Patents by Inventor Colin Brown

Colin 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).

  • Patent number: 12699124
    Abstract: A system and method of automatically detecting electrical discharges in a gas insulated switchgear equipment and locating the electrical discharges in real-time is disclosed. The method includes sensing an ultra high frequency (UHF) signal generated from the electrical discharges at multiple channels simultaneously. The UHF signal sensed at multiple channels are reviewed simultaneously to determine whether they are of the same electrical discharge or not. The method also provides the sensed UHF signal at multiple channels to an artificial intelligence training model trained to determine the type of electrical discharge such as a partial discharge or an arc. The method provides a location of the electrical discharge based on an attenuation profile associated with the multiple channels and other information including amplitude information and distance information between adjacent channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Qualitrol Company LLC
    Inventors: Fraser Cook, Thomas Linn, Colin Brown, Paul Donegan
  • Publication number: 20250361558
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to six-nucleobase libraries having a third Watson-Crick base pair. Also provided herein are methods to prepare such six-nucleobase libraries, and their use for sequencing and modified nucleobase detection applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Inventors: Xiaolin WU, Xiaohai LIU, Colin Brown, Sarah Shultzaberger, Eric Brustad
  • Publication number: 20250336087
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for estimating the 3D joint location of skeleton joints from an image segment of an object and a 2D joint heatmaps comprising 2D locations of skeleton joints on the image segment. This includes applying the image segment and 2D joint heatmaps to a convolutional neural network containing at least one 3D convolutional layer block, wherein the 2D resolution is reduced at each 3D convolutional layer and the depth resolution is expanded to produce an estimated depth for each joint. Combining the 2D location of each kind of joint with the estimated depth of the kind of joint generates an estimated 3D joint position of the skeleton joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2025
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Colin Brown, Louis Harbour
  • Publication number: 20250320552
    Abstract: Examples provided herein are related to detecting methylcytosine using a modified base opposite to the methylcytosine. A methylcytosine in a first polynucleotide including a plurality of cytosines may be detected, using a method that includes hybridizing the first polynucleotide to a second polynucleotide. The second polynucleotide may include a modified base opposite to the methylcytosine. The methylcytosine may be detected using the modified base. For example, the modified base may include a fluorophore. The methylcytosine may be detected using fluorescence from the fluorophore responsive to excitation light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Applicant: ILLUMINA, INC.
    Inventors: Colin Brown, Sarah Shultzaberger, Eric Brustad
  • Publication number: 20250278628
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an activity recognition system for asymmetric (e.g., left- and right-handed) activities that leverages the symmetry intrinsic to most human and animal bodies. Specifically, described is 1) a human activity recognition system that only recognizes handed activities but is inferenced twice, once with input flipped, to identify both left- and right-handed activities and 2) a training method for learning-based implementations of the aforementioned system that flips all training instances (and associated labels) to appear left-handed and in doing so, balances the training dataset between left- and right-handed activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2025
    Publication date: September 4, 2025
    Applicant: Hinge Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Brown, Andrey Tolstikhin
  • Publication number: 20250265463
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an activity recognition system for asymmetric (e.g., left- and right-handed) activities that leverages the symmetry intrinsic to most human and animal bodies. Specifically, described is 1) a human activity recognition system that only recognizes handed activities but is inferenced twice, once with input flipped, to identify both left- and right-handed activities and 2) a training method for learning-based implementations of the aforementioned system that flips all training instances (and associated labels) to appear left-handed and in doing so, balances the training dataset between left- and right-handed activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2025
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Applicant: Hinge Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Brown, Andrey Tolstikhin
  • Patent number: 12373983
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for estimating the 3D joint location of skeleton joints from an image segment of an object and a 2D joint heatmaps comprising 2D locations of skeleton joints on the image segment. This includes applying the image segment and 2D joint heatmaps to a convolutional neural network containing at least one 3D convolutional layer block, wherein the 2D resolution is reduced at each 3D convolutional layer and the depth resolution is expanded to produce an estimated depth for each joint. Combining the 2D location of each kind of joint with the estimated depth of the kind of joint generates an estimated 3D joint position of the skeleton joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Hinge Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Brown, Louis Harbour
  • Patent number: 12333432
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an activity recognition system for asymmetric (e.g., left- and right-handed) activities that leverages the symmetry intrinsic to most human and animal bodies. Specifically, described is 1) a human activity recognition system that only recognizes handed activities but is inferenced twice, once with input flipped, to identify both left- and right-handed activities and 2) a training method for learning-based implementations of the aforementioned system that flips all training instances (and associated labels) to appear left-handed and in doing so, balances the training dataset between left- and right-handed activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Hinge Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Brown, Andrey Tolstikhin
  • Patent number: 12314855
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an activity recognition system for asymmetric (e.g., left- and right-handed) activities that leverages the symmetry intrinsic to most human and animal bodies. Specifically, described is 1) a human activity recognition system that only recognizes handed activities but is inferenced twice, once with input flipped, to identify both left- and right-handed activities and 2) a training method for learning-based implementations of the aforementioned system that flips all training instances (and associated labels) to appear left-handed and in doing so, balances the training dataset between left- and right-handed activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Hinge Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Brown, Andrey Tolstikhin
  • Publication number: 20240287505
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to methods and compositions for preparing combinatorially indexed beads. Some embodiments include sequential addition of different indexes to polynucleotides attached to beads. In some embodiments, indexes are added by chemical ligation, polymerase extension, ligation of partially double-stranded adaptors, or short splint ligation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Andrea Manzo, Colin Brown, Steven Norberg, Timothy Harrington
  • Publication number: 20240271185
    Abstract: Disclosed herein include methods, compositions, reaction mixtures, kits and systems for identification of methylated cytosines in nucleic acids using a bisulfite-free, one-step chemoenzymatic modification of methylated cytosines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Colin Brown, Xiaohai Liu, Xiaolin Wu, Eric Brustad, Sarah E. Shultzaberger
  • Publication number: 20240191288
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods, compositions, and kits for the selective depletion of non-desirable fragments from amplified libraries using blocking oligonucleotides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Colin Brown, Sarah Shultzaberger, Stephen M. Gross, Angelica Barr, Samantha Snow
  • Publication number: 20240182881
    Abstract: The present disclosure is concerned with proteins, methods, compositions, and kits for mapping of methylation status of nucleic acids, including 5-methylcytosine and 5-hydroxymethyl cytosine (5 hmC). In one embodiment, proteins are provided that selectively act on certain modified cytosines of target nucleic acids and converts them to thymidine or modified thymidine analogues. In another embodiment, proteins are provided that selectively act on certain modified cytosines of target nucleic acids and converts them to uracil or thymidine and selectively do not act on other certain modified cytosines of target nucleic acids. Also provided are compositions and kits that include one or more of the proteins and methods for using one or more of the proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: ILLUMINA, INC.
    Inventors: Dewei Joel Toh, Leslie Yee Ming Beh, Shu Ting Tan, Anna Traczyk, Saurabh Nirantar, Eric Brustad, Hamed Tabatabaei Ghomi, Zahra Fahmi, Lekha Ravichandraprabhu, Colin Brown, Kayla Busby, Stephen Gross, Rebekah Karadeema, Huy Lam, Pascale Mathonet, Sarah E. Shultzaberger, Kathleen Tzeng, Allison Kathleen Yunghans
  • Publication number: 20240133936
    Abstract: A system and method of automatically detecting electrical discharges in a gas insulated switchgear equipment and locating the electrical discharges in real-time is disclosed. The method includes sensing an ultra high frequency (UHF) signal generated from the electrical discharges at multiple channels simultaneously. The UHF signal sensed at multiple channels are reviewed simultaneously to determine whether they are of the same electrical discharge or not. The method also provides the sensed UHF signal at multiple channels to an artificial intelligence training model trained to determine the type of electrical discharge such as a partial discharge or an arc. The method provides a location of the electrical discharge based on an attenuation profile associated with the multiple channels and other information including amplitude information and distance information between adjacent channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Fraser COOK, Thomas LINN, Colin BROWN, Paul DONEGAN
  • Publication number: 20240124921
    Abstract: Detecting analytes using proximity-induced tagmentation, strand invasion, restriction, or ligation is provided herein. In some examples, detecting an analyte includes coupling a donor recognition probe to a first portion of the analyte. The donor recognition probe includes a first recognition element specific to the first portion of the analyte, a first oligonucleotide corresponding to the first portion, and a transposase coupled to the first recognition element and the first oligonucleotide. An acceptor recognition probe is coupled to a second portion of the analyte. The acceptor recognition probe includes a second recognition element specific to the second portion of the analyte and a second oligonucleotide coupled to the second recognition element and corresponding to the second portion. The transposase is used to generate a reporter polynucleotide including the first and second oligonucleotides. The analyte is detected based on the reporter including comprising the first and second oligonucleotides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew KENNEDY, Sarah SHULTZABERGER, Kayla BUSBY, Colin BROWN, Andrew PRICE, Eric VERMAAS, Rigoberto PANTOJA, Matthew Feeley, Jennifer ZOU, Yong LI, Sepideh ALMASI, Anindita DUTTA, Michelle ALVAREZ
  • Publication number: 20240127906
    Abstract: This disclosure describes methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that can use a computationally efficient model to determine a corrected methylation-level value for a specific sample nucleotide sequence. For instance, the disclosed systems determine a false positive rate and a false negative rate at which a given methylation sequencing assay converts cytosine bases. Based on the determined false positive rate and false negative rate, the disclosed systems determine a corrected methylation-level value that corrects for a bias of the given methylation sequencing assay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Qi Wang, Suzanne Rohrback, Sarah Shultzaberger, Rebekah Karadeema, Leslie Beh Yee Ming, James Baye, Colin Brown
  • Publication number: 20240087161
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for estimating the 3D joint location of skeleton joints from an image segment of an object and a 2D joint heatmaps comprising 2D locations of skeleton joints on the image segment. This includes applying the image segment and 2D joint heatmaps to a convolutional neural network containing at least one 3D convolutional layer block, wherein the 2D resolution is reduced at each 3D convolutional layer and the depth resolution is expanded to produce an estimated depth for each joint. Combining the 2D location of each kind of joint with the estimated depth of the kind of joint generates an estimated 3D joint position of the skeleton joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Colin Brown, Louis Harbour
  • Patent number: 11875529
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for estimating the 3D joint location of skeleton joints from an image segment of an object and a 2D joint heatmaps comprising 2D locations of skeleton joints on the image segment. This includes applying the image segment and 2D joint heatmaps to a convolutional neural network containing at least one 3D convolutional layer block, wherein the 2D resolution is reduced at each 3D convolutional layer and the depth resolution is expanded to produce an estimated depth for each joint. Combining the 2D location of each kind of joint with the estimated depth of the kind of joint generates an estimated 3D joint position of the skeleton joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: HINGE HEALTH, INC.
    Inventors: Colin Brown, Louis Harbour
  • Publication number: 20230313271
    Abstract: This disclosure describes methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that can use a machine-learning to determine factors or scores indicating an error level with which a given methylation assay detects methylation of cytosine bases. For instance, the disclosed systems use a machine-learning model to generate a bias score indicating a degree to which a given methylation assay errs in detecting cytosine methylation when specific sequence contexts surround such cytosines compared to other sequence contexts. The machine-learning model may take various forms of models, including a decision-tree model, a neural network, or a combination of a decision-tree model and a neural network. In some cases, the disclosed system combines or uses bias scores from multiple machine-learning models to generate a consensus bias score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Steven Norberg, Luis Fernando Camarillo Guerrero, Colin Brown, Andrea Manzo, Sarah E. Shultzaberger, Michael Eberle, Sepideh Almasi, Suzanne Rohrback, Pascale Mathonet, Egor Dolzhenko
  • Publication number: 20230274145
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an activity recognition system for asymmetric (e.g., left- and right- handed) activities that leverages the symmetry intrinsic to most human and animal bodies. Specifically, described is 1) a human activity recognition system that only recognizes handed activities but is inferenced twice, once with input flipped, to identify both left- and right- handed activities and 2) a training method for learning-based implementations of the aforementioned system that flips all training instances (and associated labels) to appear left-handed and in doing so, balances the training dataset between left- and right-handed activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Colin Brown, Andrey Tolstikhin