Patents by Inventor David Ferguson
David Ferguson 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: 20240084222Abstract: A benefit agent delivery particle comprising a core-shell structure in which a shell entraps a core containing benefit agent, wherein said shell comprises polyester.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVERInventors: Martin Charles CROSSMAN, Paul FERGUSON, David Richard Arthur MEALING
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Publication number: 20240083883Abstract: The present invention provides RAD51 inhibitors having the structural formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. Also provided are methods of treating or preventing cancer comprising administration of the compounds of the present invention, as well as uses of the compounds to induce a synergistic effect with known chemotherapeutic.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Mark David VINCENT, Peter John Ferguson, Donald James Koropatnick
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Patent number: 11917510Abstract: One or more Bluetooth® low energy (BLE) beacons in communication with a remote server that provides check in capabilities and payment capabilities may be installed at a location. The BLE beacons may connect with a user's mobile device when the user enters the location and allow the user to check in to the location and authorize payments to be made at the location. Once the user is checked in to the location, the user may be provided with additional functionality, benefits, offers, and applications related to the location and facilitated by the check in. Further, the user may be pre-checked in into a next location when the user is at a current location.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventors: Kent Griffin, John Hastings Granbery, Hill Ferguson, David Marcus, Michael Charles Todasco
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Publication number: 20240001556Abstract: According to one aspect, a method includes obtaining a request to remotely operate a robotic assistant, the robotic assistant including at least one sensor configured to collect data associated with an environment around the robotic assistant. The method also includes identifying a first teleoperations system to remotely operate the robotic assistant in response to the request, the first teleoperations system being one of a plurality of teleoperations systems, and assigning the first teleoperations system to remotely operate the robotic assistant. At least one privacy-related instruction is implemented with respect to the first teleoperations system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Nuro, Inc.Inventors: David Ferguson, Jiajun Zhu
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Patent number: 11830058Abstract: An autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle fleet comprising a plurality of autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles for providing an assortment of items to a customer or a potential customer after such customer or potential customer summons the one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles in an unstructured open or closed environment. Each autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle comprises one or more compartments configured to contain and secure the assortment of the items to be selected once the summoned autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle arrives to a customer or potential customer.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Nuro, Inc.Inventors: David Ferguson, Jiajun Zhu, Pichayut Jirapinyo, Nan Ransohoff
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Publication number: 20230144456Abstract: According to one aspect, a platform for providing at least one item to a customer is disclosed. The platform includes an autonomous, semi-autonomous, or fully autonomous vehicle that includes at least one compartment configured to contain a first item ordered by the customer and to contain a second item not ordered by the customer. The platform further includes an application including an ordering module configured to obtain an order from the customer that includes the first item, and a release detection module configured to determine when the first item has been removed from the at least one compartment and configured to determine when the second item has been removed from the at least one compartment. In one embodiment, the second item is predicted using a machine learning algorithm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: Nuro, Inc.Inventors: David Ferguson, Jiajun Zhu, Pichayut Jirapinyo, Nan Ransohoff
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Patent number: 11645696Abstract: An autonomous robot vehicle in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure includes a conveyance system and a compartment coupled to the conveyance system. The conveyance system autonomously drives the autonomous robotic vehicle between one or more storage locations and one or more delivery locations. The compartment receives one or more items stored at the one more storage locations. The compartment includes a temperature control module configured to maintain the compartment within a predetermined temperature range to provide temperature control for the one or more items as the conveyance system drives between the one or more storage locations and the one or more delivery locations.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: NURO, INC.Inventors: David Ferguson, Jiajun Zhu, Nan Ransohoff
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Patent number: 11636433Abstract: An system and a method for the detection and visualization of reported ethics cases is disclosed. The system receives a set of digital records corresponding to a reported ethics violations. The system converts each of the digital records from the set of digital records into a common digital format. The system deconstructs the uniform text structure of each digital recorded by a natural language processing module to lemmatize words, remove punctuation, and remove stop words. The system inputs each deconstructed uniform text structure into a binary machine learning data model. The system inputs each deconstructed uniform text structure into a multiclass machine learning data model. The system inputs the determined value and the label to an ensemble machine learning data model. The system prioritizes reported ethics violations into one or more lists based on the determination of the possible class and transmits the list to a user interface.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: David Ferguson, Saba Beyene, Bin Liu
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Patent number: 11620694Abstract: A managing apparatus for positioning rental vehicles includes a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to cause the managing apparatus to access model information and location information for a plurality of autonomous vehicles, receive a request including a delivery location and a chosen model for renting, select an autonomous vehicle of the chosen model from among the plurality of autonomous vehicles based on the model information, the location information, and the delivery location, instruct the selected autonomous vehicle to fully-autonomously or semi-autonomously travel to the delivery location, and instruct the selected autonomous vehicle to switch to manual operation mode at the delivery location for manual operation by a vehicle rental customer.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Nuro, Inc.Inventors: David Ferguson, Jiajun Zhu, Cosimo Leipold
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Patent number: 11574352Abstract: An autonomous robotic vehicle includes a conveyance system, a securable compartment configured to autonomously lock and unlock, a customer identification reader, at least one processor, and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the autonomous robotic vehicle to, autonomously: travel to a destination location of a customer; capture, by the customer identification reader at the destination location, a customer identification object; determine that the captured customer identification object matches an identity of the customer; unlock the securable compartment based on the determination; capture, by the product identification reader, a product identifier; and accept a product to be returned by locking the securable compartment. The securable compartment contains a product identification reader.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: NURO, INC.Inventors: David Ferguson, Jiajun Zhu, Cosimo Leipold, Pichayut Jirapinyo
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Patent number: 11568470Abstract: An autonomous robot vehicle includes a front side and an energy absorbing system. The front side includes a front bumper and a front face including a frame defining a cavity. The energy absorbing system includes an energy absorbing member mounted in the cavity of the frame, and an inflatable airbag. The energy absorbing member is configured to reduce impact on an object struck by the autonomous robot vehicle. The inflatable airbag is mounted on the front side of the autonomous robot vehicle such that when the inflatable airbag is deployed, the inflatable airbag is external to the autonomous robot vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: NURO, INCInventors: David Ferguson, Jiajun Zhu, Nick Vines, Russell Smith
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Patent number: 11556970Abstract: In accordance with aspects of the present disclosure, an autonomous robot vehicle is disclosed. In various embodiments, the autonomous robot vehicle includes a conveyance system, a securable compartment configured to autonomously lock and unlock where the securable compartment contains an item for delivery to a particular individual, a personal identification reader, at least one processor, and a memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor(s), cause the autonomous robot vehicle to, autonomously, travel to a destination location of the particular individual, capture by the personal identification reader at the destination location a personal identification object, determine that the captured personal identification object matches an identity of the particular individual, and unlock the securable compartment based on the determination.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: NURO, INC.Inventors: David Ferguson, Jiajun Zhu, Nan Ransohoff
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Patent number: 11551278Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing transportation or delivery services using a fleet of mixed vehicles. A computer-implemented method of providing services using a fleet of mixed vehicles includes receiving at a server a request for a service, determining parameters for the service, selecting by the server a vehicle from a fleet of mixed vehicles to perform at least a portion of the service based on the determined parameters, and transmitting a message to the selected vehicle to perform the at least a portion of the service. The fleet of mixed vehicles includes at least two of: a semi-autonomous vehicle, a fully-autonomous vehicle, a vehicle remotely operated by a human, or a human driven vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: NURO, INC.Inventors: David Ferguson, Jiajun Zhu, Cosimo Leipold, Pichayut Jirapinyo
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Patent number: 11467574Abstract: Provided herein are platforms for determining a non-navigational quality of at least one infrastructure by a plurality of autonomous or semi-autonomous land vehicles through infrastructure recognition and assessment.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Nuro, Inc.Inventors: David Ferguson, Jiajun Zhu, Cosimo Leipold, Pichayut Jirapinyo
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Patent number: 11449050Abstract: Provided herein are platforms for determining a real-time human behavior analysis of an unmanned vehicle by a plurality of autonomous or semi-autonomous land vehicles through infrastructure recognition and assessment. The platforms determine a real-time parking status for a plurality of parking locations, a platform for detecting a traffic violation by a manned vehicle at a roadway location, and a platform for monitoring security of a physical location.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Nuro, Inc.Inventors: David Ferguson, Jiajun Zhu, Cosimo Leipold, Pichayut Jirapinyo
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Publication number: 20220292573Abstract: Provided herein is an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle fleet comprising a plurality of electric autonomous vehicles for apportioned display of a media, operating autonomously and a fleet management module for coordination of the autonomous vehicle fleet. Each autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle comprising a screen configured to display the media. Activation, deactivation, brightness modification, in combination with specific media selection enables more efficient media display.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: Nuro, Inc.Inventors: David FERGUSON, Jiajun ZHU, Pichayut JIRAPINYO, Cosimo LEIPOLD
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Publication number: 20220289744Abstract: The invention provides the compound: or a salt thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and methods for treating a pathological condition in an animal with the compound or with a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAInventor: David Ferguson
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Publication number: 20220180419Abstract: A delivery system includes a database configured to store information of a customer where the information includes a default payment method, a communication system configured to communicate with an autonomous vehicle and with a device of the customer, where the device includes a display screen having a button to summon an autonomous vehicle, at least one processor, and a memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the delivery system to receive an indication via the communication system that the button on the device of the customer has been clicked, and instruct the autonomous vehicle to travel to a location of the customer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2022Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: David Ferguson, Jiajun Zhu, Pichayut Jirapinyo, Nan Ransohoff
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Patent number: 11341560Abstract: Provided herein is an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle fleet comprising a plurality of electric autonomous vehicle for apportioned display of a media, operating autonomously and a fleet management module for coordination of the autonomous vehicle fleet. Each autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle comprising a screen configured to display the media. Activation, deactivation, brightness modification, in combination with specific media selection enables more efficient media display.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: NURO, INC.Inventors: David Ferguson, Jiajun Zhu, Pichayut Jirapinyo, Cosimo Leipold
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Publication number: 20220114645Abstract: An autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle fleet comprising a plurality of autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles for providing an assortment of items to a customer or a potential customer after such customer or potential customer summons the one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles in an unstructured open or closed environment. Each autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle comprises one or more compartments configured to contain and secure the assortment of the items to be selected once the summoned autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle arrives to a customer or potential customer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: Nuro, Inc.Inventors: David FERGUSON, Jiajun ZHU, Pichayut JIRAPINYO, Nan RANSOHOFF