Patents by Inventor Andrew Michael Smith
Andrew Michael 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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Publication number: 20240231399Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and related methods for automatically supplying one or more reservoirs with fluid while the fluid level within those reservoirs is below a threshold level, and while there is still enough fluid in the supply to refill them. The reservoirs, which may be coupled to fog or haze machines, are thus maintained at appropriate levels for as long as the fluid supply lasts, without the requirement for manual labour and active monitoring. The system comprises a pump and sensor module which monitors liquid levels both in the supply tank and in the one or more reservoirs, controlling the pump appropriately to keep the reservoirs full but prevent overfilling.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventor: ANDREW MICHAEL SMITH
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Publication number: 20240134399Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and related methods for automatically supplying one or more reservoirs with fluid while the fluid level within those reservoirs is below a threshold level, and while there is still enough fluid in the supply to refill them. The reservoirs, which may be coupled to fog or haze machines, are thus maintained at appropriate levels for as long as the fluid supply lasts, without the requirement for manual labour and active monitoring. The system comprises a pump and sensor module which monitors liquid levels both in the supply tank and in the one or more reservoirs, controlling the pump appropriately to keep the reservoirs full but prevent overfilling.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventor: ANDREW MICHAEL SMITH
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Publication number: 20240095718Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, systems for enabling facilities to implement techniques to determine when users are in possession of items when located within and/or exiting the facilities. For instance, a system may use one or more sensors to determine locations of a user that navigated through a facility. Additionally, the system may use one or more sensors to determine locations of an item while the item was located within the facility. The system may then determine a probability that the user was in possession of the item when in the facility and/or when exiting the facility based at least in part on the locations of the user and the locations of the item. If the system determines that the user was in possession of the item when exiting the facility, the system may charge a payment instrument of the user for a price of the item.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Aaron M. McDaniel, Robert Jerome Colwill, Nirmal Doshi, Andrew Michael Smith, David Zhang
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Patent number: 11374388Abstract: A protection assembly for mounting in an underwater support structure includes at least one bend protection device coupled to a retaining device so that together they provide a through-going passage for receiving an elongate member which is to be protected. The elongate member passes through a support structure opening, and the retaining device is configured to be received in the support structure opening and to engage with the support structure to resist subsequent withdrawal from it. Installation of the protection assembly includes grasping the protection assembly with a releasable clamp, arranging a pulling line to pass through the support structure opening to the mechanical clamp and securing the pulling line to the mechanical clamp, drawing the retaining device of the protection assembly into the support structure opening using the pulling line and engaging the retaining device with the support structure, and releasing the clamp from the protection assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: CRP Subsea LimitedInventors: Andrew Michael Smith, Edmund John Deasey, Marc Ian Reeves, Austin Harbison
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Patent number: 10409994Abstract: Described herein are various technologies for metrics-based assessment and trust verification of netlists for hardware logic devices (e.g., ASICs, FPGAs, etc.). A computing system translates a netlist of a hardware logic device into a Boolean network. The computing system generates and assigns metrics to edges of the Boolean network. The metrics comprise a coverage metric, a rare trigger metric, and an influence metric. Based upon the metrics, the computing system assigns the nodes in the Boolean network criticality values. The computing system determines a likelihood of a vulnerability in the netlist based upon the criticality values. The computing can output an indication as to whether the netlist is trusted based upon the determined likelihood of a vulnerability in the netlist.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLCInventors: Vivian G. Kammler, Robert C. Armstrong, Andrew Michael Smith, Jackson R. Mayo
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Publication number: 20190214801Abstract: The invention relates to a protection assembly for mounting in an underwater support structure, and to a method of installing such an assembly. According to one aspect of the invention, the protection assembly comprises at least one bend protection device (20a, 20b) coupled to a retaining device (18). The bend protection device (20a, 20b, 26) and the retaining device (18) together provide a through-going passage (32) for receiving an elongate member which is to be protected. The support structure (12) has an opening (16) through which the elongate member is passed, and the retaining device (18) is configured to be received in the opening (16) in the support structure and to engage with the support structure to resist subsequent withdrawal from it.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2016Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Andrew Michael Smith, Edmund John Deasey, Marc Ian Reeves, Austin Harbison
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Publication number: 20170247981Abstract: A debris control system comprises a first ported sub and a second ported sub attached to a casing and disposed in a wellbore, such that the first ported sub is disposed at a depth that is deeper than the depth at which the second ported sub is disposed. The first ported sub is to move debris from the wellbore when it is actuated and a first fluid is pumped through it. The second ported sub is to enable conducting a diagnostic fracture injection test (DFIT) when a second fluid is pumped through it. Additional apparatus, methods, and systems are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2014Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Michael Smith, Kenneth Lee Borgen, Clifford Lynn Talley
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Publication number: 20080119913Abstract: A personal care device comprising a phototherapy device component and a shaving device component is disclosed. The phototherapy device component may comprise an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs), which are configured to emit light over a range of wavelengths which are selected to treat a skin condition. The LED array is disposed adjacent the shaving head of the shaving device so light therapy treatment and shaving may be performed simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2007Publication date: May 22, 2008Applicant: LUMIPORT, LLCInventors: Steven D. Powell, Andrew Michael Smith
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Publication number: 20080103563Abstract: A personal care device comprising a phototherapy component and a microdermabrasion component is disclosed. The phototherapy device component may comprise an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs), which are configured to emit light over a range of wavelengths which are selected to treat a skin condition. The LED array may be disposed behind the exfoliating surface of the microdermabrasion component so light therapy treatment and microdermabrasion treatment may be performed simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2007Publication date: May 1, 2008Applicant: LUMIPORT, LLCInventors: Steven D. Powell, Andrew Michael Smith
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Publication number: 20080103560Abstract: A phototherapy device includes a first light source configured to emit a wavelength of light within the visible to infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum and a second light source configured to emit a wavelength of light within the ultraviolet portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, the wavelength of light of the first light source being selected to treat a skin condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2007Publication date: May 1, 2008Applicant: LUMIPORT, LLCInventors: Steven D. Powell, Andrew Michael Smith