Patents by Inventor Andrew Walters

Andrew Walters 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).

  • Patent number: 12008413
    Abstract: A vector entry of a signaling vector is registered to a buffer summary group. The buffer summary group includes one or more summary indicators for one or more buffers assigned to the buffer summary group. A command is processed that sets a vector indicator in the vector entry and based on setting the vector indicator in the vector entry, a summary indicator of the one or more summary indicators is set in the buffer summary group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Dana Driever, David Harold Surman, Peter Kenneth Szwed, Andrew Walter Piechowski, Steven Neil Goss
  • Patent number: 12006188
    Abstract: A Building Element Lift Enhancer is described. The Building Element Lift Enhancer provides for the movement and precise placement of building elements such as blocks or sheet products by one worker. The Building Element Lift Enhancer senses the force applied by a user to the building element and converts that user applied force to mechanically assisted force from the Building Element Lift Enhancer, allowing the user to precisely move and handle large, heavy or bulky building elements by direct interaction with the building element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Construction Robotics, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Lawrence Peters, Andrew Walter Beckmann, Glenn Dayton White, Timothy Riley Voorheis, Kimchua Heng
  • Patent number: 11982627
    Abstract: Semi-automated quantitative phenotype analysis of organisms, such as plant organisms, bacterial organisms, and the like. An imaging system, image capture specifications, a semi-automated quantitative image analysis process, and automated batch processing of acquired images that enables completely quantitative experimental readouts that produces data rapidly and objectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Alberto B. Iandolino, Andrew Walter Mroczka, Rick C. Taytroe
  • Publication number: 20240085364
    Abstract: A method for determining a health indicator parameter of a fluid are described. The method can include contacting at least one first functionalized electrode included in a plurality of functionalized electrodes of a sensing unit with a fluid. The method can also include generating a first electrical signal within the fluid by the at least one first functionalized electrode. The method can further include receiving, by at least one second functionalized electrode included in the plurality of functionalized electrodes of the sensing unit, a second electrical signal in response to the first electrical signal. The sensing unit can determine a health indicator parameter of the fluid based on the second electrical signal. The health indicator parameter can be associated with an electrochemical response signal included in the second electrical signal. The sensing unit can provide the health indicator parameter to a computing device communicably coupled to the sensing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: James Michael Lustig, Andrew Walter Hutchinson
  • Publication number: 20240028799
    Abstract: A method of determining an effect of wind on a flight path of a golf ball includes predictive modeling a flow of air through a null terrain with a processing system. The null terrain includes a three-dimensional digital model of a physical terrain and a physical feature. Changes of a wind speed, a wind direction, or a combination thereof of the flow of air are calculated with the processing system based on the predictive modeling of the wind speed and the wind direction through the null terrain. An output data set of predicted wind behavior is generated based on the calculated changes of wind speed, wind direction, or a combination thereof of the flow of air through the null terrain. An effect of wind behavior on the flight-path of the golf ball is predicted based on the output data set of predicted wind behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Andrew Walter Werner
  • Patent number: 11806228
    Abstract: Medical kits and methods for performing small incision DLEK include a corneal transplantation donor tissue graft formed into an implantable and compact rolled configuration using the flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
    Inventors: Keith Andrew Walter, Kurt Weber
  • Patent number: 11796585
    Abstract: A method includes receiving an output signal from a conductive element configured within a dielectric material. The conductive element can have an input voltage applied thereto and the output signal can include a plurality of signal amplitudes indicative of electric charges discharged across a gap between the conductive element and the dielectric material in response to the applied input voltage. The method can also include determining charge characterization data and classifying a material and a geometry of the conductive element and/or the dielectric material. The classification can include an operational state of the conductive element and/or the dielectric material. Related systems, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer readable mediums are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Toyonari Yamamoto, Scot Alan Shermer, Andrew Walter Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 11767104
    Abstract: A vortex generator, includes a vane, mountable on an aerodynamic surface of an aircraft, and an actuator that rotates the vane between a stowed position and a deployed position. The actuator includes a linear actuator, composed at least in part of a shape memory alloy (SMA), that when thermally activated facilitates rotation of the vane between the stowed position to the deployed position. Thermal activation of the SMA is caused via one or more of joule heating, conduction, and induction in response to one or more of an electronic command signal and a wireless command signal. The electronic command signal and the wireless command signal may be transmitted in response to ambient conditions, aircraft flight conditions, and aircraft mission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Frederick T. Calkins, Paul M. Vijgen, Douglas E. Nicholson, Andrew Walter Fassmann
  • Patent number: 11743847
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method includes receiving control signaling indicating for the UE to monitor a set of multiple synchronization signal blocks during a first transmission time interval, determining a priority order of the set of multiple synchronization signal blocks based on a number of beam switch events that occur during the first transmission time interval exceeding a beam switch capability limit of the UE, performing a set of multiple beam measurements of at least a subset of the set of multiple synchronization signal blocks that occur during the first transmission time interval according to the priority order of the set of multiple synchronization signal blocks, and transmitting a beam report to a base station based on the set of multiple beam measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Nagaraju Gajula, Uzma Khan Qazi, Yong Li, Andrew Walter Janiszewski, Kang Gao
  • Patent number: 11734202
    Abstract: A system including a sensor interface for determining a substitute frequency value via a sensor interface is provided. The system can include a first circuit receiving a frequency signal. The system can also include a sensor interface coupled to the first circuit and configured to determine a substitute frequency value based on the frequency signal. The system can also include a second circuit providing the substitute frequency value output from the sensor interface. The second circuit can provide the substitute frequency value in place of an analog input value by mimicking the behavior of an analog-to-digital converter. An apparatus including the sensor interface and methods of determining the substitute frequency value using a sensor interface are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Walter Hutchinson, Declan Doherty
  • Patent number: 11674914
    Abstract: A sensor having a sensor head including a unibody construction, a first electrode, and at least one second electrode is provided. The first electrode can include a first pair of sensing elements coupled to each over via at least one bridge element extending from a first sensing element to a second sensing element. The at least one second electrode can include a second pair of sensing elements interleaved with the first pair of sensing elements. The second pair of sensing elements can be coupled to each other via at least one second bridge element extending from a third sensing element to a fourth sensing element. A method of manufacturing the sensor is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Walter Hutchinson, James Michael Lustig, Scott Anderson, Claudia Leon, Edward Baus
  • Patent number: 11675825
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium to extract information from at least one of code and text documentation, the extracted information conforming to a base ontology and being extracted in the context of a knowledge graph; add the extracted information to the knowledge graph; generate, in a mixed interaction with a user selectively in communication with the system, computational models including scientific knowledge; and persist, in a memory, a record of the generated computational models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew Walter Crapo, Nurali Virani, Varish Mulwad
  • Publication number: 20230152261
    Abstract: A sensor having a sensor head including a unibody construction, a first electrode, and at least one second electrode is provided. The first electrode can include a first pair of sensing elements coupled to each over via at least one bridge element extending from a first sensing element to a second sensing element. The at least one second electrode can include a second pair of sensing elements interleaved with the first pair of sensing elements. The second pair of sensing elements can be coupled to each other via at least one second bridge element extending from a third sensing element to a fourth sensing element. A method of manufacturing the sensor is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Walter Hutchinson, James Michael Lustig, Scott Anderson, Claudia Leon, Edward Baus
  • Patent number: 11650230
    Abstract: Sensor circuitry utilizing feedback to balance sensor output data is provided. An apparatus can include a primary coil and a first secondary coil outputting a first voltage. The apparatus can also include a second secondary coil outputting a second voltage. The apparatus can further include circuitry coupled to the first secondary coil and the second secondary coil. The circuitry can be configured to receive the first voltage from the first secondary coil and the second voltage from the second secondary coil. The circuitry can also be configured to determine a feedback voltage based on a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage. The feedback voltage can correct the difference. The circuitry can also modify a third voltage that can be output by the circuitry to be zero based on the feedback voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Walter Hutchinson, James Michael Lustig
  • Publication number: 20230112657
    Abstract: This invention allows an end user (“client”) to access one of any number of devices via a server (or cluster of server instances). Each device may be in a different physical location and different location on the Internet or other network. Each device might also be behind a router or firewall that makes direct access to the device impossible. Clients may optionally be authenticated to ensure they are authorized to access a particular device, and devices may also be authenticated to verify their identity to prevent spoofing. Access to a device is achieved by tunneling network requests over a persistent connection that the device establishes when it first comes online.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Walters, Peter Macdonald, Gladys Wong, James Armand Baldwin
  • Publication number: 20230076909
    Abstract: An Enhanced Lift Assist Device is described. The device allows a user to lift and manipulate large, heavy or bulky items by applying force to the item as opposed to traditional control methods such as buttons. This force based system provides ease of movement of the item, making it appear much lighter than it actually is. The Enhanced Lift Assist Device also includes an adjustable base that allows for change of orientation of the device that may include leveling or self-leveling functionality, allowing the device to be operated in non-traditional environments that require leveling or operational adjustments for proper functioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Construction Robotics, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Walter Beckmann, Scott Lawrence Peters, Glenn Dayton White, David Wesley Lombardo, Greg Brulo, Ji Hong Hao, Matthew Ian Gilbride, David Whitney Lyndaker, Charles Alfred Streb, IV, William Lewis Martz
  • Publication number: 20230030241
    Abstract: A buffer summary group of a plurality of buffer summary groups is accessed. The buffer summary group includes one or more summary indicators for one or more buffers assigned to the buffer summary group. A summary indicator of the one or more summary indicators of the buffer summary group is checked to determine whether an event has occurred for at least one buffer of the one or more buffers assigned to the buffer summary group. Based on the checking indicating that the event has occurred, one or more actions are performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Dana Driever, David Harold Surman, Peter Kenneth Szwed, Andrew Walter Piechowski, Steven Neil Goss
  • Publication number: 20230036467
    Abstract: A vector entry of a signaling vector is registered to a buffer summary group. The buffer summary group includes one or more summary indicators for one or more buffers assigned to the buffer summary group. A command is processed that sets a vector indicator in the vector entry and based on setting the vector indicator in the vector entry, a summary indicator of the one or more summary indicators is set in the buffer summary group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Dana Driever, David Harold Surman, Peter Kenneth Szwed, Andrew Walter Piechowski, Steven Neil Goss
  • Publication number: 20230007602
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method includes receiving control signaling indicating for the UE to monitor a set of multiple synchronization signal blocks during a first transmission time interval, determining a priority order of the set of multiple synchronization signal blocks based on a number of beam switch events that occur during the first transmission time interval exceeding a beam switch capability limit of the UE, performing a set of multiple beam measurements of at least a subset of the set of multiple synchronization signal blocks that occur during the first transmission time interval according to the priority order of the set of multiple synchronization signal blocks, and transmitting a beam report to a base station based on the set of multiple beam measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Nagaraju Gajula, Uzma Khan Qazi, Yong Li, Andrew Walter Janiszewski, Kang Gao
  • Patent number: 11506414
    Abstract: A system for delivering power and data over a single wire via a hub, wherein the hub can control and power multiple low-power Class 2 circuits. The hub can be controlled remotely through a computing device such as a mobile phone or a computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Domatic, Inc.
    Inventors: James Armand Baldwin, Gladys Yuan Yan Wong, Hedley C. Davis, Peter Ian Macdonald, Andrew Walters