Patents by Inventor C Mackenzie

C Mackenzie 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: 12226541
    Abstract: A system for and a method of eliminating a virus within a vehicle. The system includes a sterilizer positioned within a vehicle and configured to eliminate a virus within the vehicle while operating, a detection sensor that detects whether or not an occupant is present within the vehicle, and a sterilization controller that controls operation of the sterilizer with a preset operation profile on the basis of a result of the detection sensor detecting whether or not the occupant is present within the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Douglas C. MacKenzie
  • Publication number: 20240059310
    Abstract: A method for automatically driving a vehicle for a drive-through includes measuring a location of the vehicle with respect to physical features by a sensor mounted on the vehicle, detecting, by the sensor, nearby vehicles and pedestrians around the vehicle, and controlling driving of the vehicle based on information related to the location of the vehicle, the nearby vehicles, and the pedestrians.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Douglas C. MacKenzie, Gregory Baratoff
  • Publication number: 20220204042
    Abstract: A driver management system and a method of operating the same. The driver management system includes: a monitoring part determining a level of driving attention of a driver; and an autonomous driving part receiving the level of driving attention from the monitoring part, determining a level of necessary attention required according to a required level of autonomous driving, and controlling an autonomous driving function of the vehicle according to the required level of autonomous driving when the level of driving attention satisfies the level of necessary attention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Douglas C. MacKenzie, Senthil Kumar Seetharaman
  • Publication number: 20220203995
    Abstract: A driver management system and a method of operating the same. The driver management system includes: a monitoring part provided in a vehicle and determining a level of driving attention of a driver; and a vehicle stopping determination part receiving the level of driving attention of the driver, determining vehicle stop frequency at which a vehicle stops at a plurality of vehicle stopping points provided on a road, decreasing the vehicle stop frequency when the level of driving attention is high, and increasing the vehicle stop frequency when the level of driving attention is low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Douglas C. MacKenzie, Brian Scott Moore
  • Publication number: 20220204035
    Abstract: A driver management system, method, and computer readable medium capable of operating the same. The driver management system includes: a monitoring part configured to determine a level of driving attention of a driver of a vehicle; and a driving guide part configured to receive the level of driving attention from the monitoring part, determine a level of necessary attention required according to an autonomous driving level of a vehicle, and provide the driver with information on the level of necessary attention such that the level of driving attention satisfies the level of necessary attention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Douglas C. MacKenzie
  • Publication number: 20220206497
    Abstract: A vehicle driving guidance system and an operation method thereof includes a data provider configured to store map data therein or to receive map data from outside, a user interface configured to receive information on a destination from a user or to guide the user to a path, and a path generator configured to generate a driving path of the vehicle to the received destination in consideration of an autonomous driving level of the vehicle and autonomous driving permission information for each driving road included in the map data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Douglas C. Mackenzie, Senthil Kumar Seetharaman
  • Publication number: 20220125975
    Abstract: A system for and a method of eliminating a virus within a vehicle. The system includes a sterilizer positioned within a vehicle and configured to eliminate a virus within the vehicle while operating, a detection sensor that detects whether or not an occupant is present within the vehicle, and a sterilization controller that controls operation of the sterilizer with a preset operation profile on the basis of a result of the detection sensor detecting whether or not the occupant is present within the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventor: Douglas C. MacKenzie
  • Patent number: 10257301
    Abstract: Systems and methods which provide a drive interface for delivery of various content to consumers of the content are described. Embodiments provide access to content shared by a content provider using an interface emulating a disk drive local to the consumer. In operation the user accesses content shared by a content provider using a drive interface content delivery platform of embodiments herein as if the user were accessing content on a local drive. The drive interface of embodiments is branded in correspondence to the content or content provider. Drive interface content delivery platforms of embodiments employ a “push” type content delivery technique whereby content is actively delivered to the consumers under the control or at the initiation of the content provider. Embodiments may additionally provide push delivery of content through web based interfaces and application interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: MiMedia, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Giordano, Gordon C. Mackenzie, III, Mel Reyes, Nick Faulkner, Jourdan Urbach
  • Patent number: 9465521
    Abstract: Systems and methods which provide an event based media interface operable to organize digital media content for presentation to a user based upon predefined events are shown. A user may define an event epoch, such as may comprise an event designator, temporal criteria, location criteria, content criteria, etc., whereby digital media content associated with the event epoch is organized into an event collection. Various aspects of the event collection, such as relative event significance level, sharing scope, contributor group, etc., may be used to facilitate control with respect to the event collections of event epochs of embodiments herein. The event content of event collections herein may comprise digital photographs, videos, sound files, documents, etc., alone or in combination. An event gallery may be utilized to provide a user interface in which event content of one or more event collection is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: MiMedia, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Giordano, Gordon C. Mackenzie, III, Mel Reyes, Nick Faulkner, Jourdan Urbach
  • Patent number: 9298758
    Abstract: Systems and methods which provide direct connections between digital media content are shown. Embodiments provide media-to-media (MTM) connections which directly and autonomously couple digital media content files. The MTM connections of embodiments facilitate enhanced digital media content use, such as to provide simultaneous presentation, coping, and/or manipulation of multiple digital media content files which are connected when a user accesses one such digital media content file. MTM connections provided according to embodiments of the invention may be one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many, and many-to-one as well as unidirectional or bidirectional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: MiMedia, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Giordano, Gordon C. Mackenzie, III, Mel Reyes, Nick Faulkner, Jourdan Urbach
  • Patent number: 9183232
    Abstract: Systems and methods which provide organization of content using robust content information to enable presenting content to a user organized in a highly relevant way are disclosed. According to embodiments, a user does not control the organization of the particular content (although the user may establish some level of preferences), but rather content organization rules may be autonomously applied through analysis of robust content information and provide content organized in a thematic organizational structure which is highly relevant to the user. Such content organization rules may identify content connection points which are not readily apparent, but which nevertheless provide a collection of content which is relevant. Such content organization rules may operate to provide organization of content related through a thematic thread, such as may comprise a temporal aspect, a geographic aspect, a subject matter aspect, a content file aspect, a setting aspect, a general aspect, and/or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: MiMedia, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Giordano, Gordon C. Mackenzie, III, Mel Reyes, Nick Faulkner, Jourdan Urbach
  • Publication number: 20110186360
    Abstract: A surface vehicle capable of overcoming obstacles is disclosed in which the vehicle accelerates vertically while having a horizontal velocity. The vehicle has a frame and at least three wheels attached to the frame to which a horizontal propulsion system is coupled. Further, a vertical propulsion system is coupled to the frame and the wheels. The vertical propulsion system is capable of providing a force to such wheels normal to the surface so that the vehicle separates from the surface. The vehicle has an electronic control unit coupled to the vertical propulsion system to automatically control its operation. Further, sensors are used to evaluate the characteristics of the surface that pertain to supporting a vertical acceleration/deceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Wayne M. Brehob, Douglas C. MacKenzie
  • Publication number: 20110143997
    Abstract: The subject invention relates in part to novel uses of bacteriophage tail spike proteins (TSPs). Some preferred uses are therapeutic uses in animals, such as chickens, against pathogenic bacteria, such as Salmonella. Fragments of the TSPs can also be used according to the subject invention, particularly protein fragments comprising the phage receptor binding domains (PRBDs), which recognize their hosts and facilitate infection. The binding domains are specific to unique surface structures on bacteria and may be used for a variety of applications according to the subject invention. We have shown that by utilizing these PRBDs, it is possible to exploit the long-established evolutionary relationship between bacteria and their viruses (ie bacteriophages) that specifically infect them. The subject invention also relates in part to novel, synthetic forms of tail spike proteins. In some preferred embodiments, these are hexamers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicants: Dow AgroSciences LLC, National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: Matthew J. Henry, Roger C. Mackenzie, Christine Szymanski, Jamshid Tanha
  • Patent number: 7524296
    Abstract: The vacuum orthopedic brace and method include the use of an inner sleeve or liner, and at least one rigid member. The rigid member includes a fabric liner or other porous material to act as a wick, and a gasket surrounding the wick material. A valve is preferably provided in the rigid member for drawing air from between the rigid member and the liner, i.e. to create a vacuum. Furthermore, an external, internal or integrated chamber or rigid reservoir is preferably included, and is in communication with the wick filled area between the rigid member and liner, to hold a vacuum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Inventors: William S. Patterson, Robert Gailey, Augusto Sarmiento, Maitland C. MacKenzie, Roy P. McMurray
  • Publication number: 20080314656
    Abstract: A surface vehicle capable of overcoming obstacles is disclosed in which the vehicle accelerates vertically while having a horizontal velocity. The vehicle has a frame and at least three wheels attached to the frame to which a horizontal propulsion system is coupled. Further, a vertical propulsion system is coupled to the frame and the wheels. The vertical propulsion system is capable of providing a force to such wheels normal to the surface so that the vehicle separates from the surface. The vehicle has an electronic control unit coupled to the vertical propulsion system to automatically control its operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Wayne M. Brehob, Douglas C. MacKenzie
  • Patent number: 7011640
    Abstract: The vacuum orthopedic brace and method include the use of an inner sleeve or liner, first and second cuffs, and a hinge connecting the cuffs. The cuffs includes a fabric liner or other porous material to act as a wick, and a gasket surrounding the wick material. A valve is preferably provided in the cuff for drawing air from between the cuff and the liner, i.e. to create a vacuum. Furthermore, an external, internal or integrated chamber or rigid reservoir is preferably included, and in communication with the wick filled area between the cuff and liner, to hold a vacuum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Vacuity, Inc.
    Inventors: William S. Patterson, Robert Gailey, Augusto Sarmiento, Maitland C. MacKenzie, Roy P. McMurray
  • Publication number: 20060051292
    Abstract: There is provided a method of forming a multimeric complex having affinity for a target. The method comprises: obtaining a plurality of self-assembly molecules, said self-assembly molecules including complementary self-assembly units such as verotoxin subunit B, each of which is operatively connected to an interaction domain such as a single domain antibody specific for the target; and combining said self-assembly molecules such that at least three said self-assembly units simultaneously bind to one another so as to permit the single domain antibodies to bind the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2002
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: C Mackenzie, Jianbing Zhang
  • Patent number: 6926742
    Abstract: A hypobarically-controlled artificial limb for amputees includes a single socket with a volume and shape to receive a substantial portion of the residual limb. A liner with a volume less than the residual limb is donned over the residual limb, with the liner tensioned into a total contact relationship with the residual limb. A sealed cavity is formed between the socket and the liner. A vacuum source is connected to the socket cavity thereby drawing the residual limb and liner into firm and total contact with the socket. To compensate for some air leakage past the seal, there is a mechanism to maintain the vacuum in the cavity. A plate/socket attachment connects the vacuum source to the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Otto Bock Healthcare LP
    Inventors: Carl A. Caspers, Maitland C. MacKenzie
  • Publication number: 20020091449
    Abstract: A hypobarically-controlled artificial limb for amputees includes a single socket with a volume and shape to receive a substantial portion of the residual limb. A liner with a volume less than the residual limb is donned over the residual limb, with the liner tensioned into a total contact relationship with the residual limb. A sealed cavity is formed between the socket and the liner. A vacuum source is connected to the socket cavity thereby drawing the residual limb and liner into firm and total contact with the socket. To compensate for some air leakage past the seal, there is a mechanism to maintain the vacuum in the cavity. A plate/socket attachment connects the vacuum source to the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Carl A. Caspers, Maitland C. MacKenzie
  • Patent number: 6338011
    Abstract: In an Integrated Air Traffic Control System, apparatus, method, and software for sharing vehicle telemetry information between a plurality of sensors of different types and a plurality of users of different types utilizes a communications network coupling together the plurality of sensors and the plurality of users. A plurality of sensor processor devices are respectively coupled to the plurality of sensors, each sensor processor device being configured to receive vehicle telemetry information from its associated sensor, and to convert the receive vehicle information into common vehicle data of a type common to the plurality of users. A plurality of user processor devices are respectively coupled to the plurality of users, each user processor device being configured to receive a demand signal from its associated user and to transmit it to said communications network when it determines that its associated user has a predetermined vehicle profile which requires improvement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Solipsys Corporation
    Inventors: David I. Furst, Michael A. Abrams, Robert C. MacKenzie, Eric B. Tissue, Warren I. Citrin