Patents by Inventor Dan Thompson
Dan Thompson 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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Patent number: 11935316Abstract: Multimodal techniques are described for classifying start pages and document types of an unstructured document image package. To that end, some implementations of the disclosure relate to a method, including: obtaining a document image file including multiple pages and multiple document types; generating, for each page of the multiple pages, using multiple independent trained models, multiple independent predictions, each of the multiple independent predictions indicating: whether or not the page is a first page of a document, or a document type of the multiple document types that the page corresponds to; and generating, for each page of the multiple pages, based on the multiple independent predictions, using a neural network, a final prediction output indicating whether or not the page is the first page of a document, or one of the multiple document types that the page corresponds to.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATIONInventors: Arun Rangarajan, Dan Thompson, Madhu Kolli, Ritaprava Dutta, Zheqi Tan
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Publication number: 20240068857Abstract: There is provided a method of measuring liquid volume in a sealed container of a breast pump of known volume comprising liquid and gas. The method includes a measurement phase, measuring the volume of gas in the container by changing a first parameter of the gas by a known amount. The method also includes measuring a change in a second parameter of the gas; calculating the volume of gas in the container using the measured change and a predetermined operation equation; and determining the volume of liquid in the container based on the calculation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Chris Irlam, Jeremy Crouch, Tom Malloy, Brian McVeigh, Jonathan Heffer, Ben Pescud, Jack Biltcliffe, Dara O'Shea, Dan Thompson
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Publication number: 20240066192Abstract: An in-bra wearable breast pump is provided. The breast pump includes an air pump system for generating a base level vacuum and a pumping vacuum, a breast shield for receiving a user's breast and having a first side and a second side, a first channel for drawing the base level vacuum on the first side of the breast shield, and a second channel for drawing the pumping vacuum on the second side of the breast shield.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Jeremy Crouch, Tom Malloy, Brian McVeigh, Chris Irlam, Jack Biltcliffe, Dara O'Shea, Dan Thompson
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Patent number: 11880185Abstract: Systems and methods for improved liquid dispensing system communications are disclosed. In an example method for communicating control data between a plurality of component of a liquid dispensing system, a controller of a first component of a liquid dispensing system publishes a control data message to a composite controller associated with the plurality of component. Based on a classification of the control data message, a second component is determined to be a subscriber for the control data message. The composite controller then transmits the control data message to a controller of the second component.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventors: Andreas Bornkessel, Bernhard Meyer, Per Winkelmann, Hartmut Crull, Andreas Ehlers, Scott Means, Dan Thompson, James Beal, Peter Estelle
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Publication number: 20230264322Abstract: Disclosed are vise embodiments designed to lower manufacturing cost and work well in an automated CNC milling production environment. The disclosed embodiments include rigid vises having high clamp force and low internal friction. The embodiments include features for resisting the ingress of metal chips into sensitive moving parts through the use of commonly available seals and the flow of CNC coolant to flush metal chips away from the vise.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Alexander D. YOUNGWERTH, Albert James YOUNGWERTH, Benjamin Thomas BLAINE, Eric LEBSACK, Dan THOMPSON
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Publication number: 20210240157Abstract: Systems and methods for improved liquid dispensing system communications are disclosed. In an example method for communicating control data between a plurality of component of a liquid dispensing system, a controller of a first component of a liquid dispensing system publishes a control data message to a composite controller associated with the plurality of component. Based on a classification of the control data message, a second component is determined to be a subscriber for the control data message. The composite controller then transmits the control data message to a controller of the second component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Andreas Bornkessel, Bernhard Meyer, Per Winkelmann, Hartmut Crull, Andreas Ehlers, Scott Means, Dan Thompson, James Beal, Peter Estelle
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Publication number: 20210219841Abstract: The present invention provides a combined radiotherapy and MRI system in which an imaging coil is mounted on a mechanical arm. The position of the imaging coil is thus known and in embodiments can be controlled to prevent collisions with the patient and unfavourable interactions between the imaging coil and the radiation beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Gregory TRAUSCH, Kevin BROWN, Dan THOMPSON
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Patent number: 10945605Abstract: The present invention provides a combined radiotherapy and MRI system in which an imaging coil is mounted on a mechanical arm. The position of the imaging coil is thus known and in embodiments can be controlled to prevent collisions with the patient and unfavourable interactions between the imaging coil and the radiation beam.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: ELEKTA LIMITEDInventors: Gregory Trausch, Kevin Brown, Dan Thompson
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Patent number: 9486647Abstract: In various embodiments, a system for controlling radiotherapy equipment in a treatment environment includes a controller for receiving, from one or more image capture devices, data indicating the position of one or more objects in the treatment environment. Based on the position data, the controller defines one or more exclusionary zones from which the radiotherapy equipment is excluded. Each zone has a buffer area surrounding one or more of the objects. The controller further directs the radiotherapy equipment such that a radiotherapy treatment plan is delivered without the equipment entering into the exclusionary zones.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2012Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: ELEKTA AB (PUBL)Inventors: Per H. Bergfjord, Dan Thompson, Kevin Brown, Christopher Knox, Andrew Long, Stephen Young
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Publication number: 20160113570Abstract: The present invention provides a combined radiotherapy and MRI system in which an imaging coil is mounted on a mechanical arm. The position of the imaging coil is thus known and in embodiments can be controlled to prevent collisions with the patient and unfavourable interactions between the imaging coil and the radiation beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2015Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Gregory TRAUSCH, Kevin Brown, Dan Thompson
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Publication number: 20140044788Abstract: A solid oral dosage pharmaceutical formulation of (R)-2-Amino-7-[4-fluoro-2-(6-methoxy-pyridin-2-yl)-phenyl]-4-methyl-7,8-dihydro-6H-pyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidin-5-one or its salt; and a surfactant or an acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Novartis AGInventors: Daya Verma, Yue (Helen) Teng, Rajinder Singh, Dan Thompson
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Publication number: 20130289796Abstract: In various embodiments, a system for controlling radiotherapy equipment in a treatment environment includes a controller for receiving, from one or more image capture devices, data indicating the position of one or more objects in the treatment environment. Based on the position data, the controller defines one or more exclusionary zones from which the radiotherapy equipment is excluded. Each zone has a buffer area surrounding one or more of the objects. The controller further directs the radiotherapy equipment such that a radiotherapy treatment plan is delivered without the equipment entering into the exclusionary zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventors: Per H. Bergfjord, Dan Thompson, Kevin Brown, Christopher Knox, Andrew Long, Stephen Young
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Publication number: 20110287069Abstract: A solid oral dosage pharmaceutical formulation of (R)-2-Amino-7-[4-fluoro-2-(6-methoxy-pyridin-2-yl)-phenyl]-4-methyl-7,8-dihydro-6H-pyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidin-5-one or its salt; and a surfactant or an acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Inventors: Daya Verma, Yue (Helen) Teng, Rajinder Singh, Dan Thompson
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Patent number: 7487176Abstract: Systems and methods for extending a directory schema independent of schema modification are described. In one aspect, a directory schema data structure includes a flexible attribute data field. The flexible attribute data field identifies a complex data type. The complex data type is used to express one or more operational or data providing properties of a flexible attribute. The one or more operational or data providing properties are independent of the complex data type and independent of directory schema modification. The directory schema data structure also includes a flexible structural object content class to encapsulate the flexible attribute.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2004Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stewart P. MacLeod, James H. Booth, Kim Cameron, Jonathan A. Fischer, Max L. Benson, Felix Wong, Robert Dan Thompson, IV, Hilal Al-Hilali
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Patent number: 7359907Abstract: Systems and methods for extending a directory schema independent of schema modification are described. In one aspect, a directory schema data structure includes a flexible attribute data field. The flexible attribute data field identifies a complex data type. The complex data type is used to express one or more operational or data providing properties of a flexible attribute. The one or more operational or data providing properties are independent of the complex data type and independent of directory schema modification. The directory schema data structure also includes a flexible structural object content class to encapsulate the flexible attribute.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2004Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stewart P. MacLeod, James H. Booth, Kim Cameron, Jonathan A. Fischer, Max L. Benson, Felix W. Wong, Robert Dan Thompson, Hilal Al-Hilali
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Patent number: 6952704Abstract: The described arrangements and procedures provide a directory schema with object classes that have flexible attributes. This means that attributes can be extended independent of modifications to the directory schema. Specifically, an object instance of a content class described in the directory schema is instantiated. The content class includes a flexible attribute having a data type. A property is assigned to the attribute. The property is any combination of an operational and data providing property. The property is independent of the attribute's data type. Thus, without modifying the directory schema, multiple instances of the same object class can have attributes that provide completely different data types and completely different data operations.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2001Date of Patent: October 4, 2005Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stewart P. MacLeod, James H. Booth, Kim Cameron, Jonathan A. Fischer, Max L. Benson, Felix Wong, Robert Dan Thompson IV, Hilal Al-Hilali
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Publication number: 20030105770Abstract: The described arrangements and procedures provide a directory schema with object classes that have flexible attributes. This means that attributes can be extended independent of modifications to the directory schema. Specifically, an object instance of a content class described in the directory schema is instantiated. The content class includes a flexible attribute having a data type. A property is assigned to the attribute. The property is any combination of an operational and data providing property. The property is independent of the attribute's data type. Thus, without modifying the directory schema, multiple instances of the same object class can have attributes that provide completely different data types and completely different data operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2001Publication date: June 5, 2003Inventors: Stewart MacLeod, James H. Booth, Kim Cameron, Jonathan A. Fischer, Max L. Benson, Felix Wong, Robert Dan Thompson, Hilal Al-Hilali
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Patent number: 5820499Abstract: A tubular table tennis ball storage and discharge magazine formed with a lateral discharge opening and positioned gravitationally to feed the balls to the opening, the magazine having elastic retainers at the opening to hold the advance ball poised for selection.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 1996Date of Patent: October 13, 1998Inventors: Keith Thomas, Dan Thompson
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Patent number: D689586Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2011Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Solar JugginInventors: Roberta Zuch, Sam Iravantchi, Dan Thompson, Doug Walker
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Patent number: D1017795Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Callum Ross Gordon, Ryan Anthony Graham, Bruno Sintive, Mark Andrew Thompson, Amit Galgali, Vicky Dan Gao, Cameron Robert Willis, Jake Baker Hocking, Priyanka Ferdinand Pereira