Patents by Inventor Alex Francis

Alex Francis 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: 20250080904
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides computer-implemented methods, systems, and devices for capturing spatial sound for an environment. A computing system captures, using two or more microphones, audio data from an environment around a mobile device. The computing system analyzes the audio data to identify a plurality of sound sources in the environment around the mobile device based on the audio data. The computing system determines, based on characteristics of the audio data and data produced by one or more movement sensors, an estimated location for each respective sound source in the plurality of sound sources. The computing system generates a spatial sound recording of the audio data based, at least in part, on the estimated location of each respective sound source in the plurality of sound sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Artem Dementyev, Richard Francis Lyon, Pascal Tom Getreuer, Alex Olwal, Dmitrii Nikolayevitch Votintcev
  • Publication number: 20240288648
    Abstract: An optical distribution box includes a base portion, a cover portion, and an engaging portion configured to be attached to a first one of the base portion and the cover portion. A second one of the base portion and the cover portion comprises an angled pathway portion; at least a portion of a seal portion is located between the angled pathway portion and the first one of the base portion and the cover portion; the angled pathway portion transitions from a first portion to a second portion; an edge portion of the engaging portion is configured to engage the first portion and the second portion of the angled pathway portion; and the slide body portion is configured to urge the cover portion toward the base portion in a location of the seal portion so as to enhance a watertight seal between the cover portion and the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Subin PANAKKAL SADASIVAN, Icy Kollielil VARGHESE, Boby ANTONY, Archana Raj MARY, Abilash NEVILLE, Afzal V. ABDULSALAM, Sandeep PULIYANKULANGARA, Beevi MOHAMMEDALI, Ceegan Alex FRANCIS, Toji THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20240288651
    Abstract: A cable panel rack includes: a center frame portion; and distribution cable management and bottom cable portions configured to be attached to the center frame portion. The center frame portion is configured to be attached at a first portion of the bottom cable portion when the distribution cable management portion is attached to a first side of the center frame portion, and the center frame portion is configured to be attached at a second portion of the bottom cable portion when the distribution cable management portion is attached to a second side of the center frame portion, so as to permit a user to select and/or change a configuration of the cable panel rack at an installation location without disconnecting cables from the cable panels in the center rack frame portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Afzal V. ABDULSALAM, Jerin RAJ, Syed Ali Hussaini AZHAR, Ceegan Alex FRANCIS, Icy Kollielil VARGHESE
  • Publication number: 20190367345
    Abstract: A bottle cap opener and gripper made of resilient materials and used for bottle cap removal. It is essentially a circular configuration with a predetermined thickness and has a rough surface on its circumference for improved grip. The top surface is flat and ready for identification or advertisement. The bottom has a series of step cut gripping rings to engage and hold the bottle cap in a fixed position as the device is turned and the cap is twisted and removed from the bottle. The relationship of the center grip and outer circumference provides a leverage by a radius between the turning force at the circumference by the operator and the twist force transferred to the bottle cap. The radius serves to multiply the twist force with the radius of the device and thereby turn the cap easier than by just the operator gripping the cap alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Frank Xavier Billmeier, Alex Francis Billmeier
  • Publication number: 20170007257
    Abstract: A clamping device for an umbilical cord includes a first member having a first clamping surface and a second member having a second clamping surface. The second member is flexibly coupled to the first member. The clamping device further includes an arcuate body extending away from the first member to assist an operator in moving the first member relative to the second member. The arcuate body is removably coupled to the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Charles Potter, Ilya Avdeev, Maxwell Potter, Alex Francis
  • Publication number: 20110314052
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to enable enhanced searching of data, particularly for larger volumes of data where the data has a plurality of attributes. Conventional search systems require complex and intelligent search input from a user or require a large amount of processing power and complex database access functionality to process searches based on complex data. The system described uses predefined search criteria, wherein each search criterion is associated with at least one attribute. In one aspect, images are stored together with an association with a search criterion. The images are provided for display to a user and input is received from the user to select at least one image and therefore the search criterion and attribute associated with the image. The items of data are searched to retrieve items having the at least one selected attribute and a first intermediate list of identifiers of the retrieved items is stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: WANT2BTHERE LTD.
    Inventors: Alex Francis, Jonathan Marsh
  • Patent number: 6211676
    Abstract: An open electromagnet including a pair of field coils which respectively comprise juxtaposed poles of the electromagnet between which an imaging volume of substantially homogeneous magnetic field is defined, toroidal shielding coil means arranged on a locus which forms a loop, so that when energized, the said shielding coil means produces a controlling magnetic field which configures a magnetic flux return path for the field coils so that the magnetic flux return path describes the said loop, and a support structure which serves rigidly to support the shielding coil means and the field coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Oxford Magnet Technology Limited
    Inventors: Alex Francis Byrne, Nicholas David Parker, Francis John Davies
  • Patent number: 5982260
    Abstract: An open electromagnet for use in MRI apparatus includes a pair of field coils which respectively comprise juxtaposed poles between which an imaging volume of substantially homogeneous magnetic field is defined. A support structure, which serves rigidly to support the field coils in spaced apart relationship, includes two steel plates between which the field coils are positioned. The relative position of the field coils and the plates is selected such that forces of magnetic attraction between the field coils are at least partly counter-balanced by forces of attraction between the plates and the field coils. In this manner, the force on the field coils and their associated support structure due to the forces of attraction between the poles is significantly reduced or nullified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Oxford Magnet Technology Limited
    Inventor: Alex Francis Byrne