Patents by Inventor Brian Martin

Brian Martin 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: 10440655
    Abstract: A wireless telecommunication system includes base stations for communicating with terminal devices. One or more base stations support a power boost operating mode in which a base station's available transmission power is concentrated in a subset of its available transmission resources to provide enhanced transmission powers as compared to transmission powers on these transmission resources when the base station is not operating in the power boost mode. A base station establishes an extent to which one or more base stations in the wireless telecommunications system supporting the power boost operating mode conveys an indication of this to a terminal device. The terminal device receives the indication and uses the corresponding information to control its acquisition of a base station of the wireless telecommunication system, for example by taking account of which base stations support power boosting and/or when power boosting is supported during a cell attach procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew William Webb, Hideji Wakabayashi, Brian Martin
  • Patent number: 10417490
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for assessing document image quality are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving one or more images of a document. The actions further include detecting an object that has a shape that is similar to an expected shape of the document. The actions further include determining a focus score that reflects a sharpness of the first image. The actions further include determining a border fit score that reflects a likelihood that the object corresponds to the document. The actions further include determining an expected shape score that reflects a correlation between the shape of the object and an expected shape of the document. The actions further include determining a quality score that reflects a quality of the first image. The actions further include determining whether to perform document authentication on the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: MorphoTrust USA, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Martin
  • Publication number: 20190254691
    Abstract: Flexible expandable treatment devices are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed to an expandable tubular structure formed of an interwoven strand and configured to be positioned in a blood vessel. The interwoven strand may be arranged to form a plurality of cells and a plurality of j oints between adjacent cells. At least one of the joints may include a first strand slidably interlocked with a second strand, and at least one of the first strand and the second strand may bend back on itself to form a restriction that limits disengagement of the first strand and the second strand at the joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Brian Martin, Julio Aguilar, Nestor Aganon, Martin Dieck
  • Publication number: 20190246332
    Abstract: The UE(130) is configured to receive a control parameter (5013) from a network in a first connection with the network. The UE(130) is further configured to selectively bar access of the UE(130) to the network for a subsequent second connection based on the control parameter (5013).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Anders BERGGREN, Lars NORD, Brian MARTIN, Yuxin WEI
  • Publication number: 20190244322
    Abstract: Some implementations may include a computer-implemented method for applying at least two digital watermarks to a digital document, the method including: receiving a digital document comprising visual contents; generating a first digital watermark to be visually presented at a first time point; generating a second digital watermark to be visually presented at a second time point, the second digital watermark being different from the first digital watermark and the second time point being different from the first time point; and applying both the first digital watermark and second digital watermark to the digital document t.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: MORPHOTRUST USA, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Martin
  • Publication number: 20190230598
    Abstract: A wireless telecommunication system includes base stations for communicating with terminal devices. One or more base stations support a power boost operating mode in which a base station's available transmission power is concentrated in a subset of its available transmission resources to provide enhanced transmission powers as compared to transmission powers on these transmission resources when the base station is not operating in the power boost mode. A base station establishes an extent to which one or more base stations in the wireless telecommunications system supporting the power boost operating mode conveys an indication of this to a terminal device. The terminal device receives the indication and uses the corresponding information to control its acquisition of a base station of the wireless telecommunication system, for example by taking account of which base stations support power boosting and/or when power boosting is supported during a cell attach procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew William Webb, Hideji WAKABAYASHI, Brian MARTIN
  • Patent number: 10352951
    Abstract: The present invention relates to analytical testing devices including micro-environment sensors and methods for assaying coagulation in a fluid sample applied to the micro-environment sensors, and in particular, performing one or more types of coagulation assays using one or more micro-environment sensors in a single point of care combined test cartridge. For example, the present invention may be directed to test sensor including at least one transducer coated with a polymer layer. The polymer layer comprises a thrombin-cleavable peptide with a detectable moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Abbott Point of Care Inc.
    Inventors: Tian-Xian Zhao, Anjulia Chiu-Yuk Wong, Glenn Brian Martin, Katrina Petronilla Di Tullio, Isabelle Louisette Thibodeau, Steven Roy Breeze, Smitha R K Sutrala, Eric Hong, Sheila Diane Ball
  • Patent number: 10346990
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for detecting facial liveliness are provided. Implementations include actions of processing first and second facial images of a subject to determine first and second corneal reflections of an object, the first and second facial images being captured at first and second sequential time points, determining a corneal reflection change of the object based on the determined first and second corneal reflections, comparing the determined corneal reflection change of the object to a motion associated with the first and second time points, and determining facial liveliness of the subject based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: MorphoTrust USA, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Martin
  • Patent number: 10344969
    Abstract: A burner body includes a wall that defines a combustible-gas chamber. The burner body further includes gas-flow inlet communicating with the combustible-gas chamber and a plurality of burner ports that permit combustible gas to flow from the chamber to an exterior of the burner body. The burner body further includes one or more flow restrictions configured to restrict flow through a proportion of the burner ports. When combustible gas is supplied at a first flow rate, each flow restriction is configured to restrict flow through an associated burner port at a first restriction ratio. When combustible gas is supplied at a second flow rate that is smaller than the first flow rate, each flow restriction is configured to restrict flow through its associated burner port at a second restriction ratio that is less than the first restriction ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Warren Fowler, George Lewis, Brian Martin
  • Publication number: 20190205635
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a data capture application of a computing device that receives image data for an image of a document and uses the image data to capture content on the document while minimizing glare at the document. The data capture application receives user input for positioning an image token provided for display to a user of the data capture application. Positioning the image token causes adjustment of an attribute value of the image data. In response to receiving the user input the data capture application determines whether the attribute value of the image data satisfies a predefined attribute value. Based on the attribute value satisfying the predefined attribute value, the data capture application generates a composite image of the document using the image data received by the data capture application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Timothy J. Brown, Joseph R. Mayer, Mike DiNicola, Brian Martin
  • Publication number: 20190161255
    Abstract: A child-resistant canister includes a container and a closure configured to mount on the container to close an opening into an interior region formed in the container. The closure includes a lid and a lid anchor coupled to the lid. The lid anchor is configured to mate with a closure retainer included in the container to retain the closure in a mounted position on the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Brian Martin, John A. Vassallo
  • Publication number: 20190154710
    Abstract: The present invention relates to sample analysis cartridges comprising micro-environment sensors and methods for assaying coagulation in a fluid sample applied to the micro-environment sensors, and in particular, to performing coagulation assays using micro-environment sensors in a point of care sample analysis cartridge. For example, the present invention may be directed to a sample analysis cartridge including an inlet chamber configured to receive a biological sample, and a conduit fluidically connected to the inlet chamber and configured to receive the biological sample from the inlet chamber. The conduit may include a micro-environment prothrombin time (PT) sensor, and a micro-environment activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Abbott Point of Care Inc.
    Inventors: Tian-Xian Zhao, Anjulia Chiu-Yuk Wong, Glenn Brian Martin, Katrina Petronilla Di Tullio, Isabelle Louisette Thibodeau, Steven Roy Breeze, Smitha RK Sutrala, Eric Hong, Jay Kendall Taylor, Sheila Diane Ball
  • Patent number: 10278718
    Abstract: Flexible expandable treatment devices are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed to an expandable tubular structure formed of an interwoven strand and configured to be positioned in a blood vessel. The interwoven strand may be arranged to form a plurality of cells and a plurality of joints between adjacent cells. At least one of the joints may include a first strand slidably interlocked with a second strand, and at least one of the first strand and the second strand may bend back on itself to form a restriction that limits disengagement of the first strand and the second strand at the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Brian Martin, Julio Aguilar, Nestor Aganon, Martin Dieck
  • Patent number: 10271285
    Abstract: A wireless telecommunication system includes base stations for communicating with terminal devices. One or more base stations support a power boost operating mode in which a base station's available transmission power is concentrated in a subset of its available transmission resources to provide enhanced transmission powers as compared to transmission powers on these transmission resources when the base station is not operating in the power boost mode. A base station establishes an extent to which one or more base stations in the wireless telecommunications system supporting the power boost operating mode conveys an indication of this to a terminal device. The terminal device receives the indication and uses the corresponding information to control its acquisition of a base station of the wireless telecommunication system, for example by taking account of which base stations support power boosting and/or when power boosting is supported during a cell attach procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew William Webb, Hideji Wakabayashi, Brian Martin
  • Patent number: 10255709
    Abstract: Some implementations may provide a method for generating a portrait of a subject for an identification document, the method including: receiving a photo image of the subject, the photo image including the subject's face in a foreground against an arbitrary background; determining the arbitrary background of the photo image based on the photo image alone and without user intervention; masking the determined background from the photo image; and subsequently generating the portrait of the subject for the identification document of the subject, the portrait based on the photo image with the determined background masked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: MorphoTrust USA, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Martin, Zhiqiang Lao, Mohamed Lazzouni, Robert Andrew Eckel
  • Patent number: 10257495
    Abstract: In general, one innovative aspect of the subject matter described in this specification may be embodied in methods that include generating a three-dimensional composite image of a user from a set of two dimensional facial images. For instance, a depth map may initially be generated for each of the two dimensional facial images based on depth information. The depth maps may be used to identify matching elements that are used to combine multiple two-dimensional images. The generated three-dimensional composite image may then be displayed on a digital identification of a user device. In some instances, the rendering of the three-dimensional composite image on the user device may be adjusted based on tilting motions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: MorphoTrust USA, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Poder, Brian Martin, Richard Austin Huber
  • Publication number: 20190102077
    Abstract: A system includes a sensing device and an industrial monitor comprising a memory and a processor communicatively coupled to the sensing device. The processor is configured to receive a measurement of a mechanical system during operation and determine a plurality of parameters of the mechanical system based on the received measurement. The system includes a portable monitoring device configured to individually present a series of screens on a display in response to user input, wherein each of the plurality of parameters is respectively associated with a particular screen of the series of screens, and wherein each particular screen is configured to selectively present a navigational indicator when a parameter that is associated with a different screen has an irregular status, and wherein the navigational indicator has an appearance that indicates the user input that will cause the different screen to be presented on the display of the monitoring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Barrett Joseph Fuhrmann, Brian Martin Axness, Trevor Shaun Kavanaugh
  • Patent number: 10247741
    Abstract: The present invention relates to sample analysis cartridges comprising micro-environment sensors and methods for assaying coagulation in a fluid sample applied to the micro-environment sensors, and in particular, to performing coagulation assays using micro-environment sensors in a point of care sample analysis cartridge. For example, the present invention may be directed to a sample analysis cartridge including an inlet chamber configured to receive a biological sample, and a conduit fluidically connected to the inlet chamber and configured to receive the biological sample from the inlet chamber. The conduit may include a micro-environment prothrombin time (PT) sensor, and a micro-environment activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Abbott Point of Care Inc.
    Inventors: Tian-Xian Zhao, Anjulia Chiu-Yuk Wong, Glenn Brian Martin, Katrina Petronilla Di Tullio, Isabelle Louisette Thibodeau, Steven Roy Breeze, Smitha RK Sutrala, Eric Hong, Jay Kendall Taylor, Sheila Diane Ball
  • Publication number: 20190093903
    Abstract: Provided is a method for controlling the operation of a cooking appliance, such as an oven range. The cooking appliance includes a door with multiple spaced apart glass panels. The method uses an interlocking mechanism that interferes with the installation of at least one of the plurality of glass panels in the door if at least one of the glass panels is not installed properly. The method further uses a switch with a plunger can be installed in the door, which allows the appliance to operate only when a failsafe electrical circuit is closed corresponding to a selected position of the plunger when the door is closed. The plunger is prevented from retaining that selected position if at least one of the glass panels is improperly installed or if a top cap is not properly seated or installed above the glass panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Bryan Thomas Phillips, Brian Martin, Steven Baas
  • Patent number: D858799
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: LINDEN STEEL, L.P.
    Inventor: Brian Martin Anderson