Patents by Inventor Michael E. Lhamon
Michael E. Lhamon 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: 11393974Abstract: Sensing an environment by confining a monitored live subject in an enclosure, detecting an effect on a coaxial piezoelectric cable resulting from the monitored live subject, wherein the coaxial piezoelectric cable is located at least proximate to the enclosure, and deriving information about a state of the monitored live subject based on the detected effect.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Signal Solutions, LLCInventors: Anuj Agarwal, Michael E. Lhamon
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Publication number: 20210212293Abstract: A rack system including a plurality of cages, wherein each cage comprises a respective plurality of outside surfaces, a plurality of housing areas, each housing area corresponding to a respective one cage of the plurality of cages, each housing area comprising a respective plurality of inside surfaces of the rack system and arranged to support at least a portion of one of the respective plurality of outside surfaces of its corresponding one cage, and a plurality of coaxial piezoelectric cables, each coaxial piezoelectric cable corresponding to a respective one cage of the plurality of cages and at least indirectly coupled to its corresponding one cage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Michael E. Lhamon, Anuj Agarwal
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Publication number: 20210098684Abstract: Sensing an environment by confining a monitored live subject in an enclosure, detecting an effect on a coaxial piezoelectric cable resulting from the monitored live subject, wherein the coaxial piezoelectric cable is located at least proximate to the enclosure, and deriving information about a state of the monitored live subject based on the detected effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Anuj Agarwal, Michael E. Lhamon
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Patent number: 10939669Abstract: A rack system including a plurality of cages, wherein each cage comprises a respective plurality of outside surfaces, a plurality of housing areas, each housing area corresponding to a respective one cage of the plurality of cages, each housing area comprising a respective plurality of inside surfaces of the rack system and arranged to support at least a portion of one of the respective plurality of outside surfaces of its corresponding one cage, and a plurality of coaxial piezoelectric cables, each coaxial piezoelectric cable corresponding to a respective one cage of the plurality of cages and at least indirectly coupled to its corresponding one cage.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Signal Solutions, LLCInventors: Michael E. Lhamon, Anuj Agarwal
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Patent number: 10804456Abstract: Sensing an environment by confining a monitored live subject in an enclosure, detecting an effect on a coaxial piezoelectric cable resulting from the monitored live subject, wherein the coaxial piezoelectric cable is located at least proximate to the enclosure, and deriving information about a state of the monitored live subject based on the detected effect.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Signal Solutions, LLCInventors: Anuj Agarwal, Michael E. Lhamon
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Publication number: 20200235285Abstract: Sensing an environment by confining a monitored live subject in an enclosure, detecting an effect on a coaxial piezoelectric cable resulting from the monitored live subject, wherein the coaxial piezoelectric cable is located at least proximate to the enclosure, and deriving information about a state of the monitored live subject based on the detected effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Anuj Agarwal, Michael E. Lhamon
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Patent number: 10615332Abstract: Sensing an environment by confining a monitored live subject in an enclosure, detecting an effect on a coaxial piezoelectric cable resulting from the monitored live subject, wherein the coaxial piezoelectric cable is located at least proximate to the enclosure, and deriving information about a state of the monitored live subject based on the detected effect.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Signal Solutions, LLCInventors: Anuj Agarwal, Michael E. Lhamon
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Publication number: 20180325083Abstract: A rack system including a plurality of cages, wherein each cage comprises a respective plurality of outside surfaces, a plurality of housing areas, each housing area corresponding to a respective one cage of the plurality of cages, each housing area comprising a respective plurality of inside surfaces of the rack system and arranged to support at least a portion of one of the respective plurality of outside surfaces of its corresponding one cage, and a plurality of coaxial piezoelectric cables, each coaxial piezoelectric cable corresponding to a respective one cage of the plurality of cages and at least indirectly coupled to its corresponding one cage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2017Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Michael E. Lhamon, Anuj Agarwal
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Publication number: 20180325384Abstract: Sensing an environment by confining a monitored live subject in an enclosure, detecting an effect on a coaxial piezoelectric cable resulting from the monitored live subject, wherein the coaxial piezoelectric cable is located at least proximate to the enclosure, and deriving information about a state of the monitored live subject based on the detected effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2017Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Anuj Agarwal, Michael E. Lhamon
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Patent number: 9534958Abstract: Detecting infrared radiation from a rodent in a cage using an infrared sensor array with a field of view that corresponds to a moving area of the rodent to determine position, velocity, head position, etc. and determining a behavior of the rodent based on the detected infrared radiation.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Inventors: Michael E. Lhamon, Anuj Agarwal
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Patent number: 7676090Abstract: A system can include a system processor that is programmed or adapted to classify pixels in a document image, and in some instances, to enhance the document image based upon such classification. Image data including pixels is received. For each pixel in some subset of the image data, a feature vector is generated. Each pixel in the subset is classified as text or image based upon its associated feature vector. The classifications can be outputted for storage and/or further processing. Further processing can include pixel level enhancement processing. Such enhancement processing can include application of a sharpening filter to pixels classified as text and of a smoothing filter to pixels classified as image. In some instances, background suppression can be performed upon a subset of the image data prior to classification.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2006Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventors: Mohamed N. Ahmed, Brian E. Cooper, Michael E. Lhamon
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Patent number: 7388693Abstract: A scanning or copying system can include imaging elements and one or more system processors that are programmed or adapted to perform image processing methods and algorithms on image data, and in some instances, to enhance the image. Image data is acquired using imaging elements. Some imaging elements may have overlapping or rotated fields of view or employ differing resolutions. For each imaging element, its output is recombined together with the output of one or more other imaging elements. To perform the recombination, the system can extract features in an overlapping region and match these features in multiple images. In some instances, the features matched can be edges. Alternatively, the recombination can be performed by positioning each subimage with respect to a larger image through image matching and location techniques. Parameters from the recombined image can be extracted and these parameters can be used to correct for geometrical and spatial distortions and thereby enhance the image.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2003Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventors: Mohamed N. Ahmed, Chengwu Cui, Michael E. Lhamon, Shaun T. Love
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Patent number: 7302107Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for JPEG encoding an image that includes variable quantization for each block, depending upon the classification of each block, which is dependent on the classification of pixels in that block.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2003Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventors: Mohamed N. Ahmed, Brian E. Cooper, Michael E. Lhamon
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Patent number: 7079686Abstract: A system can include a system processor that is programmed or adapted to classify pixels in a document image, and in some instances, to enhance the document image based upon such classification. Image data including pixels is received. For each pixel in some subset of the image data, a feature vector is generated. Each pixel in the subset is classified as text or image based upon its associated feature vector. The classifications can be outputted for storage and/or further processing. Further processing can include pixel level enhancement processing. Such enhancement processing can include application of a sharpening filter to pixels classified as text and of a smoothing filter to pixels classified as image. In some instances, background suppression can be performed upon a subset of the image data prior to classification.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2002Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventors: Mohamed N. Ahmed, Brian E. Cooper, Michael E. Lhamon
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Publication number: 20040169870Abstract: A scanning or copying system can include imaging elements and one or more system processors that are programmed or adapted to perform image processing methods and algorithms on image data, and in some instances, to enhance the image. Image data is acquired using imaging elements. Some imaging elements may have overlapping or rotated fields of view or employ differing resolutions. For each imaging element, its output is recombined together with the output of one or more other imaging elements. To perform the recombination, the system can extract features in an overlapping region and match these features in multiple images. In some instances, the features matched can be edges. Alternatively, the recombination can be performed by positioning each subimage with respect to a larger image through image matching and location techniques. Parameters from the recombined image can be extracted and these parameters can be used to correct for geometrical and spatial distortions and thereby enhance the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2003Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventors: Mohamed N. Ahmed, Chengwu Cui, Michael E. Lhamon, Shaun T. Love
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Publication number: 20040037473Abstract: A system can include a system processor that is programmed or adapted to classify pixels in a document image, and in some instances, to enhance the document image based upon such classification. Image data including pixels is received. For each pixel in some subset of the image data, a feature vector is generated. Each pixel in the subset is classified as text or image based upon its associated feature vector. The classifications can be outputted for storage and/or further processing. Further processing can include pixel level enhancement processing. Such enhancement processing can include application of a sharpening filter to pixels classified as text and of a smoothing filter to pixels classified as image. In some instances, background suppression can be performed upon a subset of the image data prior to classification.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2002Publication date: February 26, 2004Inventors: Mohamed N. Ahmed, Brian E. Cooper, Michael E. Lhamon