Patents by Inventor Charles Woods

Charles Woods 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).

  • Patent number: 11967250
    Abstract: Disclosed is an eye simulator device, wherein same is a medical training aid and includes: an eyepiece having a display configured to project at least one image onto or through a convex shaped front surface of a simulated eyeball of the eyepiece; a support configured to hold the eyepiece; a simulated eyelid pivotally attached to the support; and an actuator assembly having an actuator arm and an electromagnetic (EM) coil in connection with the actuator arm, so as to control a motion of the simulated eyelid, which allows to more realistically mimic the eye, and to more intuitively mimic a motion change of the eye, and it is illustratable to show a change process of the eye by projecting an eye condition, making it easier for a student to understand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TELLYES SCIENTIFIC INC.
    Inventors: Yanfei Liu, Zhaoqun Liu, Jun Lu, Jibin Zhou, David N. Broussard, Charles G. Miller, Jerry Woods, Clifford D. Olmstead
  • Publication number: 20240117326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and means for producing nitrogenase polypeptides in the mitochondria of plant cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Ema Jayne JOHNSTON, Robert Silas ALLEN, Christina Maria GREGG, Shoko OKADA, Amratha MENON, Andrew Charles WARDEN, Matthew Craig TAYLOR, Craig Christopher WOOD
  • Patent number: 11925252
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates to a system, device, and method for customizing a cosmetic product. The system includes: an interface device, in electronic communication with a single batch cosmetic device. A plurality of cartridges for holding cosmetic additive which can be dispensed by a mixing assembly in accurate units to create customized cosmetics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Blee. LLC
    Inventors: Charles C. Brandon, Travis Floyd, Amanda D. Braught, Martin Wood, Liana Arden Pierce, Walter J Wallace
  • Publication number: 20240074560
    Abstract: A system, device and method for nail care is provided. The nail care system includes a shaping system, a polish removal system and/or a cuticle management system; a vision system; a nail polish application system; and a mobility system. The nail system may further include an accelerated drying system, a hand massage system, a nail identification/diagnosis/estimation of conditions system, an enclosure, a hand/foot rest system, a computer software system, a computer hardware system, a cartridge/pod system, and a multi-tool system. Related apparatuses, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Shashou, Justin Effron, Gabe Greeley, Marcus R. Williams, Margaret Mathieu, Lucile Driscoll, Lu Lyu, Charles C. Shortlidge, Peter Duerst, Douglas Stewart, Chris Casey, Ndungu Muturi, Ryan Wood, Zhi Teoh, Harald Quintus-Bosz, Jesse Gray, Matt Berlin, Juhi Kalra, Christine Noh, Oliver Zhang, Will Burke, Chris Evans, Allison Tse, Anthony Parker, Eric Maxwell, Genevieve Laing
  • Patent number: 11911938
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cover for a spa includes the steps of vacuum molding a first shell member and a second shell member, bringing the first and second shell members into registration with one another to define a hollow cavity therebetween, and injecting a foam into the hollow cavity, wherein the foam is configured to bond with the shell members to create a unitary structural part that provides increased strength and rigidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: STRONG INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Wade Spicer, Charles Woods
  • Publication number: 20230418462
    Abstract: A method includes displaying, via a display device, first content with respect to which a first plurality of editing operations have been performed. The method further includes while displaying the first content, detecting, on the touch-sensitive surface, a first multi-finger gesture. The method further includes in response to detecting the first multi-finger gesture: in accordance with a determination that the first multi-finger gesture includes more than a first predetermined amount of movement in a first direction, undoing one of the first plurality of editing operations; and in accordance with a determination that the first multi-finger gesture includes more than a first predetermined amount of movement in a second direction that is different from the first direction, redoing one of the first plurality of editing operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Bradley W. Griffin, Morgan H. Winer, Wayne Carl Westerman, Christopher D. Soli, Meredith Noelani Burkle, Sara E. Andrews, Toby Charles Wood Paterson, Stephen O. Lemay, Patrick Lee Coffman, Tiffany S. Jon, Aram D. Kudurshian
  • Patent number: 11822780
    Abstract: A method includes displaying, via a display device, first content with respect to which a first plurality of editing operations have been performed. The method further includes while displaying the first content, detecting, on the touch-sensitive surface, a first multi-finger gesture. The method further includes in response to detecting the first multi-finger gesture: in accordance with a determination that the first multi-finger gesture includes more than a first predetermined amount of movement in a first direction, undoing one of the first plurality of editing operations; and in accordance with a determination that the first multi-finger gesture includes more than a first predetermined amount of movement in a second direction that is different from the first direction, redoing one of the first plurality of editing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Bradley W. Griffin, Morgan H. Winer, Wayne Carl Westerman, Christopher D. Soli, Meredith Noelani Burkle, Sara E. Andrews, Toby Charles Wood Paterson, Stephen O. Lemay, Patrick Lee Coffman, Tiffany S. Jon, Aram D. Kudurshian
  • Publication number: 20230316389
    Abstract: The embodiments generally relate to systems and methods for an online marketplace for goods and services. The systems and methods involve a hardware processor that receives attributes for a good or service from the seller terminal, generates pricing data for the good or service using a price estimator and market analyser, and processes the attributes for the good or service using a condition analyzer. The systems and methods facilitate a product or service listing using an interface between a seller terminal and at least one of a dealer terminal, and a buyer terminal to generate and provide a listing for the product or service. The systems and methods can facilitate a product or service listing using an interface between a seller terminal and at least one of a dealer terminal, and a buyer terminal with an auction/transaction conductor to list the product or service, including in an auction in some embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Edward Alexander KAWAS, Vishal TALREJA, Mehrsa RAEISZADEH, Michael Charles WOOD
  • Publication number: 20230305896
    Abstract: A method or a server computer system is configured for orchestrating one or more jobs that are to be executed by one or more agent computer systems. Each job includes one or more tasks. The server computer system is configured to establish a secure and ongoing connection with the one or more agent computer systems over a network. For each task, the server computer system is configured to select at least one of the one or more agent computer systems and send the task to the at least one agent computer system, causing the at least one agent computer system to execute the task. In response to executing the task by the at least one agent computer system, the server computer system is configured to receive an execution status of the task from the at least one agent computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Richard Charles WOOD, Stephen Bartlett WOOD
  • Publication number: 20230098677
    Abstract: Example freight management systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a first sensor tower is located near a loading dock and includes multiple camera sensors that capture a first set of images of a freight item in the loading dock. A second sensor tower located near the loading dock captures a second set of images of the freight item. A computing device receives the first set of images and the second set of images. The computing device analyzes the first set of images and the second set of images to identify at least one object associated with the freight item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Bingyan Liu, Rodrigo Barriuso de Juan, Nicholas Su, Charles Wood, Maxwell C. Goldberg, Daniel Fang, Jonathan Zwiebel, Samuel Lurye
  • Publication number: 20230101794
    Abstract: Example freight management systems and methods are described. In one implementation, techniques receive at least one wide angle camera image from a sensor tower, where the sensor tower is located proximate a loading dock and the wide angle camera image is associated with at least a portion of the loading dock. The techniques also receive multiple high precision camera images from the sensor tower, where the plurality of high precision camera images are associated with at least a portion of the loading dock. The techniques process the wide angle image using a first convolutional neural network (CNN) and process the multiple high precision images using a second CNN. The techniques identify a freight item proximate the loading dock based on the processed high precision images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Bingyan Liu, Rodrigo Barriuso de Juan, Nicholas Su, Charles Wood, Maxwell C. Goldberg, Daniel Fang, Jonathan Zwiebel, Samuel Lurye
  • Patent number: 11565477
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a test article for additive manufacture and related methods. A test article formed may include a body having a forward face and a rearward face horizontally opposite the forward face. A first surface extending between the forward face and the rearward face of the body may include a plurality of protrusions for removable coupling of the body to a build plate. A second surface on the body may extend between the forward face and the rearward face of the body, and may include a plurality of angled flat surface portions. Each of the plurality of angled flat surface portions may have a distinct angle with respect to a horizontal plane of the body. An angular difference between each adjacent angled flat surface portion in the plurality of angled flat surface portions is substantially uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Clay Thomas Griffis, Steven Charles Woods, Tiffany Muller Craft, Evan John Dozier, Eric Eicher McConnell
  • Publication number: 20220122748
    Abstract: An electrosurgical device: (a) power cable comprising: (i) a primary lead that connects to a first pole of an AC power source and (ii) one or more auxiliary leads; wherein the power cable includes a dual core having the primary lead on a first side and the one or more auxiliary leads on a second side with a web being located between the first side and the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Richard J. Curtis, William F. Kratoska, Jeffrey Nelson, Theodore C. Blus, Kester Julian Batchelor, Mark Kroll, Charles Wood
  • Publication number: 20220080667
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a test article for additive manufacture and related methods. A test article formed may include a body having a forward face and a rearward face horizontally opposite the forward face. A first surface extending between the forward face and the rearward face of the body may include a plurality of protrusions for removable coupling of the body to a build plate. A second surface on the body may extend between the forward face and the rearward face of the body, and may include a plurality of angled flat surface portions. Each of the plurality of angled flat surface portions may have a distinct angle with respect to a horizontal plane of the body. An angular difference between each adjacent angled flat surface portion in the plurality of angled flat surface portions is substantially uniform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Clay Thomas Griffis, Steven Charles Woods, Tiffany Muller Craft, Evan John Dozier, Eric Eicher McConnell
  • Patent number: 11275142
    Abstract: A method for generating motion-corrected medical images includes obtaining, via a processor, k-space data of a region of interest acquired by a magnetic resonance imaging system utilizing a 3D radial pulse sequence with ZTE acquisition including optional magnetization preparation pulses. The method also includes sampling, via the processor, the k-space data to obtain a plurality of interleaved k-space segments. The method further includes reconstructing, via the processor, one or more interleaved k-space segments of the plurality of interleaved k-space segments to generate a respective motion navigator volume. The method even further includes co-registering, via the processor, each respective motion navigator volume to estimate motion and performing motion correction on the one or more interleaved k-space segments and their corresponding k-space trajectories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignees: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
    Inventors: Florian Wiesinger, Ana Beatriz Solana Sanchez, Anne Menini, Emil Albert Ljungberg, Tobias Charles Wood, Gareth John Barker, Steven Charles Williams
  • Publication number: 20220064578
    Abstract: A device for infusing flavor into liquids fits and seals to the neck of a bottle. The device has an infusing chamber that is selectively in fluid communication with the liquid in the bottle. The infusing chamber holds a replaceable infusing material that partially dissolves and infuses flavor as liquid passes over it. A check ball selectively separates the infusing chamber from the liquid in the bottle to prevent any infused liquid from returning to the bottle. The device has a passage for makeup air to enter the bottle as infused liquid is dispensed. The infusing material is replaceable by accessing the infusing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventor: Charles Woods
  • Patent number: 11250973
    Abstract: An electrosurgical device: (a) power cable comprising: (i) a primary lead that connects to a first pole of an AC power source and (ii) one or more auxiliary leads; wherein the power cable includes a dual core having the primary lead on a first side and the one or more auxiliary leads on a second side with a web being located between the first side and the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Gyms Acmi, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Curtis, William F. Kratoska, Jeffrey J. Nelson, Theodore C. Blus, Kester J. Batchelor, Mark J. Kroll, Charles Wood
  • Patent number: 11155034
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, system and methods are provided comprising generating a nominal computer-aided design (CAD) image of a component; producing a physical representation of the component from the nominal CAD image using an additive manufacturing (AM) process; measuring the physical component to obtain measurement data; determining a deviation between geometry associated with the nominal CAD image and the obtained measurement data; determining a compensation field for the deviation, if the deviation is outside of a tolerance threshold; modifying the nominal CAD image by the compensation field; and producing a physical representation of the component from the modified nominal CAD image. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Pinghai Yang, James William Sears, Steven Charles Woods, Michael Evans Graham
  • Patent number: D942019
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: GALIL MEDICAL INC.
    Inventors: Nicole Lee Parks, Dennis Babcock, Jorge Alberto TreviƱo Blanco, Luan Chan, Christine Kongsvik, Eric Krause, Ted Perron, Tyler Dale Thompson, Charles Wood
  • Patent number: D1018066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Blee.LLC
    Inventors: Amanda D. Braught, Liana Arden Pierce, Martin Wood, Travis Floyd, Charles C. Brandon