Patents by Inventor Scott Wells

Scott Wells 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: 20240071593
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide smart alerts to users, e.g., alerts to users about diabetic states that are only provided when it makes sense to do so, e.g., when the system can predict or estimate that the user is not already cognitively aware of their current condition, e.g., particularly where the current condition is a diabetic state warranting attention. In this way, the alert or alarm is personalized and made particularly effective for that user. Such systems and methods still alert the user when action is necessary, e.g., a bolus or temporary basal rate change, or provide a response to a missed bolus or a need for correction, but do not alert when action is unnecessary, e.g., if the user is already estimated or predicted to be cognitively aware of the diabetic state warranting attention, or if corrective action was already taken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Anna Leigh DAVIS, Scott M. BELLIVEAU, Naresh C. BHAVARAJU, Leif N. BOWMAN, Rita M. CASTILLO, Alexandra Elena CONSTANTIN, Rian W. DRAEGER, Laura J. DUNN, Gary Brian GABLE, Arturo GARCIA, Thomas HALL, Hari HAMPAPURAM, Christopher Robert HANNEMANN, Anna Claire HARLEY-TROCHIMCZYK, Nathaniel David HEINTZMAN, Andrea Jean JACKSON, Lauren Hruby JEPSON, Apurv Ullas KAMATH, Katherine Yerre KOEHLER, Aditya Sagar MANDAPAKA, Samuel Jere MARSH, Gary A. MORRIS, Subrai Girish PAI, Andrew Attila PAL, Nicholas POLYTARIDIS, Philip Thomas PUPA, Eli REIHMAN, Ashley Anne RINDFLEISCH, Sofie Wells SCHUNK, Peter C. SIMPSON, Daniel S. SMITH, Stephen J. VANSLYKE, Matthew T. VOGEL, Tomas C. WALKER, Benjamin Elrod WEST, Atiim Joseph WILEY
  • Publication number: 20220012300
    Abstract: A method includes receiving outside temperatures for a plurality of days and calculating growing degree units based on the received temperatures. Intensities for a plurality of wavelengths of light measured over at least one portion of a field containing a crop are received and are used with the growing degree units to predict a quality value for the crop. The predicted quality value for the crop is then displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Reagan Noland, Scott Wells, Craig Sheaffer
  • Publication number: 20220001907
    Abstract: An electronic device enclosure for retail shopping carts is disclosed having a cart mounting bracket attached to the side of a shopping cart near the front handle cross bar that does not interfere with the nesting of the cart as it was designed. An enclosure comprising a housing for an electronic device such as a tablet computer has a mounting bracket being incorporated into the rear of the housing and further having a mounting arm containing secured locking means to securely seat into the cart mounting bracket. The apparatus further contains means of transmitting via NFC to a CPU or to one of several networked CPU beacons docking confirmation and location data. The cart mount bracket is designed to withstand prolonged outdoor weather conditions without malfunctioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventor: Scott Wells
  • Patent number: 11080361
    Abstract: A method includes receiving outside temperatures for a plurality of days and calculating growing degree units based on the received temperatures. Intensities for a plurality of wavelengths of light measured over at least one portion of a field containing a crop are received and are used with the growing degree units to predict a quality value for the crop. The predicted quality value for the crop is then displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Reagan Noland, Scott Wells, Craig Sheaffer
  • Patent number: 10866412
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) system includes an optical arrangement; a first image panel, wherein the optical arrangement directs image light from the first image panel along a first optical pathway; a second image panel, wherein the optical arrangement directs image light from the second image panel along a second optical pathway different from the first optical pathway; and a third image panel and a fourth image panel, wherein the third and fourth image panels are spaced apart from each other and the optical arrangement directs light from the third image panel and the fourth image panel along different optical pathways. The optical arrangement is configured such that light from the first image panel and the third image panel are emitted from the HMD system in a combined fashion in a first eye direction, and light from the second image panel and the fourth image panel are emitted from the HMD system in a combined fashion in a second eye direction different from the first eye direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ka Ho Tam, David James Montgomery, Scott Wells
  • Patent number: 10791848
    Abstract: Sensory outputs are synchronized to input tempos for providing soothing and other effects for children and other persons. In example embodiments, juvenile products such as rockers and swings have motors that are controlled to produce an oscillatory motion with an adaptive tempo that is synchronized to rhythmic inputs such as a parent's heartbeat. In other example embodiments, juvenile products such as music players are controlled to output signals to play songs via speakers with an adaptive tempo that is synchronized to rhythmic inputs such as an infant's respiratory rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: KIDS2, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Zufi, Scott Wells, Alan Hightower
  • Publication number: 20200210599
    Abstract: The present invention was created with the goal of uniting disparate applications into a single dashboard having a single user experience or interface—in other words, uniting disparate applications into a single pane of glass. The system is used to manage a plurality of software services and includes: a range management interface for creating and managing one or more roles, for assigning one or more application privileges to each role, for assigning one or more permissions to each of the one or more privileges, and for assigning one or more persons to each of the one or more roles; a user messaging interface for facilitating direct communications between the one or more persons; an event calendar for visualizing time sensitive events; a system-wide alert functionality for providing one or more alerts to all persons associated with the system; and a software integrations interface for adding one or more applications that are managed by the range management interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Ultimate Knowledge Corporation
    Inventors: Victor Akers, Scott Wells
  • Publication number: 20200183153
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) system includes an optical arrangement; a first image panel, wherein the optical arrangement directs image light from the first image panel along a first optical pathway; a second image panel, wherein the optical arrangement directs image light from the second image panel along a second optical pathway different from the first optical pathway; and a third image panel and a fourth image panel, wherein the third and fourth image panels are spaced apart from each other and the optical arrangement directs light from the third image panel and the fourth image panel along different optical pathways. The optical arrangement is configured such that light from the first image panel and the third image panel are emitted from the HMD system in a combined fashion in a first eye direction, and light from the second image panel and the fourth image panel are emitted from the HMD system in a combined fashion in a second eye direction different from the first eye direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Ka Ho Tam, David James Montgomery, Scott Wells
  • Patent number: 10558038
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) system includes an optical arrangement; at least one moveable image panel, wherein the optical arrangement directs image light from the moveable image panel along a first optical pathway; a fixed image panel, wherein a portion of image light emitted from the fixed image panel is combined with image light of the at least one moveable image panel by the optical arrangement; and an adjustment mechanism that is configured to adjust an interpupillary distance (IPD) of the HMD system by moving the optical arrangement and the moveable image panel relative to the fixed image panel between a first position and a second position corresponding to different IPDs. The adjustment to the IPD maintains the first optical pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ka Ho Tam, David James Montgomery, Scott Wells
  • Patent number: 10552382
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for file synchronization. One embodiment of the system of this invention includes a software program stored on a computer readable medium. The software program can be executed by a computer processor to receive a file from a server; store the file as a cached file in a cache; determine if the cached file has been modified; and if the cached file has been modified, communicate the cached file directly to the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: OPEN TEXT SA ULC
    Inventors: David Thomas, Scott Wells
  • Patent number: 10527863
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) system includes an optical arrangement; a first image panel, wherein the optical arrangement directs image light from the first image panel along a first optical pathway; a second image panel, wherein the optical arrangement directs image light from the second image panel along a second optical pathway different from the first optical pathway; and a central image panel located between the first image panel and the second image panel, the central image panel including a first portion and a second portion. The optical arrangement directs light from the first portion and the second portion of the central image panel along different optical pathways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ka Ho Tam, David James Montgomery, Scott Wells
  • Publication number: 20190357697
    Abstract: Sensory outputs are synchronized to input tempos for providing soothing and other effects for children and other persons. In example embodiments, juvenile products such as rockers and swings have motors that are controlled to produce an oscillatory motion with an adaptive tempo that is synchronized to rhythmic inputs such as a parent's heartbeat. In other example embodiments, juvenile products such as music players are controlled to output signals to play songs via speakers with an adaptive tempo that is synchronized to rhythmic inputs such as an infant's respiratory rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan ZUFI, Scott WELLS, Alan HIGHTOWER
  • Publication number: 20190358127
    Abstract: A fine needle dosing adaptor for dosing a fine needle syringe from a multi-dose vial has an adaptor body with an upper portion and a neck portion adapted to fit snugly within the neck of the multi-dose vial. A bore is centrally disposed within an upper portion of the adaptor body and has a diameter adapted to receive the hub of the fine needle syringe with a snug fit. An inverted funnel-shaped opening is centrally disposed within the neck portion of the adaptor body and needle chamber extends between the bore and the inverted funnel-shaped opening. The diameter of the needle chamber is slightly larger than an outer diameter of the needle and the length of the needle chamber is shorter than a length of the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventor: Scott WELLS
  • Patent number: 10451882
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) system includes an optical arrangement, a first image panel, a second image panel, and a central image panel located between the first and second image panels. The optical arrangement is reconfigurable between a first position and a second position that maintains first and second optical pathways of the first and second image panels, and the HMD system has a different form factor when the optical arrangement is in the second position as compared to the first position. The optical arrangement includes at least one segmented optical component, wherein segments of the segmented optical component are moveable relative to each other to reconfigure the optical arrangement between the first position and the second position. The segmented optical component may include one more lens assemblies, each with multiple lens segments that are rotatable relative to each other about a hinge structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ka Ho Tam, David James Montgomery, Scott Wells
  • Publication number: 20190285880
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) system includes an optical arrangement; at least one moveable image panel, wherein the optical arrangement directs image light from the moveable image panel along a first optical pathway; a fixed image panel, wherein a portion of image light emitted from the fixed image panel is combined with image light of the at least one moveable image panel by the optical arrangement; and an adjustment mechanism that is configured to adjust an interpupillary distance (IPD) of the HMD system by moving the optical arrangement and the moveable image panel relative to the fixed image panel between a first position and a second position corresponding to different IPDs. The adjustment to the IPD maintains the first optical pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Ka Ho Tam, David James Montgomery, Scott Wells
  • Publication number: 20190285905
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) system includes an optical arrangement; a first image panel, wherein the optical arrangement directs image light from the first image panel along a first optical pathway; a second image panel, wherein the optical arrangement directs image light from the second image panel along a second optical pathway different from the first optical pathway; and a central image panel located between the first image panel and the second image panel, the central image panel including a first portion and a second portion. The optical arrangement directs light from the first portion and the second portion of the central image panel along different optical pathways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Ka Ho Tam, David James Montgomery, Scott Wells
  • Publication number: 20190285879
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) system includes an optical arrangement, a first image panel, a second image panel, and a central image panel located between the first and second image panels. The optical arrangement is reconfigurable between a first position and a second position that maintains first and second optical pathways of the first and second image panels, and the HMD system has a different form factor when the optical arrangement is in the second position as compared to the first position. The optical arrangement includes at least one segmented optical component, wherein segments of the segmented optical component are moveable relative to each other to reconfigure the optical arrangement between the first position and the second position. The segmented optical component may include one more lens assemblies, each with multiple lens segments that are rotatable relative to each other about a hinge structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Ka Ho Tam, David James Montgomery, Scott Wells
  • Publication number: 20190196194
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (1) includes: a liquid crystal display unit (2) including a display surface (7) facing forward, the liquid crystal display unit (2) configured to display an image on the display surface (7); an eyepiece lens (13) disposed at a position lower than the liquid crystal display unit (2); and a mirror unit (4) configured to reflect light based on the image displayed on the display surface (7) and guide the light thus reflected to the eyepiece lens (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: DAVID JAMES MONTGOMERY, KA HO TAM, SCOTT WELLS, NARU USUKURA, TOMOHIRO KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180357254
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for file synchronization. One embodiment of the system of this invention includes a software program stored on a computer readable medium. The software program can be executed by a computer processor to receive a file from a server; store the file as a cached file in a cache; determine if the cached file has been modified; and if the cached file has been modified, communicate the cached file directly to the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: David Thomas, Scott Wells
  • Patent number: 10089324
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for file synchronization. One embodiment of the system of this invention includes a software program stored on a computer readable medium. The software program can be executed by a computer processor to receive a file from a server; store the file as a cached file in a cache; determine if the cached file has been modified; and if the cached file has been modified, communicate the cached file directly to the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Open Text SA ULC
    Inventors: David Thomas, Scott Wells