Patents by Inventor Daniel R. Burns

Daniel R. Burns 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: 11940580
    Abstract: A system for near-surface geophysical subsurface imaging for detecting and characterizing subsurface heterogeneities comprises an instrument that outputs probing electromagnetic signals through a ground surface that interact and are affected by scattered signals of acoustic waves that travel through the ground surface and further senses vibrational modes of a subsurface below the ground surface; an imaging device that dynamically generates a time sequence of images of properties of the acoustic waves and maps elastic wave fields of the acoustic waves; and a processor that analyzes dynamic multi-wave data of the images to quantify spatial variations in the mechanical and viscoelastic properties of the subsurface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Stephen Brown, Thomas Szabo, Daniel R. Burns, Michael Fehler
  • Publication number: 20240080312
    Abstract: Aspects of subject technology provide systems and methods for generation and distribution of a stable identifier associated with multiple aliases of a user account. The stable identifier may be provided to various electronic devices by a server, responsive to requests associated with communications to those devices from one of the associated aliases. In this way, messaging applications can utilize the stable identifier to merge conversations from a single user having multiple aliases, and secure access to a secure device can be provided to an authorized user, even if the authorized user attempts access from an unauthorized account alias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph CIRCOSTA, Patrick R. BURNS, Bhaskar P. SARMA, Daniel B. POLLACK, Liang QU, Kevin J. LINDEMAN, Roberto GARCIA
  • Patent number: 11841265
    Abstract: A system for near-surface subsurface imaging for detecting and characterizing subsurface heterogeneities comprises a non-contact acoustic source that senses a plurality of acoustic waves that travel through a surface; an instrument that outputs probing electromagnetic signals through the surface that interact and are affected by scattered signals of the acoustic waves and further senses vibrational modes of a subsurface below the surface; an imaging device that dynamically generates a time sequence of images of properties of the acoustic waves and maps elastic wave fields of the acoustic waves; and a processor that analyzes dynamic multi-wave data of the images to quantify spatial variations in the mechanical and viscoelastic properties of the subsurface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: The Trustees of Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Stephen Brown, Thomas Szabo, Daniel R. Burns, Michael Fehler
  • Publication number: 20200116555
    Abstract: A system for near-surface subsurface imaging for detecting and characterizing subsurface heterogeneities comprises a non-contact acoustic source that senses a plurality of acoustic waves that travel through a surface; an instrument that outputs probing electromagnetic signals through the surface that interact and are affected by scattered signals of the acoustic waves and further senses vibrational modes of a subsurface below the surface; an imaging device that dynamically generates a time sequence of images of properties of the acoustic waves and maps elastic wave fields of the acoustic waves; and a processor that analyzes dynamic multi-wave data of the images to quantify spatial variations in the mechanical and viscoelastic properties of the subsurface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Brown, Thomas Szabo, Daniel R. Burns, Michael Fehler
  • Publication number: 20200116881
    Abstract: A system for near-surface geophysical subsurface imaging for detecting and characterizing subsurface heterogeneities comprises an instrument that outputs probing electromagnetic signals through a ground surface that interact and are affected by scattered signals of acoustic waves that travel through the ground surface and further senses vibrational modes of a subsurface below the ground surface; an imaging device that dynamically generates a time sequence of images of properties of the acoustic waves and maps elastic wave fields of the acoustic waves; and a processor that analyzes dynamic multi-wave data of the images to quantify spatial variations in the mechanical and viscoelastic properties of the subsurface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Brown, Thomas Szabo, Daniel R. Burns, Michael Fehler