Benjamin David Atkinson

US Patent:

20050216306, Sep 29, 2005

Filed:

Mar 24, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/808104

Inventors:

Benjamin Atkinson - Chicago IL, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705002000

Abstract:

A system for efficiently providing professional services (an “EBE system”), which is based the concepts of evidence-based medicine and the physician extender model. The EBE system combines and expands these concepts to enable services, which traditionally could only be provided by costly professionals, to be provided by lower cost “extenders.” Under the EBE system, extenders work remotely from and under the supervision of one or more professionals according to protocols developed by the professionals. In addition, the extenders collect data on the effectiveness of the protocols. The feedback of this information to the professional allows the protocols to be monitored and updated and new protocols to be developed. The EBE system may include one or more professional modules, one or more extender modules, and an extender-based system. Further, the EBE system may include a method for providing professional services (an “EBE method”).

US Patent:

20210025772, Jan 28, 2021

Filed:

Jul 23, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/519594

Inventors:

- Plano TX, US
Benjamin D. Atkinson - Lexington KY, US
Tyler Flood - Stamping Ground KY, US

Assignee:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. - Plano TX

International Classification:

G01L 5/16

Abstract:

A portable sensing apparatus includes an attachment mechanism to secure the portable sensing apparatus to an object, a communications module and a flexible sensor communicatively coupled to the communications module. The flexible sensor is configured to mechanically deform in accordance with a shape of the object and includes a pair of diffusion layers disposed between a pair of contact layers that distribute the force received along outer surfaces of the flexible sensor across the diffusion layers. The flexible sensor includes a sensing layer disposed between the diffusion layers. The diffusion layers normalize the force received from the contact layers across the sensing layer. The sensing layer receives the force at a plurality of locations across a surface area of the sensing layer to determine a resultant pressure applied to the flexible sensor, and the communications module transmits an electrical signal indicative of the resultant pressure to an external device.