Patents by Inventor Brian David

Brian David 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).

  • INTELLIGENT WAKE-UP SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180082550
    Abstract: A dynamic wake-up alarm is provided-for, including a clock, a contactless biometric sensor, a processor, memory, and a speaker. The processor may be configured to receive a wake-up rule based on at least two wake-up criteria including a time from the clock and data from the biometric sensor, and evaluate whether the criteria are met to activate an alarm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Jack Read, Laura Ware, Jonathan Freed, Debra Reich, Leela Keshavan, Brian David Mulcahey
  • SLEEP QUALITY SCORING AND IMPROVEMENT
    Publication number: 20180078197
    Abstract: A sleep scoring device is provided for, including a contactless biometric sensor, a processor, memory, and a microphone. The sleep scoring device may detect a user's sleep state by reading signals from the contactless biometric sensor based on at least one of a detected change in heartrate, body movement, or respiration, and log the biometric information. The sleep scoring device may also generate a sleep score for a sleep session based on the latency of the sleep session, the number of detected waking events, the amount of REM sleep, the amount of deep sleep, or the number of times the snooze button was pressed during the sleep session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Laura Ware, Jonathan Freed, Jack Read, Debra Reich, Leela Keshavan, Brian David Mulcahey
  • Digital Content Interaction and Navigation in Virtual and Augmented Reality
    Publication number: 20180075655
    Abstract: Digital content interaction and navigation techniques and systems in virtual and augmented reality are described. In one example, techniques are employed to aid user interaction within a physical environment in which the user is disposed while viewing a virtual or augmented reality environment. In another example, techniques are described to support a world relative field of view and a fixed relative field of view. The world relative field of view is configured to follow motion of the user (e.g., movement of the user's head or mobile phone) within the environment to support navigation to different locations within the environment. The fixed relative field of view is configured to remain fixed during this navigation such that digital content disposed in this field of view remains at that relative location to a user's field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Henricus Maria Cabanier, Yuyan Song, Brian David Williams, Cory Lynn Edwards, Byungmoon Kim, Gavin Stuart Peter Miller
  • Uses of hydrophobic aggregates and methods for performing those uses
    Patent number: 9909955
    Abstract: A method of collecting a urine sample including appropriately locating hydrophobic sand with respect to the urine sample. Use of the hydrophobic sand including providing a barrier in the form of at least one layer of the sand; and collecting a urine sample by appropriately locating the sand with respect to the urine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Coastline Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Zeev Birger, Yoram Hasson, Brian David Cohen, Alon Rosenberg
  • Digital Content Rendering Coordination in Augmented Reality
    Publication number: 20180061128
    Abstract: Digital content rendering coordination techniques in augmented reality are described. In one example, a user is provided with a first display device via which an augmented reality environment is to be viewed that includes at least a partial view of a physical environment. As part of this physical environment, a second display device (e.g., a desktop monitor, a mobile phone, and so forth) is also viewable by a user through the first display device, i.e., is directly viewable. Techniques are described herein in which a view of digital content on the second display device is coordinated with a display of digital content on the first display device. This may be used to support a variety of usage scenarios to expand and share functionality associated with these different devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Henricus Maria Cabanier, Yuyan Song, Brian David Williams, Cory Lynn Edwards, Byungmoon Kim, Gavin Stuart Peter Miller
  • Navigation and Rewards involving Physical Goods and Services
    Publication number: 20180053236
    Abstract: Navigation and reward techniques involving physical goods and services are described. In one example, digital content is configured to aid navigation of a user between different physical goods or services. This navigation includes user specified good or services as well as recommended goods or services that are not specified by the user. In another example, digital content is provided as part of a reward system. In return for permitting access to user data, the user is provided with rewards that are based on this monitored interaction. In this way, an owner of the store may gain detailed knowledge which may be used to increase likelihood of offering goods or services of interest to the user. In return, the user is provided with rewards to permit access to this detailed knowledge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Peter Raymond Fransen, Matthew William Rozen, Brian David Williams, Cory Lynn Edwards
  • Method for diverting flow around an obstruction in an internal cooling circuit
    Patent number: 9897318
    Abstract: A rotary machine including: a casing providing an annular chamber for rotating components of the machine; a cooling passage extending through the casing or mounted to a surface of casing; a plug assembly connected to the cooling passage and in the casing or mounted to the casing, wherein the plug assembly includes a collar and a conduit aligned with an axis of the collar, and the collar includes a cooling air by-pass passage in fluid communication with the cooling passage such that cooling air from the cooling passage flows through the by-pass passage and returns to the cooling passage, and another cooling passage or a port extending through the conduit of the plug assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sivaraman Vedhagiri, Brian David Moran, Shawn Kelley
  • System and method for flat panel detector gel and blot imaging
    Patent number: 9891192
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a digital image in fluorescence gel imaging is disclosed. The method includes providing a gel sample and placing the gel sample on a flat panel detector having array of photodiodes and transistors that collect light generated from the gel sample. The gel sample is illuminated using a light source integrated into the flat panel imaging system and light emitted by the gel sample responsive to an excitation of the gel sample by light provided by the light source is then collected, with the light emitted by the gel sample being collected by the array of photodiodes of the flat panel detector and converted to electric charges to generate light data. The light data is then processed to generate a digital image of the gel sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Feng Pan, Brian David Yanoff, Aaron Judy Couture, Hakan Erik Roos, Yu Zhao
  • PRESSURE BASED WIRELESS SENSOR AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180037070
    Abstract: A pressure sensing circuit for use with a wireless sensor that includes an antenna and a pressure sensing element. The antenna includes a first pole and a second pole and is operable to transceive radio frequency signals between the wireless sensor and a wireless data collecting device. The pressure sensing element includes an electrical circuit and a diaphragm. When pressure is applied to the diaphragm, a characteristic of the electrical circuit changes. The changing of the characteristic of the electrical circuit causes one or more RF characteristics of the wireless sensor to change, which is interpretable to determine a pressure being applied to the pressure sensing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: RFMicron, Inc.
    Inventors: Shahriar Rokhsaz, Brian David Young
  • RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) TAG(S) and SENSOR(S)
    Publication number: 20180040939
    Abstract: A method begins by a first radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor, that is associated with a first object element, receiving a first data request signal from an RFID reader and sending a first radio frequency (RF) signal that includes first data to the RFID reader in response to the first data request signal. The method continues with a second RFID sensor receiving a second data request signal from, and sending second data to, the RFID reader. The method continues with the RFID reader sending a representation of the first and second data to a data processing unit, which processes the representation of the first and second data to determine a first and second data point regarding first and second object elements. The method continues by the data processing unit processing the first and second data points to determine an environmental relationship between the first and second object elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: RFMicron, Inc.
    Inventors: Shahriar Rokhsaz, Brian David Young, Ahmed Younis, John J. Paulos, Abhay Misra, Benjamin Cooke, Marwan Hassoun
  • SECURE COMMUNICATION SECRET SHARING
    Publication number: 20180034783
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to sharing secure communication secrets with a network monitoring device (NMD). The NMD may passively monitor network packets communicated between client computers and server computers. If a secure communication session is established between a client computer and a server computer, a key provider may provide the NMD a session key that corresponds to the secure communication session. The NMD may buffer each network packet associated with the secure communication session until the NMD is provided a session key for the secure communication session. The NMD may use the session key to decrypt network packets communicated between the client computer and the server computer. The NMD may then proceed to analyze the secure communication session based on the contents of the decrypted network packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jesse Abraham Rothstein, Benjamin Thomas Higgins, Brian David Hatch
  • POWER HARVESTING CIRCUIT AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180006572
    Abstract: A power harvesting circuit, a rectifier circuit and a capacitor. The rectifier circuit includes a diode circuit and a diode voltage reduction circuit. The diode circuit passes a current when a received RF signal has a first polarity and to substantially blocks the current when the received RF signal has a second polarity. The diode voltage reduction circuit is operably coupled to reduce a voltage drop of the diode circuit. The capacitor is operably coupled to convert the rectified signal into a DC supply voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: RFMicron, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian David Young, Shahriar Rokhsaz, Ahmed Younis, Marwan Hassoun
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS USING WIRELESS SENSOR(S)
    Publication number: 20170373395
    Abstract: A passive radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor is provided. This passive RFID sensor includes an inductive loop, a processing module, and a wireless communication module. The inductive loop has an inductive loop impedance that may vary with an environment in which the inductive loop is placed. The processing module couples to the inductive loop and has a tuning module that may vary a reactive component impedance coupled to the inductive loop in order to change a system impedance. The system impedance includes both the inductive loop impedance and the reactive component impedance. The tuning module then produces an impedance value representative of the reactive component impedance. A memory module may store the impedance value which may then later be communicated to an RFID reader via the wireless communication module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: RFMicron, Inc.
    Inventors: Shahriar Rokhsaz, Brian David Young, Ahmed Younis
  • Devices and methods for manipulating components in a fluid sample
    Patent number: 9835540
    Abstract: Devices for sorting components (e.g., cells) contained in a liquid sample are provided. In certain aspects, the devices include a magnetic separation device and an acoustic concentrator device fluidically coupled to magnetic separation device. Aspects of the invention further include methods for sorting cells in a liquid sample, and systems, and kits for practicing the subject methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Liping Yu, Brian David Warner, Joseph T. Trotter
  • Dishwasher appliance and a method for mounting a slide rail in a dishwasher appliance
    Patent number: 9833123
    Abstract: A dishwasher appliance and a method for mounting a slide rail within a dishwasher appliance are provided. A rack assembly of the dishwasher appliance includes a bracket with a post. A slide rail is mounted to the bracket, and the slide rail and the bracket are positioned within a wash chamber of the dishwasher appliance. The post extends through the tub, and a sleeve is positioned opposite the bracket on the tub and engages the post. The sleeve hinders retraction of the post through the tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Joseph Shaffer, Eugenio Gomez, A. Vinodh Magimai Raj, Benjamin Carl Maddux, Brian David Sanzone
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SURFACE MOUNTING OF ELECTRICAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20170336057
    Abstract: Inventive methods and apparatus for providing a surface mounted electrical device whereby at least one stem is employed which provides both an electrical connection to a power source as well as the means for mounting. One example of such an electrical device is a ceiling surface-mount luminaire that gives the appearance of a recessed luminaire without requiring the material and cost of a recessed housing. The disclosed invention reduces product cost and increases speed and ease of installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventor: BRIAN DAVID CLARKE
  • MOBILE TELEMETRY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170330393
    Abstract: An automotive vehicle may include a processor configured to buffer records of vehicle information created at a scheduled acquisition rate, and to buffer event files of vehicle information created upon the occurrence of predetermined triggering events. The processor may be further configured to cause the buffered records to be wirelessly transmitted on a last-in first-out basis if a signal strength in a vicinity of the vehicle is greater than a first predetermined threshold, and to cause the buffered files to be wirelessly transmitted if the signal strength is greater than a second predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel William FORTHOFFER, Medville Jay THROOP, Brian David TILLMAN
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING ENVIRONMENT USING A WIRELESS PASSIVE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20170330006
    Abstract: A method begins with a first reader sending a first radio frequency (RF) signal prior to exposing a vehicle to moisture testing. The method continues with a second reader send a second RF signal after exposing the vehicle to moisture testing. The method continues by a first RF sensor tag receiving the first RF signal and adjusting a tank circuit in response to the first RF signal to produce a first impedance change. The method continues by the first RF sensor tag generating a first digital representation of the first impedance change. The method continues by the first RF sensor tag receiving the second RF signal, adjusting the tank circuit in response to the second RF signal to produce a second impedance change, and generating a second digital representation of the second impedance change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: RFMicron, Inc.
    Inventors: Shahriar Rokhsaz, Brian David Young
  • Media network environment
    Patent number: 9813756
    Abstract: A network media environment includes a first hub network and a second hub network. The first hub network encompasses a first local environment based on a first server which is coupled to a first client. The second hub network encompasses a second local environment based on a second server which is also coupled to the first client. The first local environment and the second local environment overlap. The second local environment is movable with a movement of the second server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Mitch Frederick Singer, Brian David Lakamp
  • Tire
    Patent number: D812550
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Brian David Digman, Charles Kenneth Schmalix, Cameron Stuart Nixon, Hans-Peter Guevara Leocadio