Patents by Inventor Byron Johnson

Byron Johnson 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: 20240114123
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to calibration of a stereoscopic display system of an HMD via an optical calibration system comprising a waveguide combiner. One example provides an HMD device comprising a first image projector and a second image projector configured to project a stereoscopic image pair, and an optical calibration system. The optical calibration system comprises a first optical path indicative of an alignment of the first image projector, a second optical path indicative of an alignment of the second image projector, a waveguide combiner in which the first and second optical paths combine into a shared optical path, and one or more boresight sensors configured to detect calibration image light traveling along one or more of the first optical or the second optical path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dmitriy CHURIN, Parry Byron JOHNSON, Dmitry RESHIDKO, Congshan WAN
  • Publication number: 20240089729
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclose a method including detecting, by a first node in a mesh network while the first node is operating in a normal power mode, an outage event; in response to detecting the outage event, switching to operating the first node and a first memory of the first node in a low power mode, wherein the first memory is capable of switching between operating in the normal power mode and in the low power mode where an amount of power used by the first memory is reduced; and while operating the first node and the first memory in the low power mode: generating, by the first node, a first message; securing, by the first node using a key retrieved from the first memory, the first message; and sending, by the first node, the first message to a second node in the mesh network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kalvinder Pal SINGH, Darin Byron JOHNSON, Zoltan Peter KISS
  • Patent number: 11876952
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to calibration of a stereoscopic display system of an HMD via an optical calibration system comprising a waveguide combiner. One example provides an HMD device comprising a first image projector and a second image projector configured to project a stereoscopic image pair, and an optical calibration system. The optical calibration system comprises a first optical path indicative of an alignment of the first image projector, a second optical path indicative of an alignment of the second image projector, a waveguide combiner in which the first and second optical paths combine into a shared optical path, and one or more boresight sensors configured to detect calibration image light traveling along one or more of the first optical or the second optical path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dmitriy Churin, Parry Byron Johnson, Dmitry Reshidko, Congshan Wan
  • Patent number: 11843939
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclose a computer-implemented method for sending a message associated with an outage event, comprising, at a first node in a network, receiving a key from a second node in the network, wherein the second node is adjacent to the first node; storing the key in a first memory, wherein the first memory is capable of operating in a low power mode; detecting an outage event; in response to detecting the outage event, operating a first processor in the low power mode; and via the first processor operating in the low power mode: generating a message, securing the message using the key, and sending the message to the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ITRON, INC.
    Inventors: Kalvinder Pal Singh, Darin Byron Johnson, Zoltan Peter Kiss
  • Patent number: 11826250
    Abstract: A delivery system for percutaneously deploying a valve prosthesis. The system includes a catheter assembly including a delivery sheath capsule and a handle having an oscillating device. The capsule is configured to compressively retain the valve prosthesis during implantation. After the valve prosthesis is partially exposed during implantation, the oscillating device can create a vibratory motion to reduce the friction between the valve prosthesis and the delivery sheath capsule in order to recapture the valve prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Quill, Paul Rothstein, Thomas Secord, Byron Johnson
  • Publication number: 20230362143
    Abstract: Techniques for messaging based on trust levels and resource limitations in a mesh network include receiving, by a first node of a mesh network, a message; determining, by the first node, a security key type based on a resource parameter associated with a neighbor node included in the mesh network; securing, by the first node, the message using a security key of the security key type; and transmitting, by the first node, the secured message to the neighbor node. The resource parameter associated with the neighbor node comprises at least one of an amount of memory used to decrypt the secured message at the neighbor node, an amount of power used to decrypt the secured message at the neighbor node, or an indication of an amount of power remaining at the neighbor node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kalvinder Pal SINGH, Darin Byron JOHNSON, Zoltan Peter KISS
  • Publication number: 20230343254
    Abstract: A system is presented for a display engine. An optical imaging pathway comprises at least a selectively reflective image forming device. An illumination beam pathway comprises an optical source cluster including one or more optical sources, optical componentry configured to generate uniform illumination of the selectively reflective image forming device, and one or more photodiodes positioned to capture light reflected off the selectively reflective image forming device. A controller is configured to command the selectively reflective image forming device to operate with a predetermined reflectivity. While the selectively reflective image forming device is operating with the predetermined reflectivity, the optical source is commanded to emit a pulse of light and the one or more photodiodes are read out. A performance profile of one or more of the optical sources and the selectively reflective image forming device is adjusted based on the photodiode readout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dmitriy CHURIN, Dmitry RESHIDKO, Parry Byron JOHNSON, Fei CHEN, Sean Patrick DEVER
  • Publication number: 20230273433
    Abstract: A head-mounted display system includes a left display assembly configured to provide left-side display light and left-side test light. A left waveguide incouples the left-side display light and outcouples the left-side display light for viewing. A left optical sensor is positioned to measure the left-side test light. A left inertial measurement unit (IMU) is configured to measure an orientation of the left display assembly. A right display assembly is configured to provide right-side display light and right-side test light. A right waveguide incouples the right-side display light and outcouples the right-side display light for viewing. A right optical sensor is positioned to right the right-side test light. A right IMU is configured to measure an orientation of the left display assembly. A logic machine is configured to assess a stereo alignment for the left- and right-side display light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: James Peele TERRELL, JR., Michael Scott SUTTON, Rayna DEMASTER-SMITH, Dmitriy CHURIN, Parry Byron JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20230273444
    Abstract: A head-mounted display system includes a left display assembly configured to provide left-side display light. A first left inertial measurement unit (IMU) is configured to measure an orientation of the left display assembly. A right display assembly is configured to provide right-side display light. A first right IMU is configured to measure an orientation of the right display assembly. A communication interface is configured to receive a left-side orientation of a head-tracking system as measured by a second left IMU, and a right-side orientation of a head-tracking system as measured by a second right IMU. A logic machine is configured to assess an alignment of the head-mounted display system based at least in part on the orientation of the left display assembly, the orientation of the right display assembly, the left-side orientation of the head-tracking system, and the right-side orientation of the head-tracking system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Rayna DEMASTER-SMITH, Dmitriy CHURIN, James Peele TERRELL, JR., Michael Scott SUTTON, Parry Byron JOHNSON
  • Patent number: 11736451
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of transmitting messages within a mesh network comprises: receiving at a first node included within the mesh network a network message that is to be broadcast within the mesh network; determining a security key type based on at least one of a resource parameter associated with at least one neighbor node included in the mesh network or an attribute of the network message; securing the network message with a security key of the security key type to generate n secured network message; and broadcasting the secured network message to one or more other nodes included in the mesh network that are directly connected to the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ITRON, INC.
    Inventors: Kalvinder Pal Singh, Darin Byron Johnson, Zoltan Peter Kiss
  • Publication number: 20230239455
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to calibration of a stereoscopic display system of an HMD via an optical calibration system comprising a waveguide combiner. One example provides an HMD device comprising a first image projector and a second image projector configured to project a stereoscopic image pair, and an optical calibration system. The optical calibration system comprises a first optical path indicative of an alignment of the first image projector, a second optical path indicative of an alignment of the second image projector, a waveguide combiner in which the first and second optical paths combine into a shared optical path, and one or more boresight sensors configured to detect calibration image light traveling along one or more of the first optical or the second optical path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dmitriy CHURIN, Parry Byron JOHNSON, Dmitry RESHIDKO, Congshan WAN
  • Publication number: 20230239443
    Abstract: A projection system includes an illumination light source configured to emit an illumination light beam, a monitor light source configured to emit a monitor light beam, and a projector configured to project both the illumination light beam and the monitor light beam into a projected combined light beam. A first portion of the projected combined light beam is propagated over a first beam path in a first direction, causing an eye of a user to see a display image. A second portion of the projected combined light beam is propagated over a second beam path in a second direction, causing a monitor camera to capture a monitor image. The monitor image is analyzed to determine an orientation or a position of the monitor image. In response to determining that the monitor image is not properly oriented or positioned, an orientation or position of the projector or the illumination image is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Parry Byron JOHNSON, Dmitriy CHURIN, Dmitry RESHIDKO
  • Publication number: 20230179585
    Abstract: Various embodiments set forth a method comprising receiving, at a server node from a client node, a client compression dictionary that includes one or more first mappings between one or more first index values and one or more data entries included in a certificate cache of the client node; identifying, in response to receiving the client compression dictionary and based on the client compression dictionary, one or more certificates that should be transmitted to the client node; and transmitting, from the server node to the client node, the one or more identified certificates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Kalvinder Pal SINGH, Zoltan Peter KISS, Darin Byron JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20230031970
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of cooking ovens for the preparation of foodstuffs in an enclosed environment including a visual flame along with a cooking plate upon which foodstuffs are placed and are transported through various cooking regions before being removed from the cooking oven for consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Harry E. Hegarty, Lawrence Byron Johnson, Kurt Eickmeyer, Bryan Martens, Greg Bird, Mark Stephenson, Brett Van Leeuwen
  • Patent number: 11464234
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of cooking ovens for the preparation of foodstuffs in an enclosed environment including a visual flame along with a rotating cooking plate upon which foodstuffs are placed and are transported through various cooking regions before being removed from the cooking oven for consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Wood Stone Corporation
    Inventors: Harry E. Hegarty, Lawrence Byron Johnson, Kurt Eickmeyer, Bryan Martens, Greg Bird, Mark Stephenson, Brett Van Leeuwen
  • Publication number: 20220200970
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of transmitting messages within a mesh network comprises: receiving at a first node included within the mesh network a network message that is to be broadcast within the mesh network; determining a security key type based on at least one of a resource parameter associated with at least one neighbor node included in the mesh network or an attribute of the network message; securing the network message with a security key of the security key type to generate n secured network message; and broadcasting the secured network message to one or more other nodes included in the mesh network that are directly connected to the first node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Kalvinder Pal SINGH, Darin Byron JOHNSON, Zoltan Peter KISS
  • Publication number: 20220191689
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclose a computer-implemented method for sending a message associated with an outage event, comprising, at a first node in a network, receiving a key from a second node in the network, wherein the second node is adjacent to the first node; storing the key in a first memory, wherein the first memory is capable of operating in a low power mode; detecting an outage event; in response to detecting the outage event, operating a first processor in the low power mode; and via the first processor operating in the low power mode: generating a message, securing the message using the key, and sending the message to the second node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Kalvinder Pal Singh, Darin Byron Johnson, Zoltan Peter Kiss
  • Patent number: 11297927
    Abstract: A backpack for transporting cigars in a humidity controlled environment that also includes cigar and lifestyle accessories. The humidity of the entire contents of the backpack are measured by a hydrometer visible from outside the backpack. A smaller removable case is also provided inside the backpack allowing essentials to be transported outside of the backpack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Byron Johnson
  • Publication number: 20200337839
    Abstract: A delivery system for percutaneously deploying a valve prosthesis. The system includes a catheter assembly including a delivery sheath capsule and a handle having an oscillating device. The capsule is configured to compressively retain the valve prosthesis during implantation. After the valve prosthesis is partially exposed during implantation, the oscillating device can create a vibratory motion to reduce the friction between the valve prosthesis and the delivery sheath capsule in order to recapture the valve prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Jason Quill, Paul Rothstein, Thomas Secord, Byron Johnson
  • Patent number: D1011414
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ELIA Life Technology PBC
    Inventors: Benjamin Reed DeWinter, Adam Linn, Byron Johnson, Andrew J. Chepaitis