Patents by Inventor David Mason
David Mason 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: 11386661Abstract: A method of creating a light script for a video is disclosed. The light script comprises lighting control instructions for controlling one or more light sources when the video is being displayed.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Anthonie Hendrik Bergman, Simon Rycroft, Jonathan David Mason, Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Jacobus Dingenis Machiel Van Boven
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Patent number: 11376100Abstract: Embodiments are provided for digital dental modeling. One method embodiment includes receiving a three-dimensional data set including a first jaw and a second jaw of a three-dimensional digital dental model and receiving a two-dimensional data set corresponding to at least a portion of the first jaw and the second jaw. The method includes mapping two-dimensional data of the two-dimensional data set to the three-dimensional digital dental model by transforming a coordinate system of the two-dimensional data to a coordinate system of the three-dimensional data set. The method includes positioning the first jaw with respect to the second jaw based on the two-dimensional data mapped to the three-dimensional data set. The method includes using at least a portion of the two-dimensional data mapped to the three-dimensional data set as a target of movement of the first jaw with respect to the second jaw in the three-dimensional digital dental model.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Anatoliy Boltunov, Yury Brailov, Fedor Chelnokov, Roman Roschin, David Mason
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Patent number: 11334643Abstract: Exemplary embodiments allow contextual editing to proceed in real time while the editor views the actual web page (or other page) being edited. The editing may change the underlying content without changing the look and feel of the web page. Example embodiments enable an editor or web page developer to make changes to already published content by changing cached or locally stored content without changing the original content stored in databases.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2016Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: WP Company, LLCInventors: Gregory Franczyk, Timothy Kim, Lucas David Mason
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Patent number: 11266484Abstract: The present invention relates to orthodontic positioning appliances that represent teeth in desired positions and related systems and methods. An appliance can include teeth receiving cavities shaped to receive and apply a resilient positioning force to a patient's teeth. An appliance can include an outer component having a surface representing teeth in desired positions. An outer component can be integral with an appliance. An outer component can be separate and configured to couple with an appliance main body.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: David Mason, Eric Kuo
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Publication number: 20220015868Abstract: Methods and systems for predicting a future dental or orthodontic condition(s) are provided. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for calculating a future position of an intraoral object of a patient's intraoral cavity is provided. The method can comprise receiving first and second digital data representative of an actual state of the intraoral cavity at first and second time points. The method can comprise processing data including the first and second digital data so as to determine a velocity of an intraoral object of the intraoral cavity over the first and second time points. A future position of the intraoral object at a future time point can be determined based on the velocity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: David MASON, Douglas Brandt
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Publication number: 20220015212Abstract: A method comprises detecting that a light device (61) which has not been commissioned into a lighting system has been added to the lighting system. The method further comprises determining whether the entertainment mode is active, adding the light device to the entertainment group (51,52,53) upon detecting that the light device has been added to the lighting system in dependence on the entertainment mode being active, and controlling the light device to render one or more light effects synchronized to the y media content in the entertainment mode after the light device has been added to the entertainment group. The method further comprises detecting that the light device is unavailable and removing the light device from the entertainment group upon detecting that the light device is unavailable.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: DZMITRY VIKTOROVICH ALIAKSEYEU, JONATHAN DAVID MASON
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Patent number: 11224111Abstract: A method 800 of controlling at least one lighting device 110 in a space is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2016Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Berent Willem Meerbeek, Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Sanae Chraibi, Jonathan David Mason
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Patent number: 11163367Abstract: The invention is directed at a method of obtaining gesture zone definition data for a control system based on user input, wherein said user input is obtained through a mobile communication device external to said control system, the method comprising: receiving, by an image capture device, images of a space, and determining from the images, by a controller, a location data of the mobile communication device; providing, through the mobile communication device, a feedback signal in response to said determining of the location data, the feedback signal providing feedback information on said location data; receiving, via an input unit of the mobile communication device, an input signal indicative of an instruction command, and determining, by the controller, based on said instruction command, the gesture zone definition data. The invention is further directed at a method of operating a mobile communication device, to a computer program product, and to a control system.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Jonathan David Mason, Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Sanae Chraibi
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Patent number: 11147652Abstract: Methods and systems for predicting a future dental or orthodontic condition(s) are provided. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for calculating a future position of an intraoral object of a patient's intraoral cavity is provided. The method can include receiving first and second digital data representative of an actual state of the intraoral cavity at first and second time points. The method can include processing data including the first and second digital data so as to determine a velocity of an intraoral object of the intraoral cavity over the first and second time points. A future position of the intraoral object at a future time point can be determined based on the velocity.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: David Mason, Douglas Brandt
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Publication number: 20210319707Abstract: Example methods and systems for contingency landing a UAV are provided, comprising sensors configured to detect a position of the UAV and a command module. The command module receives a mission profile comprising a travel path mapped out in multidimensional space over time from an origin to a destination, a first boundary circumscribing at least a portion of the travel path, a second boundary circumscribing the first boundary, and contingent landing sites. The command module sends instructions to the UAV to fly according to the mission profile and determines a position of the UAV relative to the first and the second boundaries. Responsive to determining that the UAV is positioned at the first boundary, the command module sends instructions to land at a contingent landing site, and responsive to determining that the UAV is positioned at the second boundary, the command module sends instructions to land immediately.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2020Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Brandon Brown, David Mason, Eric Hathaway
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Publication number: 20210289608Abstract: A lighting control method and apparatus for controlling illumination of a space in which pressure of a user input to an input device can be detected, and is used to control a system of one or more lighting devices. The input may be to a touchscreen of a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet having a pressure sensing screen. The detected pressure controls the extent to which a lighting effect is applied. A lighting effect may be uniform, such as a constant brightness or a particular color, or it can be a more complex effect involving a mix of parameters of color and brightness across different luminaries. The extent may refer to the number of luminaires to which the effect is applied, or to the physical distance over which the effect is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2017Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: DZMITRY VIKTOROVICH ALIAKSEYEU, JONATHAN DAVID MASON
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Patent number: 11087240Abstract: System (100) for enabling a secure handover of information between an outgoing user and an incoming user, the system comprising: an interface (120) for accessing handover data (122), the handover data being indicative of information to be communicated from the outgoing user (010) to the incoming user (020) during a handover event; and a monitoring subsystem (140) for i) receiving sensor data (042) from a sensor (040) monitoring the handover event, ii) based on the handover data, determining one or more attributes indicative of communication of the information, and iii) analyzing the sensor data in dependence on the one or more attributes to determine whether the information has been communicated to the incoming user during the handover event; a reporting subsystem (160) for reporting on a result of said determining.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Jonathan David Mason, Angelique Carin Johanna Maria Brosens-Kessels, Jia Du, Paul Augustinus Peter Kaufholz
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Publication number: 20210228876Abstract: A method to provide skin care treatment is provided. The method includes receiving, by an electrical stimulator apparatus, programmable instructions from an external device for a skin care treatment. The electrical stimulator apparatus delivers an electric current to an area of skin through a plurality of electrodes. The electric current is controlled based on the skin care treatment. The external device presents guidance corresponding with the skin care treatment. The guidance is configured to aid a user in operating the electrical stimulator apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: ZIIP, INC.Inventors: David MASON, Melanie SIMON, Ron LISIECKI
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Publication number: 20210206987Abstract: A conductive ink composition is disclosed comprising conductive solids and a medium, wherein the conductive solids comprise glass flakes coated with an electrically conductive coating. Optionally, the electrically conductive coating may comprise a conductor selected from the group comprising silver, nickel, gold, metal nanoparticles, indium tin oxide, fluorine doped tin oxide. The conductive ink composition may comprise a percentage by weight of glass flakes coated with an electrically conductive coating less than or equal to 50%. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the conductive ink composition, a printed article, and a method of manufacturing the printed article.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2018Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicants: PILKINGTON GROUP LIMITED, NGF EUROPE LIMITEDInventor: DAVID MASON
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Patent number: 11057671Abstract: A method of controlling a connected lighting system based on audio-visual content. The method comprises automatically performing operations of: color extraction from an image comprised in video component of the audio-visual content, calculating an audio intensity level of an audio sample of the audio component of the audio-visual content, determining of a first target light color and a first audio intensity level based on the extracted color and the calculated audio intensity level; and controlling at least one lighting device according to the determined first target light color and the first audio intensity level. This method provides for control in a manner which increases immersion of a user experiencing the audio-visual content as being rendered by, for example a TV, through providing light effects by a connected lighting system.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Simon Rycroft, Jonathan David Mason, Anthonie Hendrik Bergman, Jacobus Dingenis Machiel Van Boven
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Publication number: 20210178159Abstract: A method for providing electrical current treatment by an apparatus having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a processor is provided. The method includes delivering an electric current through an object in contact with the first electrode and the second electrode; controlling, by the processor, the electric current delivered by the first electrode and the second electrode to have a specific waveform; and providing a notification at a predetermined time to notify a user to move the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: ZIIP, INC.Inventors: David MASON, Melanie SIMON, Ron LISIECKI
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Patent number: 11038708Abstract: A controller handles control events in a system of networked home devices by: receiving a signal indicative of a control event, which is an actuation of a user input device; and in response, determining whether to perform a control function associated with a networked home device, that determination being made in dependence on a state of interaction between that device and a physical environment in which it is located at a time of the control event. If the control function is performed in response to the control event, it causes the networked home device to perform an action that changes the state of interaction between that device and the physical environment in which it is located. Otherwise, the controller causes another control function associated with a different networked home device of the system to be performed in response to the control event instead.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Jonathan David Mason, Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Huon Urbald Ogier Norbert Van De Laarschot
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Patent number: 11023952Abstract: According to one aspect disclosed herein, there is provided a method of using a lighting system comprising multiple luminaires, the method comprising: gathering information relating to a placement of a plurality of the luminaires within the environment; based on the gathered information, deducing one or more spatial characteristics of the environment, the spatial characteristics comprising information on one or more zones of the environment; and storing an environment profile for the environment in a storage location accessible by a recommendation engine, the environment profile comprising at least the spatial characteristics of the one or more zones, thereby causing the recommendation engine to filter a set of items based on the spatial characteristics and thereby recommend a subset of the items resulting from the filtering.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Jonathan David Mason, Berent Willem Meerbeek, Sanae Chraibi
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Publication number: 20210113302Abstract: Embodiments are provided for digital dental modeling. One method embodiment includes receiving a three-dimensional data set including a first jaw and a second jaw of a three-dimensional digital dental model and receiving a two-dimensional data set corresponding to at least a portion of the first jaw and the second jaw. The method includes mapping two-dimensional data of the two-dimensional data set to the three-dimensional digital dental model by transforming a coordinate system of the two-dimensional data to a coordinate system of the three-dimensional data set. The method includes positioning the first jaw with respect to the second jaw based on the two-dimensional data mapped to the three-dimensional data set. The method includes using at least a portion of the two-dimensional data mapped to the three-dimensional data set as a target of movement of the first jaw with respect to the second jaw in the three-dimensional digital dental model.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Anatoliy BOLTUNOV, Yury BRAILOV, Fedor CHELNOKOV, Roman ROSCHIN, David MASON
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Patent number: 10967180Abstract: A method for providing electrical current treatment by an apparatus having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a processor is provided. The method includes delivering an electric current through an object in contact with the first electrode and the second electrode; controlling, by the processor, the electric current delivered by the first electrode and the second electrode to have a specific waveform; and providing a notification at a predetermined time to notify a user to move the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: ZIIP, INC.Inventors: David Mason, Melanie Simon, Ron Lisiecki