Patents by Inventor Tyler Rather

Tyler Rather 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: 12607718
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for determining the available storage capacity of an enclosed space using radar-based digital terrain modeling. At a high-level, embodiments of the present disclosure may determine the available storage capacity of a certain space by using one or more radars to transmit one or more radio-frequency signals through the space and receive various reflections or echoes of those signals. These received echoes may be processed to determine—for a grid dividing the overall space into a series of right rectangular prisms stacked into columns—the highest (i.e., closest to the ceiling of the space) right rectangular prism (RRP) in each column that is at least partially occupied by a physical object. For each column, the highest RRP and any RRPs below it may be marked as occupied and any RRPs above the highest RRP may be marked as unoccupied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Pro-Vision Spartan Radar, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Bergen, Tyler Rather
  • Publication number: 20260104507
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods, systems, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer readable media for incident detection using radar sensory data. A vehicular tracking system comprises at least one on-vehicle sensor, such as a radar sensor, that can perceive the environment around the vehicle and capture data related to possible incidents that may be viewed by the sensor. A radar sensor may provide radar data that can be used to calculate velocity vectors, accelerations vectors, azimuth and elevation angles of other vehicles, and this data may be collected and stored for possible incident characterization and accident investigation. The vehicle with the sensor may be configured to behave as a third-party witness to possible incidents. Several sensors may be used in conjunction with one another, where one sensor may trigger another sensor to begin capturing other data that the first sensor may be unable to capture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Inventors: Scott Bergen, Tyler Rather, Jennifer Carter, Morgan Brewster
  • Patent number: 12416722
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods, systems, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer readable media for incident detection using radar sensory data. A vehicular tracking system comprises at least one on-vehicle sensor, such as a radar sensor, that can perceive the environment around the vehicle and capture data related to possible incidents that may be viewed by the sensor. A radar sensor may provide radar data that can be used to calculate velocity vectors, accelerations vectors, azimuth and elevation angles of other vehicles, and this data may be collected and stored for possible incident characterization and accident investigation. The vehicle with the sensor may be configured to behave as a third-party witness to possible incidents. Several sensors may be used in conjunction with one another, where one sensor may trigger another sensor to begin capturing other data that the first sensor may be unable to capture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2025
    Assignee: Spartan Radar, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Bergen, Tyler Rather, Jennifer Carter, Morgan Brewster
  • Publication number: 20230367006
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods, systems, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer readable media for incident detection using radar sensory data. A vehicular tracking system comprises at least one on-vehicle sensor, such as a radar sensor, that can perceive the environment around the vehicle and capture data related to possible incidents that may be viewed by the sensor. A radar sensor may provide radar data that can be used to calculate velocity vectors, accelerations vectors, azimuth and elevation angles of other vehicles, and this data may be collected and stored for possible incident characterization and accident investigation. The vehicle with the sensor may be configured to behave as a third-party witness to possible incidents. Several sensors may be used in conjunction with one another, where one sensor may trigger another sensor to begin capturing other data that the first sensor may be unable to capture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Scott Bergen, Tyler Rather, Jennifer Carter, Morgan Brewster