Patents by Inventor William A. Byrnes
William A. Byrnes 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: 11983954Abstract: A photo-capacitance sensor includes an input surface and one or more light sources arranged to illuminate a portion of the input surface. The photo-capacitance sensor also includes an array of photo-capacitors arranged to receive light from the one or more light sources which is reflected from an object in contact with, or proximate to, the illuminated portion of the input surface. The array of photo-capacitors is configured for detecting a reflective pattern of the object.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: IBMETRIX LIMITEDInventors: Arokia Nathan, William Byrne
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Patent number: 11972015Abstract: Removal of PII is provided. Sensor data is captured using sensors of a vehicle. Object detection is performed on the sensor data to create a sematic labeling of objects in the sensor data. A model is utilized to classify regions of the sensor data with a public or private labeling according to the sematic labeling and a PII filter corresponding to a jurisdiction of a current location of the vehicle. The sensor data is utilized in accordance with the public or private labeling.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Michael Herman, Gregg William Byrne, Akshay Vaidya
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Publication number: 20240126501Abstract: Mitigating latency in guiding a user, during an interaction between the user and a computing system, in selecting a subset of item(s), from a superset of candidate items, and causing performance of further action(s) based on the selected subset of item(s). In guiding a user in selecting the subset of items, various implementations enable the user to provide only spoken input(s) in selecting the subset of item(s), and provide visual output(s) that are responsive to the spoken input(s) and that guide the user in selecting the item(s). In some of those various implementations, there is not any (or there is only de minimis) audible spoken synthesized spoken output rendered by the computing system in guiding the user in selecting the subset of item(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Adrian Otto, William Byrne, Ashwin Ram
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Publication number: 20230245491Abstract: A photo-capacitance sensor includes an input surface and one or more light sources arranged to illuminate a portion of the input surface. The photo-capacitance sensor also includes an array of photo-capacitors arranged to receive light from the one or more light sources which is reflected from an object in contact with, or proximate to, the illuminated portion of the input surface. The array of photo-capacitors is configured for detecting a reflective pattern of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2021Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Arokia Nathan, William Byrne
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Publication number: 20220382903Abstract: Removal of PII is provided. Sensor data is captured using sensors of a vehicle. Object detection is performed on the sensor data to create a sematic labeling of objects in the sensor data. A model is utilized to classify regions of the sensor data with a public or private labeling according to the sematic labeling and a PII filter corresponding to a jurisdiction of a current location of the vehicle. The sensor data is utilized in accordance with the public or private labeling.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: David Michael HERMAN, Gregg William BYRNE, Akshay VAIDYA
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Publication number: 20200315833Abstract: An orthosis for a lower limb is provided. In one aspect, the orthosis is comprised of a shell that is portioned and dimensioned so as to be in close proximity to an anatomical limb. The shell has a leg portion, a foot portion, and a heel portion, the leg portion being fitted over the anterior surface of the leg, the foot portion being fitted over the dorsal surface of the foot, and the heel portion being fitted over the surface of the heel and adapted to lift the heel when a force is applied to the leg portion. The orthosis impedes dorsiflexion and permits plantarflexion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: William Byrne MADDEN, Leo Chuen Chen
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Patent number: 8601820Abstract: A late lean injection sleeve assembly allows the injection of fuel at the aft end of a gas turbine liner, before the transition piece, into the combustion gases downstream of a turbine combustor's fuel nozzles. The late lean injection enables fuel injection downstream of the fuel nozzles to create a secondary/tertiary (with quaternary injection upstream of the fuel nozzles) combustion zone while reducing/eliminating the risk of fuel leaking into the combustor discharge case. The fuel is delivered by the flow sleeve into one or more nozzles that mix the fuel with CDC air before injecting it into the combustor's liner.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: William Byrne, Patrick Benedict Melton, David William Cihlar, Lucas Stoia
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Publication number: 20120304648Abstract: A late lean injection sleeve assembly allows the injection of fuel at the aft end of a gas turbine liner, before the transition piece, into the combustion gases downstream of a turbine combustor's fuel nozzles. The late lean injection enables fuel injection downstream of the fuel nozzles to create a secondary/tertiary (with quaternary injection upstream of the fuel nozzles) combustion zone while reducing/eliminating the risk of fuel leaking into the combustion discharge case. The fuel is delivered by the flow sleeve into one or more nozzles that mix the fuel with CDC air before injecting it into the combustor's liner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: William Byrne, Patrick Benedict Melton, David William Cihlar, Lucas Stoia
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Publication number: 20120280460Abstract: A side seal assembly is provided for sealing gaps between adjacent transition ducts in a gas turbine combustor arrangement. The side seal assembly includes a first elongated plate mounting an outer seal and a first fastening element at one end thereof; a second elongated plate mounting a second fastening element at one end thereof and an inner seal at an opposite end thereof. The first and second elongated plates are adapted to be joined in back-to-back relationship by means of the first and second fastening elements, such that in use, the outer and inner seals extend substantially parallel to, but offset from, the first and second elongated plates. The first elongated plate and the inner and outer seals substantially cover three radial gaps between the adjacent transition ducts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2011Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: David William CIHLAR, William BYRNE, Patrick Benedict MELTON
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Publication number: 20120244106Abstract: This invention is related to the use of the combination of teriflunomide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and glatiramer acetate for treating multiple sclerosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLCInventors: William BYRNES, Patrice DOUILLET, Gerald FRANGIN
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Publication number: 20120107277Abstract: This invention is related to the use of the combination of teriflunomide and interferon beta thereof, for the preparation of a medicament for use in treating multiple sclerosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2012Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S LLCInventors: William BYRNES, Patrice DOUILLET, Gerald FRANGIN
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Publication number: 20110178929Abstract: A system and method are disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a server computer, a transaction clearing request for a transaction, and then determining, using the server computer, if the transaction satisfies a stored blocking parameter. The method further includes allowing, using the server computer, the transaction clearing request if the transaction does not satisfy the stored blocking parameter, and denying, using the server computer, the transaction clearing request if the transaction satisfies the stored blocking parameter. In B2B transactions, clearing requests that are less than (or slightly above) a previously contracted amount can be denied because they are less than what the buyer expected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Inventors: Paul Durkin, Barbara Elizabeth Patterson, Kevin Marriott, C William Byrne
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Patent number: 7926283Abstract: Cooling is provided for a gas turbine combustion system that includes a first member, such as a liner, having exterior and interior surfaces that define a wall therebetween and a central area. A second member, such as a cap, is located adjacent that interior surface. A source of cooling gas is in fluid communication with the exterior surface of the first member. An open space, in which is located a hula seal, is located between the interior surface of the first member and the second member. At least one opening in the wall of the first member provides a passageway for the cooling gas from the exterior surface of the first member to the open space. The passageway has a directional axis along which the cooling gas flows and is discharged into the open space. The directional axis is substantially oriented in a direction other than a direction towards the central area of the first member.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2009Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: William Byrne, Mert Berkman, David Cihlar
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Patent number: 7901907Abstract: A nucleic acid sequence encoding all or part of an 18-19 kDa Helicobater pylori protein is described to which immunoreactivity is detected in H. pylori negative individuals. A process for the production of a recombinant form of this protein and its use, particularly as a vaccine to provide immunological protection against H. pylori infection are also described.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2006Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: The Provost Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near DublinInventors: William Byrne, Dermot P. Kelleher, Henry Windle, Ross McManus
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Publication number: 20100215476Abstract: Cooling is provided for a gas turbine combustion system that includes a first member, such as a liner, having exterior and interior surfaces that define a wall therebetween and a central area. A second member, such as a cap, is located adjacent that interior surface. A source of cooling gas is in fluid communication with the exterior surface of the first member. An open space, in which is located a hula seal, is located between the interior surface of the first member and the second member. At least one opening in the wall of the first member provides a passageway for the cooling gas from the exterior surface of the first member to the open space. The passageway has a directional axis along which the cooling gas flows and is discharged into the open space. The directional axis is substantially oriented in a direction other than a direction towards the central area of the first member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2009Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: William Byrne, Mert Berkman, David Cihlar
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Publication number: 20080245337Abstract: A system for dampening combustor dynamics within a turbomachine. The system may include at least one resonator installed adjacent a head-end region of a combustion can. The at least one resonator may include a first side having a plurality of holes forming a cold side hole pattern; a second side having a plurality of holes forming a hot side hole pattern; and a cavity substantially defined by the first side and the hot side. The cold side hole pattern may be oriented such that each of the plurality of holes in the cold side hole pattern allows for a jet of a cooling air to substantially impinge a second side facing surface; and wherein the hot side hole pattern is oriented such that each of the plurality of holes in the hot side hole pattern allows for a jet of a working fluid to substantially impinges a first side facing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Ramarao V. Bandaru, Kwanwoo Kim, Shiva Srinivasan, William Byrne
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Publication number: 20080071544Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a voice search request from a client device, identifying an entity responsive to the voice search request and contact information for the entity, and automatically adding the contact information to a contact list of a user associated with the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2007Publication date: March 20, 2008Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Francoise Beaufays, Brian Strope, William Byrne
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Publication number: 20070116202Abstract: A method for providing an interactive voice response service is provided. The method uses a VoiceXML interpreter in cooperation with a voice/audio application. The voice/audio application uses scripts coded in VoiceXML with embedded Java Server Pages (JSP). The use of VoiceXML along with JSP allows the present invention to provide an implementation that minimizes interaction between the voice/audio application and the VoiceXML server.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2006Publication date: May 24, 2007Applicant: Ben Franklin Patent Holding LLCInventors: William Byrne, Mitsuru Oshima, Michael Achenbach, Beth Bottos, Dai Zhu
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Publication number: 20070104731Abstract: A vaccine includes at least one Helicobacter, especially Helicobacter pylori protein to which immunoreactivity is detected in H. pylori negative individuals. The Helicobacter proteins are preferably less than 30 kDa and the vaccine especially includes 24 to 25 kDa and/or 18 to 19 kDa proteins. The vaccine may include interleukin 12 as an adjuvant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2006Publication date: May 10, 2007Inventors: Dermot Kelleher, Henry Windle, William Byrne, Ross McManus
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Patent number: 7178162Abstract: Triggers for interactive television display are incorporated into a video stream in coordination with graphics associated with the triggers. Graphic sources such as channels (16,18) of a character generator (21) supply graphics associated with the triggers to graphic signal inputs (26,28) of a switch. When a channel supplies a graphic, a message denoting the associated trigger and associating the trigger with the channel is forwarded to a gateway computer (60). The gateway computer monitors connections between graphic signal inputs (26,28) and the video output (32) of the switch, and forwards triggers associated with a particular channel to an inserter (40) only if such channel is connected to output (32).Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2001Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Chyron CorporationInventors: James Martinolich, James Altemose, William Byrne, William D. Hendler