Patents by Inventor Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison 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: 20220001200
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides lighting systems, which may be semiconductor light emitting devices, with two or more of blue, red and/or LRNE, short-blue-pumped cyan, long-blue-pumped cyan, yellow, and violet channels. The lighting systems can have a plurality of operational modes that provide different biological effects while having good color rendering capability. The yellow and violet channels can include violet LEDs and be used in operational modes that provide white light with lower EML values relative to operational modes using three or more of the blue, red, short-blue-pumped cyan, and long-blue-pumped cyan color channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Raghuram L. V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth PICKARD, Benjamin Harrison
  • Publication number: 20210402210
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides bioactive lighting systems suitable for generating white light. The lighting systems has lighting channels configured to produce white light having a color point and a spectral power distribution. The combination of emissions from selected channels results in white light having adjusted color points. The system is controlled to selectively increase or decrease CSE and to selectively provide LRNE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Raghuram L. V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth PICKARD, Benjamin Harrison
  • Publication number: 20210338861
    Abstract: A light source for emitting emitted light to reduce microbial load, said light source, comprising: (a) at least one first light source for emitting first light having a peak wavelength less than 400 nm; and (b) at least one second light source for emitting a second light; wherein said emitted light comprises a combination of said first light and said second light, wherein said emitted light has a spectral power distribution (SPD), wherein said SPD has a first power in said SPD between 350 nm and 800 nm, and a second power in said SPD between 350 nm and 420, wherein said second power is at least 40% of said first power, and wherein said emitted light has a CRI of at least 80.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin Harrison, Daniel Ventura, Sina Afshari, Raghuram L.V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard
  • Publication number: 20210315083
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, includes obtaining information about a photic environment, the information including at least one light metric, tracking the at least one metric over a period of time, generating a dosage level based on information about the photic environment, the tracked metric, and an intended circadian response, wherein the dosage level includes a light level and outputting the dosage level on at least one light-emitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin Harrison, Raghuram L.V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard
  • Publication number: 20210267032
    Abstract: Display systems for displaying digital content. The display systems have one or more LED-based lighting channels adapted to generate a circadian-inducing blue light output in first operational mode and a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode. The circadian-inducing blue light can have a first circadian-stimulating energy characteristic related to the associated first spectral power distributions of light generated in the first operational mode, and the non-circadian-inducing blue light can have a second circadian-stimulating energy characteristic related to the associated second spectral power distribution of light generated in the second operational mode. Disclosure methods of generating digital display content with the display systems described herein. The methods can generate a circadian-inducing blue light output in first operational mode and a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Raghuram L.V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Benjamin Harrison, Shruti Koparkar
  • Publication number: 20210259076
    Abstract: Display systems for displaying digital content. The display systems have one or more LED-based lighting channels adapted to generate a circadian-inducing blue light output in first operational mode and a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode. The circadian-inducing blue light can have a first circadian-stimulating energy characteristic related to the associated first spectral power distributions of light generated in the first operational mode, and the non-circadian-inducing blue light can have a second circadian-stimulating energy characteristic related to the associated second spectral power distribution of light generated in the second operational mode. Disclosure methods of generating digital display content with the display systems described herein. The methods can generate a circadian-inducing blue light output in first operational mode and a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Raghuram L.V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Benjamin Harrison, Shruti Koparkar
  • Publication number: 20210176837
    Abstract: Display systems for displaying digital content. The display systems have one or more LED-based lighting channels adapted to generate a circadian-inducing blue light output in first operational mode and a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode. The circadian-inducing blue light can have a first circadian-stimulating energy characteristic related to the associated first spectral power distributions of light generated in the first operational mode, and the non-circadian-inducing blue light can have a second circadian-stimulating energy characteristic related to the associated second spectral power distribution of light generated in the second operational mode. Disclosure methods of generating digital display content with the display systems described herein. The methods can generate a circadian-inducing blue light output in first operational mode and a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Raghuram L.V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Benjamin Harrison, Shruti Kopakar
  • Publication number: 20210092810
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems for generating tunable white light. The systems include a plurality of LED strings that generate light with color points that fall within red, blue, and green color ranges, with each LED string being driven with a separately controllable drive current in order to tune the generated light output. The systems can include an additional LED string configured for functional applications that includes a type of LED selected from 380-420 nm violet saturated LEDs, 200-280 nm UVC saturated LEDs, 850-940 nm near-IR saturated LEDs, 580-620 nm amber-orange/red saturated LEDs, and 460-490 nm long-blue saturated LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Raghuram L.V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Ihor Lys, Benjamin Harrison
  • Patent number: 10805998
    Abstract: Display systems for displaying digital content. The display systems have one or more LED-based lighting channels adapted to generate a circadian-inducing blue light output in first operational mode and a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode. The circadian-inducing blue light can have a first circadian-stimulating energy characteristic related to the associated first spectral power distributions of light generated in the first operational mode, and the non-circadian-inducing blue light can have a second circadian-stimulating energy characteristic related to the associated second spectral power distribution of light generated in the second operational mode. Disclosure methods of generating digital display content with the display systems described herein. The methods can generate a circadian-inducing blue light output in first operational mode and a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: EcoSense Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Raghuram L. V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Benjamin Harrison, Shruti Koparkar
  • Patent number: 10749940
    Abstract: For distributed processing using drift-based dynamic clustering of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, at a central device, a data source to be used for processing a workload is determined. A set is selected of devices operating within a threshold distance from the data source at a first time. A first subset of the set of devices is selected to form a cluster of devices. Each device in the first subset satisfies a clustering condition. A first device in the first subset is instructed to configure an application at the first device to participate in the cluster and process the workload. From a performance check on the first device, a change is discovered in a performance metric. In response to the change resulting from an increased demand for a computing resource at the first device, the first device is replaced with a second device from the first subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Thomas Benjamin Harrison, Brian M. O'Connell, Herbert D. Pearthree
  • Patent number: 10721802
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems for generating tunable white light. The systems include a plurality of LED strings that generate light with color points that fall within red, blue, and green color ranges, with each LED string being driven with a separately controllable drive current in order to tune the generated light output. The systems can include an additional LED string configured for functional applications that includes a type of LED selected from 380-420 nm violet saturated LEDs, 200-280 nm UVC saturated LEDs, 850-940 nm near-IR saturated LEDs, 580-620 nm amber-orange/red saturated LEDs, and 460-490 nm long-blue saturated LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: EcoSense Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Raghuram L.V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Ihor Lys, Benjamin Harrison
  • Publication number: 20200100333
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems for generating tunable white light. The systems include a plurality of LED strings that generate light with color points that fall within red, blue, and green color ranges, with each LED string being driven with a separately controllable drive current in order to tune the generated light output. The systems can include an additional LED string configured for functional applications that includes a type of LED selected from 380-420 nm violet saturated LEDs, 200-280 nm UVC saturated LEDs, 850-940 nm near-IR saturated LEDs, 580-620 nm amber-orange/red saturated LEDs, and 460-490 nm long-blue saturated LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: EcoSense Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Raghuram L.V Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Ihor Lys, Benjamin Harrison
  • Patent number: 10492264
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems for generating tunable white light. The systems include a plurality of LED strings that generate light with color points that fall within red, blue, and green color ranges, with each LED string being driven with a separately controllable drive current in order to tune the generated light output. The systems can include an additional LED string configured for functional applications that includes a type of LED selected from 380-420 nm violet saturated LEDs, 200-280 nm UVC saturated LEDs, 850-940 nm near-IR saturated LEDs, 580-620 nm amber-orange/red saturated LEDs, and 460-490 nm long-blue saturated LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: EcoSense Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Raghuram L. V Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Ihor Lys, Benjamin Harrison
  • Patent number: 10382530
    Abstract: At a central device, a data source to be used for processing a workload is determined. A set is selected of devices operating within a threshold distance from the data source at a first time. A first subset of the set of devices is selected to form a cluster of devices. Each device in the first subset satisfies a clustering condition. A first device in the first subset is instructed to configure an application at the first device to participate in the cluster and process the workload. From a performance check on the first device, a change is discovered in a performance metric. In response to the change resulting from an increased demand for a computing resource at the first device, the first device is replaced with a second device from the first subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Thomas Benjamin Harrison, Brian M. O'Connell, Herbert D. Pearthree
  • Publication number: 20190238625
    Abstract: For distributed processing using drift-based dynamic clustering of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, at a central device, a data source to be used for processing a workload is determined. A set is selected of devices operating within a threshold distance from the data source at a first time. A first subset of the set of devices is selected to form a cluster of devices. Each device in the first subset satisfies a clustering condition. A first device in the first subset is instructed to configure an application at the first device to participate in the cluster and process the workload. From a performance check on the first device, a change is discovered in a performance metric. In response to the change resulting from an increased demand for a computing resource at the first device, the first device is replaced with a second device from the first subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Thomas Benjamin Harrison, Brian M. O'Connell, Herbert D. Pearthree
  • Patent number: 10244054
    Abstract: For distributed processing using forecasted location-based IoT device clusters, at a central IoT device, a data source that is to be used and a duration for processing a workload is determined. A set of IoT devices operating within a threshold distance from the data source at a first time is selected. A subset of the set is selected to form a sub-cluster of IoT devices where a forecasted travel path of a member IoT device in the subset keeps the member within the threshold distance from the data source for the duration. A lightweight application is configured at a first IoT device in the subset which enables the first IoT device to participate in the sub-cluster and process the workload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Thomas Benjamin Harrison, Brian M. O'Connell, Herbert D. Pearthree
  • Publication number: 20180368218
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems for generating tunable white light. The systems include a plurality of LED strings that generate light with color points that fall within red, blue, and green color ranges, with each LED string being driven with a separately controllable drive current in order to tune the generated light output. The systems can include an additional LED string configured for functional applications that includes a type of LED selected from 380-420 nm violet saturated LEDs, 200-280 nm UVC saturated LEDs, 850-940 nm near-IR saturated LEDs, 580-620 nm amber-orange/red saturated LEDs, and 460-490 nm long-blue saturated LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: EcoSense Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Raghuram L.V Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Ihor Lys, Benjamin Harrison
  • Patent number: 10027758
    Abstract: For distributed processing using location-based IoT device clusters, using a processor and a memory at a central IoT device, a data source that is to be used for processing a workload is determined. A set of IoT devices that are operating within a threshold distance from the data source at a first time is selected. At the central IoT device, to form a cluster of IoT devices, a subset of the set of IoT devices is selected. Each IoT device in the subset satisfies a clustering condition. The processor at the central IoT device is instructed to configure a device application at a first IoT device in the subset of IoT devices, the device application enabling the first IoT device to participate in the cluster and process the workload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Thomas Benjamin Harrison, Brian M. O'Connell, Herbert D. Pearthree
  • Publication number: 20180183877
    Abstract: For distributed processing using forecasted location-based IoT device clusters, at a central IoT device, a data source that is to be used and a duration for processing a workload is determined. A set of IoT devices operating within a threshold distance from the data source at a first time is selected. A subset of the set is selected to form a sub-cluster of IoT devices where a forecasted travel path of a member IoT device in the subset keeps the member within the threshold distance from the data source for the duration. A lightweight application is configured at a first IoT device in the subset which enables the first IoT device to participate in the sub-cluster and process the workload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Thomas Benjamin Harrison, Brian M. O'Connell, Herbert D. Pearthree
  • Patent number: 9990234
    Abstract: For distributed processing using clustering of interdependent Internet of Things (IoT) devices, at a central device, a data source to be used for processing a workload is determined. A set is selected of devices operating within a threshold distance from the data source at a first time. A first subset of the set of devices is selected. Each device in the first subset satisfies a clustering condition. A first device in the subset is instructed to configure a lightweight application to participate in the cluster and process the workload. The processing of the workload is halted on a second device, where the first device has a processing dependency on the second device in processing the workload. A preserved current state of processing the workload is transferred from the first device to a third device. The processing of the workload is continued using the second device and the third device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Thomas Benjamin Harrison, Brian M. O'Connell, Herbert D. Pearthree