Patents by Inventor Brian Anderson

Brian Anderson 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: 20250050959
    Abstract: Disclosed is an illumination device for use with spoked wheels, such as bicycle wheels, wherein the wheel includes a hub portion, a plurality of spokes, and a rim portion. The illumination device includes a power pack, at least one adaptor body, and at least one attachment portion. The power pack having at least one wire, a flexible button cap, a body housing, and circuit board with a switch. The at least one wire including a plurality of light sources. The at least one attachment portion including a clip portion providing for the installation of the at least one adaptor body to the bicycle spokes. The illumination device also includes a holder for the installation of the power pack to the bicycle wheel. Further, the illumination device may include a tubular body located in the internal cavity of the at least one adaptor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Brightz, Ltd.
    Inventors: Brent ANDERSON, Brian FINCH
  • Publication number: 20250037547
    Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods for secondary game creation and management include a plurality of gaming machines, and a scheduler configured to initiate a secondary game in response to a request from one or more players or a schedule defined by an administrator, the secondary game including one or more games executed on the plurality of gaming machines. A controller is also provided that is configured to validate each player to participate in the secondary game on respective ones of the plurality of gaming machines and enable secondary gameplay by the validated players on the plurality of gaming machines. Further, a data analyzer is provided that is configured to receive primary game player data and secondary game player data from the plurality of gaming machines and process the primary game player data and secondary game player data to determine at least one of a progression, position, or score of a player of a secondary game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Poarch Band of Creek Indians, d/b/a PCI Gaming Authority
    Inventors: James F. DORRIS, JR., Kenneth William Rohman, III, Brian Franklin Bell, Peter Anderson, Ronald E. Nesbitt, Peter A. Connelly
  • Patent number: 12213285
    Abstract: An electronic assembly having a multi-slot card assembly and a chassis is provided. The chassis has two or more chassis mounting slots, each including three walls. The multi-slot card assembly is mountable into the chassis and has two or more protrusions. The card assembly comprises at least one heat frame, at least one circuit card module mounted to the at least one heat frame, and at least one expandable fastener. When the card assembly is mounted into the chassis and the at least one fastener is expanded, the at least one fastener applies force against both of one of the walls of the slot and a surface of the at least one heat frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: AMETEK, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Kortekaas, Jonathan Anderson, Joo-Han Kim, Brian Hoden
  • Patent number: 12188602
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sealing plug assembly, a line stop assembly, and a yoke for stopping flow of a product in a pipe as well as methods of using the same. The sealing plug assembly, the line stop assembly, and the yoke include one or more fluid pathways. A benefit of the sealing plug assembly, the line stop assembly, and the yoke can be to remove product from an isolation zone of a stopped pipe through the one or more fluid pathways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: WELDFIT LLC
    Inventors: David Albertson, Brian Anderson, Paul Hatch, Ray Prater, Joaquin Reyes Espinosa, Robert Niksich, Timothy Irelan, Brian Gresh
  • Publication number: 20240369170
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sealing plug assembly for stopping flow of a product in a pipe, the assembly having two sealing elements and having an isolation zone in the assembly which can be drained by a bleed lance to maintain pressure in the isolation zone within a safe limit. The present disclosure further provides sealing elements, bleed lances, systems, and methods of using the same. A benefit of the sealing plug assembly, and methods of using the same, can include forming safer seals during line stopping and the efficiency of recovering product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: David Albertson, Brian Anderson, Paul Hatch, Ray Prater, Joaquin Reyes Espinosa, Robert Niksich, Timothy Irelan, Brian Gresh
  • Patent number: 12120819
    Abstract: A cable includes a wiring assembly with a knuckle and wires bundled together. The cable also includes a connector assembly with a connector having connections for the wires, where the connections are arranged along a longitudinal axis. In some embodiments, the connector assembly captures an end of the wiring assembly, and the knuckle of the wiring assembly is pivotally connected to the connector assembly. In some embodiments, the cable includes circuitry configured to authenticate the cable to a device connected to the cable by the connector and/or to authenticate the device connected to the cable. A control system includes control elements and/or subsystems coupled with a backplane adjacent to one another and cables configured to connect to the control elements and/or subsystems. Wiring assemblies of the cables can articulate to be parallel to each respective connector. Further, each cable can authenticate the cables and/or the control elements or subsystems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Rooyakkers, James G. Calvin, Craig Markovic, Ken Doucette, Brian Anderson
  • Publication number: 20240285092
    Abstract: Mattress assemblies and/or pillows include at least one auxetic foam layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Talya Rachel Carnrike, Brian Anderson, Eun Su Lee, Cameron Collins, Jeff Wernz, Chris Chunglo, Veni Miller
  • Patent number: 12049798
    Abstract: A system for conveying a fluid produced from at least one producing subsea well to an existing host facility via a flowline includes a support structure having at least a deck, a mooring system, and a plurality of topsides modules. The mooring system anchors the support structure to a seabed and passively positions the support structure proximate to the at least one producing subsea well. The support structure elevates the deck above a water's surface and is normally unmanned. The plurality of topsides modules are disposed on the deck. The topsides modules include at least: a power generation module; a switchgear module a flowline heating module; a chemical injection module; a water injection module; a subsea control module; and a control module that communicates with a remote command center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Kellogg Brown & Root LLC
    Inventors: Richard B. D'Souza, Brian Curtis Jarrell, David Brian Anderson, Bambang Abimanju Sarwono
  • Publication number: 20240012171
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: receipt and accession of magnetic field data from a constellation of satellites providing global coverage over the Earth in a time span less than one day; inter-calibrating the magnetic field data from all satellites to a common standard; quantifying the global magnetic disturbance and selecting quiescent intervals at least as short as one day for evaluation of Earth's internally-generated field; calculating global maps of the mean vector magnetic field for each quiet interval from the average of all satellite measurements in angular bins; converting the time sequence of global maps of the mean fields to time series of angular harmonic coefficients via direct convolution; applying spectral and regression analysis to the harmonic coefficient time series to identify and remove artifacts in the signals; reconstructing a continuous time and spatial representation of the magnetic field continuous in time and angular position globally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Brian ANDERSON, Regupathi ANGAPPAN, Robin BARNES, Sabine STANLEY, Sarah VINES
  • Publication number: 20230389178
    Abstract: A cable includes a wiring assembly with a knuckle and wires bundled together. The cable also includes a connector assembly with a connector having connections for the wires, where the connections are arranged along a longitudinal axis. In some embodiments, the connector assembly captures an end of the wiring assembly, and the knuckle of the wiring assembly is pivotally connected to the connector assembly. In some embodiments, the cable includes circuitry configured to authenticate the cable to a device connected to the cable by the connector and/or to authenticate the device connected to the cable. A control system includes control elements and/or subsystems coupled with a backplane adjacent to one another and cables configured to connect to the control elements and/or subsystems. Wiring assemblies of the cables can articulate to be parallel to each respective connector. Further, each cable can authenticate the cables and/or the control elements or subsystems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Albert Rooyakkers, James G. Calvin, Craig Markovic, Ken Doucette, Brian Anderson
  • Patent number: 11700691
    Abstract: A cable includes a wiring assembly with a knuckle and wires bundled together. The cable also includes a connector assembly with a connector having connections for the wires, where the connections are arranged along a longitudinal axis. In some embodiments, the connector assembly captures an end of the wiring assembly, and the knuckle of the wiring assembly is pivotally connected to the connector assembly. In some embodiments, the cable includes circuitry configured to authenticate the cable to a device connected to the cable by the connector and/or to authenticate the device connected to the cable. A control system includes control elements and/or subsystems coupled with a backplane adjacent to one another and cables configured to connect to the control elements and/or subsystems. Wiring assemblies of the cables can articulate to be parallel to each respective connector. Further, each cable can authenticate the cables and/or the control elements or subsystems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Bedrock Automation Platforms Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Rooyakkers, James G. Calvin, Craig Markovic, Ken Doucette, Brian Anderson
  • Patent number: 11659661
    Abstract: A cable includes a wiring assembly with a knuckle and wires bundled together. The cable also includes a connector assembly with a connector having connections for the wires, where the connections are arranged along a longitudinal axis. In some embodiments, the connector assembly captures an end of the wiring assembly, and the knuckle of the wiring assembly is pivotally connected to the connector assembly. In some embodiments, the cable includes circuitry configured to authenticate the cable to a device connected to the cable by the connector and/or to authenticate the device connected to the cable. A control system includes control elements and/or subsystems coupled with a backplane adjacent to one another and cables configured to connect to the control elements and/or subsystems. Wiring assemblies of the cables can articulate to be parallel to each respective connector. Further, each cable can authenticate the cables and/or the control elements or subsystems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Bedrock Automation Platforms Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Rooyakkers, James G. Calvin, Craig Markovic, Ken Doucette, Brian Anderson
  • Patent number: 11632357
    Abstract: Electronic publications are increasingly replacing physical media but to date standards have evolved to mimic these physical media. Accordingly it is beneficial to provide electronic publication software systems and/or software applications to enable new paradigms that provide consumers, authors, publishers, retailers, and others with new models for releasing digital content from editorial and authorship viewpoints; new models for providing digital rights management with licensing, re-assignable rights and the ability to issue sub-rights or issue partial licenses with predetermined validity; new models for publishers to release revised editions, errata, new additions, etc; engaging social network type collaborative behavior within work and private environments with associated content (annotations) to the original release content; and supporting discussion and information dissemination within a wide variety of environments from education to business to book clubs etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Cognilore Inc.
    Inventors: Andre Dube, Darryl Beallie, Brian Anderson, Cody Thompson
  • Patent number: 11599999
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for fluorescence imaging with stray light reduction is described. The system including a light source to provide a first illumination of a scene to induce fluorescence from the scene, an image sensor to capture a fluorescence image of the scene during the first illumination, and a controller coupled to the light source, the image sensor, and memory that includes instructions that when executed by the controller causes the system to perform operations. The operations including comparing a first color channel value to a second color channel value of a given pixel included in the fluorescence image to identify one or more pixels of the fluorescence image as being affected by stray light. The operations further including generating a stray light image mask based, at least in part, on the one or more pixels of the fluorescence image identified as being affected by the stray light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Brian Anderson, Tamara Troy
  • Patent number: 11593502
    Abstract: A method by one or more computing devices for detecting application user anomalies in audit logs of database operations performed on one or more databases. The method includes obtaining a first audit log of database operations, wherein the first audit log indicates (1) which application users of an application caused which of the database operations to be performed and (2) which functions of the application caused which of the database operations to be performed, generating, for each of the application users indicated in the first audit log, a profile of that application user that indicates which of the functions that application user is expected to touch, and detecting an anomaly in response to a determination that a second audit log indicates that an application user touched a function that is not one of the functions indicated in the profile of the application user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Imperva, Inc.
    Inventors: Itsik Mantin, Craig Burlingame, Brian Anderson, Kunal Anand, Ran Rosin, Peter Klimek, Joseph Moore
  • Publication number: 20230027322
    Abstract: Systems, methods, architectures, mechanisms and apparatus for generating an audio segment playlist configured to provoke a physiological response in a listener in accordance with a desired outcome category, comprising: selecting, from a features database, a plurality of audio segments having features associated with both listener information and the desired outcome category; and ordering within the playlist at least a portion of the selected audio segments in accordance with at least one feature progression associated with the outcome category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Coro Health, LLC
    Inventors: David Schofman, Brian Anderson, Stephen Balkum
  • Publication number: 20220375043
    Abstract: Systems and methods for specular reflection reduction in endoscope visualizations are described. A method includes receiving an image including a region of specular reflection. The method includes detecting the region of specular reflection in the image. The method includes estimating image information for a portion of the region of specular reflection. The method also includes reconstructing the image including the image information populated into the region of specular reflection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Nishant Verma, Brian Anderson
  • Patent number: 11461484
    Abstract: A method by one or more runtime agents protecting a web application for capturing contextual information for data accesses. The method includes determining first metadata associated with a web application layer request sent by a web application firewall to the web application, determining second metadata associated with the web application layer request based on information available to the web application, serializing the first metadata and the second metadata to generate serialized metadata, and adding the serialized metadata to a database query that is to be submitted by the web application to the database server, wherein execution of the database query that includes the serialized metadata by the database server is to cause the database activity monitor to store the serialized metadata and third metadata associated with the database query determined by the database activity monitor in a data storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Imperva, Inc.
    Inventors: Kunal Anand, Brian Anderson, Joe Moore, Ran Rosin, Itsik Mantin, Peter Klimek, Craig Burlingame
  • Patent number: 11432458
    Abstract: A dual-disk seed meter for a planter may include a housing defining a first seed chamber configured to receive first seeds of a first seed type and a second seed chamber configured to receive second seeds of a second seed type. The seed meter may also include a first seed disk rotatable within the housing to convey the first seeds from the first seed chamber, a second seed disk rotatable within the housing to convey the second seeds from the second seed chamber, and a drive assembly configured to simultaneously rotate the first and second seed disks. In addition, the seed meter may include a seed deflector movable relative to the first seed disk and/or the second seed disk to control which of the seed types is discharged from the housing based on a selected seed type to be delivered by the seed meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Schoeny, Brian Anderson, Chad M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11432459
    Abstract: A dual-disk seed meter for a planter may include a housing defining a first seed chamber configured to receive first seeds of a first seed type and a second seed chamber configured to receive second seeds of a second seed type. The seed meter may also include a first seed disk rotatable within the housing to convey the first seeds from the first seed chamber, a second seed disk rotatable within the housing to convey the second seeds from the second seed chamber, and a drive assembly configured to simultaneously rotate the first and second seed disks. In addition, the seed meter may include a seed deflector movable relative to the first seed disk and/or the second seed disk to control which of the seed types is discharged from the housing based on a selected seed type to be delivered by the seed meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Schoeny, Brian Anderson, Chad M. Johnson