Patents by Inventor Wyatt Beale Smith

Wyatt Beale Smith 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).

  • Systems and methods for wearable voltage detection devices
    Patent number: 10488174
    Abstract: A voltage detection device for detecting proximity to an active alternating current (AC) voltage source is provided. The device includes a housing, at least one antenna configured to generate a signal in response to exposure to electromagnetic radiation, signal processing circuitry configured to process the signal generated by the at least one antenna, a processing device embedded in the housing and communicatively coupled to the signal processing circuitry, the processing device configured to determine, from the processed signal, whether the voltage detection device is proximate to the active AC voltage source, and an electronic switch embedded in the housing and one of included within the processing device and communicatively coupled to the processing device, the electronic switch configured to reduce an impact of interference on detection of the active AC voltage source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Cheng-Po Chen, Christopher Bruce Gushee, Jose Luis Virgen, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, Glen William Brooksby, Jeffrey Ross Mayton, Nancy Cecelia Stoffel, Wyatt Beale Smith, Daniel Leroy Olson
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEARABLE VOLTAGE DETECTION DEVICES
    Publication number: 20190277617
    Abstract: A voltage detection device for detecting proximity to an active alternating current (AC) voltage source is provided. The device includes a housing, at least one antenna configured to generate a signal in response to exposure to electromagnetic radiation, signal processing circuitry configured to process the signal generated by the at least one antenna, a processing device embedded in the housing and communicatively coupled to the signal processing circuitry, the processing device configured to determine, from the processed signal, whether the voltage detection device is proximate to the active AC voltage source, and an electronic switch embedded in the housing and one of included within the processing device and communicatively coupled to the processing device, the electronic switch configured to reduce an impact of interference on detection of the active AC voltage source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Cheng-Po Chen, Christopher Bruce Gushee, Jose Luis Virgen, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, Glen William Brooksby, Jeffrey Ross Mayton, Nancy Cecelia Stoffel, Wyatt Beale Smith, Daniel Leroy Olson