Patents by Inventor Russell Green
Russell Green 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: 11935258Abstract: A method for range detection is described. The method includes segmenting an image into one or more segmentation blobs captured by a monocular camera of an ego vehicle. The method includes focusing on pixels forming a selected segmentation blob of the one or more segment blobs. The method also includes determining a distance to the selected segmentation blob according to a focus function value of the monocular camera of the ego vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventor: Alexander Russell Green
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Patent number: 11455744Abstract: Vehicles and systems and methods for determining a viewing direction of a user are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for detecting a viewing direction of a user includes a marker arranged at a fixed location, and an optical assembly. The optical assembly includes a first optical sensor arranged to view the marker, and a second optical sensor arranged to view the user. The first optical sensor detects the marker for determining a spatial location of the optical assembly with respect to the marker, and the second optical sensor detects an eye of the user for determining an eye angle of the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Hiroshi Yasuda, Alexander Russell Green
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Publication number: 20220284611Abstract: A method for range detection is described. The method includes segmenting an image into one or more segmentation blobs captured by a monocular camera of an ego vehicle. The method includes focusing on pixels forming a selected segmentation blob of the one or more segment blobs. The method also includes determining a distance to the selected segmentation blob according to a focus function value of the monocular camera of the ego vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventor: Alexander Russell GREEN
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Publication number: 20210248775Abstract: Vehicles and systems and methods for determining a viewing direction of a user are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for detecting a viewing direction of a user includes a marker arranged at a fixed location, and an optical assembly. The optical assembly includes a first optical sensor arranged to view the marker, and a second optical sensor arranged to view the user. The first optical sensor detects the marker for determining a spatial location of the optical assembly with respect to the marker, and the second optical sensor detects an eye of the user for determining an eye angle of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.Inventors: Hiroshi Yasuda, Alexander Russell Green
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Patent number: 11053955Abstract: A hanging bracket for supporting a suspended apparatus and a control unit housing includes a base having a first end and a second end. The first end includes a first surface and a first screw boss therethrough, and the second end includes a second surface and a second screw boss therethrough. The bracket also includes a support portion vertically spaced from the base, where the support portion adapted to support the suspended apparatus, and a neck extending between the base and the support portion. At least the first surface of the first end of the base, the second surface of the second end of the base, and the first and second screw bosses collectively form an interface configured for juxtaposition with complementary surfaces and screw holes of the control unit housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: HOME DEPOT PRODUCT AUTHORITY, LLCInventors: Brett D. Beaman, Adam Russell Green, Richard A. Pulliam
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Patent number: 10844567Abstract: A soil densification system and method is disclosed. The presently disclosed soil densification system includes an air delivery probe or pipe that can be driven or otherwise installed into a soil mass. An inlet of the air delivery probe is supplied by an air compressor and an air storage tank, which are used for the rapid delivery of air impulses or bursts into the air delivery probe, whereas the air impulses or bursts are expelled out of an outlet of the air delivery probe and into the soil mass. The method of using the presently disclosed soil densification system includes the steps of inserting the end of the air delivery probe into the soil mass to any desired depth and then releasing an impulse or burst of air into the soil mass, thereby forming a densified region in the soil mass via the forces of the air impulse.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: GEOPIER FOUNDATION COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Russell A. Green, Kord J. Wissmann, John Verdin
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Publication number: 20200217331Abstract: A hanging bracket for supporting a suspended apparatus and a control unit housing includes a base having a first end and a second end. The first end includes a first surface and a first screw boss therethrough, and the second end includes a second surface and a second screw boss therethrough. The bracket also includes a support portion vertically spaced from the base, where the support portion adapted to support the suspended apparatus, and a neck extending between the base and the support portion. At least the first surface of the first end of the base, the second surface of the second end of the base, and the first and second screw bosses collectively form an interface configured for juxtaposition with complementary surfaces and screw holes of the control unit housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Brett D. Beaman, Adam Russell Green, Richard A. Pulliam
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Patent number: 10590960Abstract: A hanging bracket for supporting a suspended apparatus and a control unit housing includes a base having a first end and a second end. The first end includes a first surface and a first screw boss therethrough, and the second end includes a second surface and a second screw boss therethrough. The bracket also includes a support portion vertically spaced from the base, where the support portion adapted to support the suspended apparatus, and a neck extending between the base and the support portion. At least the first surface of the first end of the base, the second surface of the second end of the base, and the first and second screw bosses collectively form an interface configured for juxtaposition with complementary surfaces and screw holes of the control unit housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLCInventors: Brett D. Beaman, Adam Russell Green, Richard A. Pulliam
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Publication number: 20190323359Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a double walled section of an aerofoil (701) of a gas turbine engine (10), the method comprising: forming a plurality of columns (402) on an outer surface of a first structure; forming a plurality of columns (402) on a surface of each of a plurality of parts of a second structure; and forming a double walled section of an aerofoil (701) by attaching the ends of columns (402) on each part of the second structure to the ends of columns (402) on the first structure such that the first structure is an inner wall (401) of the section of the aerofoil (701) and the second structure is an outer wall (501) of the section of the aerofoil (701).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventors: Peter T. IRELAND, Nicholas Russell GREEN, Eduardo ROMERO, Gladys C. NGETICH
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Publication number: 20190218742Abstract: A soil reinforcement system including angled soil reinforcement elements to resist seismic shear forces and methods of making same are disclosed. For example, the soil reinforcement system includes an array or grid of angled soil reinforcement elements installed within the ground, wherein the angled reinforcement elements are designed to absorb and/or resist earthquake-induced seismic shear forces by transferring the applied shear forces into axial compressive and tensile forces within each of the angled reinforcement elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2018Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: Geopier Foundation Company, Inc.Inventors: Russell Green, Kord J. Wissmann
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Publication number: 20180347590Abstract: A hanging bracket for supporting a suspended apparatus and a control unit housing includes a base having a first end and a second end. The first end includes a first surface and a first screw boss therethrough, and the second end includes a second surface and a second screw boss therethrough. The bracket also includes a support portion vertically spaced from the base, where the support portion adapted to support the suspended apparatus, and a neck extending between the base and the support portion. At least the first surface of the first end of the base, the second surface of the second end of the base, and the first and second screw bosses collectively form an interface configured for juxtaposition with complementary surfaces and screw holes of the control unit housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Brett D. Beaman, Adam Russell Green, Richard A. Pulliam
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Patent number: 9869070Abstract: A soil reinforcement system including angled soil reinforcement elements to resist seismic shear forces and methods of making same are disclosed. For example, the soil reinforcement system includes an array or grid of angled soil reinforcement elements installed within the ground, wherein the angled reinforcement elements are designed to absorb and/or resist earthquake-induced seismic shear forces by transferring the applied shear forces into axial compressive and tensile forces within each of the angled reinforcement elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2013Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: GEOPIER FOUNDATION COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Russell Green, Kord J. Wissmann
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Patent number: 9807042Abstract: A system includes a gateway that is configured to receive a message from a source for transmission to a destination and multiple communication channels on which to transmit the message to the destination, where the communication channels include different types of communication channels. The system includes a decision engine that is operably coupled to the gateway and the communication channels. The decision engine is configured to select a first communication channel from the communication channels to route the message for transmission to the destination. The decision engine is configured to select a second communication channel from the communication channels to route the message for transmission to the destination in response to a period of time expiring without receiving an acknowledgement from the destination via the first communication channel, where the second communication channel is a different type of communication channel than the first communication channel.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Sybase, Inc.Inventors: Russell Green, Stephen Kwan, Joseph Hardy Lipscomb, Michael Daragh O'Sullivan
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Publication number: 20170268735Abstract: A housing for a recessed lighting fixture includes a can having an opening for passage of light out of the can and a can top attached to the can. The can top and the opening are at opposite ends of the can. The can and the can top define a cavity of the housing. A front section of the can and a rear section of the can are each skewed between the opening and the can top.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2015Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Oliver Ernst, Russell Green, Grzegorz Wronski
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Patent number: 9739464Abstract: A plaster frame for a luminaire includes a first attachment tab on a side of the plaster frame and a second attachment tab on the side of the plaster frame. The plaster frame further includes a back wall. The first attachment tab and the second attachment tab each include a rib protruding toward the back wall. The back wall and the first attachment tab define a first space for a hanger bar assembly to extend therethrough, and the back wall and the second attachment tab define a second space for the hanger bar assembly to extend therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Grzegorz Wronski, Jared Michael Davis, Huang Rongxiu, Russell Green
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Publication number: 20170081820Abstract: A soil densification system and method is disclosed. The presently disclosed soil densification system includes an air delivery probe or pipe that can be driven or otherwise installed into a soil mass. An inlet of the air delivery probe is supplied by an air compressor and an air storage tank, which are used for the rapid delivery of air impulses or bursts into the air delivery probe, whereas the air impulses or bursts are expelled out of an outlet of the air delivery probe and into the soil mass. The method of using the presently disclosed soil densification system includes the steps of inserting the end of the air delivery probe into the soil mass to any desired depth and then releasing an impulse or burst of air into the soil mass, thereby forming a densified region in the soil mass via the forces of the air impulse.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: Geopier Foundation Company, Inc.Inventors: Russell A. Green, Kord J. Wissmann, John Verdin
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Publication number: 20160359780Abstract: A system includes a gateway that is configured to receive a message from a source for transmission to a destination and multiple communication channels on which to transmit the message to the destination, where the communication channels include different types of communication channels. The system includes a decision engine that is operably coupled to the gateway and the communication channels. The decision engine is configured to select a first communication channel from the communication channels to route the message for transmission to the destination. The decision engine is configured to select a second communication channel from the communication channels to route the message for transmission to the destination in response to a period of time expiring without receiving an acknowledgement from the destination via the first communication channel, where the second communication channel is a different type of communication channel than the first communication channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Russell Green, Stephen Kwan, Joseph Hardy Lipscomb, Michael Daragh O'Sullivan
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Patent number: 9512586Abstract: A soil densification system and method is disclosed. The presently disclosed soil densification system includes an air delivery probe or pipe that can be driven or otherwise installed into a soil mass. An inlet of the air delivery probe is supplied by an air compressor and an air storage tank, which are used for the rapid delivery of air impulses or bursts into the air delivery probe, whereas the air impulses or bursts are expelled out of an outlet of the air delivery probe and into the soil mass. The method of using the presently disclosed soil densification system includes the steps of inserting the end of the air delivery probe into the soil mass to any desired depth and then releasing an impulse or burst of air into the soil mass, thereby forming a densified region in the soil mass via the forces of the air impulse.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: GEOPIER FOUNDATION COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Russell A. Green, Kord J. Wissmann, John Verdin
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Patent number: 9462532Abstract: A system includes a gateway that is configured to receive a message from a source for transmission to a destination and multiple communication channels on which to transmit the message to the destination, where the communication channels include different types of communication channels. The system includes a decision engine that is operably coupled to the gateway and the communication channels. The decision engine is configured to select a first communication channel from the communication channels to route the message for transmission to the destination. The decision engine is configured to select a second communication channel from the communication channels to route the message for transmission to the destination in response to a period of time expiring without receiving an acknowledgement from the destination via the first communication channel, where the second communication channel is a different type of communication channel than the first communication channel.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: SYBASE, Inc.Inventors: Russell Green, Stephen Kwan, Joseph Hardy Lipscomb, Michael Daragh O'Sullivan
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Publication number: 20160215965Abstract: A plaster frame for a luminaire includes a first attachment tab on a side of the plaster frame and a second attachment tab on the side of the plaster frame. The plaster frame further includes a back wall. The first attachment tab and the second attachment tab each include a rib protruding toward the back wall. The back wall and the first attachment tab define a first space for a hanger bar assembly to extend therethrough, and the back wall and the second attachment tab define a second space for the hanger bar assembly to extend therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Grzegorz Wronski, Jared Michael Davis, Huang Rongxiu, Russell Green