Patents by Inventor Alan AN

Alan AN 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).

  • Object density estimation in video
    Patent number: 9240051
    Abstract: A video camera may overlook a monitored area from any feasible position. An object flow estimation module monitor the moving direction of the objects in the monitored area. It may separate the consistently moving objects from the other objects. A object count estimation module may compute the object density (e.g. crowd). A object density classification module may classify the density into customizable categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Avigilon Fortress Corporation
    Inventors: Haiying Liu, Peter L. Venetianer, Niels Haering, Omar Javed, Alan J. Lipton, Andrew Martone, Zeeshan Rasheed, Weihong Yin, Li Yu, Zhong Zhang
  • Batch process for the preparation of cis-2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol
    Patent number: 9238603
    Abstract: This invention is generally directed to a batch process for the preparation of cis-2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol comprising: (A) treatment of at least one monomer selected from 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-dione, 3-hydroxy-2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutanone, and 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol said diol having a starting cis:trans molar ratio of 0:1 to about 2:1, or mixtures thereof by contacting said monomer(s) with hydrogen in the presence of a reaction solvent in which the resulting cis-2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol is partially soluble and further in the presence of a catalyst comprising about 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Jerome Leonard Stavinoha, Jr., Carey Dan Ashcroft, Craig Alan Hoyme, Kelmara Khadene Kelly
  • Method and apparatus for selective visual formatting of an electronic document using a style element lock status
    Patent number: 9239820
    Abstract: A method for managing display of electronic documents is described. A user interface is generated for a visual style set of visual styles that affect display of electronic document content. A visual style of the visual style set comprises a style element set of style elements. A lock status for a style element of the style element set is received via the user interface. The lock status indicates whether the style element is editable or non-editable by a user of an electronic document associated with the visual style set. The visual style set is stored with the lock status for the style element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Workiva Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Alan Marks, Winston Joseph Chappell, Edward Yee Ly, Edward Joseph Cupps, Alan Joseph Streit, John Patrick Ryan
  • Cylinder head mount
    Patent number: 9238988
    Abstract: A cylinder head mount comprising a base portion for mounting to a cylinder head of an engine; a bracket portion configured to receive and support an engine component; and a body portion interposed between the base portion and the bracket portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Perkins Engines Company Limited
    Inventors: Alan Geoffrey Spooner, Daniel James Chidley
  • Surface improvement on electric discharge machined titanium alloy miniature parts for implantable medical device
    Patent number: 9238093
    Abstract: The invention describes a process to remove a recast layer and/or burrs from machining processes to provide a surface of a titanium medical device without dissipation of copper or zinc from the surface of the medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc
    Inventors: Alan Shi, Bernard Q. Li, Daniel D. Sorensen, Darren A. Janzig
  • Aminoglycoside antibiotics with reduced ototoxicity
    Patent number: 9238670
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to aminoglycoside derivatives of Formula (I) as described herein. The present disclosure also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating bacterial infections by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Anthony J. Ricci, Robert J. Greenhouse, Alan G. Cheng
  • Abrasive particles having complex shapes and methods of forming same
    Patent number: 9238768
    Abstract: An abrasive grain is disclosed and may include a body. The body may define a length (l), a height (h), and a width (w). In a particular aspect, the length is greater than or equal to the height and the height is greater than or equal to the width. Further, in a particular aspect, the body may include a primary aspect ratio defined by the ratio of length:height of at least about 2:1. The body may also include an upright orientation probability of at least about 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Doruk O. Yener, Jennifer H. Czerepinski, Sujatha Iyengar, Michael D. Kavanaugh, Alan J. Brandes, Christopher Arcona, Ralph Bauer, Yves Boussant-Roux, Tracy H. Panzarella
  • Method of inhibiting ice accretion within a turbine engine and control system therefor
    Patent number: 9239011
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting ice accretion within a turbine engine, including the steps: (a) operating the turbine engine at a predetermined engine speed; and (b) driving the compressor of the turbine engine at an elevated speed which is greater than the nominal speed of the compressor at the predetermined engine speed so as to inhibit ice accretion within the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Alan R. Jones
  • Rigid polyurethane foam and system and method for making the same
    Patent number: 9238721
    Abstract: An embodiment of a closed-cell polymeric rigid foam may be made using a one-shot method and a reaction system that includes a hydrofluoroalkene physical blowing agent and a polyol mixture having an aminic polyol. The hydrofluoroalkene blowing agent has 3 to 5 carbon atoms and a boiling point between 10° C. and 40° C. at 1 atmosphere pressure. Embodiments of rigid foams may have high closed cell content and are particularly well suited for thermal insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Huntsman International LLC
    Inventors: Sachchida N. Singh, Jinhuang Wu, Alan J. Hamilton
  • Full core biopsy device
    Patent number: 9237883
    Abstract: A biopsy device includes coaxially disposed inner and outer needles in which the outer needle tip is configured for obtaining a tissue sample. The inner surface of the outer needle includes a tissue retention feature which may include a countersink and/or a feature formed in the inner surface. The device may be configured such that the inner needle does not extend past a certain point within the outer needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: JJ Dogs LLC
    Inventors: Herbert Alan Sundheimer, Dan C. Ireland
  • Column geometry to maximize elution efficiencies for molybdenum-99
    Patent number: 9240253
    Abstract: At least one system for eluting a radioactive material and a method of eluting a radioactive material is provided. The system for eluting a radioactive material may include an elution column configured to enclose an radioactive material, a first sealing member sealing a first end of the elution column, a second sealing member sealing a second end of the elution column, an elution supply source connected to the first end of the elution column via a first needle, a collection system connected to the second end of the elution column via a second needle, and a filter in the elution column, the filter being configured to support the radioactive material and prevent the radioactive material from contacting the second needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: GE-HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AMERICAS LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Varnedoe, William Earl Russell, II, Bradley D. Bloomquist, Melissa Allen, James Edward Paine, Alan Anthony Alvarez
  • Method and system for binary flow turbine control
    Patent number: 9238998
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adjusting the opening of a scroll valve of a binary flow turbine. Scroll valve adjustments are used at different engine operating conditions to improve engine performance and boost response. Scroll valve adjustments are coordinated with wastegate and EGR valve adjustments for improved engine control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Allen Doering, Amey Y. Karnik, Julia Helen Buckland, Brad Alan Boyer, Stephen Lee Cooper
  • Diagnostics for a programmable logic controller
    Patent number: 9239575
    Abstract: To reduce the cost and/or space occupied by diagnostic circuitry in a module of a programmable logic controller with multiple outputs, a multiplexer connects the same diagnostic circuitry to the different outputs. The outputs are sequentially tested with the same circuitry. To limit stress on an output driver, an overload condition may be tested while the driver is off. A different source of power is applied to the output, and the results of the application are measured for shorting to ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Robert Alan Weddle, James F. Archer
  • Single-ended configurable multi-mode driver
    Patent number: 9240784
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a single-ended configurable multi-mode driver. An embodiment of an apparatus includes an input to receive an input signal, an output to transmit a driven signal generated from the input signal on a communication channel, a mechanism for independently configuring a termination resistance of the driver apparatus, and a mechanism for independently configuring a voltage swing of the driven signal without modifying a supply voltage for the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Srikanth Gondi, Roger Dwain Isaac, Alan T. Ruberg
  • Water sports ear plug
    Patent number: 9237968
    Abstract: An ear plug provides, in the exemplary embodiment, an ear plug body adapted to fit against a cavum conchae of the ear and defining an outwardly opening main cavity therewithin. An inner end of the ear plug body is sized and configured for fitting into an ear canal of the ear, while a base of the main cavity defines a sound hole that extends down through each of the base and inner end. A chamber wall is positioned within and extends across the main cavity, forming a hollow air chamber in fluid communication with the sound hole capable of selectively clearing any water droplets that may enter the main cavity and obstruct the sound hole. In an alternate embodiment, the base of the main cavity provides an upwardly protruding sound hole body configured for elevating an opening of the sound hole a distance above the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Inventor: Scott Alan Orman
  • Electroseismic surveying in exploration and production environments
    Patent number: 9239397
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer programs for monitoring a drilling operation in a subterranean formation include receiving, from a first sensor array, one or more signals caused, at least in part, by the fracturing operation in the subterranean formation; receiving, from the first sensor array, one or more electromagnetic signals generated by an electroseismic or seismoelectric conversion of the seismic signals caused, at least in part, by the fracturing operation in the subterranean formation; and determining a property of one or more of a fracture or the subterranean formation based, at least in part, at least in part, on the signals received from the first sensor array. The first sensor array is arranged to monitor the fracturing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Hunt Energy Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Arthur Thompson, Alan Katz, Robert England, Todd W. Benson, Mark Griffin
  • Item collections
    Patent number: 9239852
    Abstract: A distributed database management system comprising a plurality of computing nodes may distribute data evenly across all nodes. A definition of a primary key that divides the primary key into at least a first key portion and a second key portion may be utilized to locate items related by a first key portion to a specific computing node. Application-consistent queries, local transactions and pivoting operations may be performed on items related by a first key portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Alan Lutz, Xianglong Huang, Wei Xiao, Stefano Stefani, Timothy Andrew Rath, Somasundaram Perianayagam
  • Fluid dispensing oral care implement
    Patent number: 9237798
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing oral care implement with fluid delivery system. The implement includes a storage member containing a fluid. A channel formed of one or more wicking or capillary members extends through at least a portion of the oral care implement to deliver fluid(s) through one or more fluid outlets via capillary action. In one embodiment, the fluid outlet is comprised of a wicking or capillary material and is disposed in the head of the implement. In some embodiments, the implement may include a valve and a specially configured storage cap. A variety of fluids can be administered for therapeutic, hygienic, and/or other benefits, such as fresh breath, tooth whitening, tooth sensitivity, plaque and/or tartar control, or producing sensations of heat, cool, or tingling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Michael Rooney, Robert Moskovich, Thomas Boyd, Sharon Kennedy, Madhusudan Patel, John Gatzemeyer, Alan Sorrentino
  • Patient interface assembly
    Patent number: D747794
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Joshua Mark Greenberg, Mihai Hogea, Matthew Michael Julian, Jeffry Huth, Elizabeth Eury, Kevin Daniel Himes, Eric Alan Higgins, Steven Robert Warren, Matthew Answine
  • Dermatological medical device
    Patent number: D747800
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Dermal Photonics Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Dunleavy, Drake Stimson, Christopher Michael Bradley, Roland Jeffrey Wyatt, Jeffrey Alan Tilley