Patents by Inventor William Kurt Hildebrand

William Kurt Hildebrand 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).

  • Electromagnetic detection and localization of storage bin hazards and human entry
    Patent number: 12105179
    Abstract: A system for detecting human entry into a container using electromagnetic imaging to generate image maps of the container. The system includes a door monitor configured to detect an entry door open event associated with the container. The system uses one or more processors and a memory with instructions to generate a baseline image map of the container, detect an entry door open event with the door monitor associated with the container, generate a post entry door open event image map of the container, and compare the baseline image map generated before the entry door open event with image map generated after the entry door open event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: GSI Electronique Inc., University of Manitoba
    Inventors: Ian Jeffrey, Colin Gerald Gilmore, Joe Lovetri, Jitendra Paliwal, Mohammad Asefi, William Kurt Hildebrand, Eric Conner Hawley
  • ELECTROMAGNETIC DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION OF STORAGE BIN HAZARDS AND HUMAN ENTRY
    Publication number: 20240111039
    Abstract: A system for detecting human entry into a container using electromagnetic imaging to generate image maps of the container. The system includes a door monitor configured to detect an entry door open event associated with the container. The system uses one or more processors and a memory with instructions to generate a baseline image map of the container, detect an entry door open event with the door monitor associated with the container, generate a post entry door open event image map of the container, and compare the baseline image map generated before the entry door open event with image map generated after the entry door open event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: IAN JEFFREY, COLIN GERALD GILMORE, JOE LOVETRI, Jitendra PALIWAL, MOHAMMAD ASEFI, WILLIAM KURT HILDEBRAND, ERIC CONNER HAWLEY
  • ELECTROMAGNETIC IMAGING AND INVERSION OF SIMPLE PARAMETERS IN STORAGE BINS
    Publication number: 20210003621
    Abstract: A method for electromagnetic imaging of containers receives uncalibrated first data corresponding to signals of a first plurality of different frequencies associated with an antenna array residing in a container having contents. The method estimates of a second data based on a computer model and simulation of signals of a second plurality of different frequencies associated with the antenna array, the second plurality of different frequencies including a subset of the first plurality of different frequencies. The method compares magnitudes, without corresponding phase comparisons, of the first and second data at each frequency of the second plurality of different frequencies. The method updates the second data based on the comparing. The method provides information about the contents within the container based on the updated second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Colin Gerald Gilmore, IAN Jeffrey, Joe LoVetri, Mohammad Asefi, Nicholas Geddert, Kevin Brown, Jitendra Paliwal, William Kurt Hildebrand, Eric Conner Hawley