensor are acquired. A first sensor output specification for a first of the sensor clients defines a first value for a sensor parameter. A second sensor output specification for a second of the sensor clients defines a second value for the sensor parameter. The first value and the second value are different. A sensor processing unit, which includes the sensor, is configured based on the sensor output specifications to: simultaneously provide an output of the sensor to the sensor clients according to the first value while a first operational condition is met; and simultaneously provide the output of the sensor to the sensor clients according to the second value while a second operational condition is met, wherein the first operational condition and the second operational condition are different.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: InvenSense, Inc.Inventors: William Kerry Keal, Timothy Lynn Kelliher
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Publication number: 20170122771Abstract: In a method of sensor output configuration, sensor output specifications for a plurality of sensor clients of a sensor are acquired. A first sensor output specification for a first of the sensor clients defines a first value for a sensor parameter. A second sensor output specification for a second of the sensor clients defines a second value for the sensor parameter. The first value and the second value are different. A sensor processing unit, which includes the sensor, is configured based on the sensor output specifications to: simultaneously provide an output of the sensor to the sensor clients according to the first value while a first operational condition is met; and simultaneously provide the output of the sensor to the sensor clients according to the second value while a second operational condition is met, wherein the first operational condition and the second operational condition are different.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicant: INVENSENSE, INC.Inventors: William Kerry KEAL, Timothy Lynn KELLIHER