Patents by Inventor Colin Leonard
Colin Leonard 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: 20240351282Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) printing system is configured to manufacture a plurality of arcuate 3D articles. The 3D printing system includes a build vessel, at least one build assembly, a light engine, and a controller. The at least one build assembly individually includes an axle, a build plate, and a motorized gear assembly. The motorized gear assembly is coupled to the axle and configured to rotationally position the axle about an axis of rotation. The light engine is located above the build vessel. The controller is configured to operate the motorized gear assembly to incrementally rotate the build plates about the axis of rotation between a plurality of stop positions. The controller is configured to operate the light engine at individual stop positions to selectively irradiate the photocurable liquid within a plurality of spatially separated build planes that are individually above one of the plurality of build plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2024Publication date: October 24, 2024Inventor: Colin Leonard Blain
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Patent number: 11534980Abstract: A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional (3D) article includes: (1) receiving a solid model defining a 3D article, (2) receiving information defining an information bearing image which can includes machine and/or human readable indicia, (3) defining a solid model of a 3D tag to be attached to the article, the 3D tag having thick sections and thin sections that define the information bearing image, (4) merging the solid model of the 3D article with the solid model of the 3D tag to provide a composite solid model defining the 3D article integral with the 3D tag, (5) sending the composite solid model to an additive manufacturing system, and (6) operating the additive manufacturing print engine to integrally fabricate the 3D article and 3D tag from a single material.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: 3D Systems, Inc.Inventor: Colin Leonard Blain
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Patent number: 11485075Abstract: A three-dimensional printing system includes a print engine and a controller. The controller in turn includes a processor coupled to a non-transient memory. The non-transient memory stores software instructions that when executed by the processor cause the controller to operate the print engine to fabricate a body. The body includes a three-dimensional arrangement of 3D articles that are pairwise coupled together. An individual pair of the arrangement of 3D articles includes a first article and a second article. A curved body couples a first surface of the first article to the second article. The curved body intersects the first surface to define a closed intersection curve that bounds a break surface. Along the closed intersection curve a surface of the curved body subtends an acute angle with the first surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: 3D SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Colin Leonard Blain, Joseph Chang, Evan Kuester
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Publication number: 20220305341Abstract: A practice wall for sports having a plurality of panels arranged in a series of rows and columns. The columns are joined by hinges such that the columns can be folded to create various profiles which will cause a ball to reflect differently depending on the goals of the athlete. In one embodiment the panels can be readily disassembled so the wall can be temporarily erected, stored, and reassembled. In some embodiments the inventive practice wall can be fitted with instrumentation to provide objective performance data to the athlete or a coach.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2021Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Richard T. Herbst, JR., Jon Colin Leonard
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Patent number: 11335378Abstract: An audio processing system includes a server complex in communication with a network. The server complex receives a digital audio file and one or more analog domain control settings from a client device across the network. A digital-to-analog converter converts the digital audio file to an analog signal. One or more analog signal processors apply at least one analog modification to the analog signal in accordance with the one or more analog domain control settings. An analog-to-digital converter converts the modified analog signal to a modified digital audio file. The server complex can then deliver the modified digital audio file to the client device across the network.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventor: Colin Leonard
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Patent number: 11298885Abstract: A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional article includes (1) receiving a data file, (2) analyzing the data file, and (3) defining a support structure. The data file defines a hollow three-dimensional article to be formed from a build material. Analyzing the data file includes identifying an opening that converges to an apex along the sequence of layers. The opening is at least partly defined by an inside edge of the three-dimensional article. The support structure is attached to the edge and closes the opening. The support structure includes a structural sheet portion and an interface web portion. The structure sheet portion defines a majority of an area of the support structure except for a boundary contour between the structural sheet portion and the inside edge. The interface web portion closes the boundary contour and defines a weakness contour for removing the structural portion from the three-dimensional article.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: 3D Systems, Inc.Inventor: Colin Leonard Blain
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Patent number: 11116698Abstract: A method of installing and removing a rotation mechanism within a plurality of pill dispensing assemblies, the method including installing the rotation mechanism in a first pill dispensing assembly of the plurality of pill dispensing assemblies, removing the rotation mechanism from the first pill dispensing assembly, and installing the rotation mechanism in a second pill dispensing assembly of the plurality of pill dispensing assemblies.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Pill Development Group, LLCInventors: Robert Owen Brady, Joseph B. Bujalski, Jeffery S. Heitzenrater, Matthew William Vergin, Jon Colin Leonard, Joel Raymond Chartier
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Patent number: 11074031Abstract: An audio processing system (100) includes a server complex (102) in communication with a network (103). The server complex (102) receives a digital audio file (104) and one or more analog domain control settings (111) from a client device (101) across the network. A digital-to-analog converter (118) converts the digital audio file (104) to an analog signal (119). One or more analog signal processors (105,106) apply at least one analog modification (181) to the analog signal in accordance with the one or more analog domain control settings. An analog-to-digital converter (124) converts the modified analog signal to a modified digital audio file (125). The server complex can then deliver the modified digital audio file to the client device across the network.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Inventor: Colin Leonard
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Patent number: 11053065Abstract: A dispensing assembly, including a case including at least one aperture, a drive gear operatively arranged to engage the case, a tablet disc rotatably arranged in the case and including a plurality of compartments, and an electronics assembly, including a motor engaged with the drive gear, and a housing operatively arranged to engage the tablet disc, wherein the motor is arranged to rotate the electronics assembly and the tablet disc with respect to the case to align the plurality of compartments with the at least one aperture.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Pill Development Group, LLCInventors: Robert Owen Brady, Joseph B. Bujalski, Jeffery S. Heitzenrater, Matthew William Vergin, Jon Colin Leonard, Joel Raymond Chartier
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Publication number: 20210146614Abstract: A three-dimensional printing system includes a print engine and a controller. The controller in turn includes a processor coupled to a non-transient memory. The non- transient memory stores software instructions that when executed by the processor cause the controller to operate the print engine to fabricate a body. The body includes a three-dimensional arrangement of 3D articles that are pairwise coupled together. An individual pair of the arrangement of 3D articles includes a first article and a second article. A curved body couples a first surface of the first article to the second article. The curved body intersects the first surface to define a closed intersection curve that bounds a break surface. Along the closed intersection curve a surface of the curved body subtends an acute angle with the first surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Colin Leonard Blain, Joseph Chang, Evan Kuester
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Publication number: 20210146632Abstract: A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional (3D) article includes: (1) receiving a solid model defining a 3D article, (2) receiving information defining an information bearing image which can includes machine and/or human readable indicia, (3) defining a solid model of a 3D tag to be attached to the article, the 3D tag having thick sections and thin sections that define the information bearing image, (4) merging the solid model of the 3D article with the solid model of the 3D tag to provide a composite solid model defining the 3D article integral with the 3D tag, (5) sending the composite solid model to an additive manufacturing system, and (6) operating the additive manufacturing print engine to integrally fabricate the 3D article and 3D tag from a single material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventor: Colin Leonard Blain
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Patent number: 10772805Abstract: A tablet and capsule dispensing assembly, comprising a case including an inner circumferential surface having a first plurality of teeth a tablet disc having a plurality of tablets disposed circumferentially thereon, the tablet disc arranged to rotate within the case, and a lock arranged to engage with the first plurality of teeth to prevent rotation of the tablet disc in a first rotational direction during a first predetermined time interval.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Pill Development Group, LLCInventors: Robert Owen Brady, Joseph B. Bujalski, Jeffery S. Heitzenrater, Matthew William Vergin, Jon Colin Leonard, Joel Raymond Chartier
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Patent number: 10701206Abstract: A system can connect multiple disparate web products and services through a common interface. Each product can function with or without other plugins as the features are dynamic based on what plugins are available. Desktops for contact centers can provide dynamic adjustment for given usage contexts. Secure electronic communication between parties reduce exposure to a man-in-the-middle attack within a contact center deployment equipped with interactive voice response functionality.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Inventors: Benjamin Friend, Marat Irner, Christopher Connolly, Herbert Willi Artur Ristock, Leonid Vymenets, Colin Leonard, Vladimir Mezhibovsky, Josef Eric Eisner
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Patent number: 10653584Abstract: A dispensing assembly which includes a case having a superior component and inferior component, the superior component and inferior component operatively arranged to form a first cavity therebetween. A tablet disc is arranged within the first cavity having a plurality of tablets disposed about a circumference of the tablet disc, where the tablet disc is arranged to rotate about a central axis and within the case. The assembly further includes a lock to prevent rotation of the tablet disc in a first rotational direction during a first predetermined time interval. The lock includes a first component and a second component. The first component includes a display and a first circuit connected to the display. The second component includes an actuator, a catch, a plurality of teeth on an outer circumferential surface of the second component, and a ratchet operatively arranged to engage with the plurality of teeth and the case.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Pill Development Group, LLCInventors: Robert Owen Brady, Joseph B. Bujalski, Jeffery S. Heitzenrater, Matthew William Vergin, Jon Colin Leonard, Joel Raymond Chartier
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Publication number: 20200147894Abstract: A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional article includes (1) receiving a data file, (2) analyzing the data file, and (3) defining a support structure. The data file defines a hollow three-dimensional article to be formed from a build material. Analyzing the data file includes identifying an opening that converges to an apex along the sequence of layers. The opening is at least partly defined by an inside edge of the three-dimensional article. The support structure is attached to the edge and closes the opening. The support structure includes a structural sheet portion and an interface web portion. The structure sheet portion defines a majority of an area of the support structure except for a boundary contour between the structural sheet portion and the inside edge. The interface web portion closes the boundary contour and defines a weakness contour for removing the structural portion from the three-dimensional article.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventor: Colin Leonard Blain
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Publication number: 20200111507Abstract: An audio processing system includes a server complex in communication with a network. The server complex receives a digital audio file and one or more analog domain control settings from a client device across the network. A digital-to-analog converter converts the digital audio file to an analog signal. One or more analog signal processors apply at least one analog modification to the analog signal in accordance with the one or more analog domain control settings. An analog-to-digital converter converts the modified analog signal to a modified digital audio file. The server complex can then deliver the modified digital audio file to the client device across the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventor: Colin Leonard
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Patent number: 10546610Abstract: An audio processing system includes a server complex in communication with a network. The server complex receives a digital audio file and one or more analog domain control settings from a client device across the network. A digital-to-analog converter converts the digital audio file to an analog signal. One or more analog signal processors apply at least one analog modification to the analog signal in accordance with the one or more analog domain control settings. An analog-to-digital converter converts the modified analog signal to a modified digital audio file. The server complex can then deliver the modified digital audio file to the client device across the network.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Inventor: Colin Leonard
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Patent number: 10382475Abstract: A system can connect multiple disparate web products and services through a common interface. Each product can function with or without other plugins as the features are dynamic based on what plugins are available. Desktops for contact centers can provide dynamic adjustment for given usage contexts. Secure electronic communication between parties reduce exposure to a man-in-the-middle attack within a contact center deployment equipped with interactive voice response functionality.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Inventors: Benjamin Friend, Marat Irner, Christopher Connolly, Herbert Willi Artur Ristock, Leonid Vymenets, Colin Leonard, Vladimir Mezhibovsky, Josef Eric Eisner
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Publication number: 20190201293Abstract: A method of installing and removing a rotation mechanism within a plurality of pill dispensing assemblies, the method including installing the rotation mechanism in a first pill dispensing assembly of the plurality of pill dispensing assemblies, removing the rotation mechanism from the first pill dispensing assembly, and installing the rotation mechanism in a second pill dispensing assembly of the plurality of pill dispensing assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Robert Owen Brady, Joseph B. Bujalski, Jeffery S. Heitzenrater, Matthew William Vergin, Jon Colin Leonard, Joel Raymond Chartier
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Publication number: 20190091107Abstract: A dispensing assembly, including a case including at least one aperture, a drive gear operatively arranged to engage the case, a tablet disc rotatably arranged in the case and including a plurality of compartments, and an electronics assembly, including a motor engaged with the drive gear, and a housing operatively arranged to engage the tablet disc, wherein the motor is arranged to rotate the electronics assembly and the tablet disc with respect to the case to align the plurality of compartments with the at least one aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Robert Owen Brady, Joseph B. Bujalski, Jeffery S. Heitzenrater, Matthew William Vergin, Jon Colin Leonard, Joel Raymond Chartier