Patents by Inventor Mark Fry

Mark Fry 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).

  • Publication number: 20240078795
    Abstract: Systems and methods of detecting a vortex made by a travelling object is disclosed. In some configurations, a graphic recognition algorithm and vortex similarity engine are used to determine whether a visual media file captured by a media collector contains a vortex. The vortex similarity engine may be configured to determine or identify certain properties about the travelling object based on the travelling object vortex. In some configurations, a computer may trigger an alert if a travelling object vortex is not expected to be in the visual media file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Mark Fry
  • Patent number: 11922676
    Abstract: Systems and methods of detecting a vortex made by a travelling object is disclosed. Techniques include positioning a media collector to capture a visual media file of the vortex. In some configurations, a graphic recognition algorithm and vortex similarity engine are used to determine whether a visual media file captured by a media collector contains a vortex. In some configurations, a computer may trigger an alert if a travelling object vortex is not expected to be in the visual media file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Mark A. Fry
  • Publication number: 20240046801
    Abstract: Systems and methods of detecting a vortex made by a travelling object is disclosed. Techniques include positioning a media collector to capture a visual media file of the vortex. In some configurations, a graphic recognition algorithm and vortex similarity engine are used to determine whether a visual media file captured by a media collector contains a vortex. In some configurations, a computer may trigger an alert if a travelling object vortex is not expected to be in the visual media file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Mark A. Fry
  • Publication number: 20230410665
    Abstract: Systems and methods of detecting a vortex made by a travelling object is disclosed. Techniques include positioning a media collector to capture a visual media file of the vortex. In some configurations, a graphic recognition algorithm and vortex similarity engine are used to determine whether a visual media file captured by a media collector contains a vortex. In some configurations, a computer may trigger an alert if a travelling object vortex is not expected to be in the visual media file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Mark A. Fry
  • Publication number: 20230410470
    Abstract: Systems and methods of detecting a vortex made by a travelling object is disclosed. Techniques include positioning a media collector to capture a visual media file of the vortex. In some configurations, a graphic recognition algorithm and vortex similarity engine are used to determine whether a visual media file captured by a media collector contains a vortex. In some configurations, a computer may trigger an alert if a travelling object vortex is not expected to be in the visual media file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Mark A. Fry
  • Patent number: 11810448
    Abstract: A health monitor for monitoring the health a user. The system may comprise an edge computing device, a computer, and a health monitor. The health monitor may comprise a sensor module connected to one or more sensors. The health monitor may comprise a data storage logic configured to store the sensor data. The computer may comprise an emergency dispatch module configured to contact an emergency dispatch system; and a healthcare contact module configured to contact a healthcare provider. The health monitor may comprise a command module configured to receive third party contact information; a biographic intake module configured to receive biographic information about the user; and a third-party contact module configured to send a message to a third party; said message comprising sensor module data and the biographic information of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Mark Fry
  • Publication number: 20230177947
    Abstract: A health monitor for monitoring the health a user. The system may comprise an edge computing device, a computer, and a health monitor. The health monitor may comprise a sensor module connected to one or more sensors. The health monitor may comprise a data storage logic configured to store the sensor data. The computer may comprise an emergency dispatch module configured to contact an emergency dispatch system; and a healthcare contact module configured to contact a healthcare provider. The health monitor may comprise a command module configured to receive third party contact information; a biographic intake module configured to receive biographic information about the user; and a third-party contact module configured to send a message to a third party; said message comprising sensor module data and the biographic information of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Mark Fry
  • Publication number: 20230016147
    Abstract: Systems and methods for training an artificial intelligence (AI) classifier of scanned items. The items may include a training set of sample raw scans. The set may include in-class objects and not-in-class raw scans. An AI classifier may be configured to sample raw scans in the training set, measure errors in the results, update classifier parameters based on the errors, and detect completion of training.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Mark A. Fry
  • Patent number: 11554497
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described, and an example system includes a transport bin configured to carry a baggage item and having spatial reference frame marking detectable by electromagnetic scan and by machine vision. The system includes a robotic arm apparatus at an inspection area, and includes a switched path baggage conveyor that, responsive to electromagnetic scan detection of an object-of-interest (OOI) within the baggage item, conveys the transport bin to the inspection area. The electromagnetic scan generates OOI geometric position information indicating geometric position of the OOI relative to the spatial reference frame marking. The robotic arm apparatus, responsive to receiving the transport bin, uses machine vision to detect orientation of the spatial reference frame marking, then translates OOI geometric position information to local reference frame, for robotic opening of the baggage item, and robotic accessing and contact swab testing on the OOI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Mark A. Fry
  • Patent number: 11551432
    Abstract: Systems and methods for training an artificial intelligence (AI) classifier of scanned items. The items may include a training set of sample raw scans. The set may include in-class objects and not-in-class raw scans. An AI classifier may be configured to sample raw scans in the training set, measure errors in the results, update classifier parameters based on the errors, and detect completion of training.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Mark A. Fry
  • Publication number: 20220379486
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described, and an example system includes a transport bin configured to carry a baggage item and having spatial reference frame marking detectable by electromagnetic scan and by machine vision. The system includes a robotic arm apparatus at an inspection area, and includes a switched path baggage conveyor that, responsive to electromagnetic scan detection of an object-of-interest (OOI) within the baggage item, conveys the transport bin to the inspection area. The electromagnetic scan generates OOI geometric position information indicating geometric position of the OOI relative to the spatial reference frame marking. The robotic arm apparatus, responsive to receiving the transport bin, uses machine vision to detect orientation of the spatial reference frame marking, then translates OOI geometric position information to local reference frame, for robotic opening of the baggage item, and robotic accessing and contact swab testing on the OOI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Mark A. Fry
  • Patent number: 11514266
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described, and an example method includes a training an artificial intelligence (AI) classifier of scanned items, including obtaining a training set of sample raw scans. The set includes a population of sample in-class raw scans, which include blocks of sensor data from scans of regions having in-class objects, and the set includes a population of sample not-in-class raw scans, which include blocks of sensor data from scan of regions without in-class objects. The example includes applying the AI classifier to sample raw scans in the training set, measuring errors in the results, and updating classifier parameters based on the errors, until detecting a training completion state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Mark A. Fry
  • Patent number: 11420336
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described, and an example system includes a transport bin configured to carry a baggage item and having spatial reference frame marking detectable by electromagnetic scan and by machine vision. The system includes a robotic arm apparatus at an inspection area, and includes a switched path baggage conveyor that, responsive to electromagnetic scan detection of an object-of-interest (OOI) within the baggage item, conveys the transport bin to the inspection area. The electromagnetic scan generates OOI geometric position information indicating geometric position of the OOI relative to the spatial reference frame marking. The robotic arm apparatus, responsive to receiving the transport bin, uses machine vision to detect orientation of the spatial reference frame marking, then translates OOI geometric position information to local reference frame, for robotic opening of the baggage item, and robotic accessing and contact swab testing on the OOI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Mark A. Fry
  • Patent number: 11415490
    Abstract: In an example, a sample collection apparatus to collect sample from a detection subject disposed in a sample collection zone includes a circumferential ring tubing surrounding an interior and configured to be moved between first ring tubing position and second ring tubing position. The circumferential ring tubing includes air nozzles along a circumferential length of the ring tubing to direct targeted air flow within the sample collection zone as the ring tubing is moved between the first ring tubing position and the second ring tubing position, to blow air toward the detection subject in the sample collection zone in the interior and to push a sample of the detection subject via an air flow toward a receptacle. Adjustable actuators are affixed along a periphery of the circumferential ring tubing to adjust the circumferential length of the circumferential ring tubing between a first circumferential length and a second circumferential length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Mark Fry
  • Publication number: 20220227001
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described, and an example system includes a transport bin configured to carry a baggage item and having spatial reference frame marking detectable by electromagnetic scan and by machine vision. The system includes a robotic arm apparatus at an inspection area, and includes a switched path baggage conveyor that, responsive to electromagnetic scan detection of an object-of-interest (OOI) within the baggage item, conveys the transport bin to the inspection area. The electromagnetic scan generates OOI geometric position information indicating geometric position of the OOI relative to the spatial reference frame marking. The robotic arm apparatus, responsive to receiving the transport bin, uses machine vision to detect orientation of the spatial reference frame marking, then translates OOI geometric position information to local reference frame, for robotic opening of the baggage item, and robotic accessing and contact swab testing on the OOI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Mark A. Fry
  • Patent number: 11379693
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described, and an example method includes a training an artificial intelligence (AI) classifier of electromagnetic (EM) scanned items, including obtaining a training set of sample raw EM scans. The set includes a population of sample in-class raw EM scans, which include blocks of EM sensor data from EM scans of regions having in-class objects, and the set includes a population of sample not-in-class raw EM scans, which include blocks of EM sensor data from EM scan of regions without in-class objects. The example includes applying the AI classifier to sample raw EM scans in the training set, measuring errors in the results, and updating classifier parameters based on the errors, until detecting a training completion state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Mark A. Fry
  • Publication number: 20220205879
    Abstract: In an example, a sample collection apparatus to collect sample from a detection subject disposed in a sample collection zone includes a circumferential ring tubing surrounding an interior and configured to be moved between first ring tubing position and second ring tubing position. The circumferential ring tubing includes air nozzles along a circumferential length of the ring tubing to direct targeted air flow within the sample collection zone as the ring tubing is moved between the first ring tubing position and the second ring tubing position, to blow air toward the detection subject in the sample collection zone in the interior and to push a sample of the detection subject via an air flow toward a receptacle. Adjustable actuators are affixed along a periphery of the circumferential ring tubing to adjust the circumferential length of the circumferential ring tubing between a first circumferential length and a second circumferential length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Mark Fry
  • Patent number: 11313771
    Abstract: In an example, a sample collection apparatus to collect sample from a detection subject includes a circumferential ring tubing surrounding an interior and configured to be moved between bottom ring tubing position and top ring tubing position. The circumferential ring tubing includes air nozzles along a circumferential length of the ring tubing to direct air flow toward the interior as the ring tubing is moved from the top ring tubing position to the bottom ring tubing position, to blow air toward the detection subject in a sample collection zone in the interior and to push a sample of the detection subject via an air flow toward a platform on which the detection subject is positioned. The sample includes particles and/or vapor of the detection subject. A receptacle is disposed below the platform to collect the sample carried by the air flow through collection openings of the platform to the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as renresenten by the Secretary of Homeland Securitv
    Inventor: Mark Fry
  • Publication number: 20220120645
    Abstract: In an example, a sample collection apparatus to collect sample from a detection subject includes a circumferential ring tubing surrounding an interior and configured to be moved between bottom ring tubing position and top ring tubing position. The circumferential ring tubing includes air nozzles along a circumferential length of the ring tubing to direct air flow toward the interior as the ring tubing is moved from the top ring tubing position to the bottom ring tubing position, to blow air toward the detection subject in a sample collection zone in the interior and to push a sample of the detection subject via an air flow toward a platform on which the detection subject is positioned. The sample includes particles and/or vapor of the detection subject. A receptacle is disposed below the platform to collect the sample carried by the air flow through collection openings of the platform to the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Mark Fry
  • Patent number: 11254011
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described, and an example system includes a transport bin configured to carry a baggage item and having spatial reference frame marking detectable by electromagnetic scan and by machine vision. The system includes a robotic arm apparatus at an inspection area, and includes a switched path baggage conveyor that, responsive to electromagnetic scan detection of an object-of-interest (OOI) within the baggage item, conveys the transport bin to the inspection area. The electromagnetic scan generates OOI geometric position information indicating geometric position of the OOI relative to the spatial reference frame marking. The robotic arm apparatus, responsive to receiving the transport bin, uses machine vision to detect orientation of the spatial reference frame marking, then translates OOI geometric position information to local reference frame, for robotic opening of the baggage item, and robotic accessing and contact swab testing on the OOI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Mark A. Fry