Hutcheson, US
David Hutcheson, Salt Lake City, UT US
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20140357732 | METHODS OF PREDICTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLEMENT-MEDIATED DISEASE - Described herein are methods for determining a Caucasian subject's susceptibility to having or developing a complement-mediated disease comprising determining in the Caucasian subject the identity of one or more haplotypes, wherein the presence of one or more of the haplotypes indicates the subject's susceptibility for having or developing a complement-mediated disease. | 12-04-2014 |
Don S. Hutcheson, Severna Park, MD US
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20130249794 | Method and Apparatus for Sensing Spontaneous Changes in a Localized Electromagnetic Field and Method for Use | 09-26-2013 |
Doug Hutcheson, San Diego, CA US
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20080200176 | Method for providing wireless communication services and network and system for delivering same - The present invention is directed to an improved network and system for a wireless communication system. The improved business method, operations method, network and system of the present invention includes the steps of delivering cellular services to the mass market, reducing peak capacity, increasing overall capacity utilization, improving capital utilization, providing an “all-you-can-eat” pricing model, and designing capacity based upon where the users live, work, and play. | 08-21-2008 |
20100153498 | Method and System for Improving the Efficiency of State Information Transfer Over a Wireless Communications Network - The present invention is directed to a system and method for managing state information related to an interactive application to accommodate one or more users participating in an interactive application session, wherein the state information comprises local state information specific to each of the one or more user's unique view of the interactive application and global state information. The system of the present invention may comprise a telecommunications network; an application server in communication with the telecommunications network for managing the global state information relative to all of the users participating in the interactive application session; and at least one mobile client device in communication with the application server over the telecommunications network for managing the local state information for each of the one or more users. The method of the present invention may comprise the steps of structuring the state information for optimized delivery over the telecommunications network. | 06-17-2010 |
20100173695 | Method and System for Mediating Interactive Services Over a Wireless Communications Network - The present invention is directed to a method and system for controlling the state of an interactive application and controlling delivery of the interactive application to one or more users. The system of the present invention is a system for delivering an interactive application to one or more users of a communications network and may comprise an interactive application adapted to the communications network; a user access device adapted to receive said interactive application; control means for establishing parameters under which said interactive application is rendered on said user access device; and mediation means for establishing terms for the interaction between the at least one user and other users and the communications network. | 07-08-2010 |
20120072485 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF STATE INFORMATION TRANSFER OVER A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A system and method for managing state information related to an interactive application to accommodate one or more users participating in an interactive application session. The state information can include local state information specific to each of the one or more user's unique view of the interactive application and global state information. The system can include a telecommunications network; an application server in communication with the telecommunications network for managing the global state information relative to all of the users participating in the interactive application session; and at least one mobile client device in communication with the application server over the telecommunications network for managing the local state information for each of the one or more users. The method can include structuring the state information for optimized delivery over the telecommunications network and transferring the state information over the telecommunications network. | 03-22-2012 |
20140038707 | Method and System for Mediating Interactive Services Over A Wireless Commuincations Network - The present invention is directed to a method and system for controlling the state of an interactive application and controlling delivery of the interactive application to one or more users. The system of the present invention is a system for delivering an interactive application to one or more users of a communications network and may comprise an interactive application adapted to the communications network; a user access device adapted to receive said interactive application; control means for establishing parameters under which said interactive application is rendered on said user access device; and mediation means for establishing terms for the interaction between the at least one user and other users and the communications network. | 02-06-2014 |
20140378231 | Method and System for Mediating Interactive Services Over A Wireless Communications Network - The present invention is directed to a method and system for controlling the state of an interactive application and controlling delivery of the interactive application to one or more users. The system of the present invention is a system for delivering an interactive application to one or more users of a communications network and may comprise an interactive application adapted to the communications network; a user access device adapted to receive said interactive application; control means for establishing parameters under which said interactive application is rendered on said user access device; and mediation means for establishing terms for the interaction between the at least one user and other users and the communications network. | 12-25-2014 |
20150356819 | Method And System For Mediating Interactive Services Over A Wireless Communications Network - The present invention is directed to a method and system for controlling the state of an interactive application and controlling delivery of the interactive application to one or more users. The system of the present invention is a system for delivering an interactive application to one or more users of a communications network and may comprise an interactive application adapted to the communications network; a user access device adapted to receive said interactive application; control means for establishing parameters under which said interactive application is rendered on said user access device; and mediation means for establishing terms for the interaction between the at least one user and other users and the communications network. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356820 | Method And System For Mediating Interactive Services Over A Wireless Communications Network - The present invention is directed to a method and system for controlling the state of an interactive application and controlling delivery of the interactive application to one or more users. The system of the present invention is a system for delivering an interactive application to one or more users of a communications network and may comprise an interactive application adapted to the communications network; a user access device adapted to receive said interactive application; control means for establishing parameters under which said interactive application is rendered on said user access device; and mediation means for establishing terms for the interaction between the at least one user and other users and the communications network. | 12-10-2015 |
George Hutcheson, Dallas, TX US
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20090111407 | Terminal and Associated Transducer Assembly and Method for Selectively Transducing in at Least Two Frequency Bands - A terminal is provided for selectively communicating in at least two frequency bands. The terminal includes an antenna transducer including a first port and a second port, where the antenna transducer is capable of selectively transducing first radio signals (e.g., low power radio frequency (LPRF) signals) to and/or from the first port, and/or second radio signals (e.g., global positioning system (GPS) signals) to and/or from the second port. In this regard, the antenna transducer is capable of transducing first radio signals such that an impedance at the second port approaches a short circuit or an open circuit, and capable of transducing second radio signals such that an impedance at the first port approaches an open circuit. An associated communication assembly and method for selectively communicating in at least two frequency bands are also provided. | 04-30-2009 |
George Hutcheson, Richardson, TX US
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20150200452 | PLANAR BEAM STEERABLE LENS ANTENNA SYSTEM USING NON-UNIFORM FEED ARRAY - A transmitter or transceiver in a wireless communications device or wireless communications system includes a planar lens antenna system. The planar lens antenna system includes a planar lens comprising a plurality of layers of conductive elements and a substrate layer. The planar lens antenna system also includes an antenna array. The antenna array includes a plurality of non-uniformly spaced feed elements. A first spacing (S1) between a first patch element and a second patch element adjacent to the first patch element is not equal to a second spacing (S2) between the second patch element and a third patch element adjacent to the second patch element. | 07-16-2015 |
George Zohn Hutcheson, Richardson, TX US
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20130115886 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POLARIZATION ALIGNMENT IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A system is configured to enable polarization alignment. The system includes at least one transmitter or receiver capable of polarization alignment. The transmitter includes at least one cross-polarized antenna and the receiver includes at least one cross-polarized antenna configured to receive a signal. A polarization processor in the transmitter or the receiver is configured to cause a polarization orientation of the at least one cross-polarized antenna to align with a polarization orientation of the signal. | 05-09-2013 |
20130187826 | TUNABLE BROADBAND ANTENNA MATCHING CIRCUITS AND DEVICES USING SAME - An improved wireless radio-frequency (RF) transmission system is disclosed. The wireless RF transmission system comprises: 1) a radio frequency (RF) transceiver configured to transmit and receive radio-frequency signals; ii) an electrically small antenna having a complex impedance comprising a real part and an imaginary part; and iii) a tunable negative impedance converter (NIC) circuit coupling the electrically small antenna to the RF transceiver. The tunable NIC circuit is configured to perform antenna matching by reducing the imaginary part of the complex impedance of the electrically small antenna. The tunable NIC circuit is tuned by adjusting a transconductance value associated with the tunable NIC circuit. | 07-25-2013 |
20140313090 | LENS WITH MIXED-ORDER CAUER/ELLIPTIC FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACE - An apparatus includes a lens having a plurality of layers of conductive elements and a plurality of layers of dielectric. Each of the layers of dielectric is disposed between and in contact with two of the layers of conductive elements. Different layers of conductive elements can include different numbers of conductive elements. The layers of conductive elements and the layers of dielectric can form a Cauer/Elliptic frequency selective surface. The lens could include only three layers of conductive elements and only two layers of dielectric, where the lens is a mixed-order frequency selective surface with a middle layer of conductive elements having fewer conductive elements than outer layers of conductive elements. A size of the conductive elements in at least one of the layers of conductive elements could vary as distance from a center of the lens increases. | 10-23-2014 |
20140334565 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINIATURIZATION OF MIMO SYSTEMS VIA TIGHTLY COUPLED ANTENNA ARRAY - In a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system, an apparatus and method includes a Tightly Coupled Array antennas (TCA) or Current Sheet Antennas (CSA). Far-field radiation patterns from any current sheet antenna are formed from the combination of the fields generated by a set of currents on the CSA of array port orthogonal modes, such as the Characteristic Modes (CM). The CM currents are generated by excitation of the CSA element ports with corresponding orthogonal voltages or currents (eigenvectors). Since the radiation patterns of the characteristic modes are orthogonal and uncorrelated, multiple signals may be propagated along the radiation patterns of the characteristic modes, each signal using a different characteristic mode or a different set of characteristic modes. Therefore, a CSA antenna utilizing array port orthogonal modes such as array port characteristic modes can support MIMO communications despite the strong mutual coupling among the antenna elements. | 11-13-2014 |
Gerald Dan Hutcheson, Palo Alto, CA US
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20110258043 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ONE OR MORE PAGES FROM AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - Systems and methods for providing one or more pages of an electronic document are provided herein. Some of the methods may include evaluating one or more pages obtained from an electronic document to determine at least one of a pagination and an order for each of the one or more pages, reducing the size of each of the one or more pages, while utilizing at least a portion of the pagination of the each of the one or more pages, associating the one or more pages together according to the determined order, and providing at least one of the one or more pages to a network-enabled computing system upon receiving a request to obtain at least one page of the electronic document from the network-enabled computing system. | 10-20-2011 |
20140099919 | METHOD FOR DELIVERING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS USING MOBILE TELEPHONY IDENTIFIERS IN A SECURE MANNER IN CONJUNCTION WITH INTERNET PROTOCOLS AND ADDRESS SYSTEMS - Systems, methods, and media for delivering electronic documents using mobile telephony identifiers, such as IMEI, in a secure manner in conjunction with Internet protocols and address systems are provided herein. According to some embodiments, exemplary methods may include receiving a communication, determining a hybrid endpoint identifier associated with a communications device by evaluating the communication for either the hybrid endpoint identifier or routing information, the hybrid endpoint identifier comprising an identifier appended to a telephone number, and routing the communication to the communications device via a telephony network based upon the hybrid endpoint identifier. | 04-10-2014 |
Hal Hutcheson, Liberty, MO US
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20140278464 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ONLINE MULTI-SESSION INTERVIEWS - A method for managing a plurality of scheduled online interviews between a user and a plurality of professionals is provided. The method includes initiating a first online interview between the user and a first professional at a first predefined time, and once a first predetermined period of time has elapsed from the first predefined time, terminating the first online interview. The method further includes determining if a second professional is available to conduct a second online interview with the user, and based on the determining that the second professional is not available to conduct the second online interview with the user, replacing the second professional with a third professional that is available to conduct the second online interview with the user at a second predefined time, and initiating the second online interview between the user and the third professional at the second predefined time. | 09-18-2014 |
Jack D. Hutcheson, Garland, TX US
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20090173297 | Variable valve timing device - The present invention provides a variable valve timing device for an internal combustion engine having a double camshaft. A gas exchange valve control shaft is provided which has first and second concentrically arranged cam shafts that are adjustable in a rotatable manner with respect to each other, by which a cam of the first cam shaft is adjusted in terms of its angle towards a cam of the second cam shaft. A cam phasing device is provided which operates by rotatable vanes provoking a swivelling relative movement between a driven member and an output member. The cam phasing device comprises at least two pivotable vane adjusters. Each pivotable vane adjuster is assigned to one of the two cam shafts. The pivotable vane adjusters are arranged axially one after the other in a direction of a valve control shaft. Each pivotable vane adjuster may be designed as a rotor-type vane adjuster. | 07-09-2009 |
20130000578 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A valve timing control apparatus for a combustion engine according to which a rotational member, such as a sprocket, is driven by said combustion engine, a rotor is mechanically coupled with a camshaft for controlling opening and closing of cylinder valves of said combustion engine, a first configuration is provided in which the rotor is locked to the rotational member; and a second configuration is provided in which the rotor is unlocked from said rotational member. In another aspect an operating method of said valve timing control apparatus for adjusting a valve timing of a combustion engine is provided. The apparatus controls a relative rotation between a camshaft and an output shaft, which can either be prevented or permitted. | 01-03-2013 |
Jack Doyle Hutcheson, Garland, TX US
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20140083384 | CENTERING SLOT FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A valve timing control device for an internal combustion engine. The valve timing control device includes a rotor connected to a camshaft and having a plurality of vanes. A stator is engaged with the rotor, and includes a plurality of webs. Pressure chambers are provided between each of the webs and vanes. A centering slot is provided on the stator and/or the rotor. A pressure medium control valve is disposed in one of the vanes of the rotor, and is configured to not only selectively lock and unlock the position of the rotor relative to the stator, but is also configured such that pressure medium in the pressure chambers is veritable through the centering slot and thereafter through the pressure medium control valve. | 03-27-2014 |
John Hutcheson, Amarillo, TX US
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20160022694 | A Method of Improving the Efficiency of Beef Production from Bovine Animals - A method of improving the efficiency of beef production from a bovine animal which is fed multiple times per day, comprising delivering to the animal an effective dose of zilpaterol in one or more but not all of daily feedings and wherein the zilpaterol is thoroughly mixed into the feed before use. | 01-28-2016 |
Katie Hutcheson, Durango, CO US
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20120209769 | MONEY TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR SENDING MONEY TO AN INSTITUTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF A RECEIVER ASSOCIATED WITH THE INSTITUTION - A computer system is operated to transfer money to a receiver via an institution. A send transaction request including a send amount is received from a sender for a money transfer. The sender is prompted to provide identifying information about the institution and the receiver. The identifying information about the receiver includes the receiver's name. A compliance and/or regulatory review of the receiver is then conducted. If the receiver passes the compliance and/or regulatory review, the receiver name and send amount are provided to the institution in a receive transaction. | 08-16-2012 |
20120290477 | Methods and System for Utilizing Cash with Online Activities - Systems and methods for facilitating cash payments for online transactions are provided. In some embodiments, a transaction is initiated online with a retailer where a user indicates that payment will be made for the transaction using cash. The user may then complete payment of the transaction with a cash payment service establishment using transaction identification information given to the user. Systems and methods for retrieving funds from an online/virtual account are also provided. In some embodiments, a user is able to initiate a funds transfer from an online/virtual account which are to be received in the form of cash at a money transfer service location. | 11-15-2012 |
20130179342 | Methods and System for Utilizing Cash with Online Activities - Systems and methods for facilitating cash payments for online transactions are provided. In some embodiments, a transaction is initiated online with a retailer where a user indicates that payment will be made for the transaction using cash. The user may then complete payment of the transaction with a cash payment service establishment using transaction identification information given to the user. Systems and methods for retrieving funds from an online/virtual account are also provided. In some embodiments, a user is able to initiate a funds transfer from an online/virtual account which are to be received in the form of cash at a money transfer service location. | 07-11-2013 |
Matthew D. Hutcheson, Tigard, OR US
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20080228666 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MEASURING INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE - Systems for measuring the performance of an investment portfolio over a specific time period include a report having indicia of a portfolio index value, the portfolio index value representing a hypothetical return on investment of a hypothetical portfolio for the specific time period calculated as a function of actual timing and actual amounts of actual deposits to and actual withdrawals from the investment portfolio during the specific time period and one or more benchmarks so that a recipient of the report can compare the hypothetical return on investment to an actual return on investment of the investment portfolio. | 09-18-2008 |
20100262562 | RETIREMENT INCOME PLAN SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods of implementing sponsored retirement income plans with all effective fiduciary discretion and responsibility residing with a fiduciary entity that is separate from a co-sponsor. | 10-14-2010 |
S. D. Hutcheson, San Diego, CA US
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20090186600 | Operations Method for Providing Wireless Communication Services - The present invention is directed to an improved operations method for a wireless communication system. The improved business method, operations method, network and system of the present invention includes the steps of delivering cellular services to the mass market, reducing peak capacity, increasing overall capacity utilization, improving capital utilization, providing an “all-you-can-eat” pricing model, and designing capacity based upon where the users live, work, and play. | 07-23-2009 |
20110281552 | OPERATIONS METHOD FOR PROVIDING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SERVICES - The present invention is directed to an improved operations method for a wireless communication system. The improved business method, operations method, network and system of the present invention includes the steps of delivering cellular services to the mass market, reducing peak capacity, increasing overall capacity utilization, improving capital utilization, providing an “all-you-can-eat” pricing model, and designing capacity based upon where the users live, work, and play. | 11-17-2011 |
S. Douglas Hutcheson, San Diego, CA US
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20130196620 | OPERATIONS METHOD FOR PROVIDING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SERVICES - The present invention is directed to an improved operations method for a wireless communication system. The improved business method, operations method, network and system of the present invention includes the steps of delivering cellular services to the mass market, reducing peak capacity, increasing overall capacity utilization, improving capital utilization, providing an “all-you-can-eat” pricing model, and designing capacity based upon where the users live, work, and play. | 08-01-2013 |
20140179267 | OPERATIONS METHOD FOR PROVIDING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SERVICES - The present invention is directed to an improved operations method for a wireless communication system. The improved business method, operations method, network and system of the present invention includes the steps of delivering cellular services to the mass market, reducing peak capacity, increasing overall capacity utilization, improving capital utilization, providing an “all-you-can-eat” pricing model, and designing capacity based upon where the users live, work, and play. | 06-26-2014 |
20150141142 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVE SERVICES OVER A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A system for providing one or more interactive applications to one or more users via a wireless communications network, the system including: one or more servers cooperating with the network to substantially deliver one or more interactive applications to one or more wireless access devices each corresponding to at least one of the users; wherein, after the one or more wireless access devices receive the substantially delivered one or more applications, upon request of one of the users the one or more corresponding wireless access devices receives communication from the server to facilitate the one of the users accessing the one or more interactive applications using the corresponding wireless access device. | 05-21-2015 |
20150352440 | Method and System for Improving the Efficiency of State Information Transfer Over a Wireless Communications Network - The present invention is directed to a system and method for managing state information related to an interactive application to accommodate one or more users participating in an interactive application session, wherein the state information comprises local state information specific to each of the one or more user's unique view of the interactive application and global state information. The system of the present invention may comprise a telecommunications network; an application server in communication with the telecommunications network for managing the global state information relative to all of the users participating in the interactive application session; and at least one mobile client device in communication with the application server over the telecommunications network for managing the local state information for each of the one or more users. The method of the present invention may comprise the steps of structuring the state information for optimized delivery over the telecommunications network; and transferring the state information over the telecommunications network. | 12-10-2015 |
Steven Hutcheson, Columbia, MD US
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20090117619 | CARBOHYDRASE EXPRESSION DURING DEGRADATION OF WHOLE PLANT MATERIAL BY SACCHAROPHAGUS DEGRADANS - The present invention relates to cell wall degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and/or depolymerize cellulose, hemicellulose and other carbohydrates. These systems have a number of applications. | 05-07-2009 |
Steven W. Hutcheson, Columbia, MD US
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20090053776 | ENZYMIC PRODUCTION OF NEOAGAROBIOSE - The present invention is directed to methods and systems of producing neoagarobiose, useful in whitening melanoma cells and in cosmetics, using polypeptides having neoagarobiosebiohydralase activity, including Aga86E from | 02-26-2009 |
20120115235 | ENHANCED CELLULASE EXPRESSION IN S. DEGRADANS - The invention provides organisms and methods of using and making organisms with enhanced cellulase expression. | 05-10-2012 |
20130196401 | HYDROLYTIC ENZYME MIXTURES FOR SACCHARIFICATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC POLYSACCHARIDES - The present invention relates to cell wall degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and/or depolymerize cellulose. These systems have a number of applications. Some embodiments relate to a method of producing ethanol using the cell wall degradative systems of the present invention. | 08-01-2013 |
20140234937 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ISOPRENE - The present disclosure describes compositions and methods for production of isoprene from lignocellulosic plant biomass using a genetically engineered strain of a saprophytic bacteria. | 08-21-2014 |
Steven Wayne Hutcheson, Columbia, MD US
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20080293115 | PLANT WALL DEGRADATIVE COMPOUNDS AND SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to cell wall degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and/or depolymerize cellulose. These systems have a number of applications. | 11-27-2008 |
20120329103 | PLANT WALL DEGRADATIVE COMPOUNDS AND SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to cell wall degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and/or depolymerize cellulose. These systems have a number of applications. | 12-27-2012 |
20140248688 | PLANT WALL DEGRADATIVE COMPOUNDS AND SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to cell wall degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and/or depolymerize cellulose. These systems have a number of applications. | 09-04-2014 |
Teserita V. Hutcheson, Charleston, SC US
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20120079686 | REMOTE CONTROL HANDLE - A remote control comprises a handle. The handle is formed as an elongated member that is positioned generally parallel to the length of the remote control. The elongated member has a length that exceeds the length of the remote control. An upper end of the elongated member extends beyond a top surface of the remote control and a lower end of the elongated member extends beyond a bottom surface of the remote control. An enlarged member is attached at the top of the elongated member to form a handle. The elongated member is attached to the remote control by a first band and a second band which surround both the remote control and the elongated member to hold the elongated member in place. | 04-05-2012 |
Timothy Hutcheson, Pensacola, FL US
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20150210329 | Reconfigurable Balancing Robot and Method for Moving Over Large Obstacles - An apparatus and a method for robotic control that allows an unbalanced pendulum robot to raise its Center of Mass and balance on two motorized wheels. The robot includes a pair of arms that are connected to the upper body of the robot through motorized joints. The method consists of a series of movements employing the arms of the robot to raise the robot to the upright position. The method comprises a control loop in which the motorized drives are included for dynamic balance of the robot and the control of the arm apparatus. The robot is first configured as a low Center of Mass four-wheeled vehicle, then its Center of Mass is raised using a combination of its wheels and the joint located at the attachment point of the arm apparatus and the robot body, between the rear and front wheels; the method then applies accelerations to the rear wheels to dynamically pivot and further raise the Center of Mass up and over the main drive wheels bringing the robot into a balancing pendulum configuration. | 07-30-2015 |
Timothy L. Hutcheson, Pensacola, FL US
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20110190935 | RECONFIGURABLE BALANCING ROBOT AND METHOD FOR MOVING OVER LARGE OBSTACLES - An apparatus and a method for robotic control that allows an unbalanced pendulum robot to raise its Center of Mass and balance on two motorized wheels. The robot includes a pair of arms that are connected to the upper body of the robot through motorized joints. The method consists of a series of movements employing the arms of the robot to raise the robot to the upright position. The method comprises a control loop in which the motorized drives are included for dynamic balance of the robot and the control of the arm apparatus. The robot is first configured as a low Center of Mass four-wheeled vehicle, then its Center of Mass is raised using a combination of its wheels and the joint located at the attachment point of the arm apparatus and the robot body, between the rear and front wheels; the method then applies accelerations to the rear wheels to dynamically pivot and further raise the Center of Mass up and over the main drive wheels bringing the robot into a balancing pendulum configuration. | 08-04-2011 |
20120016520 | RECONFIGURABLE BALANCING ROBOT AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY TRANSITIONING BETWEEN STATICALLY STABLE MODE AND DYNAMICALLY BALANCED MODE - An apparatus and a method for robotic control that allows an unbalanced pendulum robot to raise its Center of Mass and balance on two motorized wheels. The robot includes a pair of arms that are connected to the upper body of the robot through motorized joints. The method consists of a series of movements employing the arms of the robot to raise the robot to the upright position. The method comprises a control loop in which the motorized drives are included for dynamic balance of the robot and the control of the arm apparatus. The robot is first configured as a low Center of Mass four-wheeled vehicle, then its Center of Mass is raised using a combination of its wheels and the joint located at the attachment point of the arm apparatus and the robot body, between the rear and front wheels; the method then applies accelerations to the rear wheels to dynamically pivot and further raise the Center of Mass up and over the main drive wheels bringing the robot into a balancing pendulum configuration. | 01-19-2012 |
20140018819 | Anthro-Centric Multisensory Interface for Sensory Augmentation of Telesurgery - A multisensory interface for a tele-robotic surgical control system. The invention allows the surgeon to use natural gestures and motions to control the actions of end effectors in the robotic surgical apparatus. Multiple feedback mechanisms are provided to allow the physician a more intuitive understanding of what is being controlled, along with a greater situational awareness. Prior art robotic end effectors are inserted into the patient through a small incision—as is already known in the art. The invention presents an improved method of controlling these effectors. | 01-16-2014 |
Todd Harrison Hutcheson, New York, NY US
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20080272643 | NON-ROTATING BICYCLE WHEEL DISPLAY DISK - The present invention describes a non-rotating display bicycle wheel cover assembly that remains absolutely upright in relation to the rotation of the bicycle wheel and in relation to a parked bicycle wheel. The invention consists of twin disk assemblies mounted to both sides of a conventional bicycle wheel and inturn to the front and rear of a bicycle frame. The disk assemblies are manufactured of lightweight inexpensive material that is formed to the convex shape of the outer surface of a bicycle wheel and includes an overmolded, captive friction bearing made of a high density, self lubricating plastic. A plastic retaining mechanism is secured to the outer disk fascia and a bicycle frame member to hold the disk in an upright position at all times whether the bicycle is in motion or in repose. | 11-06-2008 |