Patents by Inventor Timothy Stuart
Timothy Stuart 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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Publication number: 20240143801Abstract: A method for execution by a vehicle computing system includes establishing a screen-to-screen (STS) communication link with a personal computing device. The method further includes detecting a requested operation of the personal computing device. The method further includes determining whether the requested operation is allowed based on one or more of: operational status of the vehicle, a type of the requested operation, and targeted vehicle occupant. The method further includes, when the requested operation is allowed, establishing one or more of: one or more inbound STS channels for inbound STS signals and one or more outbound STS channels for outbound STS signals. The method further includes facilitating the requested operation via the one or more of: the one or more inbound STS channels and the one or more outbound STS channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, JR., Michael Shawn Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Timothy W. Markison
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Publication number: 20240146836Abstract: A method for execution by a personal computing device includes detecting an incoming operation. The method further includes transmitting a notice of the incoming operation to a vehicle computing device via a screen-to-screen (STS) communication link. The method further includes receiving an accept message via the STS communication link from the vehicle computing device. The method further includes facilitating the incoming operation via one or more of: one or more inbound STS channels for inbound STS signals and one or more outbound STS channels for outbound STS signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, JR., Michael Shawn Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Timothy W. Markison
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Patent number: 11966548Abstract: A touch sensor device (TSD) includes TSD electrodes associated with a surface of the TSD. Also, an overlay that includes marker electrode(s) is also associated with at least a portion of the surface of the TSD. The TSD also includes drive-sense circuits (DSCs) operably coupled to the plurality of TSD electrodes. A DSC is configured to provide a TSD electrode signal to a TSD electrode and simultaneously to sense a change of the TSD electrode signal based on a change of impedance of the TSD electrode caused by capacitive coupling between the TSD electrode and the marker electrode(s) of the overlay. Processing module(s) is configured to process a digital signal generated by the DSC to determine characteristic(s) of the overlay that is associated with the at least a portion of the surface of the TSD.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Gerald Dale Morrison, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Kevin Joseph Derichs, Shayne X. Short, Timothy W. Markison
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Patent number: 11954057Abstract: A method includes determining, by one or more processing entities associated with at least one of: one or more low voltage drive circuits (LVDCs) and one or more other LVDCs, an initial data conveyance scheme and an initial communication scheme for each communication of a plurality of communications on one or more lines of a bus. The method further includes determining a desired number of channels for each communication of the plurality of communications based on the initial data conveyance scheme and the initial communication scheme, a desired total number of channels for the plurality of communications based on the desired number of channels, determining whether the desired total number of channels for the plurality of communications exceeds a total number of available channels. If not, allocating the desired number of channels to each communication of the plurality of communications in accordance with the channel allocation mapping.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Gerald Dale Morrison, Timothy W. Markison
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Patent number: 11947381Abstract: A data formatting module of a low voltage drive circuit (LVDC) includes a sample and hold circuit, an interpreter, a first buffer, a digital to digital converter circuit, and a data packeting circuit. The sample and hold circuit is operable to sample and hold an n-bit digital value of filtered digital data to produce an n-bit sampled digital data value. The interpreter is operable to convert the n-bit sampled digital data value into interpreted n-bit sampled digital data. The interpreter is operable to write the interpreted n-bit sampled digital data into the first buffer in accordance with a write clock until a digital word is formed. The digital to digital converter circuit is operable to format the digital word to produce a formatted digital word. The data packeting circuit is operable to generate a data packet from the formatted digital word and output the data packet as received digital data.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Gerald Dale Morrison, Timothy W. Markison
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Patent number: 11947761Abstract: An encoded data pattern touchscreen sensing computing device includes a touchscreen, a plurality of electrodes, a plurality of drive-sense circuits, and a processing module. When enabled and in close proximity to an encoded data pattern, the plurality of drive-sense circuits detect changes in electrical characteristics of the plurality of electrodes caused by one or more electrical materials of the encoded data pattern. The encoded data pattern includes one or more electrical materials arranged in a pattern. Electrical properties of the one or more electrical materials and the pattern are representative of data. The processing module is operable to receive a set of detected changes in electrical characteristics of the set of drive-sense circuits, interpret the detected changes in electrical characteristics as a set of impedance values representative of the one or more electrical materials of the encoded data pattern, and interpret the set of impedance values to determine the data.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Gerald Dale Morrison, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Timothy W. Markison, Patricia Markison Healy
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Publication number: 20240103652Abstract: A touch screen display includes a plurality of electrodes configured to facilitate touch sense functionality based on electrode signals having a drive signal component and a receive signal component, a plurality of drive-sense circuits coupled to at least some of the plurality of electrodes to generate a plurality of sensed signals, and a processing module. The processing module is configured to cause the touch screen display to receive the plurality of sensed signals. A stream of capacitance image data associated with the plurality of cross points is generated based on the plurality of sensed signals. The stream of capacitance image data is processed to detect a touchless gesture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Michael Shawn Gray, Patrick Troy Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, JR., Timothy W. Markison
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Publication number: 20240103672Abstract: A capacitive touch screen display operates by: providing a display configured to render frames of data into visible images; providing a plurality of electrodes integrated into the display to facilitate touch sense functionality based on electrode signals having a drive signal component and a receive signal component; generating, via a plurality of drive-sense circuits coupled to at least some of the plurality of electrodes, a plurality of sensed signals; receiving the plurality of sensed signals; generating capacitance image data associated with the plurality of cross points that includes capacitance variation data corresponding to variations of the capacitance image data from a nominal value; and processing the capacitance image data to determine a touchless indication proximal to the touch screen display based on a touchless indication threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Michael Shawn Gray, Patrick Troy Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Timothy W. Markison
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Publication number: 20240094854Abstract: A touch sensor device (TSD) includes TSD electrodes associated with a surface of the TSD. Also, an overlay that includes marker electrode(s) is also associated with a region of the surface of the TSD. The TSD also includes drive-sense circuits (DSCs) operably coupled to the plurality of TSD electrodes. A DSC is configured to provide a TSD electrode signal to a TSD electrode and simultaneously to sense a change of the TSD electrode signal based on a change of impedance of the TSD electrode caused by capacitive coupling between the TSD electrode and the marker electrode(s) of the overlay. Processing module(s) is configured to process a digital signal generated by the DSC and other digital signals generated by other DSCs determine the region of the surface of the TSD that is associated with the overlay and to adapt sensitivity of the TSD within that region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: SIGMASENSE, LLC.Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Gerald Dale Morrison, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, JR., Kevin Joseph Derichs, Shayne X. Short, Timothy W. Markison
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Publication number: 20240095203Abstract: A low voltage drive circuit (LVDC) includes a digital to analog input circuit to convert transmit digital data into combined analog outbound data, the transmit digital data has a data rate based on a host input clock, and a first portion of the combined analog outbound data has a first oscillation rate based on a first transmit channel clock and a second portion has a second oscillation rate based on a second transmit channel clock. The LVDC also includes a drive sense circuit to convert the combined analog outbound data into an analog transmit signal that is transmitted on a bus. The LVDC also includes a clock circuit to generate a transmit input clock to synchronize receiving the transmit digital data from a host, generate the first transmit channel clock based on the host input clock, and generate the second transmit channel clock based on the host input clock.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, JR., Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Gerald Dale Morrison, Timothy W. Markison
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Publication number: 20240096406Abstract: A method for execution by a Dynamic Random Access (DRAM) cell processing circuit in a read mode, includes receiving a pre-charge input and charging a bit-line operably coupled to a plurality of DRAM cells of a DRAM memory device, including a current DRAM cell, to a pre-charge voltage. The method continues by sensing a voltage change on the bit-line, where the sensing is based on a difference between a voltage stored on a DRAM cell capacitor of the current DRAM cell and the pre-charge voltage and generating a logic input for one of four voltage states for the current DRAM cell. The method then continues by supplying, supplying, based on the logic input, a corresponding logic voltage on the bit-line to refresh the voltage stored in the DRAM cell capacitor of the current DRAM cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Gerald Dale Morrison, Richard Stuart Seger, JR., Timothy W. Markison
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Patent number: 11935397Abstract: A test system includes a test container array including a plurality of test containers and a plurality of electrodes integrated into the test container array. The test system further includes a plurality of drive-sense circuits coupled to the plurality of electrodes, where, when enabled, the plurality of drive-sense circuits detect changes in electrical characteristics of the plurality of electrodes. The test system further includes a processing module operably coupled to receive, from the drive-sense circuits, changes in the electrical characteristics of the plurality of electrodes, and interpret the changes in the electrical characteristics of the plurality of electrodes as impedance values representative of electrical characteristics of biological material present in the test container. The test system further includes a communication module operably coupled to communicate the electrical characteristics of the biological material.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.Inventors: Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Gerald Dale Morrison, Patrick Troy Gray, Phuong Huynh, Timothy W. Markison, Patricia A. Markison
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Patent number: 11933607Abstract: A capacitive imaging glove includes electrodes implemented throughout the capacitive imaging glove and drive-sense circuits (DSCs) such that a DSC receives a reference signal generates a signal based thereon. The DSC provides the signal to a first electrode via a single line and simultaneously senses it. Note the signal is coupled from the first electrode to the second electrode via a gap therebetween. The DSC generates a digital signal representative of the electrical characteristic of the first electrode. Processing module(s), when enabled, is/are configured to execute operational instructions (e.g., stored in and/or retrieved from memory) to generate the reference signal, process the digital signal to determine the electrical characteristic of the first electrode, and process the electrical characteristic of the first electrode to determine a distance between the first electrode and the second electrode, and generate capacitive image data representative of a shape of the capacitive imaging glove.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Gerald Dale Morrison, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Shayne X Short, Timothy W. Markison
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Patent number: 11931307Abstract: A method of operating an exoskeleton system that includes obtaining a first set of sensor data from one or more sensors associated with one or more leg actuator units of an exoskeleton system during a user activity, the first set of sensor data indicating a first configuration state of the one or more actuator units; determining, based at least in part on the first set of obtained sensor data, to change configuration of the one or more leg actuator units to a second configuration state to support a user during the user activity; and introducing fluid to one or more fluidic actuators of the one or more leg actuator units to generate the second configuration state by causing the one or more fluidic actuators to apply force at the one or more actuator units.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Roam Robotics Inc.Inventors: Kyle Allen Lamson, Austin Campbell, Ashley Swartz, Robert Stuart, Kevin Conrad Kemper, Phil Long, Jared Jones, Garrett Hurley, Timothy Alan Swift
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Publication number: 20240085932Abstract: A drive-sense circuit module includes at least one regulated source circuit coupled to a load, and to a loop correction circuit. The regulated source circuit generates a drive signal, which has a regulated characteristic and a controlled characteristic. At least one reference circuit applies a reference signal to the loop correction circuit that establishes a reference value of the controlled characteristic. The loop correction circuit senses an effect of one or more load characteristics on a sensed value of the controlled characteristic of the drive signal and generates a comparison signal based on the sensed value and the reference value of the controlled characteristic. A regulation signal is generated based on the comparison signal and used to regulate the regulated characteristic of the drive signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Michael Shawn Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, JR., Timothy W. Markison
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Patent number: 11922800Abstract: A test system includes a testing base including a plurality of testing base containers, and a plurality of electrodes integrated into the plurality of testing base containers. The test system further includes a plurality of drive-sense circuits coupled to the plurality of electrodes, where, when enabled, the plurality of drive-sense circuits detect changes in electrical characteristics of the plurality of electrodes. The test system further includes a processing module operably coupled to receive, from the drive-sense circuits, changes in the electrical characteristics of the plurality of electrodes, and interpret the changes in the electrical characteristics of the plurality of electrodes as impedance values representative of electrical characteristics of biological material present in the test container. The test system further includes a communication module operably coupled to communicate the electrical characteristics of the biological material.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.Inventors: Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Gerald Dale Morrison, Patrick Troy Gray, Phuong Huynh, Timothy W. Markison, Patricia M. Healy
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Publication number: 20230009802Abstract: A sensor device having a sensor housing and a printed circuit board coupled to the sensor housing. A light emitting device is coupled to the printed circuit board. The light emitting device has an emitter face defining an emission face area. An aperture plate is coupled to the sensor housing, the aperture plate defines an aperture having an aperture area that is less than the emission face area of the emitter face. The aperture is less than 1 mm from the emitter face wherein the light emitting device is not fixed to the aperture plate. A lens is coupled to the sensor housing, having an optical axis extending through the aperture. The aperture plate is positioned between the lens and the emitter face. Boresighting angle variation across sensor components on a manufacturing line may advantageously be reduced without increased cost associated with active alignment. Irradiance drop-out may also be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: John Alyn Stecker, Timothy Stuart Gardner, Eric Karl Lindmark, Begad Gamal Elmelligy
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Publication number: 20210209691Abstract: Monitoring the use of motorized recreational vehicles and digitally verifying claims related to the use of motorized recreational vehicles including providing insurance for motorized recreational vehicles in response to an indication that the motorized recreational vehicles have entered a region requiring insuranceType: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2017Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: DOME INSURANCE, INC.Inventors: Jose Vincente Salazar Ibanez, Juri Krlin, Robert Timothy Stuart Latta
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Patent number: 10161103Abstract: A dragline bucket assembly including: a cutting edge including a lip and a plurality of teeth or tooth assemblies attachable to the lip and a floor extending rearward from the cutting edge and having side walls extending upward from the periphery of the floor to extend about the floor from one end of the cutting edge to the other, the lip being attachable to the side walls by bolting or by bolting and welding.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: THE TRACK SHOP PTY LTD.Inventor: Timothy Stuart Falkenhagen
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Publication number: 20170263422Abstract: A substrate support and method of forming a substrate support are described herein. In one example, a substrate support includes an aluminum body having an upper surface configured to support a large area substrate, a heater element, and a filler material. The aluminum body has a groove formed therein. The heater element is disposed in the groove. The filler material is in contact with the heater element and fills the groove. The contact between the filler material and the perimeter of the heater element is the only material interface within the groove, and the filler material has a larger grain size than a grain size of the aluminum body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Timothy Stuart OCHSNER, Robin L. TINER, William Norman STERLING, Jonathan R. WILLEY