Inventor

William Robert Powers, III

Inventor
San Francisco, CA, US

Overview

33→
Patents
1981–2021
Patent span
Physics
Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 33 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

A63Fprimary
A63FCard, board, or roulette games27%
G06FElectric digital data processing24%
E02FDredging13%
G06VImage or video recognition or understanding7%
G06KGraphical data reading6%
G06NComputing arrangements based on specific computational models6%
G06TImage data processing or generation, in general6%
A61FFilters implantable into blood vessels3%
F16FSprings1%
G01CMeasuring distances, levels or bearings1%
PatentTitleYear
10,934,682Straight taper dipper202110,519,621Straight taper dipper20199,957,690Controlling a digging operation of an industrial machine20189,416,517'Controlling a digging operation of an industrial machine'20169,405,372'Self-contained inertial navigation system for interactive control using movable controllers'20169,352,230'Method and system for tracking motion-sensing device'20169,292,734'Method and system for head tracking and pose estimation'20169,261,968'Methods and systems for dynamic calibration of movable game controllers'20169,152,248'Method and system for making a selection in 3D virtual environment'20159,080,316'Controlling a digging operation of an industrial machine'20159,050,528'Systems and methods for utilizing personalized motion control in virtual environment'20159,045,883'Snubber for shovel dipper'20159,021,725'Boom sheave with tubular reinforcing members'20159,007,299'Motion control used as controlling device'20158,795,077'Game controllers with full controlling mechanisms'20148,795,078'Method and system providing compatibility between two different controllers'20148,781,162'Method and system for head tracking and pose estimation'20148,682,542'Controlling a digging operation of an industrial machine'20148,655,622'Method and apparatus for interpreting orientation invariant motion'20148,504,255'Controlling a digging operation of an industrial machine'20138,419,545'Method and system for controlling movements of objects in a videogame'20138,384,665'Method and system for making a selection in 3D virtual environment'20138,251,821'Method and system for interactive control using movable controllers'20128,195,585'Systems and methods for supporting generalized motion recognition'20128,156,067'Systems and methods for performing anytime motion recognition'20128,112,371'Systems and methods for generalized motion recognition'20128,041,659'Systems and methods for motion recognition using multiple sensing streams'20117,953,246'systems and methods for motion recognition with minimum delay'20117,937,243'Method and apparatus for non-disruptive embedding of specialized elements'20117,644,026'Ranking systems based on a risk'20107,636,645'Self-contained inertial navigation system for interactive control using movable controllers'20095,119,833'Compressible foam earplug'19924,253,452'Ear plug assembly'1981

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1981Based in Penns Grove, NJ, US· patent location history
1992Based in Newark, DE, US· patent location history
2009–2016Patents assigned to AILIVE INC (21)· patent assignee history
2009–2016Based in San Francisco, CA, US· patent location history
2012–2016Patents assigned to WILKINSON DANA (12)· patent assignee history
2012–2016Patents assigned to MUSICK JR CHARLES (11)· patent assignee history
2012–2016Patents assigned to POWERS III WILLIAM ROBERT (11)· patent assignee history
2012–2016Patents assigned to REYNOLDS STUART (10)· patent assignee history
2013–2021Based in Mukwonago, WI, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
AILIVE INC212009–2016
WILKINSON DANA122012–2016
MUSICK JR CHARLES112012–2016
POWERS III WILLIAM ROBERTself112012–2016
REYNOLDS STUART102012–2016
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
San Francisco, California, US222009–2016
Mukwonago, WI, US92013–2021
Newark, Delaware, US11992
Penns Grove, New Jersey, US11981