Patents by Inventor Christopher O'Connor

Christopher O'Connor 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: 20230036742
    Abstract: A robotic medical system includes a post being substantially vertical and coupled to a base; a robotic drive having a socket for receiving the post; and at least one tapered interface shaped and oriented to engage the socket to prevent rotation of the robotic drive about at least one axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Kyle McKenney, Eric Klem, Christopher O. Evans, Genevieve R. K. Laing, Anthony Clegg Parker, Gordon Row
  • Publication number: 20220372129
    Abstract: A method of treating inflammatory bowel disorders, such as ulcerative colitis, comprises administering an IL-23 inhibitor, such as an anti-IL-23p19 antibody (e.g., guselkumab) and a TNF? inhibitor, such as an anti-TNF? antibody (e.g., golimumab).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew Germinaro, Christopher O'Brien, Jacqueline Perrigoue, Marion Vetter
  • Publication number: 20220366285
    Abstract: To simplify assisting a user in their day-to-day activities, a communication for performing an action may be sent to a user in the form of a query, where the query includes the most likely set of choices for the action arranged in a group of dichotomous (e.g., yes/no) or multiple choice answers. In this manner, a user may respond to the query by simply selecting one of the dichotomous or multiple choice answers. Historical logs of past actions, responses, queries, and so forth, may be used to predict future user actions or needs, and to formulate future queries for sending to the user. These techniques may be implemented, for example, through a remote coordination server or directly through a user's personal electronics device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Damien Phelan Stolarz, David Joseph Diaz, James Rossfeld, Scott Raven, Christopher O'Malley, Christopher Kurpinski
  • Publication number: 20220354669
    Abstract: A prosthetic arm apparatus including a plurality of segments that provide a user of the prosthetic arm apparatus with substantially the same movement capability and function as a human arm. The segments are connectable to one another and connectable to a prosthetic support apparatus that may be adorned by the user. Each segment of the plurality of segments provides a portion of the movement capability, enabling the plurality of connected segments connected to the harness mount to provide substantially the same movement capability as that lacking in the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher O. Evans, N. Christopher Perry, Dirk Albertus van der Merwe, Christopher C. Langenfeld, John Matthew Kerwin, Stewart M. Coulter, Stanley B. Smith, III, Keith David Violette, Steven W. Nickson, Thomas S. Schnellinger, Alexander H. Muller, Gerald Michael Guay
  • Publication number: 20220348362
    Abstract: A magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow control mechanism is described which substantially improves the existing processes in that smaller magnetic fields, requiring far less mass, may be placed away from the forebody of the spacecraft to produce Lorentz forces that augment the lift and the drag forces for guidance, navigation, and control of the spacecraft. The MHD flow control mechanism may also be configured to provide additional thermal protection of the electrodes therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Robert W. Moses, Foy M. Cheatwood, Christopher O. Johnston, Sergey Macheret, Bernard Parent, Justin Little
  • Patent number: 11489891
    Abstract: A system and method for receiving video from multiple sources, compositing those sources and then republishing the composited video as a source to a virtual camera driver endpoint. In one embodiment, the present method comprises displaying multiple media streams, represented by worksurface image on a shared display. The shared display worksurface image is then re-encoded, and the re-encoded composite image is transmitted to a client computer, where the re-encoded image is transcoded to simulate a device connected to the client computer. The transcoded media stream is then transmitted to a teleconferencing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MERSIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher O. Jaynes, Scott Allen Ruff
  • Publication number: 20220340308
    Abstract: A magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow control mechanism is described which substantially improves the existing processes in that smaller magnetic fields, requiring far less mass, are placed away from the forebody of the spacecraft to produce Lorentz forces that augment the lift and the drag forces for guidance, navigation, and control of the spacecraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Robert W. Moses, Foy M. Cheatwood, Christopher O. Johnston, Sergey Macheret, Bernard Parent, Justin Little
  • Patent number: 11464655
    Abstract: A system for powering a prosthetic arm is disclosed. The system includes at least one internal battery located in the prosthetic arm, at least one external battery connected to the prosthetic arm, and a master controller configured to connect either the at least one internal battery or the at least one external battery to a power bus to power the prosthetic arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Christopher O. Evans, Keith D. Violette
  • Publication number: 20220318573
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include computer-implemented systems and methods that predicts targeted, agency-specific recovery events using a trained machine-learning or artificial-intelligence processes. For example, an apparatus may generate an input dataset based on elements of interaction data associated with an occurrence of a first event. Based on an application of a trained artificial intelligence process to the input dataset, the apparatus may generate elements of output data indicative of an expected occurrence of a corresponding one of a plurality of targeted second events involving each of a plurality of candidate event assignments during a future temporal interval. The apparatus may transmit at least a portion of the generated output data to a computing system via the communications interface, the computing system may perform operations that assign the first event to a corresponding one of the candidate event assignments based on the elements of output data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan Anders James SMITH, David Christopher O'GRADY, Peiwen ZHONG, Syeda Suhailah RAHMAN, Eric PELLETIER, Jung Hoon BAEK, Maksims VOLKOVS, Tomi Johan POUTANEN
  • Patent number: 11442339
    Abstract: This invention concerns a method of filming a subject to be projected as a Pepper's Ghost image. The method may comprise filming a subject under a lighting arrangement having one or more front lights for illuminating a front of a subject and one or more backlights. The lights may be controlled such that the total brightness of the one or more front lights, as measured of the subject, is less than or approximately the same as the total brightness of the one or more backlights, as measured at the subject. The subject may be located directly above one or more floor lights such the subject is illuminated from below by the one or more floor lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Ley, Ian Christopher O'Connell, Bruce Finn
  • Patent number: 11443220
    Abstract: To simplify assisting a user in their day-to-day activities, a communication for performing an action may be sent to a user in the form of a query, where the query includes the most likely set of choices for the action arranged in a group of dichotomous (e.g., yes/no) or multiple choice answers. In this manner, a user may respond to the query by simply selecting one of the dichotomous or multiple choice answers. Historical logs of past actions, responses, queries, and so forth, may be used to predict future user actions or needs, and to formulate future queries for sending to the user. These techniques may be implemented, for example, through a remote coordination server or directly through a user's personal electronics device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TELEPAHTY LABS, INC.
    Inventors: Damien Phelan Stolarz, David Joseph Diaz, James Rossfeld, Scott Raven, Christopher O'Malley, Christopher Kurpinski
  • Patent number: 11436511
    Abstract: To simplify assisting a user in their day-to-day activities, a communication for performing an action may be sent to a user in the form of a query, where the query includes the most likely set of choices for the action arranged in a group of dichotomous (e.g., yes/no) or multiple choice answers. In this manner, a user may respond to the query by simply selecting one of the dichotomous or multiple choice answers. Historical logs of past actions, responses, queries, and so forth, may be used to predict future user actions or needs, and to formulate future queries for sending to the user. These techniques may be implemented, for example, through a remote coordination server or directly through a user's personal electronics device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: TELEPATHY LABS, INC.
    Inventors: Damien Phelan Stolarz, David Joseph Diaz, James Rossfeld, Scott Raven, Christopher O'Malley, Christopher Kurpinski
  • Publication number: 20220270865
    Abstract: An apparatus for atomic scale processing includes: a reactor having inner and outer surfaces; where at least a portion of the inner surfaces define an internal volume of the reactor; a fixture assembly positioned within the internal volume of the reactor having a surface configured to hold a substrate within the internal volume of the reactor; a vacuum pump in communication with the reactor; at least one reactor pressure control device; and a controller in communication with the at least one reactor pressure control device, where the controller is configured to activate and deactivate the at least one reactor pressure control device to increase and decrease the pressure within the internal volume of the reactor, where the increase in the pressure within the internal volume of the reactor increases the temperature of the substrate from an initial temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Gilbert Bruce Rayner, JR., Noel Christopher O'Toole, Thomas James Larrabee
  • Publication number: 20220212086
    Abstract: Virtual and augmented reality sports training environments are disclosed. A user interacts with virtual players in a simulated environment of a virtual reality sporting event. In some embodiments, the user's actions and decisions are monitored by the simulated environment. The environment evaluates the user's performance, and provides performance feedback based on the user's decisions and timing. In one application, real life pitchers and their pitching data are tracked and replicated in a simulated pitching environment. A team of users may practice against a simulation of a pitcher they are about to compete against, swinging at pitches that they would see in a real game. Such environments may maximize effective practice time for users, and help develop better players with improved decision-making skills. Some embodiments include various pitch recognition training, which may be against replicated real-life pitchers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher O'DOWD, Michael STEPHENS, Kodi TAPIE, Nicholas KIPPES, Daniel O'DOWD, Garrett BEATTY
  • Publication number: 20220211144
    Abstract: Several sole components and a method of manufacturing those sole components are disclosed. In general, each sole component includes a fluid-filled bladder and a reinforcing element extending around a portion of the bladder. The reinforcing element is bonded to the exterior of the bladder, and may be recessed into the bladder. In some configurations, the reinforcing element is die-cut from a sheet of polymer material, and the reinforcing element may exhibit a layered configuration. In manufacturing the sole component, the reinforcing element may be located within a mold, and the polymer material forming the bladder may be bonded to the reinforcing element during the molding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher O. Parker
  • Patent number: 11378863
    Abstract: A system for nonlinear frequency conversion includes an acousto-optic modulator for diffracting a portion of an input laser beam as a first-order beam and transmitting a non-diffracted portion of the input laser beam as a zeroth-order beam. The system also includes a nonlinear crystal arranged to receive and frequency convert each of the zeroth-order and first-order beams to generate two respective frequency-converted laser beams, whereby, when the acousto-optic modulator changes the average-power ratio between the zeroth-order and first-order beams, variations of the heat load in the nonlinear crystal are minimized. Either one of the two frequency-converted laser beams may be used as an output laser beam of the system, while the other one of the two frequency-converted laser beams serves to stabilize the heat load in the nonlinear crystal when the acousto-optic modulator is operated to change the average power in the output laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Coherent Kaiserslautern GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Lührmann, Christoph O. Schäfer, Stefan Niedlich, Ralf Knappe
  • Patent number: 11356072
    Abstract: Customizable tunable filters are provided herein. In certain implementations, a tunable filter including: a first filter bank including a plurality of high-pass filters each having a different cutoff frequency, and a second filter bank including a plurality of low-pass filters each having a different cutoff frequency. The tunable filter further includes a first pair of switches configured to select a first filter chosen from the first filter bank, and a second pair of switches configured to select a second filter chosen from the second filter bank. The tunable filter operates with a first cutoff frequency of the first filter and with a second cutoff frequency of the second filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Fatih Kocer, Ekrem Oran, Christopher O'Neill, Kasey Chatzopoulos
  • Publication number: 20220150692
    Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes forming a local data connection between a mobile communication device comprising a voice assistant module, and an access device in an interaction. The method also includes receiving, by the mobile communication device, a voice command with a request for the access device to automatically provide a resource to a user of the mobile communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher O'Kane, Samuel Wallace, Peter Lennon, Kevin White
  • Publication number: 20220131337
    Abstract: A multipass laser amplifier includes a mirror, a mirror device, a gain crystal, and refractive or diffractive beam-steering element. The gain crystal is positioned on a longitudinal axis of the multipass laser amplifier between the mirror and the mirror device. The beam-steering element is positioned on the longitudinal axis between the gain crystal and the mirror device. The beam-steering element has no optical power and deflects a laser beam, by refraction or diffraction, for each of multiple passes of the laser beam between the first mirror and the mirror device, such that each pass goes through the gain crystal for amplification of the laser beam and goes through a different respective off-axis portion of the beam-steering element. The no optical power of the beam-steering element enables maintaining a large beam size in the gain crystal, thereby facilitating amplification to high average power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Coherent Kaiserslautern GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph O. SCHÄFER, Louis MCDONAGH, Ralf KNAPPE
  • Patent number: 11291269
    Abstract: Several sole components and a method of manufacturing those sole components are disclosed. In general, each sole component includes a fluid-filled bladder and a reinforcing element extending around a portion of the bladder. The reinforcing element is bonded to the exterior of the bladder, and may be recessed into the bladder. In some configurations, the reinforcing element is die-cut from a sheet of polymer material, and the reinforcing element may exhibit a layered configuration. In manufacturing the sole component, the reinforcing element may be located within a mold, and the polymer material forming the bladder may be bonded to the reinforcing element during the molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher O. Parker