Patents by Inventor Peter Hunt
Peter Hunt 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: 11323800Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for analyzing ultrasonic signals to recognize mouthed articulations. One of the methods includes generating an ultrasonic carrier signal and coupling the ultrasonic carrier signal to a person's vocal tract. The method includes detecting a modulated ultrasonic signal, the modulated ultrasonic signal corresponding to the ultrasonic carrier signal modulated by the person's vocal tract to include information about articulations mouthed by the person; analyzing, using a data processing apparatus, the modulated ultrasonic signal to recognize the articulations mouthed by the person from the information in the modulated ultrasonic signal; and generating, using the data processing apparatus, an output in response to the recognized articulations.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: X Development LLCInventor: Thomas Peter Hunt
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Patent number: 11312118Abstract: Fiber-reinforced nonwoven composites having a wide variety of uses (e.g., leisure goods, aerospace, electronics, equipment, energy generation, mass transport, automotive parts, marine, construction, defense, sports and/or the like) are provided. The fiber-reinforced nonwoven composite includes a plurality of carbon fibers and a polymer matrix. The plurality of carbon fibers have an average fiber length from about 50 mm to about 125 mm. The fiber-reinforced nonwoven composite comprises a theoretical void volume from about 0% to about 10%.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: AVINTIV Specialty Materials Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Peter Hunt, Michael Scott Carroll, Daniel I Guerrero Barberena, Ralph A. Moody, III
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Publication number: 20220062580Abstract: A method including identifying an activity pattern of a subject's brain, determining, based on the identified activity pattern of the subject's brain and a target parameter, a set of stimulation parameters, generating, by two or more emitters and based on the set of stimulation parameters, a composite stimulation pattern at a portion of the subject's brain, wherein each of the two or more emitters generates a stimulation pattern using a different modality, measuring, by one or more sensors, a response from the portion of the subject's brain in response to the composite stimulation pattern; and dynamically adjusting, for each emitter and based on the measured response from the portion of the subject's brain, a set of stimulation parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Vladimir Miskovic, Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Sarah Ann Laszlo, Thomas Peter Hunt
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Patent number: 11247765Abstract: A method for energy generation includes receiving, at a carbon negative energy generation system, input including calcium oxide and water and reacting, within a reaction chamber of the carbon negative energy generation system, the calcium oxide and water to release energy and generate calcium hydroxide. The method further includes directing, by the carbon negative energy generation system, the released energy to facilitate propulsion or onboard electricity generation and dispensing, by the carbon negative energy generation system, the calcium hydroxide into the ocean to sequester atmospheric CO2.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: William Raymond Regan, Thomas Peter Hunt, Thomas Gerard Schuhmann, Jr., Benjamin Lundquist Saenz, Joel Fraser Atwater, James Daniel Haley, Kevin Forsythe Smith, Charles Nordstrom
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Publication number: 20210393991Abstract: A transcranial ultrasonic stimulation headset includes a coupling system, one or more ultrasound transducers configured to generate and direct a first focused ultrasound beam at a region within a portion of a subject's brain, one or more sensors configured to measure a response from the portion of the subject's brain in response to the first focused ultrasound beam, and an electronic controller in communication with the one or more ultrasound transducers configured to dynamically adjust, based on the measured response from the portion of the subject's brain, a particular stimulation parameter for the one or more ultrasound transducers to generate and direct a second focused ultrasound beam at the region within a portion of the subject's brain.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Vladimir Miskovic, Thomas Peter Hunt, Matthew Dixon Eisaman
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Publication number: 20210318465Abstract: This disclosure describes a system and method for generating a subsurface model representing lithological characteristics and attributes of the subsurface of a celestial body or planet. By automatically ingesting data from many sources, a machine learning system can infer information about the characteristics of regions of the subsurface and build a model representing the subsurface rock properties. In some cases, this can provide information about a region using inferred data, where no direct measurements have been taken. Remote sensing data, such as aerial or satellite imagery, gravimetric data, magnetic field data, electromagnetic data, and other information can be readily collected or is already available at scale.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Kenton Lee Prindle, Artem Goncharuk, Neil David Treat, Kevin Forsythe Smith, Thomas Peter Hunt, Karen R. Davis, Allen Richard Zhao
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Publication number: 20210280032Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for monitoring at fishing vessels to detect blast fishing activity. A blast sensor is mountable to a vessel such that it produces a signal in response to pressure waves in water. A controller receives the signal and is operable to analyze the signal to detect blast events based on signal characteristics. A position measurement device measures a position of the vessel. A transmitter is provided to wirelessly transmit status information including a unique identifier of the monitoring unit and indicative of the position of the monitoring unit and to send a wireless alarm signal in response to a detected blast event.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2019Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: NAVCAST INC.Inventors: William Patrick McGrath, Peter Hunt, Ferenc Vereb
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Patent number: 11044764Abstract: A mobile computing device includes one or more interfaces to connect to one or more devices, and one or more processing devices, connected with the one or more interfaces. The one or more processing devices are to establish a first wireless connection with a first device. The first device lacks resources to connect to a cloud service directly. The one or more processing devices are also to receive data from the first device, provide the data to the cloud service, and in response to detecting a migration condition, disconnect the first wireless connection to allow establishment of a second wireless connection between the first device and a second device such that the second device receives subsequent data from the first device and provides the subsequent data to the cloud service.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Ayla Networks, Inc.Inventors: Daniel J. Myers, III, Peter Hunt, Pankaj K. Gupta, Yipei Wang
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Publication number: 20210165118Abstract: A nuclear radiation detector is disclosed. The detector includes a housing including therein: a scintillator; and a multi-pixel optical sensor positioned, relative to the scintillator, to receive photons emitted by the scintillator in response to interactions with nuclear radiation. The housing isolates the scintillator and the multi-pixel optical sensor from external light. The detector includes one or more processors operably connectable to the multi-pixel optical sensor; and one or more data stores coupled to the processors having instructions stored thereon which cause the processors to perform operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2020Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventor: Thomas Peter Hunt
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Publication number: 20210129078Abstract: A method for ship ballasting includes receiving, at a carbon negative energy storage system, input comprising calcium oxide and water and reacting, within a reaction chamber of the carbon negative energy storage system, the calcium oxide and water to release energy and generate calcium hydroxide. The method includes directing, by the carbon negative energy storage system, the released energy to a requesting end user and providing, by the carbon negative energy storage system, the calcium hydroxide to a marine vessel ballasting system. The method includes releasing a mixture of the calcium hydroxide and ballast water from the marine vessel ballasting system into the ocean to sequester atmospheric COCO2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: William Raymond Regan, Thomas Peter Hunt, Thomas Gerard Schuhmann, JR., Benjamin Lundquist Saenz, Joel Fraser Atwater, James Daniel Haley, Kevin Forsythe Smith, Charles Nordstrom
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Publication number: 20210129967Abstract: A method for energy generation includes receiving, at a carbon negative energy generation system, input including calcium oxide and water and reacting, within a reaction chamber of the carbon negative energy generation system, the calcium oxide and water to release energy and generate calcium hydroxide. The method further includes directing, by the carbon negative energy generation system, the released energy to facilitate propulsion or onboard electricity generation and dispensing, by the carbon negative energy generation system, the calcium hydroxide into the ocean to sequester atmospheric CO2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: William Raymond Regan, Thomas Peter Hunt, Thomas Gerard Schuhmann, JR., Benjamin Lundquist Saenz, Joel Fraser Atwater, James Daniel Haley, Kevin Forsythe Smith, Charles Nordstrom
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Patent number: 10990376Abstract: A processing device executing a wide area network (WAN) accessible service receive an encrypted digital image comprising a firmware update for an embedded system of a device having a specific device serial number (DSN). The processing device additionally receives device related information from a computing device, wherein the device related information comprises the DSN of the device comprising the embedded system and a version number of a current firmware component installed on the embedded system. The processing device determines, using the device related information, that the encrypted digital image for the device is available. The processing device then provides the encrypted digital image to the computing device for use by the computing device to update a firmware version of the embedded system.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Ayla Networks, Inc.Inventors: Pritish Gandhi, Peter Hunt, Sudha Sundaresan, Daniel Myers, Joseph R. Eykholt, Adrian Caceres
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Publication number: 20210049344Abstract: Techniques for improving a blast pattern at a mining site include conducting an initial blast and recording the initial blast as a high speed optical video. The high speed optical video, and the blast pattern used in the initial blast are sent as inputs to a machine learning model, which correlates one or more characteristics of the region being blasted with measurements associated with characteristics of the region being blasted obtained from the high speed optical video. The machine learning model can then determine an improved blast pattern based on the correlation made. This improved blast pattern can be displayed on a user computing device, or transmitted to a drilling system to automatically drill the improved blast pattern for subsequent blasts.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Neil David Treat, Thomas Peter Hunt, Artem Goncharuk, Karen R Davis, Vikram Neal Sahney
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Publication number: 20210016113Abstract: Closed-loop neurostimulation of large-scale brain networks includes a neurostimulation headset having at least two ultrasound transducer modules configured to generate within a first time period, a first focused ultrasound wave at a region within a portion of a subject's brain, one or more sensors configured to measure, within the first time period, a response from the portion of the subject's brain in response to the first focused ultrasound wave, and an electronic controller in communication with the at least two emitters and the one or more sensors configured to dynamically adjust, based on the measured response from the portion of the subject's brain, a power level of one or more of the at least two ultrasound transducer modules to generate a second focused ultrasound wave at the region within the portion of the subject's brain.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Thomas Peter Hunt, Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Sarah Ann Laszlo
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Publication number: 20210008857Abstract: Fiber-reinforced nonwoven composites having a wide variety of uses (e.g., leisure goods, aerospace, electronics, equipment, energy generation, mass transport, automotive parts, marine, construction, defense, sports and/or the like) are provided. The fiber-reinforced nonwoven composite includes a plurality of carbon fibers and a polymer matrix. The plurality of carbon fibers have an average fiber length from about 50 mm to about 125 mm. The fiber-reinforced nonwoven composite comprises a theoretical void volume from about 0% to about 10%.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Nicholas Peter Hunt, Michael Scott Carroll, Daniel I Guerrero Barberena, Ralph A. Moody, III
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Publication number: 20200384506Abstract: Techniques for processing ore include the steps of causing an imaging capture system to record a plurality of images of a stream of ore fragments en route from a first location in an ore processing facility to a second location in the ore processing facility; correlating the plurality of images of the stream of ore fragments with at least one or more characteristics of the ore fragments using a machine learning model that includes a plurality of ore parameter measurements associated with the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments; determining, based on the correlation, at least one of the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments; and generating, for display on a user computing device, data indicating the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments or data indicating an action or decision based on the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Thomas Peter Hunt, Neil David Treat, Karen R. Davis, Artem Goncharuk, Vikram Neal Sahney
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Patent number: 10855605Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling thermal properties of a node. The method steps include calculating, using a temperature reading, a transmission duty cycle of the node, calculating a data amount capable of being transmitted with the transmission duty cycle, and transmitting, from a network interface of the node, a plurality of available data at a rate less than the data amount based on a priority of the plurality of available data.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: ITRON NETWORKED SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Peter Hunt, Jana van Greunen, Will E. San Filippo, III
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Publication number: 20200353292Abstract: A system for therapeutic ultrasound includes one or more ultrasound transducer modules that are configured to generate ultrasound waves at a first power level and at a second power level, the first and second power levels being different and the second power level being sufficient to provide a therapeutic effect for a living subject, and an electronic controller in communication with the one or more ultrasound transducer modules, the electronic controller being programmed to cause the one or more ultrasound transducer modules to generate a first ultrasound wave at the first power level and detect a reflected ultrasound wave from the subject in response to the first ultrasound wave, determine a location of a target within the subject based on the detected reflected ultrasound wave, and, after determining the location of the target, generate a second ultrasound wave at the second power level focused at the target.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Thomas Peter Hunt, Sarah LaBree Russell, Matthew Dixon Eisaman, Benoit Schillings, William Raymond Regan, Alexander Zoellner
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Patent number: 10828875Abstract: Fiber-reinforced nonwoven composites having a wide variety of uses (e.g., leisure goods, aerospace, electronics, equipment, energy generation, mass transport, automotive parts, marine, construction, defense, sports and/or the like) are provided. The fiber-reinforced nonwoven composite includes a plurality of carbon fibers and a polymer matrix. The plurality of carbon fibers have an average fiber length from about 50 mm to about 125 mm. The fiber-reinforced nonwoven composite comprises a theoretical void volume from about 0% to about 10%.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: AVINTIV Specialty Materials Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Peter Hunt, Michael Scott Carroll, Daniel I Guerrero Barberena, Ralph A. Moody, III
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Publication number: 20200344544Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for analyzing ultrasonic signals to recognize mouthed articulations. One of the methods includes generating an ultrasonic carrier signal and coupling the ultrasonic carrier signal to a person's vocal tract. The method includes detecting a modulated ultrasonic signal, the modulated ultrasonic signal corresponding to the ultrasonic carrier signal modulated by the person's vocal tract to include information about articulations mouthed by the person; analyzing, using a data processing apparatus, the modulated ultrasonic signal to recognize the articulations mouthed by the person from the information in the modulated ultrasonic signal; and generating, using the data processing apparatus, an output in response to the recognized articulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventor: Thomas Peter Hunt