Patents by Inventor Barry Hayes

Barry Hayes 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: 11957485
    Abstract: A hat (200) for a neonate (120) comprising: a central portion (201), a first side portion (202) and second side portion (203) attached to opposite sides of the central portion (201), a first fastener (208); a top flap (204) and a second fastener (211). The hat (200) has an unfolded configuration and a worn configuration. In the unfolded configuration the first and second portions (202, 203) extend away from each other from the central portion (201) in opposite directions. In the worn configuration the hat (200) wraps a neonate's head with the central portion (201) in contact with the back of the neonate's head, the first portion (202) wrapped around a first side of the neonate's head and the second portion (203) wrapped around a second side of the neonate's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: SUREPULSE MEDICAL LIMITED, THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
    Inventors: James Carpenter, Barrie Hayes-Gill, Caroline Henry, Don Sharkey, Lara Shipley
  • Patent number: 11103150
    Abstract: A photoplethysmograph device includes a light source for illuminating a target object. A modulator drives the light source such that the output intensity varies as a function of a modulation signal at a modulation frequency. A detector receives light from the target object and generates an electrical output as a function of the intensity of received light. A demodulator with a local oscillator receives the detector output and produces a demodulated output, insensitive to any phase difference between the modulation signal and the oscillator, indicative of blood volume as a function of time and/or blood composition. A number of demodulators may be provided to derive signals from multiple light sources of different wavelengths, or from an array of detectors. The plethysmograph may operate in a transmission mode or a reflectance mode. When in a reflectance mode, the device may use the green part of the optical spectrum and may use polarising filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
    Inventors: John Crowe, Mark Grubb, Barrie Hayes-Gill, Nicolas Miles
  • Patent number: 11089992
    Abstract: The invention concerns fetal movement monitoring apparatus having a deflection sensor device arranged to be applied to a mother's abdomen for detection of abdominal deflections indicative of fetal movements and to output a signal comprising one or more record of said abdominal deflections. A processor under the control of machine readable instructions is arranged to process the signal output from the deflection sensor device and to output a log of fetal movement over time. The processor is arranged to receive one or more further input indicative of maternal or fetal movement or wellbeing, for example from a second sensor device by which a user can input a record of perceived fetal movements. The processor may compare the output of the first sensor device and the user's input via the second sensor device and output a log of fetal movements over time based upon said comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Monica Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Barrie Hayes-Gill, Jean Francois Pieri
  • Patent number: 10538638
    Abstract: A prepreg comprising a fibrous material contacting a polymerizable resin, at least 50 wt % of the polymerizable resin comprising at least one polymerizable monomer having at least two carbon-carbon unsaturated functional groups, the monomer being polymerizable by reaction of the unsaturated functional groups to form a cured resin, wherein the resin has a heat of polymerization of less than 230 KJ/kg to provide a maximum increase in temperature of the prepreg of 60° C. during polymerization under adiabatic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Gurit (UK) Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas Jones, Barrie Hayes
  • Publication number: 20170027454
    Abstract: A capillary refill measurement apparatus (1), comprising a support element (14) configured to receive the weight of a user through their foot, a light source (22) for illuminating a region of the foot that exerts weight onto the support element (14), a light detector (24) arranged to receive light from the illuminated region (36) of the foot and generate an output based on the received light, and a processor (26) configured to determine a capillary refill rate from the output of the light detector (24) when the user adjusts the amount of weight received by the support element (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Sergiy Korposh, Stephen Morgan, Barrie Hayes-Gill
  • Patent number: 9043199
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating search results. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining a transcription of a voice query, and data that identifies an accent of the voice query, submitting the transcription and the data that identifies the accent of the voice query to a search engine to generate one or more accent-influenced results of the voice query, and providing the accent-influenced results to a client device for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Barry Hayes
  • Patent number: 8818416
    Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for providing a user of a source computing device with the ability to communicate with a destination communication device, while using a navigation application that provides directions to a geographical location associated with the destination communication device. Specifically, the source computing device may provide within the navigation application a mechanism, such as a selectable item, that upon selection allows the user to communicate with the destination communication device without exiting the navigation application that is providing directions to the geographical locations associated with the destination communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Barry Hayes
  • Patent number: 8768424
    Abstract: A photoplethysmograph device includes a light source for illuminating a target object. A modulator drives the light source such that the output intensity varies as a function of a modulation signal at a modulation frequency. A detector receives light from the target object and generates an electrical output as a function of the intensity of received light. A demodulator with a local oscillator receives the detector output and produces a demodulated output, insensitive to any phase difference between the modulation signal and the oscillator, indicative of blood volume as a function of time and/or blood composition. A number of demodulators may be provided to derive signals from multiple light sources of different wavelengths, or from an array of detectors. The plethysmograph may operate in a transmission mode or a reflectance mode. When in a reflectance mode, the device may use the green part of the optical spectrum and may use polarizing filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: The University of Nottingham
    Inventors: John Crowe, Mark Grubb, Barrie Hayes-Gill, Nicholas Miles
  • Patent number: 8712383
    Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for providing a user with an alert device that provides alert options indicatives of events associated with applications or actions of a computing device. The provided alert options may be such that they do not create additional distractions, and eliminate the need for the user to have to constantly check for upcoming appointments or events. Specifically, a user can utilize a device to receive alerts from an associated computing device. The alerts may be associated with applications and actions running on the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Hayes, Peter Dolan
  • Publication number: 20130337839
    Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for providing a user of a source computing device with the ability to communicate with a destination communication device, while using a navigation application that provides directions to a geographical location associated with the destination communication device. Specifically, the source computing device may provide within the navigation application a mechanism, such as a selectable item, that upon selection allows the user to communicate with the destination communication device without exiting the navigation application that is providing directions to the geographical locations associated with the destination communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventor: Barry Hayes
  • Publication number: 20130219000
    Abstract: A method of restricting distribution of electronic messages may include receiving an electronic message, the message including message content and message-specific distribution restriction information, enabling a recipient of the electronic message to compose a related message that includes at least a portion of the message content, the composed message including a list of proposed recipients. In connection with an operation to process a draft of the composed message without initiating transmission of the composed message to the list of proposed recipients, the method includes identifying recipients from the list of proposed recipients that violate the distribution restriction information and notifying the recipient of the identified recipients that violate the distribution restriction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventor: Barry Hayes
  • Patent number: 8478307
    Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for providing a user of a source computing device with the ability to communicate with a destination communication device, while using a navigation application that provides directions to a geographical location associated with the destination communication device. Specifically, the source computing device may provide within the navigation application a mechanism, such as a selectable item, that upon selection allows the user to communicate with the destination communication device without exiting the navigation application that is providing directions to the geographical locations associated with the destination communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Barry Hayes
  • Patent number: 8428866
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention provide systems and methods for providing turn by turn directions based on imprecise destination information. In one embodiment, a user may request turn by turn directions based on a first location, such as an address, and a destination area, defined by the name of a geographic area, such as a city or state. A plurality of access locations may be identified based on the geographic area. These access locations may be displayed to the user so that the user may select a particular destination. The selected location may then be used, along with the first location, to provide a set of turn by turn directions to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Barry Hayes
  • Patent number: 8423615
    Abstract: A method of restricting distribution of electronic messages may include receiving an electronic message, enabling a recipient of the electronic message to compose a related message that includes at least a portion of the message content, and notifying the recipient if the list of proposed recipients is inconsistent with the distribution restriction information embedded in the received electronic message. The message may include message content and embedded distribution restriction information and the composed message may include a list of proposed recipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Barry Hayes
  • Patent number: 8417530
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating search results. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining a transcription of a voice query, and data that identifies an accent of the voice query, submitting the transcription and the data that identifies the accent of the voice query to a search engine to generate one or more accent-influenced results of the voice query, and providing the accent-influenced results to a client device for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Barry Hayes
  • Patent number: 8381100
    Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for providing spelling suggestions in response to user input. One example method comprises receiving user input via a keyboard associated with a computing device, the input specifying a sequence of characters of a word the user wishes to enter into a text-based application of the computing device. The method further comprises generating suggestion words based on the sequence of characters and on an alternate sequence of characters, where the alternate sequence of characters is generated by replacing characters in the sequence of characters with alternate characters corresponding to keys proximately located on the keyboard to keys corresponding to characters in the sequence of characters. In one example, the sequence of characters includes non-letter characters such as a DELETE character, the method further including replacing the DELETE character with a letter corresponding to a key adjacent to the DELETE key on the keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Barry Hayes
  • Publication number: 20120261060
    Abstract: A prepreg comprising a fibrous material contacting a polymerisable resin, at least 50 wt % of the polymerisable resin comprising at least one polymerisable monomer having at least two carbon-carbon unsaturated functional groups, the monomer being polymerisable by reaction of the unsaturated functional groups to form a cured resin, wherein the resin has a heat of polymerization of less than 230 KJ/kg to provide a maximum increase in temperature of the prepreg of 60° C. during polymerisation under adiabatic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Gurit (UK) Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas Jones, Barrie Hayes
  • Patent number: 8266528
    Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for providing spelling suggestions in response to user input. One example method comprises receiving user input via a keyboard associated with a computing device, the input specifying a sequence of characters of a word the user wishes to enter into a text-based application of the computing device. The method further comprises generating suggestion words based on the sequence of characters and on an alternate sequence of characters, where the alternate sequence of characters is generated by replacing characters in the sequence of characters with alternate characters corresponding to keys proximately located on the keyboard to keys corresponding to characters in the sequence of characters. In one example, the sequence of characters includes non-letter characters such as a DELETE character, the method further including replacing the DELETE character with a letter corresponding to a key adjacent to the DELETE key on the keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Barry Hayes
  • Publication number: 20100312500
    Abstract: A system comprises an illumination system to illuminate a sensor device with a reference beam of electromagnetic radiation and with electromagnetic radiation from a subject. A Doppler shift of the radiation from the subject occurs, if the subject is moving, vibrating, or is a flowing fluid. The sensor device provides an array of electromagnetic radiation sensors and has processing circuitry integrated into the sensor device to process the output of the sensors to provide the output of the sensor device. The processing circuitry is operable to provide, for each operative sensor, a value calculated from the Doppler shift of the radiation from the subject at the corresponding position at the subject, and to provide the calculated values as the processed output. This reduces the data rate required at the output of the sensor device, and allows the output to be used to form an image on a display representing the movement, vibration or flow of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Stephen Morgan, Barrie Hayes-Gill
  • Publication number: 20100294917
    Abstract: For imaging, an electromagnetic radiation sensor is used to produce an output when illuminated by a modulated laser light. In use, the output is determined by a laser Doppler signal illuminating the sensor. Various examples are described for achieving integration of on-chip processing onto the substrate providing the sensor. In one example, the output of the sensor is a logarithmic function of the illuminating laser Doppler signal. In another example, the output of the sensor is normalized. In another example, an amplifier arrangement is provided to amplify the output of the sensor, the amplifier gain being lower at DC than at the frequency range of the laser Doppler signal. In another example, a filter is integrated into the semiconductor device. In another example, a bandpass filter and frequency weighted filter are provided, and their outputs are processed to average values over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Stephen Morgan, Barrie Hayes-Gill, John Crowe, Malcolm Woolfson