Patents by Inventor Brian Alexander

Brian Alexander 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: 12274242
    Abstract: A leash for a pet and method of use for donning and removing from a distance to eliminate the need for the human user to bend over or otherwise require their hands to touch or be in close proximity to the animal. The human user places the expanded collar loop of the leash over the head of the animal and subsequently secures the collar loop around the neck of the animal by pulling on the handle of the leash. A connection prevents the collar loop from unintentionally expanding when the leash is in use. The leash is removed by pulling a removal cord to expand the collar loop to allow the head of the animal to slide out from the collar loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Inventor: Brian Alexander Murch
  • Publication number: 20250119802
    Abstract: The present technique provides a terminal device for use with a wireless telecommunications system, the terminal device comprising a receiver, a transmitter and a controller, wherein the controller is configured: to conduct a first measurement of a parameter associated with a radio signal transmitted by infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications network and received by the receiver; to determine whether the measured parameter meets a predetermined criteria; and when the measured parameter is determined to meet the predetermined criteria, to conduct a second measurement of a parameter associated with a radio signal transmitted by infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications network and received by the receiver. The present technique also provides an associated method and circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Alexander MARTIN, Shin Horng WONG, Martin Warwick BEALE, Yuxin WEI, Vivek SHARMA, Shinichiro TSUDA, Hideji WAKABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 12250664
    Abstract: A communications device configured to communicate in a wireless system having a wireless access interface providing communications resources arranged in time divided units of a host radio access technology, RAT, frequency bandwidth, the time divided units and the host RAT interface frequency bandwidth being arranged into one or more virtual RAT interfaces. The communications device configured to receive the signals transmitted via one of the virtual RAT interfaces in accordance with different communications parameters from the host RAT interface providing different characteristics for communicating data represented by the signals with respect to a characteristic of signals transmitted according to communications parameters in the communications resources of the host RAT interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Martin Warwick Beale
  • Publication number: 20250075991
    Abstract: A fan brake system for controlling an industrial fan system, the fan brake system including a fan brake having a brake pad movable on the fan brake to selectively engage the fan system. An actuator including a motor can be operable to cause the fan brake to perform a braking procedure on the fan system to resist rotational movement of the fan system. A controller can be communicated with the actuator, the controller operable to selectively cause the actuator and the fan brake to perform the braking procedure, wherein the controller is operable to monitor and control power being supplied to the motor of the actuator during the braking procedure to maintain a torque output of the motor according to a predetermined torque profile during the braking procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Brian Alexander Lesniak, Thomas K. Best, Carl T. Johnson, Thomas Ray Hendrix, Michael Wayne Sprengel
  • Patent number: 12245063
    Abstract: A method of performing cell reselection by a wireless communications device comprises measuring a signal strength of radio signals received from a serving cell, determining whether the signal strength of the signals received from the serving cell is lower than a first predetermined signal strength threshold, if the signal strength is lower than the first predetermined signal strength threshold measuring a signal strength of a neighbor cell operating on the same frequency as the serving cell to generate signal strength measurements at a first rate, and in accordance with the signal strength measurements of the neighbor cell generated at the first rate determining whether to reselect to the neighbor cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Shin Horng Wong, Vivek Sharma, Martin Warwick Beale
  • Publication number: 20250071734
    Abstract: A method of communicating data between a radio network infrastructure and a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications network. The method comprises establishing at a radio network infrastructure element there is data available for communication between the radio network infrastructure and the terminal device and transmitting a paging message for the terminal device from the radio network infrastructure element. The paging message comprises an indication of an identifier for the terminal device and an indication of a network allocated resource for use in subsequently communicating the data between the radio network infrastructure element and the terminal device. In response to receiving the paging message the terminal device transmits to the radio network infrastructure element a paging response indicating the terminal device received the paging message, after which the data is communicated between the radio network infrastructure element and the terminal device using the network allocated resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Alexander MARTIN, Shin Horng WONG, Martin Warwick BEALE, Yuxin WEI, Vivek SHARMA, Shinichiro TSUDA, Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Anders BERGGREN
  • Patent number: 12231917
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunications system anchor base station for a mobile telecommunications system is described. The mobile telecommunications system has at least one anchor cell and at least one slave cell which is associated with the anchor cell. The anchor base station has a circuitry which is configured to transmit system information based on beam information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yuxin Wei, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda, Brian Alexander Martin
  • Patent number: 12223707
    Abstract: A method involves use of multiple convolutional neural networks and multiple segmentation masks to programmatically generate a stool rating for a digital image of a diaper with stool. The method includes generating, by a first convolutional neural network, a first mask representing an identification of an area of the digital image that corresponds to stool, and a second mask representing an identification of an area of the digital image that corresponds to a diaper. The method further includes generating a third mask representing an intersection of the first and second masks, and generating a modified digital image utilizing the third mask. The method further includes determining, by a second convolutional neural network, a stool rating for the digital image of the diaper with stool by utilizing the modified digital image as input for the second convolutional neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: OBVIO HEALTH USA, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Alexander Cohn, Austin Richard Napana Lamb, Jamie Chen, Melissa Trieu, Nikki Jamshidbaigi, Pavle Joshua Medvidovic, Craig Gravina
  • Publication number: 20250031857
    Abstract: A furniture system includes an office productivity structure (OPS). The furniture system also includes a sensor coupled to the OPS, the sensor operable to detect occupancy of the OPS and generate an output signal indicative of the occupancy; and a processor coupled to the sensor. The processor is operable to receive the output signal generated by the sensor, determine, based on the output signal, that the OPS is occupied, and, in response to determining that the OPS is occupied, generate a command to initiate at least one action associated with the OPS or an operator of the OPS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher Hoyt, Daniel Rucker, Joseph Doran, Brian Alexander, Adam Daley-Fell
  • Publication number: 20250027765
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to calibrating a system. A plurality of paths may be scanned across a first object and a second object where the first object is between the second object and scanner. A first portion of trajectories that correspond to a first portion of the paths that trace across the first object may be determined. A second portion trajectories that correspond to a second portion of the paths that trace across the second object may be determined. First endpoints of the first portion of the trajectories may be determined and second endpoints of the second portion of the trajectories may be determined. Rays may be determined based on the second endpoints and the first endpoints. An origin point of the beam generator may be determined based on an intersection of the rays. Accordingly, the system may be calibrated based on the origin point of the beam generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventor: Brian Alexander Paden
  • Patent number: 12200586
    Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications network is described. The method comprised; receiving a system information block containing a list of a plurality of different values of a parameter used in the wireless telecommunication network; determining one or more parameter values in the list which is supported within the terminal device; and receiving a system information block associated with the one or more supported parameter values from one or more other system information blocks associated with non-supported parameter values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Brian Alexander Martin
  • Patent number: 12200605
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunications system entity for a mobile telecommunications system has at least one entity, which serves at least one user equipment. The mobile telecommunications system entity has circuitry which is configured to transmit scheduling information for on-demand system information, which can be requested by the at least one user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuxin Wei, Brian Alexander Martin, Vivek Sharma, Hideji Wakabayashi, Shinichiro Tsuda
  • Patent number: 12173509
    Abstract: A method of reroofing, the method comprising of applying to an existing roof surface a membrane composite including a pre-applied adhesive layer by mating the adhesive layer to the existing membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Holcim Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Jiansheng Tang, Michael J. Hubbard, Joseph Kalwara, Carl E. Watkins, Jr., Brian Alexander, Todd D. Taykowski, Joseph R. Carr
  • Publication number: 20240422686
    Abstract: This application provides a wake up signal sending method and a device. One example method includes: receiving, from a core network device, an identifier of first category to which a terminal device belongs, wherein different categories correspond to different service features; receiving a configuration of a wake up signal from a network device; determining, based on the wake up signal and the first category, weather the terminal device is woken up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Baokun SHAN, Hong WANG, Odile ROLLINGER, Brian Alexander MARTIN
  • Patent number: 12170928
    Abstract: The present technique provides a terminal device for use with a wireless telecommunications system, the terminal device comprising a receiver, a transmitter and a controller, wherein the controller is configured: to conduct a first measurement of a parameter associated with a radio signal transmitted by infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications network and received by the receiver; to determine whether the measured parameter meets a predetermined criteria; and when the measured parameter is determined to meet the predetermined criteria, to conduct a second measurement of a parameter associated with a radio signal transmitted by infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications network and received by the receiver. The present technique also provides an associated method and circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Shin Horng Wong, Martin Warwick Beale, Yuxin Wei, Vivek Sharma, Shinichiro Tsuda, Hideji Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20240399365
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cell processing systems, devices, and methods thereof. A system for cell processing may comprise a plurality of instruments each independently configured to perform one or more cell processing operations upon a cartridge, and a robot capable of moving the cartridge between each of the plurality of instruments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Tony BIZ, Vladimir AZERSKY, Adam Newton WOLD, Brian Alexander PESCH
  • Patent number: 12157119
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cell processing systems, devices, and methods thereof. A system for cell processing may comprise a plurality of instruments each independently configured to perform one or more cell processing operations upon a cartridge, and a robot capable of moving the cartridge between each of the plurality of instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Cellares Corporation
    Inventors: Fabian Gerlinghaus, Brian Alexander Pesch, Nicholas Scott Reimnitz
  • Publication number: 20240390897
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cell processing systems, devices, and methods thereof. A system for cell processing may comprise a plurality of instruments each independently configured to perform one or more cell processing operations upon a cartridge, and a robot capable of moving the cartridge between each of the plurality of instruments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Vladimir AZERSKY, Fabian GERLINGHAUS, Daniele MALLEO, Brian Alexander PESCH, Bharat S. THAKKAR, Wilson Wai TOY
  • Publication number: 20240397515
    Abstract: An infrastructure equipment that transmits a radio network identifier to a communications device for identifying the communications device when allocating communications resources of the wireless access interface for transmitting downlink data to the communications device. After the communications device has entered an inactive connected state, the infrastructure equipment transmits control signals including the radio network identifier for allocating communications resources of the wireless access interface for the communications device to receive downlink data, determine whether the communications device is still within a radio coverage area of the infrastructure equipment, and if the communications device has left the coverage area, transmit an indication to the one or more other infrastructure equipment via the inter-connecting interface to trigger a process for transmitting downlink data to the communications device from the one or more other infrastructure equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicants: Sony Group Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Shin Horng WONG, Brian Alexander MARTIN, Martin Warwick BEALE, Yuxin WEI, Anders BERGGREN, Lars NORD
  • Publication number: 20240390898
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cell processing systems, devices, and methods thereof. A system for cell processing may comprise a plurality of instruments each independently configured to perform one or more cell processing operations upon a cartridge, and a robot capable of moving the cartridge between each of the plurality of instruments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Vladimir AZERSKY, Fabian GERLINGHAUS, Daniele MALLEO, Brian Alexander PESCH, Bharat S. THAKKAR, Wilson Wai TOY