Patents by Inventor Peter Douglas
Peter Douglas 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: 20240156328Abstract: An electrical device includes a memory storing a value indicative the remaining available rated capacity of one or more batteries. The stored value is changed in use to reflect reducing capacity. The initial stored value is chosen so that there is a very high (e.g. >99.9%) confidence that the one or more batteries will provide at least the capacity indicated by the initial stored value. This reduces the chance of failure during emergency procedures. The one or more batteries may be integral to the electrical device. An override facility is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: Covidien AGInventors: Matthew John Ross McGrath, Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Brian Alan Laffoley
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Patent number: 11980492Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes generating, via a processor, synthetic vessels. The method also includes performing, via the processor, three-dimensional (3D) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) on the synthetic vessels for different flow rates to generate 3D CFD data. The method further includes extracting, via the processor, 3D image patches from the synthetic vessels. The method even further includes obtaining, via the processor, pressure drops across the 3D image patches from the 3D CFD data. The method yet further includes training, via the processor, a deep neural network utilizing the 3D image patches, the pressure drops, and associated flow rates to generate a trained deep neural network.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Prem Venugopal, Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg Davis, Jed Douglas Pack, Jhimli Mitra, Soumya Ghose, Peter Michael Edic
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Patent number: 11972624Abstract: A delivery system may include a pallet wrapper system having a turntable, a camera directed toward an area above the turntable, and a stretch wrap dispenser adjacent the turntable. A computer receives images from the camera of multiple sides of a pallet loaded with packages on the turntable. The computer stitches images from different sides of the stack of packages that correspond to the same package. At least one machine learning model may be used to infer SKUs of each package. Optical character recognition may be performed in parallel on the images. The determination of the SKU of each package may be based upon the inferred SKUs and on the OCR.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Rehrig Pacific CompanyInventors: Peter Douglas Jackson, Robert Lee Martin, Jr., Daniel James Thyer, Justin Michael Brown
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Publication number: 20240127012Abstract: A delivery portal, which may be at a loading dock, includes a sensor configured to detect a pallet, platform or stack of goods as it passes through the portal. A computer is programmed to receive information from the sensor and to identify the pallet based upon the information. The computer is further programmed to compare the identified pallet to a database to determine if the identified pallet should be passing through the portal. For example, the computer determines whether the pallet is being loaded onto the wrong truck or onto the right truck but in the wrong sequence. The sensor for detecting the pallet may be an RFID sensor reading an RFID tag on the pallets. The portal may be a loading dock. The database may indicate a sequence for loading a plurality of pallets including the identified pallet onto a truck at the loading dock.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Peter Douglas Jackson, Jason Crawford Miller, Hisham Khalid A. Alshmmasi, Matthew Smith
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Publication number: 20240124178Abstract: A pallet wrapper and imaging system a pallet loaded with containers to calculate a sustainability based upon a type of the pallet and the containers on the pallet. The system also determines the stability of the pallet and containers, a speed at which the pallet and containers can be wrapped, and an amount of stretch film needed to secure the load for transport. After validation by the imaging system (with or without a wrapper), a QC bot assists a QC worker in remedying or checking any detected errors or potential errors.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Peter Douglas Jackson, Robert Lee Martin, JR., Daniel James Thyer, Vance Asher Weintraub
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Publication number: 20240112063Abstract: A method and system for estimating the ground state energy of a quantum Hamiltonian. The disclosed algorithm may run on any hardware and is suited for early fault tolerant quantum computers. The algorithm employs low-depth quantum circuits with one ancilla qubit with classical post-processing. The algorithm first draws samples from Hadamard tests in which the unitary is a controlled time evolution of the Hamiltonian. The samples are used for evaluating the convolution of the spectral measure and a filter function, and then inferring the ground state energy from this convolution. Quantum circuit depth is linear in the inverse spectral gap and poly-logarithmic in the inverse target accuracy and inverse initial overlap. Runtime is polynomial in the inverse spectral gap, inverse target accuracy, and inverse initial overlap. The algorithm produces a highly-accurate estimate of the ground state energy with reasonable runtime using low-depth quantum circuits.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Guoming Wang, Peter Douglas Johnson, Ruizhe Zhang, Daniel Stilck França, Shuchen Zhu
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Patent number: 11948677Abstract: Systems and techniques that facilitate hybrid unsupervised and supervised image segmentation are provided. In various embodiments, a system can access a computed tomography (CT) image depicting an anatomical structure. In various aspects, the system can generate, via an unsupervised modeling technique, at least one class probability mask of the anatomical structure based on the CT image. In various instances, the system can generate, via a deep-learning model, an image segmentation based on the CT image and based on the at least one class probability mask.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Soumya Ghose, Jhimli Mitra, Peter M Edic, Prem Venugopal, Jed Douglas Pack
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Publication number: 20240097461Abstract: Methods and devices for wired charging and communication with a wearable device are described. In one embodiment, a symmetrical contact interface comprises a first contact pad and a second contact pad, and particular wired circuitry is coupled to the first and second contact pads to enable charging as well as receive and transmit communications via the contact pads as part of various device states.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Yu Jiang Tham, Nicolas Larson, Peter Brook, Russell Douglas Patton, Miran Alhaideri, Zhihao Hong
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Publication number: 20240090751Abstract: A steerable endoscope system is provided with an augmented view. An augmented reality display includes a rendered model of an anatomical structure corresponding to a patient anatomy pinned in the field of view, an endoscope marker moving through the virtual model, and an image from an endoscope at a location within the patient anatomy.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: Covidien AGInventors: Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Derek Scot Tata
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Patent number: 11922253Abstract: A delivery portal, which may be at a loading dock, includes a sensor configured to detect a pallet, platform or stack of goods as it passes through the portal. A computer is programmed to receive information from the sensor and to identify the pallet based upon the information. The computer is further programmed to compare the identified pallet to a database to determine if the identified pallet should be passing through the portal. For example, the computer determines whether the pallet is being loaded onto the wrong truck or onto the right truck but in the wrong sequence. The sensor for detecting the pallet may be an RFID sensor reading an RFID tag on the pallets. The portal may be a loading dock. The database may indicate a sequence for loading a plurality of pallets including the identified pallet onto a truck at the loading dock.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Rehrig Pacific CompanyInventors: Peter Douglas Jackson, Jason Crawford Miller, Hisham Khalid A. Alshmmasi, Matthew Smith
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Patent number: 11918748Abstract: A respiratory assistance apparatus has a gases inlet configured to receive a supply of gases, a blower unit configured to generate a pressurised gases stream from the supply of gases; a humidification unit configured to heat and humidify the pressurised gases stream; and a gases outlet for the heated and humidified gases stream. A flow path for the gases stream extends through the respiratory device from the gases inlet through the blower unit and humidification unit to the gases outlet. A sensor assembly is provided in the flow path before the humidification unit. The sensor assembly has an ultrasound gas composition sensor system for sensing one or more gas concentrations within the gases stream.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Dean Antony Barker, Mikael Douglas Stewart, Peter Geoffrey Hawkins, Kevin Peter O'Donnell, Russel William Burgess
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Patent number: 11896197Abstract: An electrical device includes a memory storing a value indicative the remaining available rated capacity of one or more batteries. The stored value is changed in use to reflect reducing capacity. The initial stored value is chosen so that there is a very high (e.g. >99.9%) confidence that the one or more batteries will provide at least the capacity indicated by the initial stored value. This reduces the chance of failure during emergency procedures. The one or more batteries may be integral to the electrical device. An override facility is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Covidien AGInventors: Matthew John Ross McGrath, Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Brian Alan Laffoley
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Patent number: 11889460Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include an endpoint structured to be coupled to an outdoor power equipment and including an operation sensor structured to provide operational information indicative of an operational status of the outdoor power equipment, and a transmitter structured to wirelessly transmit the operational information; and a gateway including a receiver structured to receive the operational information from the endpoint, and one or more processing circuits comprising one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors, the one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: associate the operational information with a timestamp, record a history of operational information and associated timestamps, and transmit the history to an external device.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Briggs & Stratton, LLCInventors: Kevin Bernier, Mario Divis, Peter Douglas Shears
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Publication number: 20240016413Abstract: An embodiment provides techniques for distinguishing between breathing events based on sensor data obtained from one or more wearable sensors. In one example, sensor data is obtained that includes one or more of a sensor signal and descriptive metadata of the sensor signal. Processing is applied to distinguish between a cough and another breathing event based on the sensor data, and an indication of a cough is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: David Aaron Troxell, Samer Bou Jawde, Seunghyun Lee, Peter Douglas Hill
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Patent number: 11871904Abstract: A steerable endoscope system is provided with an augmented view. An augmented reality display includes a rendered model of an anatomical structure corresponding to a patient anatomy pinned in the field of view, an endoscope marker moving through the virtual model, and an image from an endoscope at a location within the patient anatomy.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Inventors: Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Derek Scot Tata
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Publication number: 20240000603Abstract: An intelligent oral appliance (100) comprises maxillary and mandibular appliances (102, 104), an electromagnetic clamp (106, 108), first and second sensors (110, 112), a timer (114), and a controller (116). The electromagnetic clamp (106, 108) couples between the maxillary (102) and mandibular (104) appliances and operates according to engaged and disengaged clamping actions. The first sensor (110) detects a body/head position/orientation. The second sensor (112) detects a characteristic of sleep disordered breathing, snoring intensity, or combination thereof. The timer (114) provides preset time intervals.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: DIRK ERNEST VON HOLLEN, NICHOLAS ERNEST GENCO, ZACHARY FORTUNE, PETER DOUGLAS HILL
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Publication number: 20230420990Abstract: A wireless charging system for recharging batteries in a medical environment includes a charging station. The charging station may include an opening to receive batteries and an outlet for dispensing charged batteries, wherein the outlet comprises a slot in a front cover. The charging station also includes a wireless power transmitter having a transmitting antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: COVIDIEN AGInventors: Michael Ng, Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Jurgen Van Vlem, Jakob Struik
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Publication number: 20230398736Abstract: In embodiments, an additive manufacturing apparatus comprises a chassis assembly and a skin at least partially covering the chassis assembly. The chassis assembly comprises a lower chassis section secured to a low voltage chassis section; an upper environmental chassis section secured to and extending over the low voltage chassis section and the lower chassis section; a high voltage chassis section secured to the upper environmental chassis section and the lower chassis section; and a build receptacle carriage adjustably coupled to the lower chassis section. The skin comprises first and second doors providing access to the low voltage chassis section and the high voltage chassis section; a rear panel providing access to the upper environmental chassis section; a top panel covering a top of the upper environmental chassis section; and at least one hinged door providing access to the lower chassis section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Victor Fulton, Carlos H. Bonilla, Jacob Mayer, Timothy Francis Andrews, Joshua Tyler Mook, Peter Douglas Lueschen, John Sterle, Vadim Bromberg
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Publication number: 20230360419Abstract: A delivery system may include a pallet wrapper system having a turntable, a camera directed toward an area above the turntable, and a stretch wrap dispenser adjacent the turntable. A computer receives images from the camera of multiple sides of a pallet loaded with packages on the turntable. The computer stitches images from different sides of the stack of packages that correspond to the same package. At least one machine learning model may be used to infer SKUs of each package. Optical character recognition may be performed in parallel on the images. The determination of the SKU of each package may be based upon the inferred SKUs and on the OCR.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Peter Douglas Jackson, Robert Lee Martin, JR., Daniel James Thyer, Justin Michael Brown
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Patent number: 11799322Abstract: A wireless charging system for recharging batteries in a medical environment includes a charging station. The charging station may include an opening to receive batteries and an outlet for dispensing charged batteries, wherein the outlet comprises a slot in a front cover. The charging station also includes a wireless power transmitter having a transmitting antenna.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventors: Michael Ng, Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Jurgen Van Vlem, Jakob Struik