Patents by Inventor Robert M. Miller
Robert M. Miller 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: 20240144286Abstract: Techniques for patient medical care are disclosed. These techniques include identifying a plurality of rules relating to a purchase of a medical item. The techniques further include selecting a first rule, of the plurality of rules, to apply to the purchase, including generating a specificity score for each of the plurality of rules, based on setting one or more bit values in each specificity score using matching criteria between the respective rule and the purchase and comparing the specificity scores for the plurality of rules. The techniques further include facilitating supply of the medical item to a patient based on completing the purchase using the selected first rule.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Jennifer A. KEISER VOAS, Michael K. MILLER, Howard Ashley PIERCE-MORGAN, Dean BENNETT, Sam MAKONNEN, Stuart HOOD, Kim M. BECKER, Graham Macgregor PATERSON, Robert M. WRIGHT
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Publication number: 20240139516Abstract: A system includes memory, and processing circuitry coupled to the memory, the processing circuitry configured to: determine at least one of: a cross-electrical signal measurement at a first electrode on a first lead implanted within a tongue of the patient based on a stimulation signal between a second electrode on the first lead or a second lead implanted within the tongue of the patient and a third electrode, or a strain measurement of at least one of the first lead or the second lead. The processing circuitry is configured to determine movement of the tongue based on at least one of the cross-electrical signal measurement or the strain measurement, and generate information indicative of the movement of the tongue.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: James Britton Hissong, Robert T. Sandgren, Erik J. Peterson, Sean P. Skubitz, Adam J. Rivard, Thomas I. Miller, David J. Miller, Kristin N. Hageman, Avram Scheiner, Kanthaiah Koka, Leonid M. Litvak
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Patent number: 11930726Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking missed tassels left by a detasseling machine. Rear-facing image data is captured by a camera positioned with a field of view behind the detasseling machine and image processing is applied to the rear-facing image data to quantity a missed tassel metric for a geospatial area. An indication of the missed tassel metric is displayed to an operator of the detasseling machine. In some implementations, the displayed indication of the missed tassel metric is updated in near real-time as the detasseling machine continue to operate in the crop field as an accumulated total missed tassel percentage for the entire crop field and/or as a missed tassel map indicating a percentage of missed tassels for each of a plurality of different geospatial sub-areas in the crop field.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Robert E. Lorentzen, Michael M. Miller, Kent A. Klemme
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Patent number: 11925355Abstract: An occlusion clip comprising: (a) a spring; (b) a first runner including a first open top and a first open end adjacent the first open top, the first runner including a first interior camming surface partially delineating a first interior cavity that is open by way of the first open top and the first open end; (c) a second runner including a second open top and a second open end adjacent the second open top, the second runner including a second interior camming surface partially delineating a second interior cavity that is open by way of the second open top and the second open end, where the spring is configured to be coupled to the first runner and the second runner, where the first interior cavity is configured to receive a first portion of the spring, where the second interior cavity is configured to receive a second portion of the spring, where the first camming surface is configured to engage a first cam of the spring, and where the second camming surface is configured to engage a second cam of the sprinType: GrantFiled: February 21, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Winkler, Kenneth Lance Miller, Matthew Monti, Todd Frangolis, Nicholas Bailey, Robert M. Trusty
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Publication number: 20230025200Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan section including a fan. A fan nacelle surrounds the fan and includes an inlet with an inlet leading edge plane and a throat. A compressor section is arranged in a core nacelle and includes a first compressor and a second compressor. A turbine section is arranged in the core nacelle and includes a fan drive turbine and a second turbine. A fan hub mounts the fan and a spinner axially forward of the fan. The fan drive turbine drives the fan through a geared architecture. The fan includes a fan leading edge forward-most point spaced apart from the inlet leading edge plane by an inlet length. The spinner includes a spinner length from a spinner forward-most point to the fan leading edge forward-most point. A ratio of the spinner length to inlet length is greater than or equal to 0.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Yuan J. Qiu, Robert M. Miller, Wesley K. Lord, Gavin Hendricks
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Patent number: 11480104Abstract: A gas turbine engine that includes a fan nacelle and a core nacelle that provide a bypass flow path radially between. The fan nacelle has an inlet including a throat. The inlet has an inlet forward-most point. A fan is arranged in the bypass flow path and rotatable about an axis. The fan has a leading edge recessed from the inlet forward-most point an inlet length in an axial direction. A spinner has a spinner length from a spinner forward-most point to the leading edge. A ratio of the spinner length to inlet length is equal to or greater than about 0.5.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Yuan J. Qiu, Robert M. Miller, Wesley K. Lord, Gavin Hendricks
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Patent number: 11426553Abstract: A portable gas delivery system 10 may generally comprise a gas container 20, a regulator 30, an adapter 40 to couple the regulator 30 to the container 20, and a tube or cannula 50 and/or a mask 60 fluidly connected to the container 20. Methods of making and using the portable gas delivery system are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Aeronics, Inc.Inventors: Blake W. Dube, Mark B. Spitz, Benjamin K. Matzke, Robert M. Miller
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Patent number: 10723252Abstract: A floor mat with integral grommet is provided for a vehicle having a floor with at least one upstanding post. The mat includes a core, an upper surface and an opposite lower surface, a grommet is integrally formed with the mat and contained between the upper surface and the lower surface. The grommet includes a grommet body having a first, upper edge and a second, lower edge, a post-engagement throughbore defined by the body. A flange extends radially outwardly from the body between the upper edge and the lower edge for engaging the mat core.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: THERMOFLEX CORPORATIONInventors: Robert Price, David Reband, Thomas Harter, Robert M. Miller
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Publication number: 20190314595Abstract: A portable gas delivery system 10 may generally comprise a gas container 20, a regulator 30, an adapter 40 to couple the regulator 30 to the container 20, and a tube or cannula 50 and/or a mask 60 fluidly connected to the container 20. Methods of making and using the portable gas delivery system are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Aeronics, Inc.Inventors: Blake W. Dube, Mark B. Spitz, Benjamin K. Matzke, Robert M. Miller
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Publication number: 20190092205Abstract: A floor mat with integral grommet is provided for a vehicle having a floor with at least one upstanding post. The mat includes a core, an upper surface and an opposite lower surface, a grommet is integrally formed with the mat and contained between the upper surface and the lower surface. The grommet includes a grommet body having a first, upper edge and a second, lower edge, a post-engagement throughbore defined by the body. A flange extends radially outwardly from the body between the upper edge and the lower edge for engaging the mat core.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Robert PRICE, David REBAND, Thomas HARTER, Robert M. MILLER
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Publication number: 20190066235Abstract: An energy risk management system includes a processing circuit comprising a processor and a memory. The memory is configured to store an energy management application that is executable by the processor to cause the processor to generate a generate a plurality of market scenarios based on a plurality of different sets of market assumptions by adjusting values of a forecast using adjustment data so incorporate an assumption dependency structure into the forecast. The energy management application also causes the processor to generate, for each of the market scenarios, an expected performance value for an energy asset, determine that the expected performance value has a predetermined characteristic for at least one of the market scenarios, and, generate an output. The output may include an alert, an energy asset suggestion, a power production command, and a visualization of a distribution of the generated expected performance value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: Altenex LLCInventors: Robert M. Miller, Brandon D. Bass
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Patent number: 9644535Abstract: A nacelle for a gas turbine engine system includes a housing that has a pressure side and a suction side. A passage extends between the pressure side and the suction side for permitting airflow from the pressure side to the suction side. The passage includes a first curved section that has an inlet at the pressure side. A linear section is connected with the first curved section. A second curved section is connected with the linear section and has an outlet at the suction side. The outlet has a cross sectional area smaller than a cross sectional area of the linear section.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Steven H. Zysman, Wesley K. Lord, Robert M. Miller, Oliver V. Atassi
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Methods and systems for initiating actions across communication networks using hand-written commands
Patent number: 9268997Abstract: A method and system for providing hand-written command processing includes a network-connected application server receiving from a user device data storing hand-written information. The hand-written information is processed to identify one or more hand-written characters included in the data. A determination is made as to whether the identified characters include a command for initiating an action across the communication network. Upon determining that the characters include a command, the application server automatically performs the action identified by the command across the communication network. The action can include generating and sending a messaging service message or an e-mail, creating a scheduled reminder, creating and storing a checklist or note, or retrieving a previously stored checklist or note, based on information included in the hand-written characters. The user device may be a tablet-type user device.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Cellco PartnershipInventors: Abhishek Sumitra Sheth, Lauren Chin, John Michael Butterfield, Zachariah Eamon Nelson, Rita Sadhvani, Robert M. Miller -
Patent number: 9248769Abstract: An injection molded carpet mat includes a flexible base having an upper surface defining a carpet recess, and an opposite lower surface. A carpet sheet is secured in the carpet recess by being integrally formed with the base, and having a napped top surface, a bottom surface and a peripheral edge. The lower base surface having a plurality of spaced ribs supporting the carpet bottom surface adjacent the peripheral edge and defining a track on the lower base surface corresponding to the peripheral edge of the carpet sheet.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Thermoflex CorporationInventors: Robert A. Price, Michael J. Milella, Jr., David A. Reband, Karl J. Mazur, Robert M. Miller
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Publication number: 20160003145Abstract: A gas turbine engine that includes a fan nacelle and a core nacelle that provide a bypass flow path radially between. The fan nacelle has an inlet including a throat. The inlet has an inlet forward-most point. A fan is arranged in the bypass flow path and rotatable about an axis. The fan has a leading edge recessed from the inlet forward-most point an inlet length in an axial direction. A spinner has a spinner length from a spinner forward-most point to the leading edge. A ratio of the spinner length to inlet length is equal to or greater than about 0.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Yuan J. Qiu, Robert M. Miller, Wesley K. Lord, Gavin Hendricks
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Patent number: 9001205Abstract: A system and methods are provided for controlling a surveying device. In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a control screen including image data captured by a surveying device, detecting an input associated with the control screen, and determining a control command for the surveying device based on the input associated with the control screen. The method may further include controlling operation of the surveying device based on the control command, wherein the surveying device is configured to rotate in one more of a horizontal and vertical direction based on the control command. The device and methods may advantageously allow for precise pointing of a surveying device and translation of input position to surveying device commands.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2011Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Trimble Navigation Ltd.Inventors: Mikael W. Nordenfelt, Marc A. Howell, Robert M. Miller, Volker Koehler, Omar Soubra, Nico Becke
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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INITIATING ACTIONS ACROSS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS USING HAND-WRITTEN COMMANDS
Publication number: 20150036928Abstract: A method and system for providing hand-written command processing includes a network-connected application server receiving from a user device data storing hand-written information. The hand-written information is processed to identify one or more hand-written characters included in the data. A determination is made as to whether the identified characters include a command for initiating an action across the communication network. Upon determining that the characters include a command, the application server automatically performs the action identified by the command across the communication network. The action can include generating and sending a messaging service message or an e-mail, creating a scheduled reminder, creating and storing a checklist or note, or retrieving a previously stored checklist or note, based on information included in the hand-written characters. The user device may be a tablet-type user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2013Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESSInventors: Abhishek Sumitra SHETH, Lauren CHIN, John Michael BUTTERFIELD, Zachariah Eamon NELSON, Rita SADHVANI, Robert M. MILLER -
Publication number: 20140321970Abstract: A nacelle for a gas turbine engine system includes a housing that has a pressure side and a suction side. A passage extends between the pressure side and the suction side for permitting airflow from the pressure side to the suction side. The passage includes a first curved section that has an inlet at the pressure side. A linear section is connected with the first curved section. A second curved section is connected with the linear section and has an outlet at the suction side. The outlet has a cross sectional area smaller than a cross sectional area of the linear section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventors: Steven H. Zysman, Wesley K. Lord, Robert M. Miller, Oliver V. Atassi
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Patent number: 8844553Abstract: A gas turbine engine system includes a nacelle having a pressure side and a suction side. A passage extends between the pressure side and the suction side that permits airflow from the pressure side to the suction side. The passage receives turbulent airflow over the nacelle to produce a laminar airflow over the nacelle aft of the passage to thereby reduce drag on the nacelle.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2006Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Steven H. Zysman, Wesley K. Lord, Robert M. Miller, Oliver V. Atassi
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Patent number: 8839805Abstract: A gas turbine engine system includes a nacelle having a pressure side and a suction side. A passage extends between the pressure side and the suction side that permits airflow from the pressure side to the suction side. The passage receives turbulent airflow over the nacelle to produce a laminar airflow over the nacelle aft of the passage to thereby reduce drag on the nacelle.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2009Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Steven H. Zysman, Wesley K. Lord, Robert M. Miller, Oliver V. Atassi