Philip Woods Robinson

US Patent:

D640192, Jun 21, 2011

Filed:

Jun 15, 2010

Appl. No.:

29/363833

Inventors:

Philip T. Robinson - Harvard MA, US
Matthew P. Steinbroner - North Grafton MA, US

Assignee:

Protonex Technology Corporation - Southborough MA

International Classification:

1303

US Classification:

D13107, D13103

US Patent:

D657309, Apr 10, 2012

Filed:

Jun 20, 2011

Appl. No.:

29/394688

Inventors:

Philip T. Robinson - Harvard MA, US
Matt Steinbroner - North Grafton MA, US

Assignee:

Protonex Technology Corporation - Southborough MA

International Classification:

1303

US Classification:

D13107, D13103

US Patent:

8633619, Jan 21, 2014

Filed:

Sep 14, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/620086

Inventors:

Philip T. Robinson - Harvard MA, US
Seth M. Dziengeleski - Southbridge MA, US
James K. Kazmierczak - Marlborough MA, US
David J. Holigan - Atkinson NH, US

Assignee:

Protonex Technology Corporation - Southborough MA

International Classification:

H01H 31/10
H01H 33/59
H01H 47/00
H01H 85/46
H01H 19/14

US Classification:

307115, 307 19

Abstract:

Various aspects of invention provide portable power manager operating methods. One aspect of the invention provides a method for operating a power manager having a plurality of device ports for connecting with external power devices and a power bus for connecting with each device port. The method includes: disconnecting each device port from the power bus when no external power device is connected to the device port; accessing information from newly connected external power devices; determining if the newly connected external power devices can be connected to the power bus without power conversion; if not, determining if the newly connected external power devices can be connected to the power bus over an available power converter; and if so, configuring the available power converter for suitable power conversion.

US Patent:

8638011, Jan 28, 2014

Filed:

Jun 15, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/816080

Inventors:

Philip T. Robinson - Harvard MA, US
Seth M. Dziengeleski - Southbridge MA, US
James D. Kazmierczak - Marlborough MA, US
David J. Holigan - Atkinson NH, US

Assignee:

Protonex Technology Corporation - Southborough MA

International Classification:

H01H 31/10
H01H 33/59
H01H 47/00
H01H 85/46
H01H 19/14

US Classification:

307115, 307 19

Abstract:

Various aspects of invention provide portable power manager operating methods. One aspect of the invention provides a method for operating a power manager having a plurality of device ports for connecting with external power devices and a power bus for connecting with each device port. The method includes: disconnecting each device port from the power bus when no external power device is connected to the device port; accessing information from newly connected external power devices; determining if the newly connected external power devices can be connected to the power bus without power conversion; if not, determining if the newly connected external power devices can be connected to the power bus over an available power converter; and if so, configuring the available power converter for suitable power conversion.

US Patent:

20110007491, Jan 13, 2011

Filed:

Jun 15, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/816325

Inventors:

Philip T. Robinson - Harvard MA, US
Tyler S. Cote - Chelmsford MA, US
James D. Kazmierczak - Marlborough MA, US
David J. Holigan - Atkinson NH, US

Assignee:

Protonex Technology Corporation - Southborough MA

International Classification:

H05K 7/00

US Classification:

361810

Abstract:

Various aspects of the invention provide power manager enclosures. One aspect of the invention provides a power manager enclosure including: a sealed housing comprising opposing substantially rectangular top and bottom faces, opposing substantially rectangular longitudinal front and back faces and opposing substantially rectangular transverse left and right side faces; and a plurality of device ports for operably connecting external power devices to the power manger disposed on one or more of the left and right side faces and on only one of the front and back faces.

US Patent:

20120151240, Jun 14, 2012

Filed:

Jun 15, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/815994

Inventors:

Philip T. Robinson - Harvard MA, US
Seth M. Dziengeleski - Southbridge MA, US
James D. Kazmierczak - Marlborough MA, US
David J. Holigan - Atkinson NH, US

Assignee:

PROTONEX TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION - Southborough MA

International Classification:

G06F 1/26
H02J 1/00

US Classification:

713340, 307 31, 713300

Abstract:

A portable DC power manager () includes an internal power bus () and a plurality of device ports () for connecting with external power and energy sources, external power loads and other external power managers. Each device port is isolated for the internal power bus by controllable switches (A, B, C, D). Power converters () may be disposed between device ports and the internal power bus to convert voltages and attenuate current amplitude. Energy management schema operating on the power manager sums available power and allocates the available power to connected power loads according to power priority settings. A hot-change-over circuit () connects additional sources to the internal bus in response to a voltage drop on the internal power bus. A compact and lightweight package () enables a portability.

US Patent:

20220327316, Oct 13, 2022

Filed:

Apr 12, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/228112

Inventors:

- Menlo Park CA, US
Senthil Purushwalkam Shiva Prakash - Pittsburgh PA, US
Sebastia Vicenc Amengual Gari - Redmond WA, US
Carl Schissler - Redmond WA, US
Philip Robinson - Seattle WA, US
Abhinav Gupta - Pittsburgh PA, US

International Classification:

G06K 9/00
G06T 11/20
G06K 9/62
G10L 25/57
G06N 3/08

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for utilizing multiple modalities to generate accurate two-dimensional floorplans based on sparse digital videos depicting three-dimensional space. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems extract both visual and audio information from sparse digital video coverage of portions of a three-dimensional space and utilize the extracted visual and audio information to generate a two-dimensional floorplan representing both viewed and unviewed portions of the three-dimensional space. For example, the disclosed systems utilize self-attention layers of a specialized machine learning model to maintain and leverage bi-directional relationships among sequences of visual and audio features to generate floorplan predictions associated with the three-dimensional space. The disclosed systems then combine the predictions to generate the two-dimensional floorplan including a geometric layout and one or more semantic room labels.

US Patent:

20220322028, Oct 6, 2022

Filed:

Apr 1, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/220588

Inventors:

- Menlo Park CA, US
Pablo Francisco Faundez Hoffmann - Kenmore WA, US
Philip Robinson - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

H04S 7/00

Abstract:

An audio system includes a plurality of transducers, one or more acoustic sensors, and a controller. The plurality of transducers transmits an ultrasonic beam towards an ear of a user. The one or more acoustic sensors detect a reflected signal generated by an interaction of the ultrasonic beam with the ear. The controller updates a three-dimensional geometry of the ear based on the reflected signal. The controller determines a head-related transfer function (HRTF) for the user based in part on the three-dimensional geometry of the ear.