Patents by Inventor Craig Ryan

Craig Ryan 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: 12243498
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display comprising a fluid including a first species of particles and a charge control agent disposed between first and second electrodes. When a first addressing impulse have an electrical polarity is applied to the medium, the first species of particles move in one direction relative to the electric field, but when a second addressing impulse, larger than the first addressing impulse but having the same electrical polarity, is applied to the medium, the first species of particles move in the opposed direction relative to the electric field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen J. Telfer, Stephen Bull, Alain Bouchard, Craig A. Herb, Kosta Ladavac, Ana L. Lattes, Jennifer M. Morrison, Richard J. Paolini, Jr., Michael Thomas Regan, Luke M. Slominski, Lee Yezek, Kenneth R. Crounse, J. Ryan Kruse, Christopher L. Hoogeboom, Jason D. Feick, David D. Miller
  • Publication number: 20250050837
    Abstract: In system and methods for loss mitigation, accident data associated with a vehicle accident involving a driver may be collected. The accident data may be analyzed, and a likely severity of the vehicle accident may be determined based upon the analysis of the accident data. A communication related to emergency assistance or an emergency assistance recommendation may be generated based upon the determined likely severity of the vehicle accident, and transmitted, via wireless communication, from one or more remote servers to a mobile device associated with the driver A wireless communication from the driver indicating approval or modification of the emergency assistance or emergency assistance recommendation may be received. A third party may be notified, via a communication sent from the remote server(s), of requested emergency assistance as approved or modified by the driver. An estimated insurance claim may also be generated based upon vehicle accident likely severity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Potter, Mark E. Clauss, Dustin Ryan Carter, Douglas A. Graff, Megan Michal Baumann, Atlanta Bonnom, Craig Benjamin Cope, Jennifer Luella Lawyer, Curtis Simpson, Nathan W. Baumann
  • Patent number: 12217431
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a panoptic segmentation mask for an input image. The methods include receiving the input image comprising a plurality of pixels, generating a semantic mask and an instance mask from the input image, and combining the semantic mask and the instance mask to generate a panoptic mask for the input image. The semantic mask includes a single-channel mask that associates each pixel in the input image with a corresponding one of a plurality of labels. The instance mask includes a plurality of masks, where each of the plurality of masks identifies an instance of a countable object in the input image, and is associated with an indication of whether that instance of the countable object is hidden behind another object in the input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Guy Hotson, Nicolas Cebron, John Ryan Peterson, Marius Seritan, Craig Bryan
  • Publication number: 20240179181
    Abstract: A system and method for authorization policy evaluation. Authorization policies are authored in a general-purpose authorization language. An evaluation engine is used in a provider network by application developers to manage access within their applications based on fine-grained permissions. The policy language combines elements of role-based and attributed-based access control within an intuitive syntax and efficient evaluation strategy. The policy syntax separates role-based expressions of a policy from attribute-based expressions of the policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Emina TORLAK, Darin MCADAMS, Neha RUNGTA, Michael W. HICKS, Craig Ryan DISSELKOEN, Aaron Joseph ELINE, John Holman KASTNER, Kyle HEADLEY, Anwar MAMAT, Richard Matthew MCCUTCHEN, Andrew Marshall WELLS, Kesha Hanne HIETALA, Shaobo HE, Mark Edward STALZER, Julian LOVELOCK
  • Publication number: 20210309268
    Abstract: System and methods are provided for warning a worker of a rail vehicle, or an operator of the rail vehicle of the worker. The system includes a worker device, a vehicle device, and a central server. The devices and server operate on one or a combination of actual or simulated satellite navigational signals, and beacon signals to determine the position of the devices, to generate a warning. The position determination may prioritize beacon signals over satellite navigation signals. The position determination may involve correcting a calculated position based on a measured power level of the beacon signal received from the beacon transmitter, an elapsed time since a previous beacon signal was last received by the device from the beacon transmitter, an elapsed time since a previous satellite navigation signal was received by the device, or an accuracy of the position of the device based on the satellite navigation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Douglas Grant Fisher, Robert Donovan, Craig Ryan van der Veen, Carl William Lorimer
  • Patent number: 11059503
    Abstract: System and methods are provided for warning a worker of a rail vehicle, or an operator of the rail vehicle of the worker. The system includes a worker device, a vehicle device, and a central server. The devices and server operate on one or a combination of actual or simulated satellite navigational signals, and beacon signals to determine the position of the devices, to generate a warning. The position determination may prioritize beacon signals over satellite navigation signals. The position determination may involve correcting a calculated position based on a measured power level of the beacon signal received from the beacon transmitter, an elapsed time since a previous beacon signal was last received by the device from the beacon transmitter, an elapsed time since a previous satellite navigation signal was received by the device, or an accuracy of the position of the device based on the satellite navigation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventors: Douglas Grant Fisher, Robert Donovan, Craig Ryan van der Veen, Carl William Lorimer
  • Publication number: 20210155275
    Abstract: System and methods are provided for warning a worker of a rail vehicle, or an operator of the rail vehicle of the worker. The system includes a worker device, a vehicle device, and a central server. The devices and server operate on one or a combination of actual or simulated satellite navigational signals, and beacon signals to determine the position of the devices, to generate a warning. The position determination may prioritize beacon signals over satellite navigation signals. The position determination may involve correcting a calculated position based on a measured power level of the beacon signal received from the beacon transmitter, an elapsed time since a previous beacon signal was last received by the device from the beacon transmitter, an elapsed time since a previous satellite navigation signal was received by the device, or an accuracy of the position of the device based on the satellite navigation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Douglas Grant Fisher, Robert Donovan, Craig Ryan van der Veen, Carl William Lorimer
  • Patent number: 10922414
    Abstract: Devices, systems, methods, and computer program products for managing network access control with a build system are disclosed. The build system controls network filtering at retail stores based on identifiers of Point of Sale devices connected to the store's LAN (Local Area Network). This filtering places only authorized devices on a virtual LAN within the LAN that is reserved for POS terminals. The network access control is managed by a process built into the build system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew James Wipf, David Pankratz, Joseph Eckberg, Kevin Newland, Adam Joseph Nawrocki, Craig Ryan Janssen, Dylan Essing
  • Publication number: 20200104505
    Abstract: Devices, systems, methods, and computer program products for managing network access control with a build system are disclosed. The build system controls network filtering at retail stores based on identifiers of Point of Sale devices connected to the store's LAN (Local Area Network). This filtering places only authorized devices on a virtual LAN within the LAN that is reserved for POS terminals. The network access control is managed by a process built into the build system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew James Wipf, David Pankratz, Joseph Eckberg, Kevin Newland, Adam Joseph Nawrocki, Craig Ryan Janssen, Dylan Essing
  • Publication number: 20060100956
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a method of updating an internet search engine database with the results of a user's selection of specific web page listings from the general web page listing provided to the user as a result of his initial keyword search entry. By updating the database with the selections of many different users, the database can be updated to prioritize those web listings that have been selected the most with respect to a given keyword, and thereby presenting first the most popular web page listings in a subsequent search using the same keyword search entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Grant Ryan, Shaun Ryan, Craig Ryan, Wayne Munro, Del Robinson
  • Publication number: 20020161461
    Abstract: A computer aided game apparatus is disclosed for tracking location and distance on a golf course, recommending club selection, recording golfer performance statistics, receiving notification via a pager, and playing infomercials during the course of a golf game. The apparatus has a processor connected to a memory which is suitably supports a geographic information system (GIS), a player performance database, and an infomercial database. The apparatus has a global positioning receiver which operates in conjunction with the GIS for indicating the current position of the golfer. The GPS receiver is connected to the processor which in turn drives a convenient, intuitive touch screen display. The apparatus has a pager which allows for direct contact with the golfer. To support data networking, the microprocessor is also connected to one or more interface ports, including an infra-red port, a parallel port, a serial port, and a PCMCIA port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Lawrence Patrick Lobb, Brandon Scott Lobb, Craig Ryan Spradling
  • Patent number: 5810680
    Abstract: A computer aided game apparatus is disclosed for tracking location and distance on a golf course, recommending club selection, recording golfer performance statistics, receiving notification via a pager, and playing infomercials during the course of a golf game. The apparatus has a processor connected to a memory which is suitably supports a geographic information system (GIS), a player performance database, and an infomercial database. The apparatus has a global positioning receiver which operates in conjunction with the GIS for indicating the current position of the golfer. The GPS receiver is connected to the processor which in turn drives a convenient, intuitive touch screen display. The apparatus has a pager which allows for direct contact with the golfer. To support data networking, the microprocessor is also connected to one or more interface ports, including an infra-red port, a parallel port, a serial port, and a PCMCIA port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Lawrence P. Lobb
    Inventors: Lawrence Patrick Lobb, Brandon Scott Lobb, Craig Ryan Spradling
  • Patent number: 5412672
    Abstract: Optical wave-guides, e.g. fibres, for use as photonic amplifiers have a path region partly or, preferably, wholly composed as a silica/germania glass with 0.1 to 5000 ppm mole of Er.sup.3+ as a lasing additive and alumina to adjust the bandwidth, the Ge:Al mole ratio being more than 2.8, e.g. 1:0.001 to 0.25. It is surprising that low amounts of alumina have a useful and significant effect on the lasing bandwidth whereby frequency division multiplex is facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited company
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Ainslie, Susan P. Craig-Ryan
  • Patent number: D383513
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Sport Maska, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Ryan, Andrew Haber
  • Patent number: D390345
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Sport Maska, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederic Aird, Michel Laferriere, Neil Wensley, Craig Ryan, Hubert Gagnon, Edward Norton, Zenon Smotrycz
  • Patent number: D397862
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Sport Maska Inc.
    Inventors: Frederic Aird, Michel Laferriere, Neil Wensley, Craig Ryan, Hubert Gagnon
  • Patent number: D400700
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Sport Maska Inc.
    Inventors: Frederic Aird, Michel Laferriere, Neil Wensley, Craig Ryan, Hubert Gagnon
  • Patent number: D402327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Sport Maska Inc.
    Inventors: Frederic Aird, Michel Laferriere, Neil Wensley, Craig Ryan, Hubert Gagnon, Edward Norton, Zenon Smotrycz
  • Patent number: D405245
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Sport Maska, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederic Aird, Craig Ryan, Neil Wensley
  • Patent number: D405596
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Sport Maska, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick Aird, Michel Laferriere, Neil Wensley, Craig Ryan