Patents by Inventor Alan Smith
Alan Smith 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: 10935490Abstract: A nephelometer that measures turbidity of low volume suspensions using measurements of light transmitted through and/or scattered by the sample. The sample suspension is placed in a tiered cuvette adapted to facilitate measuring the turbidity of low volume samples. The lower portion of the cuvette has smaller dimensions, in horizontal cross section, than the top portion. Both lower and upper portions have angled surfaces. The lower, smaller portion of the cuvette is interrogated by the nephelometer.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: BD KIESTRA B.V.Inventors: Brian Reuben Langhoff, William Alan Fox, Kerry Lynn Smith
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Publication number: 20210055766Abstract: A second touch area provided on the back side of the mobile phone in a location such that an index finger can be used to provide input when while the mobile phone is being held in that one hand. A second hand is not required for the various types of input that are provided using this second touch area. This allows the mobile phone to be used in single-handed operation in many circumstances.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Merril Ray NEWMAN, Yiding LUO, David Brian SMITH, Michael Richard DILLE, Matthew Alan BEARDSWORTH, Alan R. MANLICK
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Publication number: 20210046007Abstract: The disclosure is directed to methods of treating schizophrenia or bipolar disorder by subcutaneously administering a sustained-release dosage form of olanzapine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Methods of subcutaneously administering olanzapine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Carine Claassen-Punt, Mark Alan Smith, Ling Chen, Ari Andrew Gershon
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Publication number: 20210049734Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to: acquire first image data that is representative of a subject at a first time and second image data that is representative of the subject at a second, different time; process the first image data and second image data to obtain a plurality of transformed first data sets and a plurality of transformed second data sets; transform the transformed first data sets and transformed second data sets to obtain respective first distance transforms and second distance transforms; select a combination of at least one of the first distance transforms and at least one of the second distance transforms; generate at least one morphed distance transform based on the combination; and process the at least one morphed distance transform to obtain upsampled image data that is representative of the subject at a third time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Magnus WAHRENBERG, Scott Alan SMITH, Takahiko NISHIOKA, Fumimasa SHIGE
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Publication number: 20210049809Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to: acquire first image data that is representative of a subject at a first time and second image data that is representative of the subject at a second, different time; process the first image data and second image data to obtain a plurality of transformed first data sets and a plurality of transformed second data sets; transform the transformed first data sets and transformed second data sets to obtain respective first distance transforms and second distance transforms; select a combination of at least one of the first distance transforms and at least one of the second distance transforms; generate at least one morphed distance transform based on the combination; and process the at least one morphed distance transform to obtain upsampled image data that is representative of the subject at a third time.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Magnus WAHRENBERG, Scott Alan Smith, Takahiko Nishioka, Fumimasa Shige
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Publication number: 20210041199Abstract: A conversion kit (1) for converting a firearm to fire a plurality of different types of non-lethal training ammunition comprises a single barrel (2) and a plurality of interchangeable barrel liners (3) which can be used in place of each other. The barrel (2) defines a bore (4) which receives one of the barrel liners (3) for firing non-lethal training ammunition and each barrel liner (3) is specific for a type of non-lethal training ammunition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Parag MEHTA, Alan SMITH
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Patent number: 10907631Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed of monitoring performance of an incompressible fluid system. The system has a positive displacement pump and a high bandwidth pressure sensor. A method comprises sensing a pressure of the fluid with the pressure sensor, determining pump ripple frequency and hence the speed of the positive displacement pump, calculating the pump flow rate, determining a flow restriction of the fluid system based on the pressure and flow, and assessing or trending the fluid system flow restriction.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Rolls-Royce CorporationInventor: Alan Smith
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Patent number: 10905867Abstract: An embodiment includes a vascular port comprising: first and second portions that are not monolithic with each other; wherein: (a)(i) the first portion includes a first arcuate surface to contour to a first portion of a vessel and the second portion includes a second arcuate surface to contour to a second portion of the vessel; (a)(ii) the first and second portions couple to one another around the vessel when implanted to form a central chamber that houses the vessel; (a)(iii) the first portion includes a port that includes a funnel with a funnel surface that narrows as the funnel surface approaches the central chamber; (a)(iv) the central chamber includes a central longitudinal axis and the funnel includes a central vertical axis that is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis; (a)(v) the second portion includes a hardened, non-compliant surface that intersects the vertical axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: VOYAGER BIOMEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Alan Glowczwski, Robert Smith, Peter Smith, Nathan Borgfeld
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Publication number: 20210019622Abstract: A user device can send, to a server, a request for a set of documents likely to be opened by a user, determine a client-suggested document to present to the user and a potential motive for the user to open the client-suggested document, receive a suggestion message from the server, the suggestion message including a set of documents likely to be opened by the user and potential motives for the user to open documents in the set of documents, and present, on a display of the user device, visual representations of the client-suggested document, the potential motive for the user to open the client-suggested document, multiple documents included in the set of documents, and the potential motives for the user to open the multiple documents in the set of documents.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Alan Green, Cayden Meyer, Julian Gibbons, Alexandre Mah, Divanshu Garg, Reuben Kan, Michael Smith, Sandeep Tata, Alexandrin Popescul
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Publication number: 20210008583Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a paint circulating system suitable for providing paint to applicators in a product finishing facility. The system comprises: a pump for pumping paint around the system; an automatically adjustable back-pressure regulator (BPR) to reduce pressure fluctuations of paint upstream of the BPR; means for indicating a flow rate of paint through a conduit upstream of the BPR; and control means for controlling the BPR to maintain a desired flow rate based on the indicated flow rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Alan Smith, Nigel Wood
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Patent number: 10888918Abstract: Brake calipers, molds and method of producing brake calipers are disclosed including a brake caliper mold for molding a brake caliper, the brake caliper mold comprising: a first mold section; a second section half; a core member configured to form a piston bore, the core member comprising: a tower configured to form a tower window in a bridge of the brake caliper and a piston bore extension to form a piston bore of the brake caliper; and four locator forming surfaces located on the tower, each of the four locator forming surfaces configured to form a separate lateral data reference surface on the brake caliper, the lateral data reference surfaces capable of being used for subsequent machining of the brake caliper to predetermined tolerances.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventors: Suresh Babu Koduri, Daniel Alan Smith, Antonio Eduardo Demorais
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Patent number: 10875135Abstract: A machining tool assembly is provided for machining a blank to form a firearm lower receiver. The assembly includes a pair of side plates positionable on opposed sides of the blank to capture the blank therebetween. A template plate having a template aperture is adapted to be removeably attachable to the side plates. The template aperture is aligned with a top surface of the blank and is adapted for machining a cavity within the blank having a peripheral contour complimentary to a peripheral contour of the template aperture. A centering mechanism is adapted to be removeably attachable to the template plate, with the centering mechanism including an opening aligned with a corresponding void formed on the blank to align the blank with the template plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: 80 Percent Arms Inc.Inventor: Tilden Alan Smith
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Publication number: 20200393551Abstract: A transceiver assembly is configured to detect an object. The transceiver assembly includes a first transmit antenna array configured to transmit a first signal at a first frequency, a second transmit antenna array configured to transmit a second signal at a second frequency that differs from the first frequency, and a receive antenna array configured to receive a third signal at a third frequency that is a difference between the first frequency and the second frequency. The transceiver assembly detects the object in response to reception of the third signal by the receive antenna array.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: John E. Rogers, Robert Alan Smith
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Patent number: 10865480Abstract: A vapour deposition method for preparing an amorphous lithium-containing oxide or oxynitride compound not containing phosphorous comprises providing a vapour source of each component element of the compound, including at least a source of lithium, a source of oxygen, a source of nitrogen in the case of an oxynitride compound, and a source or sources of one or more glass-forming elements; heating a substrate to substantially 180° C. or above; and co-depositing the component elements from the vapour sources onto the heated substrate wherein the component elements react on the substrate to form the amorphous compound.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2015Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignees: Ilika Technologies Limited, Toyota Motor CorporationInventors: Brian Elliott Hayden, Duncan Clifford Alan Smith, Christopher Edward Lee, Alexandros Anastasopoulos, Chihiro Yada, Laura Mary Perkins, David Michael Laughman
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Patent number: 10860542Abstract: A method and apparatus for replicating a data container of a source storage server at the logical level in an unordered stream of individual data units are described. In certain embodiments, the replication operations can be performed without regard to the differences in geometry of physical persistent storage of the source and destination storage servers and without regard to the differences in data container format of the source and destination storage servers. An initial replication operation of the source data container is performed by transferring the data objects within the source data container to a replica data container in the destination storage server as an unordered stream of individual data units while preserving data object identifiers of the source data objects. Afterwards, incremental replication operations can be performed to capture modifications to the source data container over time after the initial replication operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: NetApp Inc.Inventors: Bruce Leverett, Michael Kazar, Alan Stuart Driscoll, Peter Frank Corbett, Devang K. Shah, Srishylam Simharajan, Toby Smith
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Publication number: 20200375455Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and devices, for the wireless communication of analyte data are provided. In some embodiments, a method and calibration station for calibrating a continuous analyte sensor system is provided. Methods and testing systems for testing a continuous analyte sensor system is provided. Continuous analyte sensor systems, display devices and peripheral devices configured for wireless communication of analyte, connection, alarm and/or alert data and associated methods are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Robert Patrick Van Tassel, John Francis Loughlin, Sean S. Nihalani, James Stephen Amidei, Stephen Alan Reichert, Sebastian Bohm, Krishna Prashant Daita, Brian Christopher Smith, Michael A. Ploof, Benjamin Elrod West, Mark S. Dervaes, Vincent P. Crabtree, William A. Pender, Douglas William Burnette
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Publication number: 20200375457Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and devices, for the wireless communication of analyte data are provided. In some embodiments, a method and calibration station for calibrating a continuous analyte sensor system is provided. Methods and testing systems for testing a continuous analyte sensor system is provided. Continuous analyte sensor systems, display devices and peripheral devices configured for wireless communication of analyte, connection, alarm and/or alert data and associated methods are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Robert Patrick Van Tassel, John Francis Loughlin, Sean S. Nihalani, James Stephen Amidei, Stephen Alan Reichert, Sebastian Bohm, Krishna Prashant Daita, Brian Christopher Smith, Michael A. Ploof, Benjamin Elrod West, Mark S. Dervaes, Vincent P. Crabtree, William A. Pender, Douglas William Burnette
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Patent number: 10852229Abstract: A method of detecting a compound in a material sample is presented. A transformation is generated from a set of IR spectra of a set of identified compounds, in which the compound is one of the set of identified compounds. The transformation is applied to an IR spectrum of the material sample to form a transformed IR spectrum. A decomposition is applied to the transformation. Results indicative of a presence or an absence of the compound are generated based on an output of the decomposition.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Hong Hue Tat, Yuan-Jye Wu, David K. Mefford, Robert Alan Smith
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Publication number: 20200372064Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for determining at least one valid mood for a collection of media content items of a media library are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Eric Circlaeys, James Alan Queen, Killian Huyghe, Zachary H. Smith
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Patent number: 10845624Abstract: An ophthalmic lens element includes an upper distance viewing zone and a lower near viewing zone. The upper distance viewing zone includes a central region with a first refractive power for clear distance vision and peripheral regions that are relatively positive in power compared to the first refractive power. The lower near viewing zone has a central region that is relatively positive in power compared to the first refractive power to account for accommodative lag. The powers of the peripheral regions of the lower near viewing zone are one of: i) equal to the power of the central region of the lower near viewing zone, ii) relatively positive in comparison to the power of the central region of the lower near viewing zone.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Brien Holden Vision Institute LimitedInventors: Padmaja Rajagopal Sankaridurg, Cathleen Fedtke, Leslie Alan Donovan, Earl Leo Smith, III, Arthur Ho, Brien Anthony Holden