Patents by Inventor William James Biederman

William James Biederman 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: 11923090
    Abstract: Computing systems and methods are provided for detecting skin conditions of humans. A computing device can authenticate a user via a fingerprint scan of a first skin region of the user using a three-dimensional (3D) sonic sensor. The device can generate a three-dimensional (3D) volumetric sonic measurement of a second skin region of the user based at least in part on one or more sonic pulses of the three-dimensional sonic sensor. The device can input data indicative of the 3D volumetric sonic measurement into one or more machine-learning models, generate one or more skin cancer condition identifications associated with the second skin region of the user based on one or more outputs of the one or more machine-learned models, and provide one or more outputs including the one or more skin cancer condition identifications associated with the second skin region of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Dongeek Shin, William James Biederman, Shwetak Patel
  • Publication number: 20240019920
    Abstract: The technology described herein is related to a two-phase deployment-initiated wakeup mechanism for a body-mountable electronic device. During a first phase of the two-phase wakeup mechanism, a motion sensor detects an acceleration event indicative of deployment of the device onto the body of the user. During a second phase of the two-phase mechanism, control circuitry can be adapted to be enabled by the acceleration event. Once enabled, the control circuitry can verify that the device has been launched onto the body of a user via a deployment applicator in which the device is retained until deployment. Once verified, the control circuitry can wake up the body-mountable electronic device by transitioning the device from a sleep state to a functional (or operational) state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: William James Biederman, III, Louis Hyunsuk Jung
  • Patent number: 11747877
    Abstract: The technology described herein is related to a two-phase deployment-initiated wakeup mechanism for a body-mountable electronic device. During a first phase of the two-phase wakeup mechanism, a motion sensor detects an acceleration event indicative of deployment of the device onto the body of the user. During a second phase of the two-phase mechanism, control circuitry can be adapted to be enabled by the acceleration event. Once enabled, the control circuitry can verify that the device has been launched onto the body of a user via a deployment applicator in which the device is retained until deployment. Once verified, the control circuitry can wake up the body-mountable electronic device by transitioning the device from a sleep state to a functional (or operational) state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: William James Biederman, III, Louis Hyunsuk Jung
  • Publication number: 20220357785
    Abstract: The technology described herein is related to a two-phase deployment-initiated wakeup mechanism for a body-mountable electronic device. During a first phase of the two-phase wakeup mechanism, a motion sensor detects an acceleration event indicative of deployment of the device onto the body of the user. During a second phase of the two-phase mechanism, control circuitry can be adapted to be enabled by the acceleration event. Once enabled, the control circuitry can verify that the device has been launched onto the body of a user via a deployment applicator in which the device is retained until deployment. Once verified, the control circuitry can wake up the body-mountable electronic device by transitioning the device from a sleep state to a functional (or operational) state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: William James Biederman, III, Louis Hyunsuk Jung
  • Patent number: 11457809
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a sensing device. The sensing device includes a sensor, a memory, a processor, and two radio units. A first radio unit of the two radio units is configured for bidirectional communication with an external device using a first radio communication protocol. The bidirectional communication comprises receiving configuration data from the external device via a first radio signal from the external device. The second radio unit of the two radio units is configured for unidirectional communication with the external device using a second radio communication protocol. The unidirectional communication comprises the second radio unit transmitting a second radio signal to the external device. The second radio signal communicates data including one or more measurements obtained by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: William James Biederman, Robert Francis Wiser, Brian Otis
  • Patent number: 11457874
    Abstract: A body-mountable device includes a flexible substrate configured for mounting to a skin surface. The flexible substrate is configured to be adhered or otherwise mounted to the skin in a manner that minimally impacts activities of the body. The device includes a flexible display configured to provide indications to a user, e.g., indications of sensor readings, medical alerts, or operational states of the device. The display could be operated on a very low power budget, e.g., the display could be operated intermittently. In some examples, the display could include an e-paper display or similar low power display elements. In some examples, elements of the display, e.g., electrodes of a multi-segment display, could be formed on the flexible substrate such that additional elements of the display, e.g., a layer of display medium and a layer of transparent conductor, could be adhered or otherwise attached to the formed elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: William James Biederman, Brian Otis, Zenghe Liu, Jaclyn Leverett Wasson
  • Patent number: 11360537
    Abstract: The technology described herein is related to a two-phase deployment-initiated wakeup mechanism for a body-mountable electronic device. During a first phase of the two-phase wakeup mechanism, a motion sensor detects an acceleration event indicative of deployment of the device onto the body of the user. During a second phase of the two-phase mechanism, control circuitry can be adapted to be enabled by the acceleration event. Once enabled, the control circuitry can verify that the device has been launched onto the body of a user via a deployment applicator in which the device is retained until deployment. Once verified, the control circuitry can wake up the body-mountable electronic device by transitioning the device from a sleep state to a functional (or operational) state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: William James Biederman, III, Louis Hyunsuk Jung
  • Publication number: 20220020494
    Abstract: Computing systems and methods are provided for detecting skin conditions of humans. A computing device can authenticate a user via a fingerprint scan of a first skin region of the user using a three-dimensional (3D) sonic sensor. The device can generate a three-dimensional (3D) volumetric sonic measurement of a second skin region of the user based at least in part on one or more sonic pulses of the three-dimensional sonic sensor. The device can input data indicative of the 3D volumetric sonic measurement into one or more machine-learning models, generate one or more skin cancer condition identifications associated with the second skin region of the user based on one or more outputs of the one or more machine-learned models, and provide one or more outputs including the one or more skin cancer condition identifications associated with the second skin region of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Dongeek Shin, William James Biederman, Shwetak Patel
  • Publication number: 20200341531
    Abstract: The technology described herein is related to a two-phase deployment-initiated wakeup mechanism for a body-mountable electronic device. During a first phase of the two-phase wakeup mechanism, a motion sensor detects an acceleration event indicative of deployment of the device onto the body of the user. During a second phase of the two-phase mechanism, control circuitry can be adapted to be enabled by the acceleration event. Once enabled, the control circuitry can verify that the device has been launched onto the body of a user via a deployment applicator in which the device is retained until deployment. Once verified, the control circuitry can wake up the body-mountable electronic device by transitioning the device from a sleep state to a functional (or operational) state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: William James Biederman, III, Louis Hyunsuk Jung
  • Patent number: 10765353
    Abstract: A flexible, body-mountable analyte sensing device includes a flexible substrate configured for mounting to skin of a living body. The sensing device additionally includes a sensor probe attached to the flexible substrate and configured to penetrate the skin such that a sensor disposed on the end of the sensor probe can be exposed to an analyte in interstitial fluid. The sensor could be an electrochemical sensor that includes two or more electrodes disposed at the end of the sensor probe and configured to electrochemically detect the analyte. The sensing device is configured to display detected concentrations or other information about the analyte in the interstitial fluid. The flexible substrate of the sensing device is configured to be adhered or otherwise mounted to the skin in a manner that minimally impacts activities of the living body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: William James Biederman, Brian Otis, Jaclyn Leverett Wasson, Zenghe Liu
  • Patent number: 10712797
    Abstract: The technology described herein is related to a two-phase deployment-initiated wakeup mechanism for a body-mountable electronic device. During a first phase of the two-phase wakeup mechanism, a motion sensor detects an acceleration event indicative of deployment of the device onto the body of the user. During a second phase of the two-phase mechanism, control circuitry can be adapted to be enabled by the acceleration event. Once enabled, the control circuitry can verify that the device has been launched onto the body of a user via a deployment applicator in which the device is retained until deployment. Once verified, the control circuitry can wake up the body-mountable electronic device by transitioning the device from a sleep state to a functional (or operational) state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: William James Biederman, III, Louis Hyunsuk Jung
  • Patent number: 10573607
    Abstract: An example device includes a silicon substrate having a first substrate surface and a second substrate surface; a plurality of layers associated with one or more electronic components of an integrated circuit (IC), where the plurality of layers are deposited on the second substrate surface; a lithium-based battery having a plurality of battery layers deposited on the first substrate surface of the silicon substrate, where the lithium-based battery includes an anode current collector and a cathode current collector; a first through-silicon via (TSV) passing through the silicon substrate and providing an electrical connection between the anode current collector and the plurality of layers associated with the one or more electronic components of the IC; and a second TSV passing through the silicon substrate and providing an electrical connection between the cathode current collector and the plurality of layers associated with the one or more electronic components of the IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: William James Biederman, Daniel James Yeager, Brian Otis
  • Patent number: 10512723
    Abstract: An example system includes a flexible substrate configured to be mounted to a skin surface. The system includes a sensor probe that has a first end attached to the flexible substrate and a second end configured to extend beneath the skin surface to contact interstitial fluid. A sensor is configured to measure a physiological property and is disposed at the second end of the sensor probe. A transmitter is attached to the flexible substrate and is configured to provide information related to sensor measurements to a controller. The controller is configured to a drug delivery rate based on the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: William James Biederman, Brian Otis, Jaclyn Leverett Wasson, Zenghe Liu
  • Patent number: 10292630
    Abstract: A flexible, body-mountable analyte sensing device includes a flexible substrate configured for mounting to skin of a living body. The sensing device additionally includes optical fiber attached to the flexible substrate and configured to penetrate the skin such that an analyte-sensitive substance disposed on the end of the optical fiber can detect an analyte in interstitial fluid. A color, fluorescence intensity, or other optical property of the analyte-sensitive substance is related to the concentration or other property of the analyte. Light reflected, scattered, fluorescently emitted, or otherwise emitted from the analyte-sensitive substance is transmitted via the optical fiber and detected by a light sensor on the flexible substrate. Such emitted light can be emitted in response to illumination of the analyte-sensitive substance via the optical fiber. The sensing device is configured to wirelessly indicate detected concentrations or other information about the analyte in the interstitial fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Jaclyn Leverett Wasson, William James Biederman, Zenghe Liu, Brian Otis
  • Publication number: 20190129491
    Abstract: The technology described herein is related to a two-phase deployment-initiated wakeup mechanism for a body-mountable electronic device. During a first phase of the two-phase wakeup mechanism, a motion sensor detects an acceleration event indicative of deployment of the device onto the body of the user. During a second phase of the two-phase mechanism, control circuitry can be adapted to be enabled by the acceleration event. Once enabled, the control circuitry can verify that the device has been launched onto the body of a user via a deployment applicator in which the device is retained until deployment. Once verified, the control circuitry can wake up the body-mountable electronic device by transitioning the device from a sleep state to a functional (or operational) state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: William James Biederman, III, Louis Hyunsuk Jung
  • Patent number: 10251605
    Abstract: A flexible, body-mountable analyte sensing device includes a flexible substrate configured for mounting to skin of a living body. The sensing device additionally includes a sensor probe attached to the flexible substrate and configured to penetrate the skin such that a sensor disposed on the sensor probe can detect an analyte in interstitial fluid. The sensor probe can include an elongate extension of the flexible substrate. The sensor can be, for example, an electrochemical sensor or an optical sensor. The sensing device is configured to wirelessly indicate detected concentrations or other information about the analyte in the interstitial fluid. The flexible substrate of the sensing device is configured to be adhered or otherwise mounted to the skin in a manner that minimally impacts activities of the living body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Zenghe Liu, Brian Otis, Jaclyn Leverett Wasson, William James Biederman
  • Publication number: 20190053758
    Abstract: A body-mountable device includes a flexible substrate configured for mounting to a skin surface. The flexible substrate is configured to be adhered or otherwise mounted to the skin in a manner that minimally impacts activities of the body. The device includes a flexible display configured to provide indications to a user, e.g., indications of sensor readings, medical alerts, or operational states of the device. The display could be operated on a very low power budget, e.g., the display could be operated intermittently. In some examples, the display could include an e-paper display or similar low power display elements. In some examples, elements of the display, e.g., electrodes of a multi-segment display, could be formed on the flexible substrate such that additional elements of the display, e.g., a layer of display medium and a layer of transparent conductor, could be adhered or otherwise attached to the formed elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: William James Biederman, Brian Otis, Zenghe Liu, Jaclyn Leverett Wasson
  • Patent number: 10201297
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that relate to a device, such as an eye-mountable device. The eye-mountable device may include a capacitance sensor and associated circuitry configured to measure a capacitance and/or a change in capacitance based on a material being in proximity with the capacitance sensor. For example, the capacitance sensor and associated circuitry may be operable to detect an eye-related movement of a wearer of the eye-mountable device. The eye-related movement may be a blink, a wink, an eye moving with respect to an eyelid, an eyelid moving with respect to the capacitance sensor, or an eyelid closing. At least one sensor electrode of the capacitance sensor may operable to carry out an additional function, e.g. to measure a level of glucose in tear-fluid or to provide wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: William James Biederman, Daniel James Yeager
  • Patent number: 10201295
    Abstract: A body-mountable device includes a flexible substrate configured for mounting to a skin surface. The device includes an input component configured to receive inputs from a user, e.g., finger presses, swipes, motions of the sensing platform, or gestures. Received inputs could include calibration data, for example, known values of a sensed property to compare with corresponding values obtained by a sensor of the device. The device can additionally include an output component configured to provide outputs to a user. Outputs could include indications of sensor readings, medical alerts, or operational states of the device. The flexible substrate of the device is configured to be adhered or otherwise mounted to the skin in a manner that minimally impacts activities of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Jaclyn Leverett Wasson, Zenghe Liu, Brian Otis, William James Biederman
  • Publication number: 20190043815
    Abstract: An example device includes a silicon substrate having a first substrate surface and a second substrate surface; a plurality of layers associated with one or more electronic components of an integrated circuit (IC), where the plurality of layers are deposited on the second substrate surface; a lithium-based battery having a plurality of battery layers deposited on the first substrate surface of the silicon substrate, where the lithium-based battery includes an anode current collector and a cathode current collector; a first through-silicon via (TSV) passing through the silicon substrate and providing an electrical connection between the anode current collector and the plurality of layers associated with the one or more electronic components of the IC; and a second TSV passing through the silicon substrate and providing an electrical connection between the cathode current collector and the plurality of layers associated with the one or more electronic components of the IC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: William James Biederman, Daniel James Yeager, Brian Otis