Patents by Inventor Andrew Charles

Andrew Charles 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: 20220390564
    Abstract: A portable sensor system is provided for detecting objects in the environment of the portable sensor system and for being temporarily attached to a mobile object. The portable sensor system includes an environment detection sensor for detecting objects, an attaching device connected to the environment detection sensor for temporarily attaching the portable sensor system to an external surface of the mobile object, and a position determining apparatus for determining a sensor position of the environment detection sensor when the environment detection sensor is attached to the external surface. The position determining apparatus is configured to determine the sensor position relative to the mobile object on the basis of a predetermined geometrical model of the external surface and a region of the external surface detected by the environment detection sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Thomas KASINEC, Andrew Charles MOAKES, Amos Lamar SMITH, III
  • Patent number: 11518803
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to TGF-beta antibodies and binding fragments thereof, DNA encoding the same, host cells comprising said DNA and methods of expressing the antibody or binding fragment in a host cell. The disclosure also extends to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibody or a binding fragment thereof and use of the antibody, binding fragment and compositions comprising the same in treatment of various diseases including fibrosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SRL
    Inventors: Helene Bon, Joanne Elizabeth Compson, Kate Louise Dixon, Carl Brendan Doyle, Mark Ellis, Maria Margarida Gouveia Sancho, Raymond Anthony Jupp, Lara Kevorkian, Daniel John Lightwood, Diane Marshall, Andrew Charles Payne, Joseph Michael David Rastrick, Monika-Sarah Schulze, Alison Turner, Kerry Louise Tyson
  • Publication number: 20220340278
    Abstract: The present invention relates to method of spraying a field with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The method comprises: flying an UAV over a crop within a field and spraying the crop with a liquid spray, wherein the UAV comprises a wing extending in directions perpendicular to a fore-aft axis of the UAV, wherein the wing has a span extending from one side of the fore-aft axis to the other side of the fore-aft axis, and wherein spraying the crop comprises spraying substantially all of the crop at a height of the wing above the crop that is less a length of the span of the wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Malcolm FAERS, Andrew Charles CHAPPLE
  • Publication number: 20220340277
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aerial vehicle (10). aerial vehicle comprises a liquid chemical tank (20), at least one liquid spray unit (30), at least one actuator (40), a plurality of sensors (50), and a processing unit (60). The liquid chemical tank is configured to hold a liquid chemical. The at least one liquid spray unit is configured to spray the liquid chemical. The at least one actuator is configured to operate the at least one liquid spray unit. At least one sensor (51) of the plurality of sensors is configured to measure a speed of the aerial vehicle relative to the ground. At least one sensor (52) of the plurality of sensors is a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor configured to measure the direction and distance of airborne particles relative to the aerial vehicle with respect to a fore-aft axis of the aerial vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Malcolm FAERS, Andrew Charles CHAPPLE
  • Patent number: 11477268
    Abstract: A method for reducing the number of images or the length of a video from a digital image collection using a social network, includes receiving a digital image collection captured by a user to be viewed by a viewer; wherein the viewer and the user are members of the same social network and using a processor to access the social network to determine a relationship between a viewer and the user. The method further includes using the processor to determine a set of summarization parameters based on the relationship between the viewer and the user and using the processor to reduce the number of images or the length of the video from the digital image collection using the determined set of summarization parameters to be viewed by the viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: KODAK ALARIS INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Charles Gallagher, Aaron Thomas Deever
  • Publication number: 20220304296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to spray application device(s) for application of an active ingredient(s) to agricultural crops, to vehicle(s) comprising spray application device(s), to method(s) of spray application by the spray application device(s), to computer program element(s) for controlling the spray application device(s), and for computer program element(s) for controlling vehicle(s) comprising spray application device(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andrew Charles CHAPPLE, Walter MAYER
  • Publication number: 20220250101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a disc (10) for a spinning disc liquid atomizer. A surface (20) of the disc comprises a plurality of concentric rings (30) having different radii centred on the centre of the disc. A first concentric ring (40) of an adjacent pair of concentric rings has a surface configured to exhibit a first level of adhesion to the liquid. A second concentric ring (50) of the adjacent pair of concentric rings has a surface configured to exhibit a second level of adhesion to the liquid, and wherein the first level of adhesion is less than the second level of adhesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Malcolm FAERS, Andrew Charles CHAPPLE
  • Patent number: 11407732
    Abstract: Tricyclic cereblon binders for the degradation of Ikaros or Aiolos by the ubiquitin proteasome pathway for therapeutic applications are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: C4 Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Henderson, Minsheng He, Andrew Charles Good, Andrew John Phillips
  • Patent number: 11396545
    Abstract: Antibodies which bind BTLA, and methods of using same, are provided, said antibodies are useful as agents for treating conditions associated with autoimmune disease including treating lupus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Shane Krummen Atwell, Andrew Charles Vendel, Victor H. Obungu
  • Publication number: 20220212796
    Abstract: The present invention relates to unmanned aerial vehicle for application of an active ingredient to agricultural crops. It is described to hold (310) a liquid comprising the active ingredient in a liquid reservoir housed within or attached to a body of the unmanned aerial vehicle. A liquid application unit is attached to the body of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the liquid application unit is in fluid communication with the liquid reservoir. The liquid application unit receives (320) at least one input from a processing unit. The at least one input is useable to activate the liquid application unit. The unmanned aerial vehicle lands (330) within an environment to apply the liquid to at least one plant. The liquid application unit is activated (340) at a location determined by the processing unit based on image analysis of at least one image of the environment acquired by a camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Malcolm FAERS, Andrew Charles CHAPPLE
  • Publication number: 20220203078
    Abstract: A method comprises rolling a medical implant to reduce a profile of the medical implant. The medical implant comprises a first end and a second end. The method further comprises inserting the medical implant into a catheter, delivering the catheter to a treatment location within a human body, and removing the medical implant from the catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Andrew Charles May
  • Patent number: 11375165
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus to continuously calibrate images displayed on a screen or surface by one or more projection devices during display of the images are disclosed. The systems, methods and apparatus comprise defining a plurality of fiducial markers on the screen, detecting, by a registration device, such as a camera, the plurality of fiducial markers in an image of the screen, adding a plurality of reference markers to an image displayed on the screen, detecting, by the registration device, the plurality of reference markers in the displayed image, determining a mapping between positions of the reference markers on the screen to positions of the reference markers in the displayed images, calculating an image warp based on the mapping and a layout of the images to be displayed and applying the image warp to images from an image generator to produce geometrically corrected images for display on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ImmersaView Pty., Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew Charles Boud, Shaun Andre Burns, Edward Wigg, Vishesh Bhartiya, Alexander Talesin Streit
  • Publication number: 20220193585
    Abstract: A filter element including a filter media and methods for making the same are provided. The filter element includes a support core surrounded by a tubular ring of filter media. A first end of the tubular ring of filter media is coupled to a first end cap and a second end of the tubular ring of filter media coupled to a second end cap. The tubular ring of filter media includes a carrier media layer, a coarse filter media layer, a fine filtration media layer, a water-capturing media layer, and an outer wrap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Ronald McDowell, Donald Dongho Cho, Andrew Dye, Andrew Charles Thompson
  • Publication number: 20220168015
    Abstract: A puncture needle can comprise an elongate portion, a puncture component associated with a distal end of the elongate portion, and a spacer associated with a distal portion of the elongate portion, where the spacer can be configured to contact a wall of the delivery catheter lumen to prevent contact between the puncture component and the wall. A puncture needle can comprise an elongate portion and a puncture component associated with a distal end of the elongate portion, where the puncture component comprises a blade edge on a distal edge, and where the puncture component is configured to be advanceable through a lumen of a delivery catheter without the blade edge sticking to a wall of the lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel James Murray, Lillian Grace Myers, Don Huy Tran, Michael G. Valdez, Andrew Charles May
  • Patent number: 11348043
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for automatically distributing tasks within a group includes identifying, by one or more processors, first data associated with each member of a group. The one or more processors identify second data associated with demands for the group, calculate a total work time for each member of the group using the first data, identify conflicts between the total work time for each member of the group and the second data, and based on the identified conflict, distribute tasks among members of the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy R. Fox, Kelley Anders, Chen Liang, Andrew Charles Whiriskey
  • Publication number: 20220153417
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle for application of an active ingredient to agricultural crops is configured to hold: a liquid comprising the active ingredient in at least one liquid reservoir housed within or attached to the unmanned aerial vehicle. At least one liquid application unit is housed within or attached to the unmanned aerial vehicle and in fluid communication with the at least one liquid reservoir. The housing of at least one sensor unit which is configured to determine sense information comprising sensing a functioning of one or more of: the at least one liquid reservoir, the at least one liquid application unit, the at least one operating unit. A processing unit determines an instruction to the unmanned aerial vehicle to dock with a base station and get a service from the base station. This determination step comprises utilization of sense information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Malcolm FAERS, Andrew Charles CHAPPLE
  • Patent number: 11313426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a disc brake caliper body comprising a mounting side bracket and a non-mounting side bracket extending along a circumferential direction of the body, each bracket being configured to hold at least one brake pad. In order to provide improved cooling efficiency while maintaining the required stability of the brake caliper, the caliper body further comprises at least one cooling duct formed by additive manufacturing, at least one cooling duct being an integral part of the caliper body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: ALCON COMPONENTS LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Charles Smith, Stephen James Hodgkins, Richard James Humble
  • Patent number: 11300165
    Abstract: Electromagnetically-operated coupling device for selectively connecting and disconnecting a first rotating member and a second rotating member in a driveline of a vehicle is disclosed, wherein the first and the second rotating members are coaxial with each other and rotatable about a same axis of rotation. The coupling device comprises: an engagement sleeve provided with a control disk made of a ferromagnetic material, the engagement sleeve being axially slidable between an engaged position and a disengaged position; and a control system for controlling the sliding movement of the engagement sleeve between said engaged and disengaged positions. The control system comprises a pair of magnetic coils which are placed on opposite sides of the control disk, coaxially therewith, and are arranged to be selectively activated by an electric current to generate a magnetic force acting on the control disk to axially move the control disk, and therefore also the engagement sleeve, in either directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: DANA GRAZIANO S.R.L.
    Inventors: Robert John Barnes, Benjamin Stubbs, Andrew Charles Osborne Smith
  • Publication number: 20220109455
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable storage medium has instructions executed by processors to receive an original collection of symbols at a first machine operative as a coding machine in a network. The original collection of symbols is conveyed via the network from a second machine operative as a client machine in the network. A single use coding function is applied at the first machine to the original collection of symbols to form a new collection of symbols. The first machine subsequently applies a different single use coding function to the original collection of symbols to form a different new collection of symbols recoverable as the original collection of symbols. Encryption keys associated with a user of the client machine are formed and conveyed via the network to a client wallet on the second machine. The new collection of symbols is encrypted to form a recoded encrypted symbol file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Roelof Louis BARRY, Andrew Charles KESSLER
  • Publication number: 20220071439
    Abstract: A system for heating and frothing a beverage includes a device for preparing a beverage and a wand (12). The device has a wand holder (31) in which the wand is removably mountable to hold the wand in an operative position and a steam nozzle (15) operably connectable with a source of steam. The steam nozzle (15) is movable between a wand insertion position spaced from the wand holder to permit the wand to be inserted into or removed from the wand holder and a wand engagement position in which it operatively engages with an inlet end of the wand. The device has an actuator arrangement (60) operative to move the steam nozzle between said wand insertion and wand engagement positions and a control system for regulating actuation of the actuator arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Charles Bentley, Harrison Lloyd Woodall, Nicholas Andrew Hansen