Patents by Inventor Charles Thomas

Charles Thomas 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: 11467320
    Abstract: This document relates to head mounted display devices. One example can include a layer of individually controllable pixels that can be energized to emit light and a layer of lenses that are physically aligned over the pixels. The example can also include a layer of shutters interposed between the pixels and the lenses and configured to be independently transitioned between a transmissive state and an opaque state to limit paths of the emitted light that reach the layer of lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joel Steven Kollin, Andreas Georgiou, Brian K. Guenter, Charles Thomas Hewitt, Mario Possiwan, Ishan Chatterjee
  • Patent number: 11457596
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PPFC43 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PPFC43, cells from soybean variety 5PPFC43, plants of soybean 5PPFC43, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PPFC43. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PPFC43 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PPFC43, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PPFC43, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PPFC43. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germ plasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PPFC43 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventors: Jessie Lynn Alt, Catlynn Gail Salois, John D Wood, Charles Thomas Zila, III
  • Publication number: 20220303439
    Abstract: A removably attachable optical device includes a clamp comprising an upper clamp member and a lower clamp member. When the clamp is mounted on a mobile device, the upper member extends over a device side to enable an orifice formed by the upper clamp member to be positioned over an aperture of the mobile device. An optical element housing has a portion configured to engage the an upper clamp member. A non-uniform optical element is rotatably mounted to the optical element housing. Rotation of the non-uniform optical element causes light passing through the non-uniform optical element as the non-uniform optical element is rotated to be correspondingly altered to create optical effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Jordan Kraemer, Charles McClelland Marshall, Charles Thomas Marshall
  • Publication number: 20220293845
    Abstract: Systems and techniques that facilitate trimmable inductors for qubit frequency tuning are provided. In various embodiments, a device can comprise a Josephson junction. In various aspects, the Josephson junction can be shunted by a capacitor, and a trimmable inductor can couple the Josephson junction to a pad of the capacitor. In various cases, the trimmable inductor can comprise a first conductive path that includes a severable and/or weldable superconducting bridge and a second conductive path that is in parallel with the first conductive path. In various aspects, severing and/or welding the severable and/or weldable superconducting bridge can controllably change an inductance of the trimmable inductor, which can commensurately change a resonant frequency of a qubit formed by the Josephson junction and the capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Phung, Charles Thomas Rettner, Harry Jonathon Mamin, Vivekananda P. Adiga, Russell A. Budd
  • Patent number: 11439113
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PTSD37 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PTSD37, cells from soybean variety 5PTSD37, plants of soybean 5PTSD37, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PTSD37. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PTSD37 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PTSD37, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PTSD37, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PTSD37. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germ plasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PTSD37 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Jessie Lynn Alt, Leslie Charles Kuhlman, Donald Kyle, Reid Rolland Rice, Catlynn Gail Salois, Brian Frederick Seda, Charles Thomas Zila, III
  • Patent number: 11439101
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH4BV4 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4BV4 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4BV4 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH4BV4 or a locus conversion of PH4BV4 with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventor: Charles Thomas Cunnyngham
  • Patent number: 11439924
    Abstract: A method and system for balancing water content in a liquid mixture is described. The method includes using an direct column contact evaporator to reduce the water content in the liquid mixture. The liquid mixture is provided in the open column direct contact evaporator with relatively dry air. The dry air evaporates excess water from the liquid mixture to concentrate the liquid mixture while at the same time reducing the energy required for water evaporation elsewhere in the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Kinergetics LLC
    Inventor: Charles Thomas Tucker, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20220280475
    Abstract: Provided are compositions comprising compounds or precursors to compounds which may be used for a variety of therapeutic applications including, for example, treating and/or preventing a disease or disorder related to reduced or inadequate mitochondrial activity, including aging or stress, diabetes, obesity, and neurodegenerative diseases. The compounds relate generally to urolithins and precursors thereof, including but not limited to ellagitannins and urolithin A. In certain embodiments the compositions are presented in or as food products or nutritional supplements. These same compounds and compositions can also be used advantageously in generally healthy individuals to increase or maintain metabolic rate, decrease percent body fat, increase or maintain muscle mass, manage body weight, improve or maintain mental performance (including memory), improve or maintain muscle performance, improve or maintain mood, and manage stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher L. Rinsch, William Blanco-Bose, Bernard Schneider, Charles Thomas, Carmen Sandi, Johan Auwerx, Penelope Andreux, Richardus Houtkooper, Eija Pirinen, Laurent Mouchiroud, David Genoux
  • Patent number: 11435503
    Abstract: This document relates to head mounted display devices. In one example the head mounted display device includes a light engine including an array of individually controllable pixels that can be energized to emit light. The example also includes an optical assembly physically aligned with the light engine and including a set of focusing elements facing toward the light engine and a different set of focusing elements facing away from the light engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas Georgiou, Alfonsus D. Lunardhi, Joel Steven Kollin, Bernard C. Kress, Ishan Chatterjee, Mario Possiwan, Charles Thomas Hewitt, Brian K. Guenter, Maria Pace, Jacob Hadnett-Hunter
  • Patent number: 11429328
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods obtain a print job, wherein the print job includes printing content, a plurality of respective selected print-settings options for a plurality of print settings, and print-job metadata; determine if the print job includes one or more print-setting conflicts based on the plurality of selected print-settings options and on a first machine-learning model, wherein the first machine-learning model accepts the selected print-settings options as inputs and outputs an indicator that indicates whether the print job includes one or more print-setting conflicts; and generate respective resolutions that include a respective resolution for each of the one or more print-setting conflicts based on a second machine-learning model, wherein the second machine-learning model accepts the plurality of selected print-settings options as inputs, and wherein the second machine-learning model outputs the respective resolutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Charles Thomas Armstrong
  • Patent number: 11429201
    Abstract: A surface including: multiple data pages, wherein each data page includes: multiple optically detectable marks indicating boundaries of the data page; and an array of data cells, wherein a location of an optically detectable mark in a data cell of the array of data cells encodes information and adjacent data pages use different encoding patterns such that an encoded value would be represented by a first pattern of marks on a first data page and the same encoded value would be represented by a second, different pattern of marks on a second data page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Fred Charles Thomas, III, Derek Lukasik, Guy Adams
  • Patent number: 11419291
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH4129 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4129 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4129 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH4129 or a locus conversion of PH4129 with another maize variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: Charles Thomas Cunnyngham
  • Patent number: 11412697
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PYKF69 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PYKF69, cells from soybean variety 5PYKF69, plants of soybean 5PYKF69, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PYKF69. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PYKF69 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PYKF69, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PYKF69, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PYKF69. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germ plasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PYKF69 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventors: Leslie Charles Kuhlman, Charles Thomas Zila, III
  • Patent number: 11399498
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PMUK25 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PMUK25, cells from soybean variety 5PMUK25, plants of soybean 5PMUK25, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PMUK25. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PMUK25 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PMUK25, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PMUK25, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PMUK25. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germ plasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PMUK25 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventors: Donald Kyle, Catlynn Gail Salois, Charles Thomas Zila, III
  • Patent number: 11392219
    Abstract: Determining locations of electro-optical pens. An example apparatus includes a distance determiner to determine a distance of a pen to a scribing surface based on a first image output by a first imager of the pen and a second image output by a second imager of the pen, the first image associated with a first plane of view and the second image associated with a second plane of view; a tilt orientation determiner to determine a tilt orientation of the scribing surface relative to the pen; a corrector to adjust at least one of the first plane of view or the second plane of view based on the tilt orientation of the scribing surface; and a location determiner to determine a location of the pen relative to the scribing surface based on the at least one of the adjusted first plane of view or the adjusted second plane of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Fred Charles Thomas, III
  • Patent number: 11385727
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, an electronic input device is described. The electronic input device includes a scribing shaft disposed within a housing, the scribing shaft to translate along a longitudinal axis as a result of contact with a substrate. The electronic input device also includes an input sensor. The input sensor includes a plate secured within the housing. The plate elastically deforms responsive to the translation of the scribing shaft. A full-bridge strain gauge of the input sensor is disposed on a surface of the plate. The full-bridge strain gauge detects a deformation of the plate and outputs a corresponding signal, which corresponding signal varies dependent upon the amount of deformation of the plate. The input sensor also includes a failure protection device to limit the deformation of the plate to within a predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Fred Charles Thomas, III, Jon Anderson, Owen Richard
  • Publication number: 20220211475
    Abstract: A disposable dental waste filter device has a body having a receiving end, and a separable cap having a tip end, the body for receiving and capturing therein amalgam that enters into the body through the tip end and the separable cap. A disposable dental waste filter device also has a body having a receiving end, a central lumen for receiving and capturing amalgam, a filter, and a circular leg portion having an exterior channel, and a separable cap having a tip end, a circular outer rim having a circular end ridge portion with the ridge portion adapted to be inserted into the exterior channel of the body for a snap fit engagement between the cap and the body, the body for receiving and capturing therein amalgam that enters into the body through the tip end and the separable cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventor: Charles Thomas
  • Patent number: 11380227
    Abstract: A truss system configured as a rectangular frame and a rigging plate is provided. The rectangular frame comprises an interconnected assembly of rectangular tubes. The rigging plate is removably attached to a top surface of the rectangular frame and includes an overhanging portion that overhangs a front side of the rectangular frame. The overhanging portion includes a plurality of attachment apparatuses for suspending at least one video display from the overhanging portion such that the video display(s) overhangs the front side of the rectangular frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Brett Alan Thierbach, Charles Thomas Laszyca
  • Publication number: 20220209770
    Abstract: Devices and/or computer-implemented methods to facilitate a programmable and/or reprogrammable quantum circuit are provided. According to an embodiment, a device can comprise a superconducting coupler device having a superconducting fuse device that is used to alter the coupling of a first quantum computing element and a second quantum computing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Elbert Emin Huang, Charles Thomas Rettner, Michael Justin Beckley, Russell A. Budd, Vivekananda P. Adiga, David C. Mckay, Sarah Elizabeth Sheldon
  • Publication number: 20220206191
    Abstract: This document relates to head mounted display devices. One example can include a layer of individually controllable pixels that can be energized to emit light and a layer of lenses that are physically aligned over the pixels. The example can also include a layer of shutters interposed between the pixels and the lenses and configured to be independently transitioned between a transmissive state and an opaque state to limit paths of the emitted light that reach the layer of lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joel Steven KOLLIN, Andreas GEORGIOU, Brian K. GUENTER, Charles Thomas HEWITT, Mario POSSIWAN, Ishan CHATTERJEE