Patents by Inventor Alan A. Anderson

Alan A. Anderson 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: 20200320754
    Abstract: A method of generating a look-up table, LUT, for constructing a dewarped B-scan image from A-scans of a cropped part of a sequence of acquired OCT A-scans, the LUT associating each of a plurality of pixel arrays that are to form the dewarped B-scan image with a respective A-scan in the cropped part. The method comprises: using an indication of a spatial distribution of scan locations of A-scans to determine a dewarp function for selecting, from among acquired A-scans, A-scans having uniformly spaced scan locations; using the function and cropping information, in accordance with which the cropped part is cropped from the acquired sequence, to select, for each array, a respective A-scan from the sequence such that A-scans are selected from the cropped part and have uniformly spaced scan locations; and storing, for each array, a respective pixel array identifier in association with a respective identifier of the selected A-scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Praveen Ashock, Daniel Hurst, Alan Anderson
  • Publication number: 20200270920
    Abstract: A vehicle interior component is disclosed. The component may comprise a cover movable relative to a base between closed and open positions and a latch mechanism comprising a magnet arrangement for movement within the cover for engaged and disengaged states. The magnet arrangement may maintain the disengaged state after the cover is released from the base. A magnet of the base may retain the engaged state, a magnet may retain the disengaged state. The magnet arrangement may be concealed within the cover; a magnet arrangement may be concealed within the base. The base may comprise a first magnet on a sidewall and a second magnet on another sidewall; the cover may comprise a first magnet to engage the first magnet of the base and a second magnet to engage the second magnet of the base. The component may comprise a trim component, console, floor console, center console, or compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Scott Hodgson, Rick Alan Anderson, Dennis Jack VanHouten, Jason Rutkowski, JR.
  • Patent number: 10737628
    Abstract: A vehicle interior component is disclosed. The vehicle interior component may comprise a console assembly such as a floor console. The vehicle interior component may comprise a base providing a compartment; a cover movable from a closed position to an open position; and a latch mechanism comprising an arm providing a latch feature to secure the cover to the base. The cover may comprise a latch feature; the arm may move between an elevated position for the latch feature of the arm to engage the latch feature of the cover to secure the cover to the base and a retracted position for the latch feature of the arm to disengage the latch feature of the cover to release the cover from the base. The vehicle interior component may comprise a mechanism to actuate movement of the cover to the open position. The latch mechanism may comprise a concealed magnetic latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Rick Alan Anderson, Loren Ray Washburn, Dennis Jack VanHouten
  • Publication number: 20200242768
    Abstract: A method of controlling an ophthalmic device operable to image an imaging region of a retina and concurrently illuminate an illumination region of the retina, the method including acquiring a reference retinal image by imaging a reference imaging area of the retina; designating a target in the reference retinal image; acquiring a current retinal image of an initial imaging region within the reference imaging area; moving the imaging region from the initial imaging region to a destination imaging region using the target and the reference retinal image, and acquiring a retinal image of the destination imaging region; illuminating the illumination region while the imaging region is the destination imaging region; acquiring one or more retinal images while the illumination module is being illuminated; and comparing a marker retinal image based on the one or more retinal image(s) with a comparison image based on the reference retinal image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Optos PLC
    Inventors: Praveen Ashok, Alan Anderson, Gonzalo Muyo, Alistair Gorman, Jano Van Hemert
  • Publication number: 20200237217
    Abstract: An ophthalmic device including an illumination module which scans light across a region of the retina of an a eye when the pupil is disposed at a focal point of the illumination module. The ophthalmic device further comprises components (2, 3-1, 4-1) for: aligning the pupil with the focal point; monitoring a position of the pupil relative to the focal point and maintaining the alignment based on the monitored position; aligning a scan location of the illumination module on the retina to a target scan location while the alignment of the pupil with the focal point is being maintained, wherein the illumination module performs scan at the target scan location The ophthalmic device further maintains the scan location at the target scan location while the alignment of the pupil with the focal point is being maintained, using scan location correction information based on retinal feature information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Optos PLC
    Inventors: Alan Anderson, Ian Gourlay, Praveen Ashok
  • Patent number: 10717390
    Abstract: A vehicle interior component may comprise a console assembly such as a floor console. The vehicle interior component may comprise a base providing a compartment; a cover movable between a closed position and open position; and a latch mechanism comprising an arm providing a latch feature to secure the cover to the base. The cover may comprise a latch feature; the arm may move between an elevated position for the latch feature of the arm to engage the latch feature of the cover to secure the cover to the base and a retracted position for the latch feature of the arm to disengage the latch feature of the cover to release the cover from the base. The vehicle interior component may comprise a mechanism to actuate movement of the cover to the open position. The latch mechanism may comprise a concealed magnetic latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Rick Alan Anderson, Loren Ray Washburn, Dennis Jack VanHouten
  • Patent number: 10710509
    Abstract: A collapsible storage bin is provided for a motor vehicle. The collapsible storage bin includes a first sidewall that is displaceable between a collapsed position and an erected position. First and second self-erecting end walls are connected to the first sidewall. Further, an end wall locking handle is provided. That end wall locking handle is displaceable between a stowed position and an end wall locking position that functions to secure the storage bin in the erected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Yanfeng US Automotive Interior Systems I LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Rowland, Douglas Robert Thompson, Allan Wayne Getliff, Chris James Harmelink, Kenneth John Hulst, Tyler James Newkirk, Randy William Nurenberg, Rick Alan Anderson
  • Publication number: 20200207277
    Abstract: A vehicle interior component may comprise a cover movable relative to a base between closed and open positions and a latch mechanism comprising a magnet configured for movement within the base for an engaged state and a disengaged state to release the cover from the closed position. The latch mechanism may maintain the disengaged state after the cover has been released from the base. The latch mechanism may comprise a magnet fixed to and concealed within the cover. The magnet of the base may be concealed within the base. The component may comprise an opening mechanism to actuate opening of the cover upon release of external force from the cover. The opening mechanism may move the latch mechanism within the base as the cover opens. The latch mechanism may extend through an opening in a sidewall of the base to engage the cover to secure the cover to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Rick Alan Anderson, Loren Ray Washburn
  • Publication number: 20200173217
    Abstract: A vehicle interior component is disclosed. The component may comprise a base comprising a bin; a cover moveable from a closed to an open position through an unlatched position; and a mechanism moveable to an extended position to prevent the cover from opening when subjected to an inertial force. The mechanism may hold the cover in a blocked position partially uncovering the bin. The mechanism may be re-set by opening the cover. The mechanism may comprise a blocker to prevent the cover from moving from the unlatched position to the open position. The cover may comprise a cam surface configured to move the blocker to re-set the mechanism and allow the cover to open. The cover may comprise an interface/bottom surface accessible when the cover is blocked by the mechanism. The component may comprise a console; storage compartment; instrument panel; floor console; or center console.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Scott Hodgson, Rick Alan Anderson, Dennis Jack VanHouten, Randy Len Arendsen
  • Patent number: 10668862
    Abstract: A console for a vehicle interior is disclosed. The console may comprise a base and a storage bin moveable between closed, released, open and intermediate positions. The bin may move from the intermediate position to both the open and closed positions. The bin may move from the intermediate to the closed position without first moving from the intermediate to the open position. The console may comprise a mechanism comprising a pin and a track comprising paths of movement for the pin to guide bin movement from the intermediate to the open and closed positions. The base may comprise a projection and the bin may comprise first and second protrusions or wall segments separated by a gap. The projection may travel through the gap as the bin moves from the intermediate to the open position. The console may comprise an overhead console providing a mirror directed to a rear seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Eric Charles Asselin, Tyler T. Grab, Rick Alan Anderson
  • Publication number: 20200166676
    Abstract: An optical system comprising: an optical element having an optical property responsive to an applied signal, a variation of the optical property with the signal exhibiting hysteresis in a first range of values and no hysteresis in a second range of values of the signal; a memory storing data representing a hysteresis curve which indicates the variation of the optical property with increasing and decreasing values of the signal; and a controller which continuously controls the optical property by: generating, based on the stored data, a cyclic signal having a discontinuity in each cycle of the cyclic signal, and setting the discontinuity size in each cycle based on the stored data such that a part of the variation of the optical property with the cyclic signal coincides with a part of the variation represented by the stored data; and applying the cyclic signal to the optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Optos PLC
    Inventors: Alan Anderson, Praveen Ashok, Hiroshi Kasai, Alistair Gorman
  • Publication number: 20200168608
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first vertical field effect transistor (VFET) formed on a substrate, and including a first fin and a first gate formed on the first fin, a second VFET formed on the substrate and connected to the first VFET, and including a second fin and a second gate formed on the second fin, and a third VFET formed on the substrate and including a third fin, the first gate being formed on the third fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Brent Alan ANDERSON, Shawn P. FETTEROLF, Terence B. HOOK
  • Publication number: 20200144416
    Abstract: Techniques regarding one or more VFETs operably coupled to bottom contacts with low electrical resistance are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise an apparatus, which can comprise a vertical field-effect transistor device that can comprise a semiconductor fin positioned on a source/drain region, which can comprise a semiconductor substrate. The apparatus can also comprise a metal contact layer positioned on the source/drain region and at least partially surrounding a base of the semiconductor fin. Further, the metal contact layer can be in electrical communication with the source/drain region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Chen Zhang, Tenko Yamashita, Terence B. Hook, Brent Alan Anderson
  • Patent number: 10633900
    Abstract: A vehicle interior component is disclosed. The component may comprise a base and a door moveable along a track between open and closed positions. The door may move in a direction transverse to the track between offset and biased/centered positions. The door may comprise a spring to bias the door toward the biased position. The spring may move first and second arms of the door against the base to prevent door rotation. The door may move along a biased path and first and second offset paths parallel to the biased path. The component may comprise a mechanism configured to move the door from the open position to the closed position along the offset paths and the biased path. The component may comprise at least one of a console, a floor console, a center console, an instrument panel, a door, a cockpit, a storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Rick Alan Anderson
  • Publication number: 20200101881
    Abstract: A vehicle interior component is disclosed. The vehicle interior component may comprise a base providing a compartment, two covers moveable between closed and open positions and a link to couple and decouple movement of the covers. One of the covers may remain open as the other is closed. The link may comprise two arms; one arm may move relative to the other to enable relative movement of the covers. One arm may comprise a depression and the other may comprise a protrusion to engage the depression to couple movement of the arms. The link may comprise a spring to hold the protrusion with the depression to couple movement of the arms; the spring may compress to enable disengagement of the protrusion and depression to enable relative movement of the covers. The component may comprise at least one of a console, a center console, a floor console.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Scott Hodgson, Rick Alan Anderson, Andrew K. Ruiter
  • Patent number: 10604974
    Abstract: A component for a vehicle interior may comprise a base comprising a bin, a cover configured to move in an opening direction to uncover the bin and a closing direction to cover the bin, and a mechanism to retain the cover to the base. The mechanism may comprise a cam to retain the cover to the base. The cam may rotate to latch the cover to the base and unlatch the cover from the base. The mechanism may comprise an interface to rotate from a raised position to a depressed position to release the cover from the base. The cover may move in the opening direction as the interface rotates from the raised toward the depressed position. The mechanism may comprise a pin. The interface may disengage from the pin to unlatch the cover from the base. The interface may slide against the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Rick Alan Anderson
  • Patent number: 10607992
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor fin formed on a substrate, a first gate formed around the semiconductor fin, and a second gate formed around the semiconductor fin below the first gate and separated from the first gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brent Alan Anderson, Shawn P. Fetterolf, Terence B. Hook
  • Patent number: 10559440
    Abstract: A switch mechanism for a vehicle interior is disclosed. The switch mechanism may comprise a slide within a carrier, at least one pin movable within the slide to center the slide in the carrier and a spring to move the pin within the slide. The pin may comprise a protrusion movable against the slide to guide pin movement. The slide may comprise a rib; the protrusion may slide against the rib to guide pin movement. The rib may comprise two ribs; the protrusion may move between the two ribs. The spring may be contained within an opening in the slide; the rib may extend beyond the opening. The pin may comprise first and second guides to slide along first and second slide walls to guide pin movement. The vehicle interior component may be at least one of a console, an overhead console, a vehicle system actuator, a sunroof actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Scott Hodgson, Rick Alan Anderson, Randy Len Arendsen
  • Patent number: 10529628
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an n-type field effect transistor (nFET) including a first fin and a first metal gate formed on the first fin, and a p-type field effect transistor (pFET) including a second fin and a second metal gate formed on the second fin, a thickness of the second metal gate being substantially the same as a thickness of the first metal gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brent Alan Anderson, Ruqiang Bao, Paul Charles Jamison, ChoongHyun Lee
  • Patent number: 10469187
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting passive intermodulation (PIM) interference in cellular networks are provided that do not require the base station or any sectors of it to be taken offline, that eliminate the need for a technician to make a visit to the cellular site to perform PIM testing, that enable multiple uplink connections to be remotely tested simultaneously, that enable cellular networks to be tested that do not have an accessible connection point to the RF chain, and that enable gradually deteriorating performance due to PIM interference and intermittent PIM interference problems to be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Keysight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Anderson