Patents by Inventor Benjamin Shapiro

Benjamin Shapiro 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: 20220397618
    Abstract: A magnetic field measurement system includes a magnetometer having at least one vapor cell, at least one light source to direct at least two light beams through the vapor cell(s), and at least one detector; at least one magnetic field generator to modify an external magnetic field experienced by the vapor cell(s); and at least one processor configured for: applying a first modulation pattern, bmod(t), to the magnetic field generator(s) to modulate a magnetic field at the vapor cell(s), where bmod(t)=[cx cos(?t)+sx sin(?t), cy cos(?t)+sy sin(?t), cz cos(?t)+sz sin(?t)], where cx, sx, cy, sy, cz, and sz are amplitudes and ? is a frequency; directing the light source(s) to direct the light beams through the vapor cell(s); receiving signals from the detector(s); and determining three orthogonal components of the external magnetic field using the received signals. Multi-frequency modulation patterns can alternatively be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Micah Ledbetter, Benjamin Shapiro, Ethan Pratt, Ricardo Jimenez-Martinez, Argyrios Dellis, Kayla Wright-Freeman, Geoffrey Iwata, Michael Romalis
  • Publication number: 20220387588
    Abstract: A composition having nanoparticles having lipids; a polysaccharide coating, an active agent and iron oxide. The active agent can be ciprofloxacin or fluocinolone. A method of treatment of ear disease or ear infection including the administration of a pharmaceutical formulation comprising nanoparticles and magnetically pushing or pulling the nanoparticles to a treatment site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Otomagnetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin SHAPIRO, Mohammed SHUKOOR, Sanjay SRINIVASAN
  • Patent number: 11484694
    Abstract: A device and method for directing an agent that is magnetic or magnetizable having a magnetic configuration in which a first magnet has a first magnetization that is opposite to a second magnetization of the second magnet. The first magnet and the second magnet define a minimal convex set and the push node is outside the convex set. The first magnetic field and the second magnetic create a combined field and a pushing force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Otomagnetics, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20220263988
    Abstract: Imaging systems and methods are provided for taking high-magnification photographs confined to a small physical volume. In some embodiments the system is composed of at least one lens, one or more partially reflective elements, and a sensor. The partial reflectors reflect a portion of the light back and forth between them to allow a long path length for a portion of the light from the lens to the sensor which enables a high magnification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Edo Waks, Benjamin Shapiro
  • Patent number: 11323602
    Abstract: Imaging systems and methods are provided for taking high-magnification photographs confined to a small physical volume. In some embodiments the system is composed of at least one lens, one or more partially reflective elements, and a sensor. The partial reflectors reflect a portion of the light back and forth between them to allow a long path length for a portion of the light from the lens to the sensor which enables a high magnification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Lumenuity, LLC
    Inventors: Edo Waks, Benjamin Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20220114706
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for reducing image aberrations in high magnification photography with partial reflectors. In particular, by an imaging device or camera that is built into or is included in a cell phone, smart phone, tablet, laptop or any other mobile device. The systems and methods include a light passing through a lens, a portion of said light then undergoes a number of partial reflections in-between two partial reflectors, and a portion of said light then reaches an imaging sensor. The partial reflections enable a longer light path to reach the imaging sensor, thus enabling a longer focal length to be used, which enables higher magnification. Described are methods and embodiments to select the physical parameters of optical elements in systems with partial reflectors, in order to create images with reduced image aberrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Edo WAKS, Benjamin SHAPIRO
  • Patent number: 11301715
    Abstract: A system and method for inserting a composited image or otherwise generated graphic into a selected video by way of a programmatic process. According to some embodiments, a system may comprise an Automated Placement Opportunity Identification (APOI) engine, a Placement Insertion Interface (PII) engine, a preview system, and an automated compositing service. The system finalizes a graphic composite into a video and provides a user with a preview for final export or further manipulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Triple Lift, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaun T. Zacharia, Samuel Benjamin Shapiro, Alexander Prokofiev, Luis Manuel Bracamontes Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20220044459
    Abstract: A system and method for inserting a composited image or otherwise generated graphic into a selected video by way of a programmatic process. According to some embodiments, a system may comprise an Automated Placement Opportunity Identification (APOI) engine, a Placement Insertion Interface (PII) engine, a preview system, and an automated compositing service. The system finalizes a graphic composite into a video and provides a user with a preview for final export or further manipulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Shaun T. Zacharia, Samuel Benjamin Shapiro, Alexander Prokofiev, Luis Manuel Bracamontes Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20220036121
    Abstract: A system and method for inserting a composited image or otherwise generated graphic into a selected video by way of a programmatic process. According to some embodiments, a system may comprise an Automated Placement Opportunity Identification (APOI) engine, a Placement Insertion Interface (PII) engine, a preview system, and an automated compositing service. The system finalizes a graphic composite into a video and provides a user with a preview for final export or further manipulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Shaun T. Zacharia, Samuel Benjamin Shapiro, Alexander Prokofiev, Luis Manuel Bracamontes Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20210318341
    Abstract: The disclosed invention provides a cartridge, method and cartridge processing systems for molecular tests that include extracting one or more biological materials from a tissue. The cartridge includes a base having a receptacle inside the base, a lid placed over the receptacle, and a gasket in the base. The base includes a transparent window placed under the receptacle, and the receptacle contains a slide on which the tissue is disposed. A film is disposed on an inner surface of the lid, and the film is suitable to extract the one or more biological materials from the tissue. The gasket surrounds the slide, and the lid creates a sealed chamber around the gasket that encloses the slide, and vacuum suction is applied through a port of the base to press the film against the tissue on the slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: TING PAU OEI, STEPHEN W. RITTERBUSH, BENJAMIN SHAPIRO
  • Publication number: 20210244328
    Abstract: A calibration system for a magnetometer having an unknown gain is disclosed. A calibration magnetic field is generated at a calibration frequency of a known amplitude at the magnetometer. A measurement of the calibrating magnetic field is reported by the magnetometer. A ratio of an amplitude of the calibration magnetic field measurement reported by the magnetometer and the known amplitude of the calibrating magnetic field at the magnetometer is computed. The unknown gain of the magnetometer is determined at least partially based on computed ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: HI LLC
    Inventors: Julian Kates-Harbeck, Vincent Maurice, Ricardo Jimenez-Martinez, Jamu Alford, Benjamin Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20210244330
    Abstract: At least one magnetic field actuator is configured for generating an actuated magnetic field that at least partially cancels an outside magnetic field, thereby yielding a total residual magnetic field. A plurality of magnetometers are configured for taking measurements of the total residual magnetic field. The magnetometers include a plurality of coarse magnetometers and a plurality of fine magnetometers. A processor is configured for acquiring the total residual magnetic field measurements from the coarse magnetometers, estimating the total residual magnetic field at the fine magnetometers based on total residual magnetic field measurements acquired from the plurality of coarse magnetometers, and controlling the actuated magnetic field at least partially based on the total residual magnetic field estimates at the fine magnetometers in a manner that suppresses the total residual magnetic field at the fine magnetometers to a baseline level, such that at least one of the fine magnetometers is in-range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: HI LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Shapiro, Ricardo Jimenez-Martinez, Julian Kates-Harbeck, Zachary Bednarke, Jamu Alford
  • Publication number: 20210244329
    Abstract: An actuated magnetic field is generated at a plurality of distinct frequencies that at least partially cancels an outside magnetic field at the plurality of distinct frequencies, thereby yielding a total residual magnetic field. The total residual magnetic field is coarsely detected and a plurality of coarse error signals are respectively output. The total residual magnetic field is finely detected and a plurality of fine error signals are respectively output. The actuated magnetic field is controlled respectively at the plurality of distinct frequencies at least partially based on at least one of the plurality of coarse error signals, and finely controlled respectively at the plurality of distinct frequencies at least partially based on at least one of the plurality of fine error signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: HI LLC
    Inventors: Micah Ledbetter, Ricardo Jimenez-Martinez, Julian Kates-Harbeck, Benjamin Siepser, Benjamin Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20210247468
    Abstract: Measurements of an arbitrary magnetic field having one or more magnetic field components are acquired from a plurality of magnetometers, and a generic model of at least one of the one or more magnetic field components of the arbitrary magnetic field is generated in the vicinity of the magnetometers. The generic magnetic field model comprises an initial number of different basis functions. Maxwell's equations are applied to the generic magnetic field model to reduce the initial number of different basis functions, thereby yielding a Maxwell-constrained model of the magnetic field component(s) of the arbitrary magnetic field, and the magnetic field component(s) of the arbitrary magnetic field are estimated at each of at least one of the magnetometers based on the constrained magnetic field model and the arbitrary magnetic field measurements acquired from each magnetometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: HI LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Shapiro, Zachary Bednarke, Ricardo Jiménez-Martínez, Julian Kates-Harbeck
  • Publication number: 20210247471
    Abstract: An active shield magnetometry system comprises at least one magnetic field actuator configured for generating an actuated magnetic field that at least partially cancels an outside magnetic field, thereby yielding a total residual magnetic field. The active shield magnetometry system further comprises a plurality of magnetometers respectively configured for measuring the total residual magnetic field and outputting a plurality of total residual magnetic field measurements. The active shield magnetometry system further comprises at least one feedback control loop comprising at least one optimal linear controller configured for controlling the actuated magnetic field at least partially based on at least one of the plurality of total residual magnetic field measurements respectively output by at least one of the plurality of magnetometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: HI LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Shapiro, Ricardo Jimenez-Martinez, Julian Kates-Harbeck
  • Publication number: 20210213299
    Abstract: A method for treating a patient includes providing a delivery device capable of generating a magnetic field, placing the device above or below the skin, and directing the agent into the patient's skin via the device. The therapeutic agent is directed to a treatment site through the skin. Systems for directing agents are also included herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventor: Benjamin Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20210211563
    Abstract: Imaging systems and methods are provided for taking high-magnification photographs confined to a small physical volume. In some embodiments the system is composed of at least one lens, one or more partially reflective elements, and a sensor. The partial reflectors reflect a portion of the light back and forth between them to allow a long path length for a portion of the light from the lens to the sensor which enables a high magnification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Edo Waks, Benjamin Shapiro
  • Patent number: 10984572
    Abstract: A system and method for inserting a composited image or otherwise generated graphic into a selected video by way of a programmatic process. According to some embodiments, a system may comprise an Automated Placement Opportunity Identification (APOI) engine, a Placement Insertion Interface (PII) engine, a preview system, and an automated compositing service. The system finalizes a graphic composite into a video and provides a user with a preview for final export or further manipulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Triple Lift, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaun T. Zacharia, Samuel Benjamin Shapiro, Alexander Prokofiev, Luis Manuel Bracamontes Hernandez
  • Patent number: 10688292
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for magnetically assisted agent delivery are included. These devices, systems, and methods make use of a plurality of magnets or magnetic configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: University of Maryland
    Inventors: Benjamin Shapiro, Isaac B Rutel
  • Publication number: 20200146995
    Abstract: A nanoparticle capable of crossing tissue has an iron oxide core, a first therapeutic agent, and a polymeric coating. The nanoparticles can be sterilized or part of a lyophilized formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin Shapiro, Mohammed Shukoor