Patents by Inventor Christopher Douglas
Christopher Douglas 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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Publication number: 20240189838Abstract: A wand with variable flow and a flow lock is provided. The wand comprises a shell, a waterway, a flow module, a flow actuator module, and a flow lock module. The waterway includes a first flow passage and a second flow passage. The flow module is operable to be disposed between the first flow passage and the second flow passage. The flow module includes a flow control mechanism that is operable to move between a first position and a second position. The flow actuator module includes a flow actuation mechanism that is operable to move between a first position and a second position. The flow lock module includes a lock mechanism that is operable to move between a first position and a second position. When the lock mechanism is in the first position, the flow control mechanism is operable to move between the first position and the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Christopher John Webber, Christopher Douglas Dodd
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Publication number: 20240189174Abstract: In various embodiments, provided herein are systems, methods, processes, and devices for providing locomotive rehabilitation to a subject via one or more gait motions that substantially accurately mimic motions performed in healthy, natural gait cycles. The system may mimic natural gait motions via footplates and handles, and one or more linkage systems. In particular embodiments, the system may further include a motor unit and/or clutch for providing controlled forces assisting or resisting motions of a linkage system. Further, the system may include a tower for operating in a standing or seated position. In at least one embodiment, the system includes a body weight support system that provides offloading forces to a subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Scott Douglas Benda, Luke Scott Benda, Braden Joseph Davidson, Evan Andrew Reese, Christopher Zaro
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Patent number: 12005435Abstract: A linear actuator (10) for use in a modular assembly of such actuators comprises an actuator body (11), a shaft (12) guided by the body to be displaceable relative thereto in the sense of the longitudinal axis (13) of the shaft and a drive motor enclosed in the body and operable to axially displace the shaft relative to the body in two mutually opposite directions. The body has two mutually opposite sides (15a, 15b) respectively lying in two substantial parallel spaced-apart planes, which each represent a reference plane for positioning the body side-by-side with the body of another such actuator, and a further side (17b) connecting the two mutually opposite sides and stepped to form a projection (18) receiving the shaft (12) with the axis (13) parallel to the two planes and a rebate (19) beside the projection to permit the body to interlock with the body of another such actuator at that further side.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Inventors: Gregory Douglas Horler, Christopher Michael Hew
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Patent number: 12010443Abstract: A system for selectively modifying gating rate in a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) is configurable to access first frame metadata associated with a first image frame. The first image frame is captured by performing a first plurality of gate operations to configure the SPAD array to enable photon detection over a frame capture time period. The first plurality of gate operations is performed at a first gating rate such that the first plurality of gate operations comprises a first quantity of gate operations performed over the frame capture time period. The system is further configurable to define a second gating rate based on the first frame metadata and capture a second image frame by performing a second plurality of gate operations to configure the SPAD array to enable photon detection at the second gating rate.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Raymond Kirk Price, Michael Bleyer, Christopher Douglas Edmonds
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Publication number: 20240180758Abstract: An absorbent article including a side panel having an ultrasonically bonded, gathered laminate is provided. The laminate has an elastomeric layer and a substrate and is joined to the absorbent article chassis at a chassis attachment bond and positioned in one of a first or second waist region. The ultrasonically bonded, gathered laminate also includes an ear structural feature comprising a surface modification to the substrate and comprising at least one of the following: embossing, apertures, perforations, slits, melted material or coatings, compressed material, secondary bonds that are disposed apart from a chassis attachment bond, plastic deformation, and folds.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2024Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Sally Lin KILBACAK, Donald Carroll ROE, Jeromy Thomas RAYCHECK, Uwe SCHNEIDER, Michael Devin LONG, Michael Brian QUADE, Jason Edward NAYLOR, Jeffry ROSIAK, Stephen Joseph LANGE, Urmish Popatlal DALAL, Christopher KRASEN, Todd Douglas LENSER
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Publication number: 20240184908Abstract: Provided is a process including: obtaining criteria to select plain-text values in a lower-trust database; selecting, based on the criteria, a first plain-text value; in response, determining a first reference value; storing the first plain-text value in a higher-trust database in a second entry identified by the first reference value; storing the first reference value in the first entry of the lower-trust database; selecting another instance of the first plain-text value stored requested to be stored in a third entry in the lower-trust database; and in response, storing the first reference value in the third entry.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2024Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: James Douglas Beecham, Christopher Edward Struttmann, Scott Nathaniel Goldfarb
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Patent number: 12002226Abstract: Modifications are performed to cause a style of an image to match a different style. A first image is accessed, where the first image has the first style. A second image is also accessed, where the second image has a second style. Subsequent to a deep neural network (DNN) learning these styles, a copy of the first image is fed as input to the DNN. The DNN modifies the first image copy by transitioning the first image copy from being of the first style to subsequently being of the second style. As a consequence, a modified style of the transitioned first image copy bilaterally matches the second style.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Raymond Kirk Price, Michael Bleyer, Christopher Douglas Edmonds
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Patent number: 11988835Abstract: A system for power efficient image acquisition is configurable to capture, using an image sensor, a plurality of partial image frames including at least a first partial image frame and a second partial image frame. The first partial image frame is captured at a first timepoint using a first subset of image sensing pixels of the plurality of image sensing pixels of the image sensor. The second partial image frame is captured at a second timepoint using a second subset of image sensing pixels of the plurality of image sensing pixels of the image sensor. The second subset of image sensing pixels includes different image sensing pixels than the first subset of image sensing pixels, and the second timepoint is temporally subsequent to the first timepoint. The system is configurable to generate a composite image frame based on the plurality of partial image frames.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Raymond Kirk Price, Michael Bleyer, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, William Chao-Hui Hwang
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Patent number: 11985433Abstract: An HMD includes a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array comprising a plurality of SPAD pixels. The HMD also includes a display positioned to display images for viewing by an eye of a user. The HMD also includes one or more processors and one or more hardware storage devices storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to configure the HMD to perform various acts associated with using the SPAD array to capture an image frame of an environment for display to the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Raymond Kirk Price, Michael Bleyer, Christopher Douglas Edmonds
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Publication number: 20240153131Abstract: Techniques for aligning images generated by an integrated camera physically mounted to an HMD with images generated by a detached camera physically unmounted from the HMD are disclosed. A 3D feature map is generated and shared with the detached camera. Both the integrated camera and the detached camera use the 3D feature map to relocalize themselves and to determine their respective 6 DOF poses. The HMD receives the detached camera's image of the environment and the 6 DOF pose of the detached camera. A depth map of the environment is accessed. An overlaid image is generated by reprojecting a perspective of the detached camera's image to align with a perspective of the integrated camera and by overlaying the reprojected detached camera's image onto the integrated camera's image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Raymond Kirk PRICE, Michael BLEYER, Christopher Douglas EDMONDS
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Patent number: 11970192Abstract: Provided herein is an energy delivery system for transporting electrical energy from an electrical energy generation facility to an electrical energy consumption facility via rail. The energy delivery system can comprise a train comprising at least one rail car loaded with at least one battery system. The battery system can comprise an energy transfer interface for receiving energy from the energy generation facility when the train is located at the energy generation facility for charging batteries of the battery system and for transferring energy stored by the battery system to the energy consumption facility when the train is located at the energy consumption facility. The energy transfer interface can be configured to receive energy from a corresponding energy transfer interface mounted to a crane system of the energy generation facility and to transfer energy to a corresponding energy transfer interface mounted to a crane system of the energy consumption facility.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: SunTrain, Inc.Inventor: Christopher Douglas Smith
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Patent number: 11971553Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for providing an illumination system that emits illumination into an environment while also enabling that system to be undetectable to certain types of external light detection systems. The system includes a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) low light (LL) detection device and a light emitting device. The light emitting device provides illumination having a wavelength of at least 950 nanometers (nm). An intensity of the illumination is set to a level that causes the illumination to be undetectable from a determined distance away based on the roll off rate of the light. While the light emitting device is providing the illumination, the SPAD LL detection device generates an image of an environment in which the illumination is being provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Raymond Kirk Price, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Michael Bleyer
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Patent number: 11972539Abstract: Techniques for generating a high resolution full color output image from lower resolution sparse color input images are disclosed. A camera generates images. The camera's sensor has a sparse Bayer pattern. While the camera is generating the images, IMU data for each image is acquired. The IMU data indicates a corresponding pose the camera was in while the camera generated each image. The images and IMU data are fed into a motion model, which performs temporal filtering on the images and uses the IMU data to generate a red-only image, a green-only image, a blue-only image, and a monochrome image. The color images are up-sampled to match the resolution of the monochrome image. A high resolution output color image is generated by combining the up-sampled images and the monochrome image.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Raymond Kirk Price, Michael Bleyer, Christopher Douglas Edmonds
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Patent number: 11972549Abstract: Techniques for evaluating multiple images, which originate from multiple different sources, and for selecting specific images to generate an overlaid image are disclosed. A first set of system camera images (e.g., based on a first FPS rate) and a second set of external camera images (e.g., based on a second FPS rate) are obtained. A set of rules are accessed in order to govern a selection process for selecting a specific system camera image and a specific external camera image. The selected images are designated for use in generating an overlaid image. The selection process is performed using the accessed set of rules. The overlaid image is generated by overlaying and aligning content obtained from the selected images.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael Bleyer, Raymond Kirk Price, Christopher Douglas Edmonds
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Patent number: 11966571Abstract: Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented method comprising aggregating PFAS remediation evaluation data for a plurality of remediation options and for a plurality of predefined criteria; graphically displaying the user modifiable chart comprising the plurality of graphical representations of the aggregated PFAS remediation evaluation data, wherein: each graphical representation depicts data points visually plotted with weights, the plurality of graphical representations for the plurality of predefined criteria are visually ordered according to a rank of the plurality of predefined criteria, and the weights are based on the rank of the plurality of predefined criteria; detecting a first user input modifying the rank of at least one predefined criterion; in accordance with the first user input, automatically updating the weights of the data points; and displaying an updated user modifiable chart comprising the plurality of graphical representations of the aggregated PFAS remediation evaluation data.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: The MITRE CorporationInventors: Gary Lee Klein, Ryan Douglas Hollins, Mark Stephen Pfaff, Brittany Allison Tracy, Elizabeth Haines, James Alex Philp, Jay Nathan Lustig, Thomas W. Whieldon, Joseph John Patrick Roberts, Christopher M. Berger, Gavin Timothy Plesko
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Publication number: 20240125546Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method, device and system to efficiently liquefy and isolate a gas from a gaseous mixture. In an embodiment of the present invention, separation of gasses from the atmosphere can be carried out using a cooled surface to separate the gasses from the atmosphere. In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, removal of CO2 from the atmosphere can be carried out by using the method, device and system to efficiently cryogenically separate CO2 from air and capture the CO2 from a gaseous mixture using a surface and release the ‘CO2 lean air’ into the atmosphere and store the captured liquefied CO2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: AirCapture LLCInventors: Matthew Atwood, Christopher Douglas, Scott Green, Dakota Black
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Publication number: 20240126909Abstract: Provided is a process including: receiving one or more write requests; selecting a first subset of the values as corresponding to higher-security fields; segmenting a first value in the first subset; instructing a first computing device to store a first subset of segments among the plurality of segments in memory; and instructing a second computing device to store a second subset of segments among the plurality of segments in memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Scott Nathaniel Goldfarb, James Douglas Beecham, Christopher Edward Struttmann
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Patent number: 11962922Abstract: A system for dark current compensation in SPAD imagery is configurable to capture an image frame with the SPAD array and generate a temporally filtered image by performing a temporal filtering operation using the image frame and at least one preceding image frame. The at least one preceding image frame is captured by the SPAD array at a timepoint that temporally precedes a timepoint associated with the image frame. The system is also configurable to obtain a dark current image frame. The dark current image frame includes data indicating one or more SPAD pixels of the plurality of SPAD pixels that detect an avalanche event without detecting a corresponding photon. The system is also configurable to generate a dark current compensated image by performing a subtraction operation on the temporally filtered image or the image frame based on the dark current image frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Raymond Kirk Price, Michael Bleyer, Christopher Douglas Edmonds
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Patent number: 11958846Abstract: A compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is provided that has been shown to be useful for treating a BRM-mediated and/or BRG1-mediated disease or disorder: Formula (I) wherein R1 through R6 are as defined herein.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Christopher Adair, Katsumasa Nakajima, Rukundo Ntaganda, Julien Papillon, Troy Douglas Smith
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Publication number: 20240119610Abstract: Techniques for correcting an overlay misalignment between an external camera image and a system camera image are disclosed. A first system camera image and a first external camera image are acquired. A first visual alignment is performed between those two images to produce an overlaid image. Some of the content in the overlaid image is surrounded by a bounding element. A position of the bounding element is modified based on movements of the system camera and/or the external camera. In response to performing a second visual alignment using new images, an update vector is computed. Relative movement between the two cameras is determined. Based on the movement and based on the update vector, the bounding element is progressively transitioned to a corrected position in the overlaid image. A speed by which the bounding element is progressively transitioned is proportional to the amount of movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Raymond Kirk PRICE, Michael BLEYER, Christopher Douglas EDMONDS