Patents by Inventor Christopher Mullarkey

Christopher Mullarkey 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: 12762828
    Abstract: An object detection system may include a memory and a processor cooperating with the memory to determine gradient data from image data corresponding to a scene, with the scene including an object therein, and process the gradient data using a Penrose transform to generate Penrose gradient data including a plurality of peaks corresponding to the object. The processor may also perform edge filtering on the Penrose gradient data to determine boundary edges corresponding to the object based upon the plurality of peaks, determine a classification of the object based upon the determined boundary edges using an object classification model, and output the object classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: EAGLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Mulford, Christopher Mullarkey, Julian Cuevas Paniagua, Stephanie Bertrand, Bernard V. Brower, Kevin Watson, Ronald Thomas Kneusel
  • Patent number: 10591632
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may be generally related to methods, devices, and systems which measure a gravitational field. The methods and devices may utilize an interferometer to measure tilt of a pendulum, where the tilt of the pendulum is due to a gravitational force associated with a target object. In some embodiments, the interferometer may be a displaced, even parity, Sagnac interferometer. Additionally, the interferometer may be operated in the inverse weak value domain. In some embodiments, the pendulum and interferometric readout may measure relative gravitational fields that are transverse to Earth's gravitational field. In at least some embodiments, methods and devices may have shot noise limited sensitivity sufficient to detect one kilogram 25 meters away and may have a 1 nGal resolution after mere seconds of integration. Embodiments disclosed may be used to gravitationally map density fluctuations in a target object, including the human body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
    Inventors: John C. Howell, Christopher Mullarkey, Julian Martinez-Rincon
  • Publication number: 20190041544
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may be generally related to methods, devices, and systems which measure a gravitational field. The methods and devices may utilize an interferometer to measure tilt of a pendulum, where the tilt of the pendulum is due to a gravitational force associated with a target object. In some embodiments, the interferometer may be a displaced, even parity, Sagnac interferometer. Additionally, the interferometer may be operated in the inverse weak value domain. In some embodiments, the pendulum and interferometric readout may measure relative gravitational fields that are transverse to Earth's gravitational field. In at least some embodiments, methods and devices may have shot noise limited sensitivity sufficient to detect one kilogram 25 meters away and may have a 1 nGal resolution after mere seconds of integration. Embodiments disclosed may be used to gravitationally map density fluctuations in a target object, including the human body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: University of Rochester
    Inventors: John C. Howell, Christopher Mullarkey, Julian Martinez-Rincon