Patents by Inventor Alex John

Alex John has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240145047
    Abstract: Data related to the adherence of a patient to a therapy regime can be collected from multiple medical devices, each of which may have an incomplete data set with data entries associated with times. Each incomplete data set represents a portion of a complete data set. The data sets can be integrated to create a complete data set with data entries from each incomplete data set being arranged in a temporal sequence with respect to one another. A report may be generated, the report having the data entries of the complete data set or a function of the data entries of the complete data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Adam John Darby, Donald Roy Kuriger, Bernhard Florian Lamprecht, Mark Samuel Hamilton, Alex Young, Benjamin Wilson Casse
  • Patent number: 11967024
    Abstract: A technique is described for extracting or constructing a three-dimensional (3D) model from multiple two-dimensional (2D) images. In an embodiment, a foreground segmentation mask or depth field may be provided as an additional supervision input with each 2D image. In an embodiment, the foreground segmentation mask or depth field is automatically generated for each 2D image. The constructed 3D model comprises a triangular mesh topology, materials, and environment lighting. The constructed 3D model is represented in a format that can be directly edited and/or rendered by conventional application programs, such as digital content creation (DCC) tools. For example, the constructed 3D model may be represented as a triangular surface mesh (with arbitrary topology), a set of 2D textures representing spatially-varying material parameters, and an environment map. Furthermore, the constructed 3D model may be included in 3D scenes and interacts realistically with other objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Jacob Munkberg, Jon Niklas Theodor Hasselgren, Tianchang Shen, Jun Gao, Wenzheng Chen, Alex John Bauld Evans, Thomas Müller-Höhne, Sanja Fidler
  • Publication number: 20240119162
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for managing a storage array in a storage system, the storage array comprising a first and second data blocks comprising: receiving a set of cryptographic values from the storage array, the set comprising a first value associated with the first data block, and a second value associated with the second data block; analysing the set of cryptographic values to determine a set of associations, the set of associations comprising a first association between the first data block and the second data block, storing the set of associations; and in response to determining the set of associations, performing a storage management operation on at least one of the first data block and the second data block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Eric John Bartlett, Dominic Tomkins, MILES MULHOLLAND, Alex Dicks
  • Publication number: 20240111579
    Abstract: In various examples there is a method performed by a controller in Kubernetes cluster. The method comprises: identifying a job to be completed by the cluster, from a plurality of jobs. In response to identifying a job to be completed by the cluster, determining at least one sidecar container associated with the job. In response to identifying a job to be completed by the cluster, determining that the job has been completed by querying a Kubernetes control plane of the cluster. In response to determining that the job has been completed, triggering termination of the sidecar container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Sergey CHERNOBRIVENKO, Alex John HOCKEY
  • Publication number: 20240112057
    Abstract: An optics-integrated confinement apparatus system comprises a confinement apparatus chip having a confinement apparatus formed thereon and having at least one apparatus optical element disposed and/or formed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Bohn, Christopher John Carron, Bryan DeBono, Chris Ertsgaard, Robert D. Horning, Molly Krogstad, Patricia Lee, Lora Nugent, Adam Jay Ollanik, Mary Rowe, Steve Sanders, Alex Zolot
  • Patent number: 11945945
    Abstract: A resin including up to 99.99 weight percent (wt. %) of a first polyolefin grafted with a functional group selected from an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, a carboxylic acid anhydride, an ester functional group or a combination thereof; and 0.01 to 3.0 wt. % of a tin oxide-based catalyst, where the resin includes 0.2 wt. % to 1.5 wt. % of the functional group from the first polyolefin, the wt. % based on a total weight of the resin. The first polyolefin can be selected from a polyethylene, a polypropylene, an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer, a propylene/alpha-olefin copolymer and combinations thereof. The tin oxide-based catalyst can be selected from dibutyltin oxide, dioctyltin oxide and combinations thereof. The resin can be used in a multilayer structure, where a Layer A comprises the resin and a Layer B comprises a polyester, where a first major surface of Layer A is in adhering contact with the second major surface of Layer B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Regents of The University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Kunwei Liu, Alex Michael Jordan, Christopher John Ellison, Christopher Ward Macosko, Christopher M. Thurber, Wenyi Huang, Thomas H. Peterson
  • Patent number: 11949306
    Abstract: Described herein are fractional-slot-winding motors and electric vehicles using such fractional-slot-winding motors. In some examples, a fractional-slot-winding motor comprises a stator, a bus-bar assembly, and a plurality of coil units. The stator comprises a plurality of stator slots (e.g., 63 slots) extending through the core and radially offset relative to each other. Each dual-leg coil unit extends through two different stator slots and is electrically coupled to two other coil units on the coil-interconnection side of the rotor. Each single-leg coil unit extends through one coil slot and is electrically coupled to one other coil unit on the coil-interconnection side. At least some single-leg coil units can be coupled to a bus-bar assembly. Furthermore, the ends of the coil unit can have radial offsets relative to protruding portions, e.g., closer to the motor primary axis at the coil-interconnection side and further away on the opposite side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Harbinger Motors Inc.
    Inventors: Jackson George Diebel, Alex Tylee, James Dameron, Phillip John Weicker
  • Publication number: 20240093777
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems of a drive unit of an electric commercial vehicle. The drive unit may include an electric motor, a transmission, and a differential. The electric motor, transmission, and differential may share lubrication and cooling fluids. Various features for collecting and distribution the lubrication and cooling fluids are also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Harbinger Motors Inc.
    Inventors: Jackson George Diebel, Garrett Allen, Alexi Charbonneau, Alex Tylee, Samuel Jantzi, Cody Rhebergen, Phillip John Weicker, James Dameron
  • Publication number: 20240079924
    Abstract: Described herein are fractional-slot-winding motors and electric vehicles using such fractional-slot-winding motors. In some examples, a fractional-slot-winding motor comprises a stator, a bus-bar assembly, and a plurality of coil units. The stator comprises a plurality of stator slots (e.g., 63 slots) extending through the core and radially offset relative to each other. Each dual-leg coil unit extends through two different stator slots and is electrically coupled to two other coil units on the coil-interconnection side of the rotor. Each single-leg coil unit extends through one coil slot and is electrically coupled to one other coil unit on the coil-interconnection side. At least some single-leg coil units can be coupled to a bus-bar assembly. Furthermore, the ends of the coil unit can have radial offsets relative to protruding portions, e.g., closer to the motor primary axis at the coil-interconnection side and further away on the opposite side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Harbinger Motors Inc.
    Inventors: Jackson George Diebel, Alex Tylee, James Dameron, Phillip John Weicker
  • Publication number: 20240071266
    Abstract: Systems disclosed herein are directed to a powered retail signage assembly having, inside a housing, a multi-layer translucent indicia panel and a light source panel emitting light to the rear of the multi-layer translucent indicia panel. The multi-layer translucent indicia panel includes a front tinted layer forming an indicium exposed on a front surface of the housing and a rear diffusion layer laminated with the front tinted layer at the back of the front tinted layer. The light emitted from the light source panel is diffused by the diffusion layer and transmitted through the tinted layer. The indicium appears brighter or darker than the front surface of the housing based on an external light condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jean-Marc GADY, Allison INOUYE, William C. MIN, Evan M. LIAO, Nicholas E. CORTI, Alex S. YEH, Russell John Kaaihue HEIRAKUJI
  • Publication number: 20240067558
    Abstract: A glass comprising titania and silica is disclosed. A plot of average hydroxyl concentration of each segment of a plurality of segments vs. distance along the glass is provided by: y=Ax2+Bx+C, wherein A (in ppm/mm2) is in a range from about 0.0 to about ?0.1, B (in ppm/mm) is in a range from about ?10 to about 10, C (in ppm) is about 450 or less, y is the average hydroxyl concentration (in ppm), and x is distance (in mm) such that the hydroxyl concentration of each segment is measured using a Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in transmission and the plot extends a distance of about 50 mm or more along the glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Michael John Campion, Alex Gabriel Duran Buchsbaum, John Edward Maxon
  • Publication number: 20240028048
    Abstract: A control system includes a first input to receive a positional output characteristic of a first vehicle at a first communication frequency and a second input to receive a kinematic output characteristic of the first vehicle at a second frequency, where the second frequency is greater than the first frequency. A guidance controller of a second vehicle is configured to process the kinematic output characteristic of the first vehicle to obtain a heading of the first vehicle, compare the heading of the first vehicle with a heading of the second vehicle to obtain a heading deviation of the second vehicle, and determine a guidance heading of the second vehicle based on the heading deviation of the second vehicle. A control interface is configured to communicate the guidance heading to one or more of steering, throttle or brake elements of the second vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew K. Rust, Joel Jared Kocer, Matthew Michael Rottinghaus, Koby Kevin Jackson, Jacob David Deines, Brandon Joseph Roth, Gustavo de Almeida Martins, Alex John Weidenbach
  • Publication number: 20240013687
    Abstract: This invention described herein relates to a novel marketing display, and in particular a marketing display apparatus configured to be secured to a base or the ground and generate lateral movement in 360° degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Jon Wicken, JR., Alex John Fountain
  • Publication number: 20230412572
    Abstract: Information is provided to a service mesh by a Kubernetes (K8s) controller. The information enables the service mesh to determine an IP address of application pods to which a monitoring request is destined. The K8s controller detects which of the application pods are scheduled to be monitored by the monitoring service. The K8s controller creates dummy headless services that match the application pods scheduled to be monitored. The service mesh is programmed information from the dummy headless services to cause the service mesh to intercept the monitoring request and identify that the monitoring request is destined to the dummy headless service based on the addresses. In response the service mesh encrypts the monitoring request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: James Warren TURNER, Christopher James PATERSON, Alex John HOCKEY
  • Patent number: 11830390
    Abstract: The invention includes systems, devices, and methods of using a novel movable display apparatus that may be particularly adapted to secure one or more advertising displays, such as a sign, banner or helium-free balloon, and may further be configured to move independently in response to an external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: BALLOON INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Jon Wicken, Alex John Fountain, Joshua Ryan Olson
  • Publication number: 20230353535
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, data processing system and computer-readable medium for a pod of a container orchestration platform to secure metrics relating to the pod prior to transmission of metrics to a metrics collection service. The method comprising: receiving a secure request at a pod IP address and forwarding the request to a container of the pod; and receiving an insecure request at the pod IP address; examining the content of the received insecure request; from the examining, determining whether the received insecure request is requesting metrics information; if it was determined that the received insecure request does not request metrics information, passing the request to an original destination within the pod, and if it was determined that the received insecure request does request metrics information, rejecting the received insecure request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Alex John HOCKEY, James Warren TURNER
  • Publication number: 20230353392
    Abstract: A method of processing traffic to provide a service is described. A first service mesh in a first cluster is used to ensure traffic is communicated within the first cluster using a secure communications protocol with mutual authentication accomplished using a certificate chain having a root certificate. A client in the first cluster originates traffic to a second cluster for processing, the second cluster having access to the root certificate. Using the first service mesh, routing the traffic to the second cluster is done using a secure communications protocol with mutual authentication. Mutual authentication is carried out between the first cluster and the second cluster using certificate chains having the root certificate; and in response to the mutual authentication being successful, application data is routed to the second cluster using the secure communications protocol such that the application data may be processed at the second cluster to provide the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Alex John HOCKEY, James Warren TURNER
  • Publication number: 20230353564
    Abstract: Using a service mesh in a cluster of a communications network to carry out mutual authentication between a session initiation protocol SIP compliant application in the cluster and a SIP device external to the cluster is described. The mutual authentication is accomplished using a certificate of the application that matches a naming system name used for the application. In response to the mutual authentication succeeding, a secure communication session is established between the application and the SIP device external to the cluster. The method comprises modifying SIP messages originating from the application to indicate that a secure communications protocol is in use. The modified SIP message are sent to the SIP device external to the cluster over the secure communication session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Alex John HOCKEY, Mark Lawrence THEBRIDGE
  • Patent number: 11802520
    Abstract: A method for determining the presence of water and diesel exhaust fluid mixed with diesel fuel is disclosed. In one example, output pressure of a fuel pump may be indicative of the presence or absence of water in diesel fuel. The presence or absence of water in fuel may be evaluated in response to filling a fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yun Xing, Brien Fulton, Hassene Jammoussi, John Erik Mikael Hellstrom, Carlos Armesto, William P. Boone, Alex John William Michael Howard
  • Publication number: 20230263150
    Abstract: A semi-active suspension system includes a suspension element having a damping coefficient range. The suspension element optionally includes an implement end and a chassis end. The semi-active suspension system includes a suspension control circuit in communication with the suspension element. The suspension control circuit optionally includes a kinematic assessment circuit in communication with one or more sensors. The kinematic assessment circuit is configured to measure or determine kinematic characteristics of one or more of the agricultural implement and the chassis. The suspension control circuit optionally includes a damping control circuit, and the damping control circuit generates a specified damping characteristic based on the measured or determined kinematic characteristics. The damping control circuit optionally directs the suspension element to operate within the damping coefficient range based on the specified damping characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Alex John Weidenbach, Jesse Lee Wagers, John D. Preheim