Patents by Inventor Nicholas Grant

Nicholas Grant 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: 20240118792
    Abstract: A method for configuring a system having a wearable optical unit is disclosed. The method includes powering on the system, and in response to the system being powered on, using one or more processors to control the system to: determine whether to cause the system to run a configuration workflow, and in response to determining to cause the system to run the configuration workflow, (a) control the system in connection with configuring an interpupillary distance (IPD) for a user of the system, (b) determine whether the IPD is configured for the user, and (c) in response to determining that the IPD is configured for the user, control the system in connection with configuring a focus of the optical unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Trae Benjamin Stephens, Benjamin Eli Nelson Chelf, Nicholas Cory Johnson, John Aaron Boiles, Nicholas Grant Lewis, Kevin Robert McKinney, Steven David Oliver, Tun Yuen Yeung, Meghan Easley, Robin Porter, Jeremiah O'Leary, Keith Alsberg, Robert Samuel Clay
  • Patent number: 11830246
    Abstract: A system may be configured to collect geospatial features (in vector form) such that a software application is operable to edit an object represented by at least one vector. Some embodiments may: generate, via a trained machine learning model, a pixel map based on an aerial or satellite image; convert the pixel map into vector form; and store the vectors. This conversion may include a raster phase and a vector phase. A system may be configured to obtain another image, generate another pixel map based on the other image, convert the other pixel map into vector form, and compare the vectors to identify changes between the images. Some implementations may cause identification, based on a similarity with converted vectors, of a more trustworthy set of vectors for subsequent data source conflation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: CACI, Inc.—Federal
    Inventors: Jacob A. Fleisig, Evan M. Colvin, Peter Storm Simonson, Nicholas Grant Chidsey
  • Publication number: 20230333375
    Abstract: The present application discloses a system and device for displaying content. The system includes an optical unit that is wearable. The optical unit includes a magnifying lens, a front light, and a display. The front light illuminates the display from the front of the display to be observable by a user via the magnifying lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Trae Benjamin Stephens, Benjamin Eli Nelson Chelf, Nicholas Cory Johnson, John Aaron Boiles, Nicholas Grant Lewis, Kevin Robert McKinney, Steven David Oliver, Tun Yuen Yeung, Keith Alsberg, Jeremiah O'Leary
  • Publication number: 20230333392
    Abstract: The present application discloses a system for powering a wearable e-reader. The system includes two optical units. The two optical units are part of the system that is wearable. The optical units comprise a front lit display. The system further includes a battery. The battery powers the two optical units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin Eli Nelson Chelf, John Aaron Boiles, Nicholas Cory Johnson, Nicholas Grant Lewis
  • Publication number: 20230294093
    Abstract: An exemplary system and method are disclosed for a digital microfluidic chip cartridge and system configured for electro-wetting on dielectric (EWOD) microfluidic operations and experimental analysis. The exemplary portable lab-on-a-chip devices and systems can be configured to execute complex assays such as DNA isolation employing integrated sensor and electronics can analyze results. The EWOD or digital microfluidic cartridge can be configured with customizable assays having preloaded reagents targeted specifically for a given assay that can be used in an analysis in the field (i.e., point of care, i.e., not in a central laboratory) using a disposable or recyclable assay cartridge system. The cartridge and portable instrument can operate on specific instructions based on the algorithm intended for the assay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Chen, Nicholas Grant
  • Publication number: 20230280142
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for converting uninhibited bulk explosives or oxidiser into inhibited bulk explosives or oxidiser on demand. The apparatus disperses an inhibitor into a stream of bulk explosive/oxidiser during the conveyance between an explosive truck and a blast hole or in preparation of a bulk oxidiser for use in a bulk explosive vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: PROACTIVE GROUND SOLUTIONS PTY LTD
    Inventors: Nicholas Grant Bodley, Drew Anthony Martin, Marjana Kaker, Jeffrey Richard Andrew Anderson
  • Patent number: 11734766
    Abstract: A system is engineered to facilitate calculation of predicted perils connected with a ridesharing vehicle. The system facilitates premium endorsement that provides higher coverage than is provided under conventional products and allows drivers to work directly with their personal lines insurer in reviewing their coverage and filing a claim in the event of an accident. The subject matter facilitates higher limits while including a post-policy period audit that allows a reconciliation of high-use or high-risk driving with appropriate retroactive rate adjustments. The system also facilitates retroactive rate adjustments that would compare a policyholder’s time/distance driven or collected telematics data (including time or distance driven in each driving period) to the group average or other historical underwriting data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Daniel Carey Bernstein, Christopher Tassone, Nicholas Grant
  • Patent number: 11666412
    Abstract: A load balancing arm for a medical device support system. The load balancing arm includes a proximal hub, an adjustable bearing element, a support arm, a spring and a link. A distal end of the support arm is configured to support a medical device load and a proximal end is pivotably mounted to a main bearing element for pivotable movement about a main pivot axis. The spring extends within a cavity of the support arm and is mounted to exert a biasing force between the main pivot axis and a distal end of the spring. The link has a proximal end pivotably mounted to the adjustable bearing element for pivotable movement about an adjustable pivot axis, and a distal end pivotably mounted to the distal end of the spring such that the biasing force exerted by the spring is transmitted through the link to the adjustable bearing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: American Sterilizer Company
    Inventors: Jerime Pichler, Nicholas Grant Puterbaugh, Robert Craig Allen, Lance Clark Bellows
  • Publication number: 20230108028
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing an air sample from a human uses a collection module that has a plurality of metal oxide semiconductor sensors that have different resistance responses to different gaseous compounds. A detector circuit reads the output of the sensors as analog signals for both ambient air and the air sample from the human. The ratios of the analog signals from ambient air and from the air sample can be compared to similar information from other health and unhealthy human subjects to determine the health status of the human. In one embodiment the system is used for breath analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas Grant, Pierre Touma, Luke Rhone
  • Patent number: 11612097
    Abstract: A method of managing crops using an electronic device having an interface. Inputs of crop data is received, and each of the crop data is associated with a sample site location corresponding to each of a plurality of images captured by an image capturing device. A graph plotting one or more types of crop data including data associated with the plurality of images is generated in a first display region of the interface. A subset of sample site locations requiring one of a predetermined set of actions is displayed on the map in a second display region of the interface based on a selection within one of the plots on the graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Julie Rae Kowald, Dixon De Sheng Deng, Nicholas Grant Fulton, Oscar Alejandro De Lellis
  • Publication number: 20220233353
    Abstract: A device for extracting lens material from an eye including a distal, disposable portion releaseably coupleable to a proximal, reusable portion. The disposable portion includes a cutting tube having a distal cutting tip and an inner lumen having a distal end. The disposable portion includes an aspiration pump fluidly coupled to the inner lumen of the cutting tube and a cutting tube drive mechanism configured to oscillate the cutting tube. The reusable portion includes an aspiration pump motor configured to drive the aspiration pump and a coupler for releaseably operatively coupling the pump motor to the aspiration pump. Related devices, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Brett Carter, Scott Chamness, Luke W. Clauson, Nicholas Grant Lewis, Matthew Newell, Michael Raye, Thomas M. Rector, Michael P. Schaller
  • Patent number: 11354350
    Abstract: A method of browsing images on a user interface displaying a map. A selection of a geographical feature within the map on the user interface is received based on a selection criteria comprising a set of predefined gesture rules. A plurality of images is selected based on a proximity of each of the images to the selected geographical feature. A dynamic browsing widget is generated on the user interface having dimensions proportional to dimensions of the selected geographical feature. The selected plurality of images is browsed using the generated dynamic browsing widget.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Dixon De Sheng Deng, Julie Rae Kowald, Nicholas Grant Fulton, Oscar Alejandro De Lellis
  • Patent number: 11280136
    Abstract: A rolling depth of cut controller (DOCC) includes a first retainer including a body portion having an arcuate inner surface. The body portion extends partially around a central axis between the inner surface and an outer surface from a mating surface to an engagement surface. Further, the body portion extends axially along the central axis. The rolling DOCC also includes a second retainer secured to the first retainer at the mating surface via at least one fastening feature. Additionally, the rolling DOCC includes a rolling element disposed at least partially within a cavity formed between the first retainer and the second retainer. The rolling element is configured to rotate within the cavity about the central axis, and an exposed portion of the rolling element is configured to provide depth-of-cut control for a drill bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Van Jordan Brackin, Kelley Leigh Plunkett, Curtis Clifford Lanning, John William Varner, Nicholas Grant Allison
  • Publication number: 20220034168
    Abstract: A rolling depth of cut controller (DOCC) includes a first retainer including a body portion having an arcuate inner surface. The body portion extends partially around a central axis between the inner surface and an outer surface from a mating surface to an engagement surface. Further, the body portion extends axially along the central axis. The rolling DOCC also includes a second retainer secured to the first retainer at the mating surface via at least one fastening feature. Additionally, the rolling DOCC includes a rolling element disposed at least partially within a cavity formed between the first retainer and the second retainer. The rolling element is configured to rotate within the cavity about the central axis, and an exposed portion of the rolling element is configured to provide depth-of-cut control for a drill bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Van Jordan Brackin, Kelley Leigh Plunkett, Curtis Clifford Lanning, John William Varner, Nicholas Grant Allison
  • Publication number: 20210342586
    Abstract: A system may be configured to collect geospatial features (in vector form) such that a software application is operable to edit an object represented by at least one vector. Some embodiments may: generate, via a trained machine learning model, a pixel map based on an aerial or satellite image; convert the pixel map into vector form; and store the vectors. This conversion may include a raster phase and a vector phase. A system may be configured to obtain another image, generate another pixel map based on the other image, convert the other pixel map into vector form, and compare the vectors to identify changes between the images. Some implementations may cause identification, based on a similarity with converted vectors, of a more trustworthy set of vectors for subsequent data source conflation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jacob A. Fleisig, Evan M. Colvin, Peter Storm Simonson, Nicholas Grant Chidsey
  • Publication number: 20210342585
    Abstract: A system may be configured to collect geospatial features (in vector form) such that a software application is operable to edit an object represented by at least one vector. Some embodiments may: generate, via a trained machine learning model, a pixel map based on an aerial or satellite image; convert the pixel map into vector form; and store the vectors. This conversion may include a raster phase and a vector phase. A system may be configured to obtain another image, generate another pixel map based on the other image, convert the other pixel map into vector form, and compare the vectors to identify changes between the images. Some implementations may cause identification, based on a similarity with converted vectors, of a more trustworthy set of vectors for subsequent data source conflation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jacob A. Fleisig, Evan M. Colvin, Peter Storm Simonson, Nicholas Grant Chidsey
  • Patent number: 11138258
    Abstract: A system and method of grouping images captured using an image capture device. The method comprises receiving a plurality of images, each of the plurality of images having associated camera settings; and determining an inertial profile for the plurality of images based on acceleration data of the image capture device and an imaging entity at pre-determined length of time before and after capture of the each of the plurality of images. The method further comprises forming image groups from the received plurality of images based on the determined inertial profile, and the associated camera settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Dixon De Sheng Deng, Julie Rae Kowald, Nicholas Grant Fulton, Oscar Alejandro De Lellis
  • Patent number: 10997704
    Abstract: A method for displaying a sequence of review images related to a structure, said method comprising: receiving (501) a review target (313) for the structure and an environmental factor (305) affecting at least one property of the structure; selecting (503), from a plurality of captured images related to the structure, a plurality (321) of review images of at least a part of the structure based on the review target, the environmental factor and position information associated with the review images with respect to the structure; and causing a display device to display the selected review images ordered according to the review target to form the sequence of review images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Julie Rae Kowald, Nicholas Grant Fulton
  • Publication number: 20210081447
    Abstract: A method of browsing images on a user interface displaying a map. A selection of a geographical feature within the map on the user interface is received based on a selection criteria comprising a set of predefined gesture rules. A plurality of images is selected based on a proximity of each of the images to the selected geographical feature. A dynamic browsing widget is generated on the user interface having dimensions proportional to dimensions of the selected geographical feature. The selected plurality of images is browsed using the generated dynamic browsing widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: DIXON DE SHENG DENG, JULIE RAE KOWALD, NICHOLAS GRANT FULTON, OSCAR ALEJANDRO DE LELLIS
  • Patent number: 10866986
    Abstract: A method of browsing images on a user interface displaying a map. A selection of a geographical feature within the map on the user interface is received based on a selection criteria comprising a set of predefined gesture rules. A plurality of images is selected based on a proximity of each of the images to the selected geographical feature. A dynamic browsing widget is generated on the user interface having dimensions proportional to dimensions of the selected geographical feature. The selected plurality of images is browsed using the generated dynamic browsing widget.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Dixon De Sheng Deng, Julie Rae Kowald, Nicholas Grant Fulton, Oscar Alejandro De Lellis