Alec M Plauche from Austin, TX, age 46

Operation And Control Of Mechanical Devices Using Shape Memory Materials And Biometric Information
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US Patent:

20070132551, Jun 14, 2007
Filed:

Oct 11, 2006
Appl. No.:

11/580269
Inventors:

Forrest Mozer - Berkeley CA, US
Todd Mozer - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Jeffrey Rogers - Lake Oswego OR, US
Tetsuro Hirouji - Milpitas CA, US
Alec Plauche - Berkeley CA, US
Robert Duck - San Francisco CA, US
Assignee:

Sensory, Inc., a California Corporation - Sunnyvale CA
International Classification:

G05B 19/00
US Classification:

340005520, 382115000, 704270000, 070277000
Abstract:

In one embodiment the present invention includes a biometric information recognizer and a shape memory material. The biometric information recognizer recognizes biometric information (such as speech) and signals the shape memory material with a current. The current causes the shape memory material to change shape, thereby reconfiguring a mechanical device. Such mechanical device may include a lock. In such manner, the lock may be isolated from external tampering (such as physical stressing) yet receptive to biometric information for controlling access.

Alec M Plauche