Patents by Inventor Carolus M. Cobb

Carolus M. Cobb 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: 9008441
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for creating an ordered set of boundary data by transforming data from remotely sensed imagery of shorelines is provided. A feature data set and an edge data set are transformed into a set of 3-point boundary segments having a specific head and tail point and the segments are ordered from tail to head in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner relative to the water. Once the 3-point segments are created they are easily linked together into larger segments. These large multi-point segments in turn are linked together to create a closed loop in a predetermined direction, for example, but not limited to, the shorelines for rivers or coastal areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Cheryl Ann Blain, Carolus M. Cobb, Alan D. Weidemann
  • Publication number: 20130330010
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for creating an ordered set of boundary data by transforming data from remotely sensed imagery of shorelines is provided. A feature data set and an edge data set are transformed into a set of 3-point boundary segments having a specific head and tail point and the segments are ordered from tail to head in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner relative to the water. Once the 3-point segments are created they are easily linked together into larger segments. These large multi-point segments in turn are linked together to create a closed loop in a predetermined direction, for example, but not limited to, the shorelines for rivers or coastal areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Cheryl Ann Blain, Carolus M. Cobb, Alan D. Weidemann
  • Patent number: 8542924
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for creating an ordered set of boundary data by transforming data from remotely sensed imagery of shorelines is provided. A feature data set and an edge data set are transformed into a set of 3-point boundary segments having a specific head and tail point and the segments are ordered from tail to head in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner relative to the water. Once the 3-point segments are created they are easily linked together into larger segments. These large multi-point segments in turn are linked together to create a closed loop in a predetermined direction, for example, but not limited to, the shorelines for rivers or coastal areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Cheryl A. Blain, Carolus M. Cobb, Alan Weidemann
  • Publication number: 20120328201
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for creating an ordered set of boundary data by transforming data from remotely sensed imagery of shorelines is provided. A feature data set and an edge data set are transformed into a set of 3-point boundary segments having a specific head and tail point and the segments are ordered from tail to head in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner relative to the water. Once the 3-point segments are created they are easily linked together into larger segments. These large multi-point segments in turn are linked together to create a closed loop in a predetermined direction, for example, but not limited to, the shorelines for rivers or coastal areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Cheryl A. Blain, Carolus M. Cobb, Alan Weidemann
  • Patent number: 8238658
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for creating an ordered set of shoreline boundary points by transforming data from remotely sensed imagery of shorelines is provided. A water data set and an edge data set are transformed into a set of 3-point boundary segments having a specific head and tail point and the segments are ordered from tail to head in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner relative to the water. Once the 3-point segments are created they are easily linked together into larger segments. These large multi-point segments in turn are linked together to create the shorelines for rivers or coastal areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Cheryl A. Blain, Carolus M. Cobb, Alan Weidemann
  • Publication number: 20110013841
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for creating an ordered set of shoreline boundary points by transforming data from remotely sensed imagery of shorelines is provided. A water data set and an edge data set are transformed into a set of 3-point boundary segments having a specific head and tail point and the segments are ordered from tail to head in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner relative to the water. Once the 3-point segments are created they are easily linked together into larger segments. These large multi-point segments in turn are linked together to create the shorelines for rivers or coastal areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Cheryl A. Blain, Carolus M. Cobb, Alan Weidemann
  • Patent number: 4112301
    Abstract: Inert gas under pressure forces a suspension of particles in a carrier fluid through a flow channel including tubes of narrow diameter at a pressure high enough to establish laminar flow free from turbulence at a speed determined by a constant displacement rate syringe at the downstream end of the flow channel. At at least two locations along the flow channel measurements are made of particle conditions, such as radioactivity and size, to provide a multiple of particle signals which are correlated to provide a multi-dimensional characterization of the particles, such as the number of cells exceeding a predetermined radioactivity level for each of a number of cell size ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: American Science and Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Annis, Paul Bjorkholm, Carolus M. Cobb, Edwin Frederick, Alan Ramsey
  • Patent number: 4070576
    Abstract: The detection of malignant or dysplastic cells in a tissue sample, by treating the sample with a solution containing radioactive gallium and relying upon the greater take-up of the gallium by the malignant or dysplastic cells relative to normal cells to provide a detectable signal of malignancy, is improved by including non-radioactive preemptive species in the solution to pre-empt potential gallium binding sites in protein molecules of normal cells. The pre-emptive species may be one or more of scandium, indium or yttrium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1978
    Assignee: American Science & Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Carolus M. Cobb