Patents by Inventor Brian Williams

Brian Williams 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).

  • VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190276055
    Abstract: A system includes one or more processors, a communication device, and a positive train control (PTC) system. The one or more processors and communication device are onboard a lead vehicle of a vehicle system that includes the lead vehicle and a first remote vehicle. The PTC system is configured to restrict movement of the vehicle system based on a location of the vehicle system. The PTC system communicates a list of vehicle identifiers to the one or more processors. The communication device communicates a wireless linking message, which includes a vehicle identifier associated with the first remote vehicle, to the first remote vehicle. The communication device establishes a communication link between the lead vehicle and the first remote vehicle responsive to receipt of the wireless linking message at the first remote vehicle. The one or more processors remotely control movement of the first remote vehicle via the communication link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Jared Klineman Cooper, Brian Joseph McManus, Frank Wawrzyniak, Ralph C. Haddock, III, Robert James Foy, James Glen Corry, Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Todd William Goodermuth, Eugene Smith, Steven Andrew Kellner, Joseph Mario Nazareth, Brian William Schroeck, David Michael Peltz, Jeffrey Donald Kernwein, Daniel J. Rush, David Allen Eldredge
  • SECURITY DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190263169
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a security device is provided. The method comprises providing a substrate, the substrate having opposing first and second surfaces and a relief structure formed in the first surface of the substrate. A reflection enhancing layer is applied over the first surface of the substrate such that the reflection enhancing layer at least partially overlaps the relief structure and such that a first region of the first surface of the substrate does not have the reflection enhancing layer. An absorber layer is applied over the reflection enhancing layer such that the absorber layer at least partially overlaps the reflection enhancing layer and the relief structure where the reflection enhancing layer and the relief structure overlap each other, and such that the absorber layer at least partially overlaps the first region of the first surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Brian William HOLMES
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING VEHICLE ORIENTATION IN A VEHICLE CONSIST
    Publication number: 20190263430
    Abstract: A system and method includes determining, with a sensor assembly disposed onboard a first aerial vehicle, a direction in which a fluid flows within or through the first aerial vehicle, and determining an orientation of the first aerial vehicle relative to a second aerial vehicle based at least in part on the direction in which the fluid flows within or through the first aerial vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Eugene Smith, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Wolfgang Daum, Martin Paget, Daniel Rush, Sameh Fahmy, Brad Thomas Costa, Seneca Snyder, Jerry Duncan, Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Michael Scott Miner, Shannon Joseph Clouse, Anwarul Azam, Matthew Lawrence Blair, Nidhi Naithani, Dattaraj Jagdish Rao, Anju Bind, Sreyashi Dey Chaki, Scott Daniel Nelson, Nikhil Uday Naphade, Wing Yeung Chung, Daniel Malachi Ballesty, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Jeffret James Kisak, Dale Martin DiDomenico, Suresh Govindappa, Manibabu Pippalla, Sethu Madhavan, Jared Klineman Cooper, Huan Tan, John Michael Lizzi, Charles Burton Theurer, Balajee Kannan, Romano Patrick, Brad Thomas Costa, James D. Brooks, Micahel Scott Miner, Harry Kirk Matthews, JR., Bradford Wayne Miller, Neeraja Subrahmaniyan, Brian Joseph McManus, Frank Wawrzyniak, Ralph C. Haddock, III, Robert James Foy, James Glen Corry, Steven Andrew Kellner, Joseph Mario Nazareth, Brian William Schroeck, Shawn Arthur McClintic
  • Automated non-conforming pixel masking
    Patent number: 10397505
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving a plurality of communication events associated with a pixel of an imaging device; identifying a frequency associated with the communication events, wherein the identifying a frequency comprises determining a number of communication events occurring within a predetermined time interval or determining a mean time interval between the communication events; determining, from a plurality of pixels neighboring the pixel, a frequency range comprising an upper frequency limit and a lower frequency limit; resolving, from the identified frequency and the determined frequency range, whether the pixel comprises a non-conforming pixel; and masking, if the pixel comprises a non-conforming pixel, subsequent communication events from the non-conforming pixel. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: KROMEK GROUP, PLC
    Inventors: Rolf Martin Clajus, Franklin Dean Walker, James William Hugg, Brian William Harris
  • COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION PERFORMANCE WITH VEHICLE SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS
    Publication number: 20190261201
    Abstract: Systems and methods for correlating wireless communication performance with vehicle system configurations determine wireless message characteristics of wireless messages communicated with vehicles in vehicle systems and locations along a route where the wireless message characteristics were determined. The wireless message characteristics and the locations can be determined during movement of the vehicle systems along a route. Relative positions of the vehicles in the vehicle systems is obtained, and a signal propagation profile is determined based on the wireless message characteristics, the locations where the wireless message characteristics were determined, and the relative positions of the vehicles. The signal propagation profile can represent relationships between the wireless message characteristics, the relative positions of the vehicles, and the locations along the route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Maurice Stanley Hutchins, Brian William Schroeck
  • Validating using an offload device security component
    Patent number: 10382195
    Abstract: Generally described, physical computing devices in a virtual network can be configured to host a number of virtual machine instances. The physical computing devices can be operably coupled with offload devices. In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a security component can be incorporated into an offload device. The security component can be a physical device including a microprocessor and storage. The security component can include a set of instructions configured to validate an operational configuration of the offload device or the physical computing device to establish that they are configured in accordance with a secure or trusted configuration. In one example, a first security component on the offload device can validate the operational computing environment on the offload device and a second security component on the physical computing device can validate the operational computing environment on the physical computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Jason Brandwine, David R. Richardson, Matthew Shawn Wilson, Ian Paul Nowland, Anthony Nicholas Liguori, Brian William Barrett
  • SECURITY DEVICES
    Publication number: 20190232708
    Abstract: A security device is disclosed, comprising an array of focussing elements with regular periodicity in at least a first direction, each focusing element having an optical footprint of which different portions will be directed to the viewer in dependence on the viewing angle; and an array of image elements with regular periodicity in at least the first direction overlapping the array of focusing structures, the image elements representing portions of at least two respective images, and at least one image element from each respective image being located in the optical footprint of each focusing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Brian William HOLMES, John GODFREY, Robert WHITEMAN
  • Oxygen supply for organ perfusion systems
    Patent number: 10362780
    Abstract: A perfusion system for the perfusion of an organ comprises a perfusion fluid circuit (16) for circulating perfusion fluid through the organ, oxygenation means (14) for adding oxygen into the perfusion fluid, and an oxygen supply arranged to supply oxygen to the oxygenation means. The oxygen supply comprises an oxygen concentrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Organox Limited
    Inventors: Stuart Brian William Kay, Sebastien Antoine Yves Cuvelier, Jonathan Richard Oakley, Leslie James Russell, Peter John Friend, Constantin C. Coussios
  • Method of manufacturing pattern and apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 10343393
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a pattern on a substrate web includes providing a production tool having a surface relief structure of elevations and depressions. The elevations correspond to a desired pattern. A curable material is applied to the elevations. The material is brought into contact with a substrate web at a first location. The substrate web and surface relief structure are transported together in contact from the first location to a second location spaced from one another along the transport direction of the substrate web. The substrate web is separated from the surface relief structure at the second location whereupon the material forming the pattern is affixed to and carried by the substrate web. The material is cured by exposure to a curing energy source, either between the first and second locations and/or after the substrate web has been separated from the surface relief structure at the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Brian William Holmes
  • AUTOMATED NON-CONFORMING PIXEL MASKING
    Publication number: 20190208148
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving a plurality of communication events associated with a pixel of an imaging device; identifying a frequency associated with the communication events, wherein the identifying a frequency comprises determining a number of communication events occurring within a predetermined time interval or determining a mean time interval between the communication events; determining, from a plurality of pixels neighboring the pixel, a frequency range comprising an upper frequency limit and a lower frequency limit; resolving, from the identified frequency and the determined frequency range, whether the pixel comprises a non-conforming pixel; and masking, if the pixel comprises a non-conforming pixel, subsequent communication events from the non-conforming pixel. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Rolf Martin Clajus, Franklin Dean Walker, James William Hugg, Brian William Harris
  • AUTOMATED TAGGING APPLICATION FOR MAINTAINING UP-TO-DATE WEB ANALYTICS
    Publication number: 20190197193
    Abstract: The disclosure updates website tags based on detected link changes. Link metadata based on a website is collected by an auto-tagger application. Previously collected link metadata associated with the website is accessed by the auto-tagger application. Upon detecting a link change between the collected link metadata and the accessed previously collected link metadata, the auto-tagger application identifies at least one auto-tagging rule associated with the detected link change. Tags of the website are updated by the auto-tagger application based on the identified at least one auto-tagging rule. Automatically detecting link changes and updating tags in response to the detected link changes enables consistent, accurate web analytics while reducing user effort required for website tag maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Brian Williams, Christopher Eric Mullen
  • SECURITY DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190193453
    Abstract: A method of producing a security device comprises providing a substrate having a relief structure in/on its surface, the structure provided in a first region of the substrate. The structure in the first region a first recess or a plurality of first recesses in/on the surface of the substrate, the first recess or recesses being recessed with respect to one or more corresponding first land areas of the first region in/on the surface of the substrate. Further comprises applying a colour-shifting coating structure to the relief structure that the colour-shifting coating structure received in the first recess or recesses of the first region and on one or more first land areas. The colour-shifting coating structure applied wherein a thickness of the colour-shifting coating structure in the first recess or recesses is greater than or less than a thickness of the colour-shifting coating structure on one or more first land areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Frederic FOURNIER, Brian William HOLMES
  • Vehicle communication system
    Patent number: 10331121
    Abstract: A communication system and method for communicatively linking vehicles in a vehicle consist determine a vehicle identifier for a first remote vehicle included in a vehicle consist formed from a lead vehicle and at least the first remote vehicle. The system and method communicate a wireless linking message addressed to the vehicle identifier from the lead vehicle to the first remote vehicle, and establish a communication link between the lead vehicle and the first remote vehicle responsive to receipt of the wireless linking message at the first remote vehicle. The communication link is established such that movement of the first remote vehicle is remotely controlled from the lead vehicle via the communication link. The communication link is established without an operator entering the first remote vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLC
    Inventors: Jared Klineman Cooper, Brian Joseph McManus, Frank Wawrzyniak, Ralph C. Haddock, III, Robert James Foy, James Glen Corry, Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Todd William Goodermuth, Eugene Smith, Steven Andrew Kellner, Joseph Mario Nazareth, Brian William Schroeck, David Michael Peltz
  • Communication system and method for correlating wireless communication performance with vehicle system configurations
    Patent number: 10321339
    Abstract: Systems and methods for correlating wireless communication performance with vehicle system configurations determine wireless message characteristics of wireless messages communicated with vehicles in vehicle systems and locations along a route where the wireless message characteristics were determined. The wireless message characteristics and the locations can be determined during movement of the vehicle systems along a route. Consist configuration information about the one or more vehicle systems is obtained, and a signal propagation profile is determined based on the wireless message characteristics, the locations where the wireless message characteristics were determined, and the consist configuration information. The signal propagation profile can represent one or more relationships between the wireless message characteristics, the consist configuration information, and the locations along the route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLC
    Inventors: Maurice Hutchins, Brian William Schroeck
  • Set of molding elements and mold
    Patent number: 10315339
    Abstract: The invention provides for a set of molding elements (4, 5) adapted to be attached in a mold for molding tires, each molding element being able to mold a cut in a tire tread, wherein the set of molding elements comprises complex shaped molding elements, each molding element being able to connect to another molding element from the set of molding elements along a generally straight interface (54) defined between connecting molding elements The invention also provides for a mold for molding tires, said mold comprising a set of molding elements as described above attached to a main cast aluminum body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Brian William Jenkins, Lazar Constantin
  • CONNECTIONLESS RELIABLE TRANSPORT
    Publication number: 20190173789
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for connection establishment over a network that does not require a user application to establish an explicit connection with a target application. In some implementations, provided is an apparatus configured to communicate with a network and a host device. The apparatus may receive a message and destination information associated with the message from the host device. The apparatus may further determine, using the destination information, a transport context from a plurality of transport contexts. The transport context may include a state of a connection with a destination on the network. The destination on the network may be associated with the destination information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Leah Shalev, Brian William Barrett, Nafea Bshara, Georgy Machulsky
  • Selective anti-cancer compounds
    Patent number: 10308631
    Abstract: A compound of formula I, wherein the compound of formula I has the structure: wherein R1 to R5, Y, L, Z and X1 to X7 have meanings given in the description, said compounds having utility in the treatment of hyperproliferative disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Lee, Brian William Dymock, Mayumi Kitagawa, Cheng Shang See
  • Position-dependent Modification of Descriptive Content in a Virtual Reality Environment
    Publication number: 20190155481
    Abstract: Techniques are described for modifying a virtual reality environment to include or remove contextual information describing a virtual object within the virtual reality environment. The virtual object includes a user interface object associated with a development user interface of the virtual reality environment. In some cases, the contextual information includes information describing functions of controls included on the user interface object. In some cases, the virtual reality environment is modified based on a distance between the location of the user interface object and a location of a viewpoint within the virtual reality environment. Additionally or alternatively, the virtual reality environment is modified based on an elapsed time of the location of the user interface object remaining in a location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen DiVerdi, Seth Walker, Brian Williams
  • EXTERNAL LADDER ASSEMBLY FOR WIND TURBINE NACELLE
    Publication number: 20190136626
    Abstract: An external ladder assembly for a nacelle of a wind turbine includes at least one ladder having parallel side legs and a plurality of rungs arranged between the parallel side legs. The ladder assembly also includes a ladder platform arranged with the ladder and configured for placement atop the nacelle. Further, the ladder assembly includes a mounting assembly for affixing the ladder platform atop the nacelle. More specifically, the mounting assembly is adjustable between multiple positions so as to level the ladder platform atop the nacelle. Thus, the ladder assembly provides access to one or more uptower, external features of the wind turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Brian William Manikas, Gregory Clarence Thomas, Paul Howard Davidson
  • Updating device code through a bus
    Patent number: 10282192
    Abstract: Techniques for updating code of a device may be described. In an example, bus may connect the device to a management entity. The device may run a first version of the code. A second version of the code may be available from memory. The device may access the second version from the memory, stop running the first version of the code, and start running the second version of the code without restarting the management entity or the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hani Ayoub, Nafea Bshara, Matthew Shawn Wilson, Clint Joseph Sbisa, Barak Wasserstrom, Brian William Barrett, Ronen Shitrit, Anthony Nicholas Liguori