Patents by Inventor Andrew Harding
Andrew Harding 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).
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Patent number: 11988681Abstract: An automated sample specimen storage system including a tube holding microplate including a plate frame, a predetermined array of tube holding receptacles formed in the plate frame, the receptacles having a SBS standard pitch corresponding to the predetermined array, and being configured for holding therein sample store and transport tubes, each disposed so as to contain sample specimen in a sample storage of the storage system and to effect, with the sample tube, delivery from the sample storage to a workstation, the predetermined array of receptacles defining a volume capacity of the tube holding microplate, and each of the receptacles being shaped to conformally engage walls of the sample tubes and hold a respective one of the sample store and transport tubes, wherein the receptacles are arranged so that the tube holding microplate volume capacity defined by the predetermined array is an under optimum volume capacity.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Azenta, Inc.Inventors: Etienne Croquette, Robin Grimwood, David Andrew Harding, Chris Walsh
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Patent number: 11966108Abstract: An LCD display, comprising an active display area, a backlight to illuminate the active display area, and an LCD display stack. The LCD display stack may comprise a substrate, a liquid crystal layer over the substrate, and liquid crystal cover layer. The substrate, the liquid crystal layer, and the liquid crystal cover layer define a liquid crystal cell. The LCD display stack has an edge seal extending between the substrate and the liquid cover layer, and extends over the active display area and beyond the active display area to bend around an edge of the backlight, such that the edge seal lies beyond the active display area.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: FLEXENABLE TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: William Reeves, Andrew Robert James Russell, James Harding
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Publication number: 20230360238Abstract: Described herein are passive systems and methods for ranging objects. The systems and methods are passive in that they do not rely on transmission of radiation (whether radiofrequency, visible, infrared, ultraviolet, acoustic, etc.) to determine range. The systems and methods described herein may be used both in civilian and military applications. The present techniques allow users to determine range to moving targets, which is notoriously difficult to estimate using the human eye. The present techniques perform ranging to a target using artificial intelligence models, including object segmentation and pose estimation. Object segmentation may involve determining a dimension (e.g., height) of a specified target in an image, in terms of pixels. If there are multiple objects in the scene, range estimates may be calculated using object segmentation for each object. Pose estimation involves a machine learning technique that identifies sets of coordinates corresponding to joint keypoints.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Qioptiq LimitedInventors: Donovan Lee Alexander, James Andrew Harding, Ryan Ellis Pargeter
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Publication number: 20230052944Abstract: A temperature controlled sample specimen laboratory storage system, for storing sample specimens disposed in one or more of labware units and labware devices, includes a refrigerated chamber with a storage array therein having predetermined storage locations defining a predetermined capacity of one or more of labware unit storage and labware device storage of the storage array, where the storage array has a predetermined area, and at least one simulacrum labware substitute having a predetermined characteristic that simulates a corresponding one of the one or more of the labware units and labware devices. The at least one simulacrum labware substitute is disposed within the storage array so that the predetermined capacity of the one or more of the labware unit storage and the labware device storage of the storage array, of predetermined area, is unconstrained by the at least one simulacrum labware substitute held in the storage location.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Etienne P. CROQUETTE, Robin GRIMWOOD, David Andrew HARDING
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Publication number: 20220128585Abstract: An automated sample specimen storage system including a tube holding microplate including a plate frame, a predetermined array of tube holding receptacles formed in the plate frame, the receptacles having a SBS standard pitch corresponding to the predetermined array, and being configured for holding therein sample store and transport tubes, each disposed so as to contain sample specimen in a sample storage of the storage system and to effect, with the sample tube, delivery from the sample storage to a workstation, the predetermined array of receptacles defining a volume capacity of the tube holding microplate, and each of the receptacles being shaped to conformally engage walls of the sample tubes and hold a respective one of the sample store and transport tubes, wherein the receptacles are arranged so that the tube holding microplate volume capacity defined by the predetermined array is an under optimum volume capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Etienne CROQUETTE, Robin GRIMWOOD, David Andrew HARDING, Chris WALSH
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Patent number: 11162963Abstract: An automated sample specimen storage system including a tube holding microplate including a plate frame, a predetermined array of tube holding receptacles formed in the plate frame, the receptacles having a SBS standard pitch corresponding to the predetermined array, and being configured for holding therein sample store and transport tubes, each disposed so as to contain sample specimen in a sample storage of the storage system and to effect, with the sample tube, delivery from the sample storage to a workstation, the predetermined array of receptacles defining a volume capacity of the tube holding microplate, and each of the receptacles being shaped to conformally engage walls of the sample tubes and hold a respective one of the sample store and transport tubes, wherein the receptacles are arranged so that the tube holding microplate volume capacity defined by the predetermined array is an under optimum volume capacity.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Brooks Automation, Inc.Inventors: Etienne Croquette, Robin Grimwood, David Andrew Harding, Chris Walsh
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Patent number: 11089100Abstract: A computer system for optimizing bandwidth usage within a cloud storage system identifies distinct requests to access a particular digital file. When the number of requests exceeds a threshold, the computer system queries a remote directory server for the particular digital file. The query system then receives, from the remote directory server, addresses to data blocks stored within multiple remote storage nodes. The system requests at least a portion of the addressed data blocks. Upon receiving the blocks, the system decodes the particular digital file from the portion of the addressed data blocks. The computer system then stores the decoded digital file within local memory and communicates the local-area network address to the remote directory server.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Vivint, Inc.Inventors: J. T. Olds, George Shank, Alen Peacock, Andrew Harding, Jeff Wendling, Ethan Ransom, Mikhail Strizhov, Erik Nolte, Dan Willoughby, Eric Wollesen
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Patent number: 10944836Abstract: A computer system for optimizing bandwidth usage by directly linking two remote devices requests, from a local network gateway, a network port assignment for a services management component within a local network. The system also receives, at the services management component, a network connection directed towards the assigned network port. The network connection is received at the assigned network port regardless of the associated network protocol. The system then identifies a hostname within a data packet received through the network connection. The system also identifies, within a services registry, one or more services registered to receive network connections associated with the identified network protocol. In addition, the system identifies from the one or more services a particular service that is associated with the hostname. The system then forwards the network connection to the particular service.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Inventors: J. T. Olds, Alen Peacock, Andrew Harding, Jeff Wendling
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Publication number: 20200088753Abstract: An automated sample specimen storage system including a tube holding microplate including a plate frame, a predetermined array of tube holding receptacles formed in the plate frame, the receptacles having a SBS standard pitch corresponding to the predetermined array, and being configured for holding therein sample store and transport tubes, each disposed so as to contain sample specimen in a sample storage of the storage system and to effect, with the sample tube, delivery from the sample storage to a workstation, the predetermined array of receptacles defining a volume capacity of the tube holding microplate, and each of the receptacles being shaped to conformally engage walls of the sample tubes and hold a respective one of the sample store and transport tubes, wherein the receptacles are arranged so that the tube holding microplate volume capacity defined by the predetermined array is an under optimum volume capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Etienne CROQUETTE, Robin GRIMWOOD, David Andrew HARDING, Chris WALSH
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Patent number: 10560350Abstract: Methods and systems are described for remotely monitoring a plurality of distributed remote storage devices. An example computer implemented method includes locally collecting monitoring data for one of the plurality of distributed remote storage devices, and periodically sending at least one of an aggregate of the locally recorded monitoring data and a summary of the locally recorded monitoring data to a remote location. The remote location includes at least one of another one of the plurality of distributed remote storage devices, at least one central server, and a set of the plurality of distributed remote storage devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Vivint, Inc.Inventors: Alen Lynn Peacock, Paul Cannon, John Timothy Olds, Andrew Harding, Jeffrey Michael Wendling
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Patent number: 10534667Abstract: A computer system for optimizing bandwidth usage within a cloud storage system receives a request, through an application program interface (API), to store a digital file. The computer system then encodes the digital file into a set of multiple distinct blocks of data. The system also transmits the set of multiple distinct blocks of data to multiple remote storage nodes. The multiple distinct blocks of data are divided among at least a portion of the remote storage nodes. The system generates a log that comprises identification information associated with the digital file and an address for each respective block of data within each respective remote storage node. The system then transmits the log to a remote directory server. The directory server comprises multiple different logs that map multiple different digital files to the remote storage nodes.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Vivint, Inc.Inventors: J. T. Olds, Alen Peacock, Andrew Harding, Jeff Wendling
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Patent number: 10481171Abstract: An automated sample specimen storage system including a tube holding microplate including a plate frame, a predetermined array of tube holding receptacles formed in the plate frame, the receptacles having a SBS standard pitch corresponding to the predetermined array, and being configured for holding therein sample store and transport tubes, each disposed so as to contain sample specimen in a sample storage of the storage system and to effect, with the sample tube, delivery from the sample storage to a workstation, the predetermined array of receptacles defining a volume capacity of the tube holding microplate, and each of the receptacles being shaped to conformally engage walls of the sample tubes and hold a respective one of the sample store and transport tubes, wherein the receptacles are arranged so that the tube holding microplate volume capacity defined by the predetermined array is an under optimum volume capacity.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC.Inventors: Etienne Croquette, Robin Grimwood, David Andrew Harding, Chris Walsh
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Publication number: 20180198862Abstract: A computer system for optimizing bandwidth usage within a cloud storage system identifies distinct requests to access a particular digital file. When the number of requests exceeds a threshold, the computer system queries a remote directory server for the particular digital file. The query system then receives, from the remote directory server, addresses to data blocks stored within multiple remote storage nodes. The system requests at least a portion of the addressed data blocks. Upon receiving the blocks, the system decodes the particular digital file from the portion of the addressed data blocks. The computer system then stores the decoded digital file within local memory and communicates the local-area network address to the remote directory server.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2017Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: J. T. Olds, Alen Peacock, Andrew Harding, Jeff Wendling, Ethan Ransom, Mikhail Strizhov, Erik Nolte, Dan Willoughby, Eric Wollesen, George Shank
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Publication number: 20180124188Abstract: A computer system for optimizing bandwidth usage by directly linking two remote devices requests, from a local network gateway, a network port assignment for a services management component within a local network. The system also receives, at the services management component, a network connection directed towards the assigned network port. The network connection is received at the assigned network port regardless of the associated network protocol. The system then identifies a hostname within a data packet received through the network connection. The system also identifies, within a services registry, one or more services registered to receive network connections associated with the identified network protocol. In addition, the system identifies from the one or more services a particular service that is associated with the hostname. The system then forwards the network connection to the particular service.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: J.T. Olds, Alen Peacock, Andrew Harding, Jeff Wendling
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Publication number: 20180121285Abstract: A computer system for optimizing bandwidth usage within a cloud storage system receives a request, through an application program interface (API), to store a digital file. The computer system then encodes the digital file into a set of multiple distinct blocks of data. The system also transmits the set of multiple distinct blocks of data to multiple remote storage nodes. The multiple distinct blocks of data are divided among at least a portion of the remote storage nodes. The system generates a log that comprises identification information associated with the digital file and an address for each respective block of data within each respective remote storage node. The system then transmits the log to a remote directory server. The directory server comprises multiple different logs that map multiple different digital files to the remote storage nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: J.T. Olds, Alen Peacock, Andrew Harding, Jeff Wendling
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Patent number: 9876685Abstract: A system for configuring one or more flows of captured data packets through a hybrid communication network is provided. The system includes first and second segments of the hybrid communication network. The first segment includes a stacked topology of communicatively coupled plurality of network captured traffic distribution devices. The second segment includes one or more OpenFlow switches configured for an OpenFlow protocol. The system also includes a management server communicatively coupled to the first and second segments of the hybrid communication network. The management server includes logic adapted to configure one or more data flows of captured data packets with respect to forwarding the captured data packets between the first and second segments of the hybrid communication network.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: NetScout Systems, Inc.Inventors: Saradha Srinivasan, Andrew Harding
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Publication number: 20170366420Abstract: Methods and systems are described for remotely monitoring a plurality of distributed remote storage devices. An example computer implemented method includes locally collecting monitoring data for one of the plurality of distributed remote storage devices, and periodically sending at least one of an aggregate of the locally recorded monitoring data and a summary of the locally recorded monitoring data to a remote location. The remote location includes at least one of another one of the plurality of distributed remote storage devices, at least one central server, and a set of the plurality of distributed remote storage devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Alen Lynn Peacock, Paul Cannon, John Timothy Olds, Andrew Harding, Jeffrey Michael Wendling
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Publication number: 20170205437Abstract: An automated sample specimen storage system including a tube holding microplate including a plate frame, a predetermined array of tube holding receptacles formed in the plate frame, the receptacles having a SBS standard pitch corresponding to the predetermined array, and being configured for holding therein sample store and transport tubes, each disposed so as to contain sample specimen in a sample storage of the storage system and to effect, with the sample tube, delivery from the sample storage to a workstation, the predetermined array of receptacles defining a volume capacity of the tube holding microplate, and each of the receptacles being shaped to conformally engage walls of the sample tubes and hold a respective one of the sample store and transport tubes, wherein the receptacles are arranged so that the tube holding microplate volume capacity defined by the predetermined array is an under optimum volume capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Etienne CROQUETTE, Robin GRIMWOOD, David Andrew HARDING, Chris WALSH
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Patent number: 9699040Abstract: Methods and systems are described for remotely monitoring a plurality of distributed remote storage devices. An example computer implemented method includes locally collecting monitoring data for one of the plurality of distributed remote storage devices, and periodically sending at least one of an aggregate of the locally recorded monitoring data and a summary of the locally recorded monitoring data to a remote location. The remote location includes at least one of another one of the plurality of distributed remote storage devices, at least one central server, and a set of the plurality of distributed remote storage devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Vivint, Inc.Inventors: Alen Lynn Peacock, Paul Cannon, John Timothy Olds, Andrew Harding, Jeffrey Michael Wendling
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Publication number: 20170111230Abstract: A system for configuring one or more flows of captured data packets through a hybrid communication network is provided. The system includes first and second segments of the hybrid communication network. The first segment includes a stacked topology of communicatively coupled plurality of network captured traffic distribution devices. The second segment includes one or more OpenFlow switches configured for an OpenFlow protocol. The system also includes a management server communicatively coupled to the first and second segments of the hybrid communication network. The management server includes logic adapted to configure one or more data flows of captured data packets with respect to forwarding the captured data packets between the first and second segments of the hybrid communication network.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Saradha Srinivasan, Andrew Harding