Patents by Inventor Christopher Thomas Brown

Christopher Thomas Brown 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: 20240122463
    Abstract: Various apparatuses are disclosed (e.g., system, device, method, or the like) for guiding the capture and assessing the quality of an image, including dental images. The apparatuses may use trained neural networks to examine images and provide users feedback regarding image quality. The neural networks may be trained based on images within image groups that have been ranked based on perceived image quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Guotu LI, Chao SHI, Chad Clayton BROWN, Christopher E. CRAMER, Phillip Thomas HARRIS, Adam SILL, Will NEVILLE, Ritvik BANSAL
  • Patent number: 11962892
    Abstract: A method of dental treatment may include receiving photos of a person's dentition, identifying a stage of a treatment plan administered to the person's dentition, gathering a three-dimensional (3D) model of the person's dentition corresponding to the stage of the treatment plan, projecting attributes of the 3D model of the person's dentition onto an image plane to get a projected representation of the person's dentition at the stage of the treatment plan, comparing the photos to the projected representation to derive an error image representing the comparison, and analyzing the error image for discrepancies, wherein the discrepancies represent one or more deviations of the person's dentition from the stage of the treatment plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Cramer, Rajiv Venkata, Leela Parvathaneni, Phillip Thomas Harris, Sravani Gurijala, Svetozar Hubenov, Sebastien Hareng, Guotu Li, Yun Gao, Chad Clayton Brown
  • Publication number: 20240076520
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrodepositable coating composition comprising an electrodepositable binder comprising an ionic salt group-containing film-forming polymer comprising active hydrogen functional groups, and a blocked polyisocyanate curing agent; a solubilized bismuth catalyst; and a guanidine; wherein the electrodepositable coating composition has a weight ratio of bismuth metal from the solubilized bismuth catalyst to guanidine of from 1.00:0.071 to 1.0:2.1 and/or a molar ratio of bismuth metal to guanidine of from 1.0:0.25 to 1.0:3.0. Also disclosed are methods of treating electrodepositable coating compositions, methods for making electrodepositable coating compositions, systems for coating a metal substrate, coatings, coated substrates, and methods of coating a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Stephenie Brown-Tseng, Lee Brent Steely, Richard F. Syput, Corey James Dedomenic, Christopher Andrew Dacko, Egle Puodziukynaite, Kevin Thomas Sylvester, Benjamin Kabagambe, Katie Marie Cumpston, David Alfred Stone
  • Patent number: 11650269
    Abstract: Axial magnetic flux sensors are described. The axial magnetic flux sensors comprise multiple substrates with conductive traces on them in some embodiments, and in other embodiments a single substrate or no substrate. When multiple substrates are provided, the substrates couple together such that the conductive traces connect to form a coil. The coil may be a continuous, multi-loop coil. When the substrates are coupled together, they may define an opening to accommodate a shaft or other piece of equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz, Christopher Thomas Brown
  • Publication number: 20230066970
    Abstract: Axial magnetic flux sensors are described. The axial magnetic flux sensors comprise multiple substrates with conductive traces on them in some embodiments, and in other embodiments a single substrate or no substrate. When multiple substrates are provided, the substrates couple together such that the conductive traces connect to form a coil. The coil may be a continuous, multi-loop coil. When the substrates are coupled together, they may define an opening to accommodate a shaft or other piece of equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz, Christopher Thomas Brown
  • Publication number: 20220203562
    Abstract: A robot may include a manipulator arm including a plurality of links and one or more grippers configured to perform a gripper work. A camera may be positioned at an end of the manipulator arm to provide a direct line of sight to the grippers and observe the gripper work from above the grippers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Brown, Jordan Daniel Jesiolowski, Elliott Forrest Leslie, Randall Miller
  • Patent number: 10906187
    Abstract: An unmanned ground vehicle includes a main body, a drive system supported by the main body, and a manipulator arm pivotally coupled to the main body. The drive system comprising right and left driven track assemblies mounted on right and left sides of the main body. The manipulator arm includes a gripper, a wrist motor configured for rotating the gripper, and an inline camera in a palm of the gripper. The inline camera is mechanically configured to remain stationary with respect to the manipulator arm while the wrist motor rotates the gripper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: FLIR DETECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Annan Michael Mozeika, Timothy R. Ohm, Christopher Thomas Brown
  • Publication number: 20200108507
    Abstract: An unmanned ground vehicle includes a main body, a drive system supported by the main body, and a manipulator arm pivotally coupled to the main body. The drive system comprising right and left driven track assemblies mounted on right and left sides of the main body. The manipulator arm includes a gripper, a wrist motor configured for rotating the gripper, and an inline camera in a palm of the gripper. The inline camera is mechanically configured to remain stationary with respect to the manipulator arm while the wrist motor rotates the gripper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Annan Michael Mozeika, Timothy R. Ohm, Christopher Thomas Brown
  • Patent number: 10486311
    Abstract: An unmanned ground vehicle includes a main body, a drive system supported by the main body, and a manipulator arm pivotally coupled to the main body. The drive system comprising right and left driven track assemblies mounted on right and left sides of the main body. The manipulator arm includes a gripper, a wrist motor configured for rotating the gripper, and an inline camera in a palm of the gripper. The inline camera is mechanically configured to remain stationary with respect to the manipulator arm while the wrist motor rotates the gripper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Flir Detection, Inc.
    Inventors: Annan Michael Mozeika, Timothy R. Ohm, Christopher Thomas Brown
  • Publication number: 20180236666
    Abstract: An unmanned ground vehicle includes a main body, a drive system supported by the main body, and a manipulator arm pivotally coupled to the main body. The drive system comprising right and left driven track assemblies mounted on right and left sides of the main body. The manipulator arm includes a gripper, a wrist motor configured for rotating the gripper, and an inline camera in a palm of the gripper. The inline camera is mechanically configured to remain stationary with respect to the manipulator arm while the wrist motor rotates the gripper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Annan Michael Mozeika, Timothy R. Ohm, Christopher Thomas Brown