Patents by Inventor Tony Mitchell Cole

Tony Mitchell Cole 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: 10767953
    Abstract: A system includes a variable choke coupled to a barrel of a shot gun, and a mechanical mechanism coupled to the variable choke and configured to adjust an amount of choke constriction of the variable choke. The system further includes a motor coupled to the mechanical mechanism, and a control system configured to determine a desired size of a shot cone of shot fired from the shot gun, determine a choke constriction position of the variable choke that produces the identified size of the shot cone, and apply control signals to the motor to cause, via movement of the mechanical mechanism, automatic adjustment of the variable choke based on the determined choke constriction position of the variable choke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Inventor: Tony Mitchell Cole
  • Publication number: 20190376759
    Abstract: A system includes a variable choke coupled to a barrel of a shot gun, and a mechanical mechanism coupled to the variable choke and configured to adjust an amount of choke constriction of the variable choke. The system further includes a motor coupled to the mechanical mechanism, and a control system configured to determine a desired size of a shot cone of shot fired from the shot gun, determine a choke constriction position of the variable choke that produces the identified size of the shot cone, and apply control signals to the motor to cause, via movement of the mechanical mechanism, automatic adjustment of the variable choke based on the determined choke constriction position of the variable choke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventor: Tony Mitchell Cole
  • Publication number: 20190156678
    Abstract: A system includes multiple cameras directed to capture images or video of a passenger offloading area associated with a facility, where the passenger offloading area comprises multiple offloading areas that enable multiple autonomous vehicles to offload vehicle occupants. The system receives images or video, from the multiple cameras, of the passenger offloading area, and analyzes the images or video to identify autonomous vehicles of the multiple autonomous vehicles that have completed passenger offloading and have departed respective offloading areas. The system instructs, based on the image or video analysis, the multiple autonomous vehicles to transit through the passenger offloading area in a coordinated manner, including stopping at a selected one of the multiple passenger offloading areas, to offload the vehicle occupants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Tony Mitchell Cole