公开(公告)号：US09446585B2

公开(公告)日：2016-09-20

申请号：US14833127

申请日：2015-08-23

申请人： Pragun Goyal ,  Amit Zoran ,  Joseph Paradiso

发明人： Pragun Goyal ,  Amit Zoran ,  Joseph Paradiso

IPC分类号： B41J2/045 ,  B41J3/36

CPC分类号： B41J2/04586 ,  B41J3/36

摘要： A handheld inkjet printer includes an inkjet print head and a tip. One or more sensors measure the position of points on a curved surface that are physically touched by the tip while the tip is moved relative to the surface. Based on these measurements, a computer generates or modifies a computer model that specifies at least (i) position of the curved surface, and (ii) a target region of the curved surface on which a pattern is to be printed. In addition, the one or more sensors measure position and orientation of nozzles in the print head, while the handset is moved relative to the surface. The computers also calculate, based on the computer model and these additional measurements, which of the nozzles to fire at a different times, such that the pattern is printed on the target region as the handset is moved relative to the surface.

摘要翻译： 手持喷墨打印机包括喷墨打印头和尖端。 一个或多个传感器测量当尖端相对于表面移动时由尖端物理接触的弯曲表面上的点的位置。 基于这些测量，计算机生成或修改指定曲面的至少（i）位置的计算机模型，以及（ii）要在其上印刷图案的曲面的目标区域。 此外，一个或多个传感器测量打印头中喷嘴的位置和方向，同时手机相对于表面移动。 计算机还基于计算机模型和这些附加测量来计算在不同时间点火的哪些喷嘴，使得当手机相对于表面移动时，图案被打印在目标区域上。

公开(公告)号：US20160052261A1

公开(公告)日：2016-02-25

申请号：US14833127

申请日：2015-08-23

申请人： Pragun Goyal ,  Amit Zoran ,  Joseph Paradiso

发明人： Pragun Goyal ,  Amit Zoran ,  Joseph Paradiso

IPC分类号： B41J2/045

CPC分类号： B41J2/04586 ,  B41J3/36

摘要： A handheld inkjet printer includes an inkjet print head and a tip. One or more sensors measure the position of points on a curved surface that are physically touched by the tip while the tip is moved relative to the surface. Based on these measurements, a computer generates or modifies a computer model that specifies at least (i) position of the curved surface, and (ii) a target region of the curved surface on which a pattern is to be printed. In addition, the one or more sensors measure position and orientation of nozzles in the print head, while the handset is moved relative to the surface. The computers also calculate, based on the computer model and these additional measurements, which of the nozzles to fire at a different times, such that the pattern is printed on the target region as the handset is moved relative to the surface.

摘要翻译： 手持喷墨打印机包括喷墨打印头和尖端。 一个或多个传感器测量当尖端相对于表面移动时由尖端物理接触的弯曲表面上的点的位置。 基于这些测量，计算机生成或修改指定曲面的至少（i）位置的计算机模型，以及（ii）要在其上印刷图案的曲面的目标区域。 此外，一个或多个传感器测量打印头中喷嘴的位置和方向，同时手机相对于表面移动。 计算机还基于计算机模型和这些附加测量来计算在不同时间点火的哪些喷嘴，使得当手机相对于表面移动时，图案被打印在目标区域上。

公开(公告)号：US20120139708A1

公开(公告)日：2012-06-07

申请号：US13312612

申请日：2011-12-06

申请人： Joseph Paradiso ,  Rachel Bainbridge

发明人： Joseph Paradiso ,  Rachel Bainbridge

IPC分类号： G06K7/01

CPC分类号： G06F3/014 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F2203/0331

摘要： In exemplary implementations of this invention, finger and hand gestures are tracked using passive RFID tags. The RFID tags include sensors, and/or can accommodate sensor signals from adjacent sensors. An RFID reader is worn by the user. The tags may be housed in rings worn on a user's fingers, or may be located in other locations on a user's body or clothing. The RFID system may transmit in the UHF range. The sensors may include inertial sensors and proximity sensors. For example, the proximity sensors may be magnetic sensors, capacitive sensors, sensors that detect electrical contact, sensors that detect signal strength, sensors that detect detuning of resonant tags, and other sensors that measure distance or contact between two objects.

摘要翻译： 在本发明的示例性实施方式中，使用无源RFID标签跟踪手指和手势。 RFID标签包括传感器，和/或可以适应来自相邻传感器的传感器信号。 RFID读取器由用户佩戴。 标签可以容纳在佩戴在用户手指上的戒指中，或者可以位于使用者身体或衣服上的其他位置。 RFID系统可以在UHF范围内传输。 传感器可以包括惯性传感器和接近传感器。 例如，接近传感器可以是磁传感器，电容传感器，检测电接触的传感器，检测信号强度的传感器，检测谐振标签的失谐的传感器，以及测量两个物体之间的距离或接触的其它传感器。

公开(公告)号：US20150257238A1

公开(公告)日：2015-09-10

申请号：US14642754

申请日：2015-03-10

申请人： Joseph Paradiso ,  Matthew Aldrich ,  Nan Zhao

发明人： Joseph Paradiso ,  Matthew Aldrich ,  Nan Zhao

IPC分类号： H05B37/02

CPC分类号： H05B37/0272 ,  H05B37/0227 ,  H05B37/0245

摘要： In exemplary embodiments of this invention, one or more I/O devices accept input from a human user. The input is indicative of a value for each control variable in a set of separate control variables. A computer analyzes the input and outputs control signals to specify a set of separate setpoints. Dimmers adjust the intensity or color of a set of luminaires according to the setpoints. The number of separate control variables is much less than the number of separate setpoints. Having a human control a small number of control variables, in order to control a much larger number of separate luminaire setpoints of luminaires, has at least two advantages: control is faster and control is more intuitive. In illustrative implementations, the luminaire setpoints that are being controlled are not functions of each other.

摘要翻译： 在本发明的示例性实施例中，一个或多个I / O设备接受来自人类用户的输入。 输入表示一组单独控制变量中每个控制变量的值。 计算机分析输入和输出控制信号以指定一组单独的设定值。 调光器根据设定值调整一组灯具的强度或颜色。 单独的控制变量的数量远远小于单独设置点的数量。 控制数量少的控制变量，为了控制更多数量的灯具的独立灯具设定点，至少有两个优点：控制更快，控制更直观。 在说明性实现中，被控制的照明设备点不是彼此的功能。

公开(公告)号：US08593073B2

公开(公告)日：2013-11-26

申请号：US12905968

申请日：2010-10-15

申请人： Matthew Aldrich ,  Mark Feldmeier ,  Joseph Paradiso

发明人： Matthew Aldrich ,  Mark Feldmeier ,  Joseph Paradiso

IPC分类号： H05B37/00

CPC分类号： H05B37/0218 ,  H05B37/0245 ,  Y02B20/46

摘要： In illustrative implementations of this invention, a lighting system comprises a plurality of LEDs, fluorescent lights, incandescent lights, a processor, a sensor node and a human-computer interface. The sensor is adapted to be moved by a user and placed in the location that a user wants to illumine. The LED lights are adapted to emit pulse-width modulated (PWM) light, controlled by signals from the processor. The lighting system is adapted to optimize parameters (such as efficacy or color rendering index) selected by the user, subject to certain constraints (such as desired illuminance or color temperature). According to principles of this invention, if a sensor is moved, attenuation may be measured and the inverse square law may be used to determine how constraints in an optimization algorithm need to be updated.

摘要翻译： 在本发明的说明性实现中，照明系统包括多个LED，荧光灯，白炽灯，处理器，传感器节点和人机界面。 传感器适于由用户移动并放置在用户想要发光的位置。 LED灯适用于发出脉冲宽度调制（PWM）光，由来自处理器的信号控制。 照明系统适于优化由用户选择的参数（例如效能或显色指数），受到一定的限制（例如期望的照度或色温）的限制。 根据本发明的原理，如果传感器被移动，则可以测量衰减，并且可以使用反平方律来确定如何更新优化算法中的约束。

公开(公告)号：US20120031984A1

公开(公告)日：2012-02-09

申请号：US13197375

申请日：2011-08-03

申请人： Mark Feldmeier ,  Joseph Paradiso

发明人： Mark Feldmeier ,  Joseph Paradiso

IPC分类号： F24F7/00

CPC分类号： F24F11/30 ,  F24F2110/00 ,  F24F2221/38 ,  G05D23/1905

摘要： In exemplary implementations of this invention, control apparatus for a HVAC system provides personalized comfort control. It can adjust local conditions in different rooms within a building in order to maximize the perceived comfort of individual occupants. The control apparatus locates individuals within a building. For each individual, it senses temperature, humidity and other parameters at the individual's location, calculates a comfort metric indicative of the user's comfort, and can control the flow of chilled or heated air to the individual's location in order to adjust local conditions to maximize the individual's comfort.

摘要翻译： 在本发明的示例性实施方案中，用于HVAC系统的控制装置提供个性化的舒适控制。 它可以调整建筑物内不同房间的当地条件，以最大限度地提高个人乘客的感觉舒适度。 控制装置将个人定位在建筑物内。 对于每个人来说，它感测个人位置的温度，湿度和其他参数，计算指示用户舒适度的舒适度，并且可以控制冷藏或加热的空气到个人位置的流动，以便调整局部条件以最大化 个人的安慰。

公开(公告)号：US06933655B2

公开(公告)日：2005-08-23

申请号：US10414438

申请日：2003-04-14

申请人： Gerald O. Morrison ,  H. Winston Maue ,  Brian P. Skarb ,  Michael J. Berta ,  Richard Meinzer ,  Joseph Paradiso ,  Mark Feldmeier ,  John Youngs

发明人： Gerald O. Morrison ,  H. Winston Maue ,  Brian P. Skarb ,  Michael J. Berta ,  Richard Meinzer ,  Joseph Paradiso ,  Mark Feldmeier ,  John Youngs

IPC分类号： B60R25/00 ,  H02N2/00 ,  H02N2/18 ,  H01L41/08 ,  H03H9/13

CPC分类号： B60R25/24 ,  H01H2239/076 ,  H01H2300/03

摘要： A wireless switch is provided having a twenty-year life energy harvesting arrangement for self-powering a wireless transmitter. The energy harvesting arrangement is implemented in one embodiment using a piezoelectric switch element. A tritium light source and photovoltaic device are used in a second embodiment, while a black light source and photovoltaic device are used in a third embodiment. The energy harvesting wireless switch arrangement of the present invention can be combined, for example, with a vehicle side mirror switch, to reduce the complexity of the wire harness feeding the door. The wireless switch can be located without regard to accessability of a wiring harness or connector.

摘要翻译： 提供一种具有二十年寿命能量收集装置的无线开关，用于自动向无线发射机供电。 在一个实施例中使用压电开关元件实现能量收集装置。 在第二实施例中使用氚光源和光伏器件，而在第三实施例中使用黑色光源和光伏器件。 本发明的能量收集无线开关装置可以例如与车辆侧视镜开关组合，以减少馈送门的线束的复杂性。 可以不考虑线束或连接器的可访问性来定位无线开关。

公开(公告)号：US5875257A

公开(公告)日：1999-02-23

申请号：US813072

申请日：1997-03-07

申请人： Teresa Marrin ,  Joseph Paradiso ,  Tod Machover ,  Christopher Verplaetse ,  Margaret Orth

发明人： Teresa Marrin ,  Joseph Paradiso ,  Tod Machover ,  Christopher Verplaetse ,  Margaret Orth

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/011

摘要： Apparatus for continuous sensing of hand and arm gestures comprises hand-held means for continuously sensing at least tempo and emphasis. These sensed parameters are represented quantitatively, and transduced by appropriate circuitry into electrical signals indicative of the parameter quantities. The signals may be used to control the performance of a musical composition (or the evolution of some other dynamic system), or may instead convey information. The signals may, for example, be provided to an interpreter that dynamically infers control commands from the gestures on a real-time basis in accordance with the generally accepted canon of musical conducting, directing the controlled system in accordance therewith. The invention may also sense one or more additional conducting parameters such as the speed and/or velocity, direction (i.e., trajectory) in three dimensions, absolute three-dimensional position, the "size" of a gesture in terms of the spatial distance between successive beats, and the "placement" of a beat pattern in space.

摘要翻译： 用于连续感测手和手臂手势的装置包括用于连续感测至少速度和重点的手持装置。 这些感测的参数被定量地表示，并由适当的电路转换成指示参数量的电信号。 这些信号可以用于控制音乐作品的性能（或某种其他动态系统的演变），或者可以代替传达信息。 例如，信号可以被提供给解释器，其根据通常接受的音乐导演的标准，根据其指导受控系统，实时地基于手势来推测控制命令。 本发明还可以感测一个或多个附加的导电参数，例如三维的速度和/或速度，方向（即，轨迹），绝对三维位置，手势的“尺寸” 连续的节拍，以及空间中节拍模式的“放置”。

公开(公告)号：US20080094210A1

公开(公告)日：2008-04-24

申请号：US11874198

申请日：2007-10-17

申请人： Joseph Paradiso ,  Joshua Lifton ,  Mark Feldmeier ,  Yasuhiro Ono

发明人： Joseph Paradiso ,  Joshua Lifton ,  Mark Feldmeier ,  Yasuhiro Ono

IPC分类号： G08B21/00

CPC分类号： H04L12/2827

摘要： A multimodal sensor network node is integrated into a power strip. A sensor platform comprises a power outlet, typically in the form of a power strip, at least one environmental sensor integrated into the power strip, and at least one transceiver for communicating data measured by the sensor. A sensor network is made up of a group of sensor platforms. The platforms may include a controller for directing measurement and communication of data by the sensors, and may communicate through wireless or wired communication. The device has access to power through its line cord, can control and measure the current profile consumed by devices plugged into its outlets and control the voltage at each outlet independently, supports an ensemble of sensors, and can connect to other devices. Typically, microphone, light, temperature, and vibration sensors are intrinsically built into the device, while other sensor types can be added easily.

摘要翻译： 多模传感器网络节点集成到电源板中​​。 传感器平台包括通常为电源板形式的电源插座，集成到电源板中​​的至少一个环境传感器，以及用于传送由传感器测量的数据的至少一个收发器。 传感器网络由一组传感器平台组成。 平台可以包括用于指导传感器测量和通信数据的控制器，并且可以通过无线或有线通信进行通信。 该设备可以通过其线路接入电源，可以控制和测量插入其插座的设备消耗的电流曲线，并独立控制每个插座的电压，支持一组传感器，并可连接到其他设备。 通常，麦克风，光，温度和振动传感器本质上内置在设备中，而其他传感器类型可以轻松添加。

公开(公告)号：US20060046664A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-02

申请号：US10926814

申请日：2004-08-26

申请人： Joseph Paradiso ,  Mathew Laibowitz

发明人： Joseph Paradiso ,  Mathew Laibowitz

IPC分类号： H04B1/034 ,  G08B1/08 ,  G08C19/16

CPC分类号： H04B1/034 ,  G08B25/009 ,  H04B1/3827

摘要： A distributed sensor networks employing mobile sensing nodes that are carried to desired locations by attaching themselves to moving hosts and detaching themselves when the host arrives at the desired location or is moving away from the desired location. Each sensing node may carry a plurality of environmental sensors and communicates with nearby sensing nodes using a short range wireless link. The node further carries a location sensing mechanism and uses either active, passive or attractive means to attach itself to a moving host.

摘要翻译： 使用移动感测节点的分布式传感器网络，其通过将自身附接到移动的主机并且当主机到达期望的位置或正在远离期望的位置时分离时将其携带到期望的位置。 每个感测节点可以携带多个环境传感器并且使用短距离无线链路与附近的感测节点通信。 节点还具有位置检测机构，并且使用主动的，被动的或有吸引力的装置来将自身附接到移动主机。