Patents by Inventor Colin Andrew
Colin Andrew 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).
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Publication number: 20240131408Abstract: A kick ball game is described in which a number of balls are kicked from a prescribed distance toward a number of dimensioned holes/target areas in a horizontal box positioned between upright side supports members which are retained in perpendicular angularity to the overlying and underlying support surface members. Each of the dimensioned holes/target areas in the horizontal box are set in a vertical direction along the side supports member and secured in the desired position inside the horizontal box[es]. In this fashion the distance between the dimensioned holes/target areas are fixed and cannot be altered. Alternative embodiments of the game are also contemplated where the distance between the horizontal box[es] is varied to increase or decrease the level of difficulty.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventor: Colin Andrew McCormick
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Patent number: 11961272Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using a surfel map to generate long range localization. One of the methods includes obtaining, for a particular location of a vehicle having a camera and a detection sensor, surfel data including a plurality of surfels. Each surfel in the surfel data has a respective location and corresponds to a different respective detected surface in an environment. Image data captured by the camera is obtained. It is determined that a region of interest for detecting objects for a vehicle planning process is outside a detectable region for the detection sensor. In response, it is determined that the image data for the region of interest matches surfel color data for the surfels corresponding to the region of interest. In response, the vehicle planning process is performed with the region of interest designated as having no unexpected objects.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: David Yonchar Margines, Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Michael Montemerlo, Peter Pawlowski, Colin Andrew Braley
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Patent number: 11954411Abstract: Aspects and implementations of the present disclosure address shortcomings of existing technology by enabling autonomous vehicle simulations based on retro-reflection optical data. The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method that involves initiating a simulation of an environment of an autonomous driving vehicle, the simulation including a plurality of simulated objects, each having an identification of a material type of the respective object. The method can further involve accessing simulated reflection data based on the plurality of simulated objects and retro-reflectivity data for the material types of the simulated objects, and determining, using an autonomous vehicle control system for the autonomous vehicle, a driving path relative to the simulated objects, the driving path based on the simulated reflection data.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Arthur Dov Safira, Harrison Lee McKenzie Chapter, Colin Andrew Braley, Hui Seong Son, Aleksandar Rumenov Gabrovski, Brian Choung Choi
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Patent number: 11950436Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes an irregular network of interconnected ridges in physical contact with a planar substrate and a perovskite layer, where the planar substrate include a support layer and a first charge selective contact layer, the first charge selective contact layer is positioned between the support layer and the interconnected ridges, each ridge includes a second charge selective contact layer and an insulating layer, the insulating layer is positioned between the first charge selective contact layer and the second charge selective contact layer, and the perovskite layer substantially covers the plurality of interconnected ridges and the underlying planar substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Lance Michael Wheeler, Kevin Joseph Prince, Colin Andrew Wolden, Mirzojamshed M. Mirzokarimov, Christopher Paul Muzzillo
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Publication number: 20240096583Abstract: A cathode heater assembly for use in a vacuum electronic device comprises a refractive cup having a bottom portion and side walls forming a container; a cathode secured in the container of the refractive cup; and a heater wire coupled to the refractive cup. The cathode heater assembly may be manufactured by providing a refractive cup having a bottom portion and side walls forming a container; inserting a cathode pellet in the container of the refractive cup; impregnating the cathode pellet with electron emissive materials while the cathode pellet is in the container of the refractive cup; and attaching a heater wire to the refractive cup.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Colin Andrew McElroy, Michelle Gonzalez, Diana Gamzina Daugherty, Mikhail Kuffel, Danny Chan
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Publication number: 20240068322Abstract: An isolation and filtration object including a volume of material having a first geometry wherein permeability is relatively lower, the geometry being that of a plug landable on a landing feature and a second geometry where permeability is relatively higher, the second geometry being larger than the first geometry and occupy a flow path in a borehole in which the plug is deployed. An isolation and filtration system including a housing, a plug seat in the housing, and an isolation and filtration object disposable on the plug seat. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the borehole, and an isolation and filtration system connected to the string. A method for operating a borehole including migrating a plug to a seat in a housing, landing the plug in the seat, differentiating pressure across the plug, and transitioning the plug to the second geometry.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Matthew Stone, Colin Andrew
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Patent number: 11915490Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for the generation and use of a surfel map with semantic labels. One of the methods includes receiving a surfel map that includes a plurality of surfels, wherein each surfel has associated data that includes one or more semantic labels; obtaining sensor data for one or more locations in the environment, the sensor data having been captured by one or more sensors of a first vehicle; determining one or more surfels corresponding to the one or more locations of the obtained sensor data; identifying one or more semantic labels for the one or more surfels corresponding to the one or more locations of the obtained sensor data; and performing, for each surfel corresponding to the one or more locations of the obtained sensor data, a label-specific detection process for the surfel.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Dragomir Anguelov, Colin Andrew Braley, Christoph Sprunk
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Publication number: 20240007715Abstract: According to other aspects, a real-time system may be provided that is capable of scaling to hundreds of thousands of real-time clients (or more) to conduct a single-program instance in an interactive manner that combines video elements with interactive program elements. To provide such capabilities, a system and client software is provided that allows real-time distribution of video, and scripted rendering of interactive elements in relation to the video. Such systems may include, for example, cluster-based systems that are capable of scaling horizontally based on the number of clients involved in a particular program instance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: HQ Trivia LLCInventors: Ruslan Yusupov, Colin Andrew Kroll, Alexander Martin DeJarnatt, Patrick Cupka
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Publication number: 20230422533Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes an irregular network of interconnected ridges in physical contact with a planar substrate and a perovskite layer, where the planar substrate include a support layer and a first charge selective contact layer, the first charge selective contact layer is positioned between the support layer and the interconnected ridges, each ridge includes a second charge selective contact layer and an insulating layer, the insulating layer is positioned between the first charge selective contact layer and the second charge selective contact layer, and the perovskite layer substantially covers the plurality of interconnected ridges and the underlying planar substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Lance Michael WHEELER, Kevin Joseph PRINCE, Colin Andrew WOLDEN, Mirzojamshed M. MIRZOKARIMOV, Christopher Paul MUZZILLO
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Publication number: 20230334776Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for sensor calibration with environment map. In some implementations, a three-dimensional surfel representation of a real-world environment is obtained. One or more surfels of the surfel representation having a particular classification of the different classifications are selected. Input sensor data from one or more sensors installed on an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle are received. The input sensor data is compared to the surfel representation to identify one or more differences between the observation and the surfel representation. At least one sensor of the one or more sensors is calibrated using the one or more differences between the observation and the surfel representation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Christian Lauterbach, Colin Andrew Braley, Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Michael Montemerlo
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Patent number: 11766609Abstract: According to other aspects, a real-time system may be provided that is capable of scaling to hundreds of thousands of real-time clients (or more) to conduct a single-program instance in an interactive manner that combines video elements with interactive program elements. To provide such capabilities, a system and client software is provided that allows real-time distribution of video, and scripted rendering of interactive elements in relation to the video. Such systems may include, for example, cluster-based systems that are capable of scaling horizontally based on the number of clients involved in a particular program instance.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: HQ Trivia LLCInventors: Ruslan Yusupov, Colin Andrew Kroll, Alexander Martin DeJarnatt, Patrick Cupka
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Publication number: 20230298301Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using a surfel map to generate long range localization. One of the methods includes obtaining, for a particular location of a vehicle having a camera and a detection sensor, surfel data including a plurality of surfels. Each surfel in the surfel data has a respective location and corresponds to a different respective detected surface in an environment. Image data captured by the camera is obtained. It is determined that a region of interest for detecting objects for a vehicle planning process is outside a detectable region for the detection sensor. In response, it is determined that the image data for the region of interest matches surfel color data for the surfels corresponding to the region of interest. In response, the vehicle planning process is performed with the region of interest designated as having no unexpected objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: David Yonchar Margines, Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Michael Montemerlo, Peter Pawlowski, Colin Andrew Braley
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Patent number: 11742440Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an all-back-contact photovoltaic device that includes, in order, a substrate, a first electrode having a first surface, an insulator, a second electrode having a second surface, and an active material, where the insulator and the second electrode form a cavity, the active material substantially fills the cavity and is in physical contact with the first surface and the second surface, the insulator includes a first layer and a second layer with the second layer positioned between the first layer and the second contact, and the first layer is constructed of a first material that is different than a second material used to construct the second layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Kevin Joseph Prince, Colin Andrew Wolden, Lance Michael Wheeler
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Patent number: 11734880Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for sensor calibration with environment map. In some implementations, a three-dimensional surfel representation of a real-world environment is obtained. One or more surfels of the surfel representation having a particular classification of the different classifications are selected. Input sensor data from one or more sensors installed on an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle are received. The input sensor data is compared to the surfel representation to identify one or more differences between the observation and the surfel representation. At least one sensor of the one or more sensors is calibrated using the one or more differences between the observation and the surfel representation.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Christian Lauterbach, Colin Andrew Braley, Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Michael Montemerlo
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Patent number: 11717077Abstract: Height-adjustable standing/sitting desks, capable of being easily collapsed, via pivotable legs, to be easily stored away in common and unique spaces throughout a home may include a desktop, a support frame disposed underneath the desktop, a plurality of legs, and an actuator. The plurality of legs is coupled to the support frame. Each of the plurality of legs includes a plurality of integrated wheels. The actuator is disposed within the support frame and coupled to one or more of the plurality of legs. The actuator is configured to raise and lower the desktop.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: LILLIPAD WORK SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Colin Andrew Dowdle, James Charles Dowdle, Curtis Leroy Cruver, IV, Stephen Andrew Derfiny
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Patent number: 11710799Abstract: Disclosed herein are CdTe-based solar cells that are successfully removed from their glass superstrate through a combination of lamination to a backsheet followed by thermal shock.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Matthew Owen Reese, Deborah Lee McGott, Michael David Kempe, Teresa Marie Barnes, Colin Andrew Wolden
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Patent number: 11699274Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using a surfel map to generate long range localization. One of the methods includes obtaining, for a particular location of a vehicle having a camera and a detection sensor, surfel data including a plurality of surfels. Each surfel in the surfel data has a respective location and corresponds to a different respective detected surface in an environment. Image data captured by the camera is obtained. It is determined that a region of interest for detecting objects for a vehicle planning process is outside a detectable region for the detection sensor. In response, it is determined that the image data for the region of interest matches surfel color data for the surfels corresponding to the region of interest. In response, the vehicle planning process is performed with the region of interest designated as having no unexpected objects.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: David Yonchar Margines, Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Michael Montemerlo, Peter Pawlowski, Colin Andrew Braley
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Patent number: 11671670Abstract: According to other aspects, a real-time system may be provided that is capable of scaling to hundreds of thousands of real-time clients (or more) to conduct a single-program instance in an interactive manner that combines video elements with interactive program elements. To provide such capabilities, a system and client software is provided that allows real-time distribution of video, and scripted rendering of interactive elements in relation to the video. Such systems may include, for example, cluster-based systems that are capable of scaling horizontally based on the number of clients involved in a particular program instance.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: HQ Trivia LLCInventors: Ruslan Yusupov, Colin Andrew Kroll, Alexander Martin DeJarnatt, Patrick Cupka
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Publication number: 20230135500Abstract: Methods of manufacture, devices, and systems are described for a nasal swab. The swab includes an elongated body having a distal end. The swab includes a collection layer proximate to the distal end of the elongated body. The collection layer has a first geometric layout and configured to collect samples in the nasal passageway. The swab includes a collection tip at the distal end of the elongated body, the collection tip having a second geometric layout and configured to collect samples in the nasal passageway. The first geometric layout is different from the second geometric layout.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Yuman Fong, Colin Andrew Cook, Thomas J Gernon, Stanley Ralph Hamilton, Marylin Roque, Kevin Alexander Proudfoot, Sophie Yu, Natalie Krieger, Vivian Ho Lam, Kaitlyn Paulsen, Kaushal Gokli, Leila Wiberg, Tristan Aniken Huang, Vadim Peter Mathys
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Patent number: 11605173Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for labeling point clouds using distance field data. One of the methods includes obtaining a point cloud characterizing a region of the environment, the point cloud comprising a plurality of points; obtaining distance field data specifying, for each of a plurality of locations in the region of the environment, a distance from the location to a nearest static object in the environment; determining, using the distance field data and for each of the plurality of points, a respective distance from the point to a nearest static object in the environment to the point; and identifying, based on the respective distances for the plurality of points in the point cloud, one or more of the points as candidate dynamic object points that are likely to be measurements of a dynamic object in the environment.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Waymo LLCInventor: Colin Andrew Braley