Patents by Inventor David A. Sharp

David A. Sharp 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).

  • Publication number: 20220341488
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an improved cogwheel permitting enhanced meshing of cogwheels when operating perpendicularly. Exemplary embodiments introduce a multi-cogwheel design with specific dimensions and tooth profiles to permit perpendicular engagement of cogwheels whilst permitting translation of such cogwheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Ocado Innovation Limited
    Inventors: Yongji ZHOU, Joseph ZAMMIT, Sean CLARK, Ben THOMAS, David SHARP, Sergey ZHELYABOVSKIY, Kris TURNER
  • Patent number: 11429399
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for implementing a configuration container that can store user configuration files. One of the methods includes receiving a request to launch a configuration container from a configuration container image. A configuration container is launched using the configuration container image and a persistent storage volume is attached to the configuration container. A plurality of user configuration files are copied into the persistent storage volume. A configuration file is received for launching a workload on a container orchestration platform, wherein the configuration file includes a reference to the configuration container. A request to launch the workload on the container orchestration platform using the configuration file is received. A plurality of containers are provisioned and the workload is launched using the plurality of containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Pivotal Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Vigil, Goutam Tadi, David Sharp, Karen Huddleston, Oz Basarir
  • Publication number: 20220251404
    Abstract: A waterborne protective coating system is disclosed that comprises at least one binder, water, and a dispersion of 2D material/graphitic nanoplatelets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: William Weaver, Lynn Chikosha, A Bell, Matthew David Sharp
  • Patent number: 11399213
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for a media device upgrading system. An embodiment operates by receiving a command at a media device that includes an upgrader device connected via or plugged into an input port of the media device. It is determined that the command is associated with modifying a software component of the media device, wherein both the media device and the upgrader device include operating systems configured to process the command and modify the software component. The command is provided to the upgrader device based on a determination that the media device is in an upgrader mode of operation. A visual indication corresponding to the modification is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: ROKU, INC.
    Inventors: David Mendenhall, David Sharp, Mark Ely, Jim Funk, Charles Smith, Andrew Schultz, Anthony Wood
  • Patent number: 11377309
    Abstract: A storage system as disclosed can maximize storage capacity whilst remaining scalable. A transporting device is arranged to form a cluster with a reconfigurable physical topology. A transporting device can cooperate with a portion of a surface, and with at least one other transporting device in a cluster with a reconfigurable physical topology. An item receiving space and a relocating unit permit relocation of the transporting device within the cluster by way of interaction with the portion of the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew John Ingram-Tedd, David Sharp, Joseph Zammit, Ben Thomas, Sean Clark, Graham Deacon
  • Publication number: 20220119649
    Abstract: A tiecoat coating composition for use in a coating system for a metallic substrate comprising at least three coating layers is disclosed. The system has a primer coating layer which overlies the metallic substrate, a tiecoat coating layer which overlies the primer coating layer, and a finish coating layer which overlies the tiecoat coating layer. The primer coating layer is formed from a primer composition, the tiecoat coating layer is formed from a tiecoat composition, and the finish coating layer is formed from a finish composition. The primer composition comprises a primer carrier medium and a primer corrosion inhibitor in which the primer inhibitor has a galvanic cathodic mechanism. The finish composition is formulated to give a predetermined surface texture and appearance. The tiecoat composition comprises a tiecoat carrier medium and a tiecoat corrosion inhibitor. The tiecoat corrosion inhibitor has a barrier mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Lynn Chikosha, Matthew David Sharp, Samuel Edward Whitehead, William Weaver
  • Publication number: 20220018949
    Abstract: An exemplary communications system includes a first base station and a second base station. The first base station transmits a first signal to the second base station, and the second base station receives the first signal and transmits a second signal in response. The first base station receives the second signal and transmits a third signal in response. A receiving unit of a device receives the first, second, and third signals. The device measures a first delay time between receipt of the first signal and receipt of the second signal, and measures a first round trip time based on receipt of the second signal and the third signal. A second round trip time and a second delay time are determined and a first time difference of arrival is calculated based on the first round trip time, first delay time, second round trip time and second delay time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Ocado Innovation Limited
    Inventors: David SHARP, Joseph ZAMMIT
  • Publication number: 20220009710
    Abstract: There is provided a container maneuvering apparatus arranged to provide an interface between a container-conveying system and a container-storage system. More specifically, there is disclosed a container maneuvering apparatus arranged to load/unload a container into/from a carriage. Optionally, the carriage is a Magway carriage. The carriage can be made stationary before loading/unloading the container by the container-conveying system. The carriage and container can match velocities so that both are moving, but at the same velocity, whilst loading/unloading operations are performed by the container maneuvering apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Sean CLARK, Joseph ZAMMIT, Ben THOMAS, Andrew John INGRAM-TEDD, Matthew WHELAN, David SHARP, Paul CLARKE
  • Publication number: 20210382727
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for implementing a configuration container that can store user configuration files. One of the methods includes receiving a request to launch a configuration container from a configuration container image. A configuration container is launched using the configuration container image and a persistent storage volume is attached to the configuration container. A plurality of user configuration files are copied into the persistent storage volume. A configuration file is received for launching a workload on a container orchestration platform, wherein the configuration file includes a reference to the configuration container. A request to launch the workload on the container orchestration platform using the configuration file is received. A plurality of containers are provisioned and the workload is launched using the plurality of containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jason Vigil, Goutam Tadi, David Sharp, Karen Huddleston, Oz Basarir
  • Publication number: 20210340541
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for inhibiting or treating metastasis based on discoveries regarding Kif19 and Cep192. Methods and compositions are provided for enhancing wound healing, treating fibrosis, reducing scarring and treating nerve pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
    Inventors: David SHARP, Brian O'ROURKE
  • Publication number: 20210328706
    Abstract: A wireless communication system having base stations, remotely located terminal units and a base station controller. The base stations and the remotely located terminal units communicate data over operational wireless communication links between them. The base stations include respective in-channel detectors and out-of-channel detectors for detecting radar or other extraneous received signals. The in-channel detectors analyse signals over the operational communication links. The out-of-channel detectors include respective out-of-channel receiver elements that monitor possibly available channels alternative to the respective operational communication link channels. The base station controller registers whether channels are available or not for communication links, and allocates to the base stations respective target channel parameters including frequencies available for operational and alternative communication links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: David SHARP, Amy STEPHENS, Montague Fraser BARLOW, Adam Nikolai GREEN, Fraser Murray EDWARDS
  • Patent number: 11131765
    Abstract: A device can determine its position in a communications system. A scalable solution permits multiple devices to be used in one area without detrimental effect on the accuracy or latency of the position determining. The communications system includes a first base station arranged to transmit a first signal to a second base station arranged receive the first signal and transmit a second signal to the first base station in response The first base station is arranged to receive the second signal and transmit a third signal to the second base station in response to the second signal delay time measuring unit, round trip time measuring unit, a base station timings unit and a calculating unit are used to calculate a first time difference of arrival based on a first round trip time, first delay time, second round trip time and a second delay time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: David Sharp, Joseph Zammit
  • Publication number: 20210289247
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for a crowd sourced indexing and/or searching of content. An embodiment operates by receiving one or more requests for content from one or more media devices, each request comprising content identifier information that identifies the content, determining whether crowd sourced content index information has been generated for the content, transmitting a response to the one or more media devices of the one or more media devices, in response to the one or more requests, the response comprising content location information and a content indexing request, and receiving content index information for the content identified by the content identifier information from the one or more media devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Roku, Inc.
    Inventor: David SHARP
  • Publication number: 20210271445
    Abstract: A display device has a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions executed by the processor to make a first determination that an internal display device speaker is disabled. A second determination that an external sound system is unavailable is established. A prompt is provided in response to the first determination and the second determination. The prompt includes an option to enable the internal display device speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Roku, Inc.
    Inventor: David SHARP
  • Publication number: 20210249242
    Abstract: A portable ion mobility spectrometry apparatus (1) for detecting an aerosol and a method for using the apparatus. The apparatus comprises an ion mobility spectrometer (3); a portable power source (5) carried by the apparatus for providing power to the apparatus (1); an inlet (7) for collecting a flow of air to be tested by the spectrometer (3); a heater (4) configured to heat the air to be tested to vapourise an aerosol carried by the air and a controller (2) configured to control the spectrometer (3) to obtain samples from the heated air, wherein the controller is configured to increase a heat output from the heater (4) for a selected time period before obtaining samples from the heated air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: David Sharp, Alastair Clark, William Munro, Paul Amold, John Fitzgerald, David Cutmore, Rod Wilson
  • Patent number: 11063687
    Abstract: A wireless communication system having base stations, remotely located terminal units and a base station controller. The base stations and the remotely located terminal units communicate data over operational wireless communication links between them. The base stations include respective in-channel detectors and out-of-channel detectors for detecting radar or other extraneous received signals. The in-channel detectors analyse signals over the operational communication links. The out-of-channel detectors include respective out-of-channel receiver elements that monitor possibly available channels alternative to the respective operational communication link channels. The base station controller registers whether channels are available or not for communication links, and allocates to the base stations respective target channel parameters including frequencies available for operational and alternative communication links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: David Sharp, Amy Stephens, Montague Fraser Barlow, Adam Nikolai Green, Fraser Murray Edwards
  • Publication number: 20210208557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for accurately and safely directing the movement of shooting range targets, and more specifically, to provide self-calibration and synchronicity to programmable target carriers and automatically resetting targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Action Target Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Green, Cory Haflett, Tim Hakala, David Sharp, Christopher Hess, Devin Anderson
  • Patent number: 11042347
    Abstract: A display device has a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions executed by the processor to make a first determination that an internal display device speaker is disabled. A second determination that an external sound system is unavailable is established. A prompt is provided in response to the first determination and the second determination. The prompt includes an option to enable the internal display device speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventor: David Sharp
  • Patent number: 11028391
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for inhibiting or treating metastasis based on discoveries regarding Kif19 and Cep192. Methods and compositions are provided for enhancing wound healing, treating fibrosis, reducing scarring and treating nerve pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
    Inventors: David Sharp, Brian O'Rourke
  • Patent number: 11029134
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting hits to a target carrier and taking corrective measures and/or for detecting hits to a target carried by the target carrier may include one or more sensors or cameras disposed in conjunction with the target carrier. The target carrier may be provided with a processor in communication with a sensor, and the processor may also be in communication with a motor and/or actuator of the target carrier. The sensor may be able to sense hits to the target carrier and send a strike signal to the processor in response to such hits. The processor may then take corrective action, such as causing the target carrier to return to a home position, cause the target actuator to turn or edge the target, and/or send a signal to the range operators that the target carrier has been hit. The target carrier may also be provided with a camera for visualizing a target carried by the target carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Action Target Inc.
    Inventors: David Sharp, Todd Rupper