Patents by Inventor Todd Scarola

Todd Scarola 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: 10019612
    Abstract: A system and method to detect an event associated with a first object relative to a second object and a support is provided. The system can include an antenna at a support to receive the first object, a tag reader in communication with the antenna and a tag located on the second object. In response to detecting a change in impedance of the antenna associated with the presence of the first object, the tag reader communicates a presence signal. In response to detecting the tag within a threshold proximity of the tag reader, the tag reader generates a tag signal. A remoter server is operable to detect an association of the first and second objects based on a comparison a time associated with each of the tag signal and the presence signal, and in response then creates an output indicative of a detected event based on the association for illustration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Charles Theurer, Douglas Forman, Brandon Good, Shaopeng Liu, David Smith, Todd Scarola, Robert Wallace, Judith Guzzo
  • Publication number: 20170032161
    Abstract: A system and method to detect an event associated with a first object relative to a second object and a support is provided. The system can include an antenna at a support to receive the first object, a tag reader in communication with the antenna and a tag located on the second object. In response to detecting a change in impedance of the antenna associated with the presence of the first object, the tag reader communicates a presence signal. In response to detecting the tag within a threshold proximity of the tag reader, the tag reader generates a tag signal. A remoter server is operable to detect an association of the first and second objects based on a comparison a time associated with each of the tag signal and the presence signal, and in response then creates an output indicative of a detected event based on the association for illustration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Charles Theurer, Douglas Forman, Brandon Good, Shaopen Liu, David Smith, Todd Scarola, Robert Wallace, Judith Guzzo
  • Patent number: 9495569
    Abstract: A system and method to detect an event associated with a first object relative to a second object and a support is provided. The system can include an antenna at a support to receive the first object, a tag reader in communication with the antenna and a tag located on the second object. In response to detecting a change in impedance of the antenna associated with the presence of the first object, the tag reader communicates a presence signal. In response to detecting the tag within a threshold proximity of the tag reader, the tag reader generates a tag signal. A remoter server is operable to detect an association of the first and second objects based on a comparison a time associated with each of the tag signal and the presence signal, and in response then creates an output indicative of a detected event based on the association for illustration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Charles Theurer, Judith Guzzo, Douglas Forman, Brandon Good, Todd Scarola, Shaopeng Liu, Robert Wallace, David Smith
  • Publication number: 20150178529
    Abstract: A system and method to detect an event associated with a first object relative to a second object and a support is provided. The system can include an antenna at a support to receive the first object, a tag reader in communication with the antenna and a tag located on the second object. In response to detecting a change in impedance of the antenna associated with the presence of the first object, the tag reader communicates a presence signal. In response to detecting the tag within a threshold proximity of the tag reader, the tag reader generates a tag signal. A remoter server is operable to detect an association of the first and second objects based on a comparison a time associated with each of the tag signal and the presence signal, and in response then creates an output indicative of a detected event based on the association for illustration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Charles Theurer, Judith Guzzo, Douglas Forman, Brandon Good, Todd Scarola, Shaopeng Liu, Robert Wallace, David Smith
  • Publication number: 20110234598
    Abstract: A system and method to track management of hand hygiene is provided. The system includes a wireless tracking system to detect a resource within a proximity of a dispenser of sanitizer. The system can detects a release of the sanitizer from the dispenser, transmits a wireless signal from a transmitter at the dispenser to a receiver, and creates a display that includes a time of the release of sanitizer at the dispenser and a resource within the proximity of the dispenser at the time of release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicants: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, C/HCA, INC.
    Inventors: Todd Scarola, Chuck Hall