Patents by Inventor Tyler Kurtz
Tyler Kurtz 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: 20220100368Abstract: The embodiments herein describe a mode of applications on the portable electronic device that improves single-handed operation of the devices. For example, the embodiments herein describe an ergonomic mode of an application that displays the graphical user interface (GUI) of the application in a bottom area of the display screen of the electronic device to allow the user to more easily interact with objects. The embodiments herein also describe an ergonomic mode of a keyboard displayed on the display screen of the portable electronic device. During the ergonomic mode of the keyboard, the keyboard is shifted towards a vertical edge of the display screen to allow a user to more easily reach keys of the keyboard that were previously unreachable without the user switching to two handed operation of the device or repositioning the electronic device in the user's hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Imran CHAUDHRI, Daniel Tyler KURTZ, Jacob Xiao, Jason C. BEAVER, Elisabeth J. KAIN, Balaji SARPESHKAR, Kenneth Luke KOCIENDA, Freddy Allen ANZURES, Andrew WADYCKI, Joshua Hal SHAFFER
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Patent number: 10821603Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for robot control. An example apparatus includes a command generator to instruct a robot to move an end effector from a staging position to an estimated pre-task position to perform a first task based on a first pose of the robot, the first pose based on a model, adjust the robot to a first actual pre-task position to perform the first task when the robot is to move to a second actual pre-task position, the first actual pre-task position proximate the estimated pre-task position, and direct the robot to perform a second task based on a correction factor, the correction factor is to be determined by determining a second pose of the robot, the second pose corresponding to position information associated with a post-task position, and calculating the correction factor based on the first pose and the second pose.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Tyler Kurtz, Edward Hojnacki
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Publication number: 20200293189Abstract: The embodiments herein describe a mode of applications on the portable electronic device that improves single-handed operation of the devices. For example, the embodiments herein describe an ergonomic mode of an application that displays the graphical user interface (GUI) of the application in a bottom area of the display screen of the electronic device to allow the user to more easily interact with objects. The embodiments herein also describe an ergonomic mode of a keyboard displayed on the display screen of the portable electronic device. During the ergonomic mode of the keyboard, the keyboard is shifted towards a vertical edge of the display screen to allow a user to more easily reach keys of the keyboard that were previously unreachable without the user switching to two handed operation of the device or repositioning the electronic device in the user's hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Imran CHAUDHRI, Daniel Tyler KURTZ, Jacob Xiao, Jason C. BEAVER, Elisabeth J. KAIN, Balaji SARPESHKAR, Kenneth Luke KOCIENDA, Freddy Allen ANZURES, Andrew WADYCKI, Joshua Hal SHAFFER
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Patent number: 10671275Abstract: The embodiments herein describe a mode of applications on the portable electronic device that improves single-handed operation of the devices. For example, the embodiments herein describe an ergonomic mode of an application that displays the graphical user interface (GUI) of the application in a bottom area of the display screen of the electronic device to allow the user to more easily interact with objects. The embodiments herein also describe an ergonomic mode of a keyboard displayed on the display screen of the portable electronic device. During the ergonomic mode of the keyboard, the keyboard is shifted towards a vertical edge of the display screen to allow a user to more easily reach keys of the keyboard that were previously unreachable without the user switching to two handed operation of the device or repositioning the electronic device in the user's hand.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Daniel Tyler Kurtz, Jacob Xiao, Jason C. Beaver, Elisabeth J. Kain, Balaji Sarpeshkar, Kenneth Luke Kocienda, Freddy Allen Anzures, Andrew Wadycki, Joshua Hal Shaffer
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Publication number: 20200070340Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for robot control. An example apparatus includes a command generator to instruct a robot to move an end effector from a staging position to an estimated pre-task position to perform a first task based on a first pose of the robot, the first pose based on a model, adjust the robot to a first actual pre-task position to perform the first task when the robot is to move to a second actual pre-task position, the first actual pre-task position proximate the estimated pre-task position, and direct the robot to perform a second task based on a correction factor, the correction factor is to be determined by determining a second pose of the robot, the second pose corresponding to position information associated with a post-task position, and calculating the correction factor based on the first pose and the second pose.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Tyler Kurtz, Edward Hojnacki
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Patent number: 10066925Abstract: A computer implemented method may include the steps of: (1) providing a first point cloud representative of at least a bare portion of a surface of an object relative to a reference portion of the surface, (2) providing a second point cloud representative of at least a coated portion of the surface relative to the reference portion, (3) registering the first point cloud and the second point cloud with respect to a common reference coordinate system, (4) registering a first reference portion subset of the first data points representative of the reference portion and a second reference portion subset of the second data points representative of the reference portion, and (5) calculating difference values indicative of a thickness of the surface coating based on differences between a coated portion subset of the second data points and a bare portion subset of the first data points.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Tyler Kurtz, Dennis R. Mathis
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Publication number: 20170219336Abstract: A computer implemented method may include the steps of: (1) providing a first point cloud representative of at least a bare portion of a surface of an object relative to a reference portion of the surface, (2) providing a second point cloud representative of at least a coated portion of the surface relative to the reference portion, (3) registering the first point cloud and the second point cloud with respect to a common reference coordinate system, (4) registering a first reference portion subset of the first data points representative of the reference portion and a second reference portion subset of the second data points representative of the reference portion, and (5) calculating difference values indicative of a thickness of the surface coating based on differences between a coated portion subset of the second data points and a bare portion subset of the first data points.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2016Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Tyler Kurtz, Dennis R. Mathis
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Publication number: 20160070466Abstract: The embodiments herein describe a mode of applications on the portable electronic device that improves single-handed operation of the devices. For example, the embodiments herein describe an ergonomic mode of an application that displays the graphical user interface (GUI) of the application in a bottom area of the display screen of the electronic device to allow the user to more easily interact with objects. The embodiments herein also describe an ergonomic mode of a keyboard displayed on the display screen of the portable electronic device. During the ergonomic mode of the keyboard, the keyboard is shifted towards a vertical edge of the display screen to allow a user to more easily reach keys of the keyboard that were previously unreachable without the user switching to two handed operation of the device or repositioning the electronic device in the user's hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Daniel Tyler Kurtz, Jacob Xiao, Jason C. Beaver, Elisabeth J. Kain, Balaji Sarpeshkar, Kenneth Luke Kocienda, Freddy Allen Anzures, Andrew Wadycki, Joshua Hal Shaffer