Patents by Inventor Charles Bernard

Charles Bernard 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: 20220319128
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide XR in which virtual objects are positioned based on the accuracy of localizing an electronic device in a physical environment. In some implementations, the technique assesses the accuracy of localization (e.g., centimeter-level accuracy, room-level accuracy, and building-level accuracy) and dynamically adjusts a display strategy. In some implementations, the technique determines a condition causing inaccuracy (e.g., a semantic condition such as “too fast”, “too far”, “too dark”), and provides a notification (e.g., “too fast-slow down”, “too far-move closer”, “too dark-turn on a light”) at the electronic device based on the condition causing the inaccuracy in the localization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Jean-Charles Bernard Marcel Bazin, Anselm Grundhoefer, Bart Trzynadlowski, Thomas J. Moore
  • Publication number: 20220261085
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide measurement techniques for electronic devices such as optical see-through head mounted devices. In some implementations, a line of sight technique is used to identify a 3D position of a measurement point to enable measurement of an object in a 3D environment. In some implementations, different measurement point identification techniques are automatically selected and used to identify a 3D position of a measurement point to enable measurement of an object in a 3D environment. In some implementations, a 3D position of a measurement point is identified to enable measurement of an object in a 3D environment, where the measurement point is identified by selecting from multiple candidates that are determined using different measurement point selection techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Jean-Charles Bernard Marcel Bazin, Anselm Grundhoefer, Ivan Kolesov
  • Publication number: 20220153700
    Abstract: Provided are omecamtiv mecarbil dihydrochloride salt forms, compositions and pharmaceutical formulations thereof, and methods for their preparation and use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Sheng CUI, Henry MORRISON, Karthik NAGAPUDI, Shawn D. WALKER, Charles BERNARD, Karl Bennett HANSEN, Neil Fred LANGILLE, Alan Martin ALLGEIER, Steven M. MENNEN, Jacqueline C.S WOO, Bradley Paul MORGAN, Alex MUCI
  • Patent number: 11029307
    Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus is disclosed for monitoring blood coagulation comprising a main body; a test chamber for receiving a fluid sample; and a rotor disposed within the test chamber. The rotor comprises a buoyancy chamber for reducing the apparent weight of the rotor when fluid is positioned within the test chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: BENSON VISCOMETERS LTD
    Inventor: Charles Bernard Benson
  • Patent number: 11014684
    Abstract: An expedited preflight readiness system for aircraft includes a power source having one or more battery modules for storing electrical power. An integrated controller is electrically and communicatively coupled with the power source for monitoring and controlling the power source to provide electrical power to aircraft subsystems. A mobile device is communicatively coupled with the integrated controller for communicating instructions to the integrated controller for initiating preflight readiness of the aircraft and for monitoring preflight readiness. A method for preconditioning an aircraft includes determining a state-of-charge of an APU and activating an environmental control subsystem for preconditioning the aircraft by adjusting a current temperature according to a preconditioning profile based on one or more of a target temperature, a target time, the current temperature, an outside air temperature, an amount of energy, and a state-of-charge of the APU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Textron Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Vernon Weng-Yew Chang, Charles Bernard Beuning, Adam Blake Wolfe, Phuong Ngoc Ta, Mark Christopher Hansen
  • Patent number: 10974843
    Abstract: A distributed auxiliary-power-unit (APU) system for an aircraft includes one or more battery modules for storing electrical power, and a plurality of racks distributed throughout the aircraft for receiving the one or more battery modules to electrically connect with an electrical subsystem of the aircraft. A plurality of hot-swappable racks are adapted to receive the battery modules for electrically and communicatively coupling with the electrical subsystem and an integrated controller. A remote interface is communicatively coupled with the integrated controller for receiving user-input to direct electrical power from the battery modules to one or more subsystems of the aircraft. A number of battery modules installed is based on an amount of electrical power planned for a given flight of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Textron Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Vernon Weng-Yew Chang, Charles Bernard Beuning, August Bryce Ratzlaff, David Lee Swartzendruber
  • Publication number: 20200399221
    Abstract: Provided are omecamtiv mecarbil dihydrochloride salt forms, compositions and pharmaceutical formulations thereof, and methods for their preparation and use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Sheng Cui, Henry Morrison, Karthik Nagapudi, Shawn D. Walker, Charles Bernard, Karl Bennett Hansen, Neil Fred Langille, Alan Martin Allgeier, Steven Mennen, Jacqueline C.S. Woo, Bradley Paul Morgan, Alex Muci
  • Patent number: 10864995
    Abstract: An auxiliary power unit (APU) for aircraft is provided. The APU includes one or more battery modules for storing electrical power and an integrated controller adapted to operate the one or more battery modules for electrically powering aircraft subsystems for preflight readiness. A remote interface is communicatively coupled with the integrated controller and is adapted for displaying data from the APU and for receiving user instructions for transmission to the integrated controller for governing flow of electrical current between the APU and the aircraft subsystems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Textron Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Vernon Weng-Yew Chang, Charles Bernard Beuning, Adam Blake Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20200347978
    Abstract: A thermal expansion/pressure compensator includes a body having an inlet at a first connection point and an outlet at a second connection point. The body includes a flexible member extending along a portion of the body. The body has an internal chamber configured to receive a fluid via the inlet. The internal chamber is shaped to direct fluid through the flexible member and out of the body via the outlet. The flexible member is configured to flex responsive to expansion of the body. The compensator also includes a rigid member operably coupled with the body. The rigid member is thermally and fluidly isolated from the body and the flexible member. The body, the flexible member, and the rigid member are formed as a unitary structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin Paul Bailey, Nick Alan Estock, Prabhakaran Selvaraj, Charles Bernard Atz, Pratik Rajendra Nirhali, Pushkar Haresh Sheth
  • Publication number: 20200331859
    Abstract: Provided are omecamtiv mecarbil dihydrochloride salt forms, compositions and pharmaceutical formulations thereof, and methods for their preparation and use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Sheng Cui, Henry Morrison, Karthik Nagapudi, Shawn Walker, Charles Bernard, Karl Bennett Hansen, Neil Fred Langille, Alan Martin Allgeier, Steven Mennen, Jacqueline C.S. Woo, Bradley Paul Morgan, Alex Muci
  • Patent number: 10752376
    Abstract: An expedited preflight readiness system for aircraft includes a power source having one or more battery modules for storing electrical power. An integrated controller is electrically and communicatively coupled with the power source for monitoring and controlling the power source to provide electrical power to aircraft subsystems. A mobile device is communicatively coupled with the integrated controller for communicating instructions to the integrated controller for initiating preflight readiness of the aircraft and for monitoring preflight readiness. A method for preconditioning an aircraft includes determining a state-of-charge of an APU and activating an environmental control subsystem for preconditioning the aircraft by adjusting a current temperature according to a preconditioning profile based on one or more of a target temperature, a target time, the current temperature, an outside air temperature, an amount of energy, and a state-of-charge of the APU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Textron Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Vernon Weng-Yew Chang, Charles Bernard Beuning, Adam Blake Wolfe, Phuong Ngoc Ta, Mark Christopher Hansen
  • Publication number: 20200079736
    Abstract: Provided are omecamtiv mecarbil dihydrochloride salt forms, compositions and pharmaceutical formulations thereof, and methods for their preparation and use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Sheng Cui, Henry Morrison, Karthik Nagapudi, Shawn Walker, Charles Bernard, Karl Bennett Hansen, Neil Fred Langille, Alan Martin Allgeier, Steven Mennen, Jacqueline C.S. Woo, Bradley Paul Morgan, Alex Muci
  • Patent number: 10336499
    Abstract: Provided is a cup comprising a frusto-conical shaped wall that is narrower on top of the cup, the top of the cup having an opening for passage of liquid, the cup having a circular bottom made from a material that is different than material of the wall of the cup, the wall of the cup having at least two fold lines; wherein the cup has a stowed configuration where the cup is collapsed along the fold lines and the cup has a deployed configuration so that the cup can hold a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Inventor: Charles Bernard Wambolt
  • Publication number: 20190127106
    Abstract: Provided is a cup comprising a frusto-conical shaped wall that is narrower on top of the cup, the top of the cup having an opening for passage of liquid, the cup having a circular bottom made from a material that is different than material of the wall of the cup, the wall of the cup having at least two fold lines; wherein the cup has a stowed configuration where the cup is collapsed along the fold lines and the cup has a deployed configuration so that the cup can hold a liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Charles Bernard Wambolt
  • Publication number: 20190115632
    Abstract: An internal battery heating system includes an electrical conversion device electrically coupled to an electrochemical sub-cell or battery modules to form a heating circuit. The electrical conversion device alternately raises and lowers a voltage of the heating circuit to drive current between the heating circuit and the electrochemical sub-cell or battery modules. A controller commands the electrical conversion device to cyclically charge and discharge the electrochemical sub-cell or battery modules for internally heating the battery modules. Alternatively, a battery module may be electrically coupled to electrochemical sub-cells via pairs of switches to form a heating circuit. The pairs of switches are adapted for switching the heating circuit alternately between a parallel arrangement and a series arrangement to alternate charging and discharging of the battery module which results in internal heating of the battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Charles Bernard Beuning, Vernon Weng-Yew Chang, Robby Dale Starr
  • Publication number: 20180312469
    Abstract: Provided are omecamtiv mecarbil dihydrochloride salt forms, compositions and pharmaceutical formulations thereof, and methods for their preparation and use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Sheng Cui, Henry Morrison, Karthik Nagapudi, Shawn Walker, Charles Bernard, Karl Bennett Hansen, Neil Fred Langille, Alan Martin Allgeier, Steven Mennen, Jacqueline Woo, Bradley Paul Morgan, Alex Muci
  • Publication number: 20180273198
    Abstract: A distributed auxiliary-power-unit (APU) system for an aircraft includes one or more battery modules for storing electrical power, and a plurality of racks distributed throughout the aircraft for receiving the one or more battery modules to electrically connect with an electrical subsystem of the aircraft. A plurality of hot-swappable racks are adapted to receive the battery modules for electrically and communicatively coupling with the electrical subsystem and an integrated controller. A remote interface is communicatively coupled with the integrated controller for receiving user-input to direct electrical power from the battery modules to one or more subsystems of the aircraft. A number of battery modules installed is based on an amount of electrical power planned for a given flight of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Vernon Weng-Yew Chang, Charles Bernard Beuning, August Bryce Ratzlaff, David Lee Swartzendruber
  • Publication number: 20180273197
    Abstract: An auxiliary power unit (APU) for aircraft is provided. The APU includes one or more battery modules for storing electrical power and an integrated controller adapted to operate the one or more battery modules for electrically powering aircraft subsystems for preflight readiness. A remote interface is communicatively coupled with the integrated controller and is adapted for displaying data from the APU and for receiving user instructions for transmission to the integrated controller for governing flow of electrical current between the APU and the aircraft subsystems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Vernon Weng-Yew Chang, Charles Bernard Beuning, Adam Blake Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20180273209
    Abstract: An expedited preflight readiness system for aircraft includes a power source having one or more battery modules for storing electrical power. An integrated controller is electrically and communicatively coupled with the power source for monitoring and controlling the power source to provide electrical power to aircraft subsystems. A mobile device is communicatively coupled with the integrated controller for communicating instructions to the integrated controller for initiating preflight readiness of the aircraft and for monitoring preflight readiness. A method for preconditioning an aircraft includes determining a state-of-charge of an APU and activating an environmental control subsystem for preconditioning the aircraft by adjusting a current temperature according to a preconditioning profile based on one or more of a target temperature, a target time, the current temperature, an outside air temperature, an amount of energy, and a state-of-charge of the APU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Vernon Weng-Yew Chang, Charles Bernard Beuning, Adam Blake Wolfe, Phuong Ngoc Ta, Mark Christopher Hansen
  • Publication number: 20180273211
    Abstract: An expedited preflight readiness system for aircraft includes a power source having one or more battery modules for storing electrical power. An integrated controller is electrically and communicatively coupled with the power source for monitoring and controlling the power source to provide electrical power to aircraft subsystems. A mobile device is communicatively coupled with the integrated controller for communicating instructions to the integrated controller for initiating preflight readiness of the aircraft and for monitoring preflight readiness. A method for preconditioning an aircraft includes determining a state-of-charge of an APU and activating an environmental control subsystem for preconditioning the aircraft by adjusting a current temperature according to a preconditioning profile based on one or more of a target temperature, a target time, the current temperature, an outside air temperature, an amount of energy, and a state-of-charge of the APU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Vernon Weng-Yew Chang, Charles Bernard Beuning, Adam Blake Wolfe, Phuong Ngoc Ta, Mark Christopher Hansen