Patents by Inventor Bradley Ford

Bradley Ford 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: 20220300011
    Abstract: A system or a method includes defining missions based on factors associated with the missions or environmental data associated with the system, assigning the missions to the fleet of robots based on capabilities of the robots, generating a schedule of the missions and the robots, and managing the fleet of robots using feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Penny Pei CHEN, Sandra FABIANO, David Deacon EMERSON, Brendon Bao-An LU, Stephen Andrew HAYDEN, Saurabh BHANDARI, Yosuke ISHII, Naoyuki FUJIMOTO, Yukiyo AKISADA, Yasuki SAKURAI, Bradley FORD, Qian JINSONG, Renjila Elinjikottil RAJAN, Mark Anthony De Castro CU-UNJIENG
  • Publication number: 20220269284
    Abstract: A system or a method includes defining missions based on factors associated with the missions or environmental data associated with the system, assigning the missions to the fleet of robots based on capabilities of the robots, generating a schedule of the missions and the robots, and managing the fleet of robots using feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Penny Pei CHEN, Sandra FABIANO, David Deacon EMERSON, Brendon Bao-An LU, Stephen Andrew HAYDEN, Saurabh BHANDARI, Yosuke ISHII, Naoyuki FUJIMOTO, Yukiyo AKISADA, Yasuki SAKURAI, Bradley FORD, Qian JINSONG, Renjila Elinjikottil RAJAN, Mark Anthony De Castro CU-UNJIENG
  • Publication number: 20220269285
    Abstract: A system or a method includes defining missions based on factors associated with the missions or environmental data associated with the system, assigning the missions to the fleet of robots based on capabilities of the robots, generating a schedule of the missions and the robots, and managing the fleet of robots using feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Penny Pei CHEN, Sandra FABIANO, David Deacon EMERSON, Brendon Bao-An LU, Stephen Andrew HAYDEN, Saurabh BHANDARI, Yosuke ISHII, Naoyuki FUJIMOTO, Yukiyo AKISADA, Yasuki SAKURAI, Bradley FORD, Qian JINSONG, Renjila Elinjikottil RAJAN, Mark Anthony De Castro CU-UNJIENG
  • Publication number: 20220269286
    Abstract: A system or a method includes defining missions based on factors associated with the missions or environmental data associated with the system, assigning the missions to the fleet of robots based on capabilities of the robots, generating a schedule of the missions and the robots, and managing the fleet of robots using feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Penny Pei CHEN, Sandra FABIANO, David Deacon EMERSON, Brendon Bao-An LU, Stephen Andrew HAYDEN, Saurabh BHANDARI, Yosuke ISHII, Naoyuki FUJIMOTO, Yukiyo AKISADA, Yasuki SAKURAI, Bradley FORD, Qian JINSONG, Renjila Elinjikottil RAJAN, Mark Anthony De Castro CU-UNJIENG
  • Publication number: 20220269287
    Abstract: A system or a method includes defining missions based on factors associated with the missions or environmental data associated with the system, assigning the missions to the fleet of robots based on capabilities of the robots, generating a schedule of the missions and the robots, and managing the fleet of robots using feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Penny Pei CHEN, Sandra FABIANO, David Deacon EMERSON, Brendon Bao-An LU, Stephen Andrew HAYDEN, Saurabh BHANDARI, Yosuke ISHII, Naoyuki FUJIMOTO, Yukiyo AKISADA, Yasuki SAKURAI, Bradley FORD, Qian JINSONG, Renjila Elinjikottil RAJAN, Mark Anthony De Castro CU-UNJIENG
  • Patent number: 8958014
    Abstract: Techniques for synchronizing audio and video content for presentation to a user at a same rate are provided. Streams of content from two or more sources of media, each media source having an associated clock, are synchronized by a synchronizing component and processor with respect to a master clock. As well, techniques are provided for ensuring that output devices are synchronized at preview startup. That is, such techniques ensure that the output devices start playing the media at the same time as well as at the same rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Moss, Gregory R. Chapman, John Samuel Bushell, Bradley Ford
  • Publication number: 20140056569
    Abstract: Techniques for synchronizing audio and video content for presentation to a user at a same rate are provided. Streams of content from two or more sources of media, each media source having an associated clock, are synchronized by a synchronizing component and processor with respect to a master clock. As well, techniques are provided for ensuring that output devices are synchronized at preview startup. That is, such techniques ensure that the output devices start playing the media at the same time as well as at the same rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Moss, Gregory R. Chapman, John Samuel Bushell, Bradley Ford
  • Patent number: 8576922
    Abstract: Techniques for synchronizing audio and video content for presentation to a user at a same rate are provided. Streams of content from two or more sources of media, each media source having an associated clock, are synchronized by a synchronizing component and processor with respect to a master clock. As well, techniques are provided for ensuring that output devices are synchronized at preview startup. That is, such techniques ensure that the output devices start playing the media at the same time as well as at the same rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Moss, Gregory R. Chapman, John Samuel Bushell, Bradley Ford
  • Patent number: 8442126
    Abstract: Techniques for synchronizing audio and video content are provided. According to techniques described herein, a data stream represents video frames and audio samples. For each video frame in the data stream, data structures, which refer to the video frame and to corresponding audio samples or parts thereof, and produced. These data structures indicate times at which the video frame and audio samples, or parts thereof, should be presented. As the data structures are passed among modules of a program, the video frames and/or audio samples to which the data structures refer may be processed. The time indicated in each data structure is preserved throughout the processing. Thus, when the data structures are passed to a file writing thread, the file writing thread can determine, from the time indicated in each data structure, the audio samples or parts thereof that should be played when corresponding video frames are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Moss, Bradley Ford
  • Publication number: 20080304573
    Abstract: Techniques for synchronizing audio and video content for presentation to a user at a same rate are provided. Streams of content from two or more sources of media, each media source having an associated clock, are synchronized by a synchronizing component and processor with respect to a master clock. As well, techniques are provided for ensuring that output devices are synchronized at preview startup. That is, such techniques ensure that the output devices start playing the media at the same time as well as at the same rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Nicolas MOSS, Gregory R. Chapman, John Samuel Bushell, Bradley Ford