Casparus Cate

8157708, Apr 17, 2012

Mar 3, 2011

13/039897

Juliette C. Daly - Arlington Heights IL, US
Casparus Cate - Batavia IL, US
Glenn Allen DeYoung - Geneva IL, US

Brunswick Corporation - Lake Forest IL

A63B 71/00

482 9, 482 1, 482 8, 482 51, 482 54, 482901

Sensing applications for exercise machines are described. An example sensing application for profiling a workout session of an exercise machine comprises a user interface to input physical characteristics or workout parameters. A sensor is operatively coupled to the exercise machine to generate an output signal in proportion to a magnitude of a force imparted on the exercise machine in response to an impact to the exercise machine. A control system processes the output signal to determine a magnitude of a peak or trough value of the output signal, where the control system is to process the peak or trough value of the output signal to profile the exercise session.

8403814, Mar 26, 2013

Mar 9, 2012

13/416722

Juliette C. Daly - Arlington Heights IL, US
Casparus Cate - Batavia IL, US
Glenn Allen DeYoung - Geneva IL, US

Brunswick Corporation - Lake Forest IL

A63B 71/00

482 9, 482 1, 482 8, 482 51, 482 54

Methods for profiling exercise sessions are described. An example method for profiling an exercise session includes receiving physical characteristics or workout parameters via an input interface, generating output signals proportional to a magnitude of vertical forces imparted to the exercise machine by a user during the exercise session, and processing the output signals via a control system to determine the magnitude of peak or trough values of the output signals to profile the exercise session.

8574131, Nov 5, 2013

Feb 19, 2013

13/770729

Juliette C. Daly - Arlington Heights IL, US
Casparus Cate - Batavia IL, US
Glenn Allen DeYoung - Geneva IL, US

Brunswick Corporation - Lake Forest IL

A63B 24/00

482 9, 482 8, 482 51, 482 54

Methods for profiling exercise sessions are described. An example method of determining cadence of a user disclosed herein includes receiving output signals from a sensor generated in response to consecutive footfalls of the user impacting a deck of a treadmill during an exercise session and processing the output signals from the sensor to determine respective magnitude values of a peak or a trough value of each of the output signals. The method includes detecting whether a first output signal has a first peak or trough value and detecting whether a second output signal has a second peak or trough value, determining a time interval between the first peak or trough value detected and the second peak or trough value detected, and calculating a cadence value of the user based on the time intervals.

20090023556, Jan 22, 2009

Jul 18, 2008

12/176068

Juliette C. Daly - Arlington Heights IL, US
Casparus Cate - Batavia IL, US
Glenn Allen DeYoung - Geneva IL, US

A63B 24/00

482 9

Sensing applications for exercise machines are described. An example sensing application for profiling a workout session of an exercise machine comprises selecting at least one workout parameter or inputting at least one physical characteristic of a user and operating the exercise machine in compliance with the at least one workout parameter selected. The method further comprising reading output signal values from a sensor in which the output signals are generated by a user impact to the exercise machine during the exercise session and processing the output signals. The method further comprising determining workout matrices to profile the exercise session using the processed output signals and providing feedback information based on the workout matrices.

20210324672, Oct 21, 2021

Apr 19, 2021

17/234565

- Oak Brook IL, US
Casparus Cate - Chicago IL, US
Lucas Michael Enright - Willowbrook IL, US
Ian Ferguson - Cincinnati OH, US
Abhinav Garg - Cincinnati OH, US
Benjamin David Hunt - Elmhurst IL, US
Kathryn Lawson - Cincinnati OH, US
Elaine Messerly - Cincinnati OH, US
David R. Morris - Glenview IL, US
Robert John Olmsted - Wood Dale IL, US
David Schuda - Wheaton IL, US
Grace Widmeyer - Downers Grove IL, US

E05F 15/76
A01K 11/00
E05B 47/00
G07C 9/28

In one aspect, a pet access apparatus including an actuator and a pet door movable between a closed position and an open position. The pet access apparatus includes communication circuitry to receive a signal indicative of proximity of a pet to the pet door. The pet access apparatus includes an interior camera, an exterior camera, and a processor operably coupled to the actuator, the communication circuitry, the interior camera, and the exterior camera. The processor is configured to determine an attempt by the pet to operate the pet door based at least in part on the proximity of the pet to the pet door, the interior image data, and the exterior image data. The processor is further configured to facilitate movement of the pet door from the closed position toward the open position upon the determination of the attempt by the pet to operate the pet door.

20200102165, Apr 2, 2020

May 24, 2018

16/619016

- Oak Brook IL, US
Casparus Cate - Chicago IL, US
Randall Lee Planck - South Elgin IL, US

B65G 69/28
B65G 69/00

A control panel is configured to operate one or more dock devices in a loading dock environment. The control panel can be supported at least in part by a bollard disposed in the loading dock environment. In one form, the bollard is configured to contain portions of the control panel and dock devices including sensors, lights, and the like. In one form, the control panel and one or more dock devices are mounted to a preexisting bollard to add functionality to the loading dock environment.

20180080280, Mar 22, 2018

Sep 18, 2017

15/707289

- Oak Brook IL, US
Casparus Cate - Chicago IL, US
Mark L. Karasek - Lombard IL, US

E06B 9/68

An apparatus controls the operation of multiple barriers at a common location. The apparatus includes a controller that determines which particular barrier operator among a group of several barrier operators should execute functionality based on certain operating conditions (e.g., location, speed, direction, orientation, etc.) relative to a controller or another component of the apparatus. In response to a user operating an interface in a manner intended to effect a barrier operator function, the apparatus causes the particular barrier operator to execute the function without affecting the other barrier operators among the group.

20140206253, Jul 24, 2014

Jan 17, 2014

14/158110

Benjamin Huyck - Chicago IL, US
Casparus Cate - Chicago IL, US

A63H 30/04

446175

An interactive toy object apparatus having a toy body that includes a plurality of object body portions, an object control circuit secured to the body that includes an object processor, an object memory device, and one or more object transceivers, a plurality of object inputs and object outputs secured to one or more of the object body portions and in communication with the object control circuit; and a first control program stored in the object memory device and operable by the object processor, wherein the interactive object is capable of communicating with a controller, via the one or more object transceivers, to receive or transmit at least one of commands, inputs, and outputs, therebetween.