Patents by Inventor Douglas Browne

Douglas Browne 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: 20250147588
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to user interface control of a head-worn computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Nicholas Benjamin PELIS, Preston Douglas BROWN, Sean Thomas Mostajo O'HARA, Robert Michael LOHSE, Andrew Carl HEISEY
  • Patent number: 12252218
    Abstract: A wakeboat that during operation creates a wake, the performance level of the wake varying depending upon the distribution of mass of and aboard the wakeboat, the wakeboat comprising: a hull; processing circuitry supported by the hull; a sensor configured to measure at least one parameter of the wakeboat, the sensor providing data to the processing circuitry, the processing circuitry configured to use the sensor data to derive the distribution of mass, the processing circuitry configured to use the distribution of mass to determine changes to the mass distribution which would yield a different wake performance level; and a display coupled to the processing circuitry, the processing circuitry being configured to use the display to indicate changes to the mass distribution which would yield the different wake performance level. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Skier's Choice, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Lawrence Hartman, Matthew Douglas Brown
  • Patent number: 12216821
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to user interface control of a head-worn computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Benjamin Pelis, Preston Douglas Brown, Sean Thomas Mostajo O'Hara, Robert Michael Lohse, Andrew Carl Heisey
  • Publication number: 20240426292
    Abstract: Systems and methods for testing a pump assembly for a cooled radiofrequency treatment procedure. In some embodiments, the pump assembly and at least one pump head are driven by at least one respective motor, where the at least one pump head is coupled to tubing for delivering a cooling fluid to a medical probe assembly. The at least one pump head is configured to pump the cooling fluid through the tubing for the cooled radiofrequency treatment procedure. The system can also include a programmable controller operatively connective to the pump assembly and configured to control the pump assembly, and one or more pump function sensors for sensing operation parameters associated with the pump assembly and communicating the pump operation parameters to the controller. The controller can determine that the pump assembly is operating properly based on the operation parameters and can adjust the operation of the motor or output an alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Jennifer J. BARRETT, Lisa M. MCGREGOR, Michael Douglas BROWN
  • Publication number: 20240423693
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a radiofrequency (RF) treatment are provided. In some embodiments, the method can include: performing, using a programmable controller, at least the following functions of: measuring an electrical energy flow through a grounding pad that is in contact with at least a portion of skin of a subject's skin; determining, based on the measured electrical energy flow, a heating factor that represents a measure of heat absorbed by the subject over a period of time in response to treatment of the subject with an electrical radiofrequency probe; and comparing the heating factor to a predetermined threshold. In response to determining from the comparison that the heating factor is approaching or greater than the predetermined threshold value, the method can include disabling the radiofrequency generator or changing the electrical energy flow such that the controller regulates the electrical energy flow using a closed loop feedback system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Lisa M. MCGREGOR, Michael Douglas BROWN, Jennifer J. BARRETT
  • Patent number: 12145636
    Abstract: A method, device, and system for detecting a current leak in a traction power rail. Magnetic or electrical properties of the rail are measured. The measurements are performed using a rail instrument that senses the properties around the rail at various times while the instrument is being moved down the rail, such as using a cart or train. The rail instrument may be a flux concentrator or open Rogowski coil. The locations of the rail, about which the readings are taken by the rail instrument, may be determined and correlated with the measurements themselves. The method may comprise measuring the magnetic field of the rail along a length of the rail, and identifying a leak based on differences between the magnetic field measurements. The system may comprise a cart comprising the rail instrument and a location instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Hatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Patrick Henry McGinn, Mark James Mitchell, Matthew Douglas Brown, Matthew Gorczyca, Michael Morgan Campbell
  • Patent number: 12149012
    Abstract: Described herein are antenna configurations that, in some embodiments, may be advantageously tuned to achieve desired electromagnetic performance over multiple resonant frequencies by providing control, in the design process, over some or all of the desired resonant frequencies. Such antenna configurations, in some embodiments, may be configured to achieve a large frequency bandwidth in a static physical layout, without necessarily resorting to a reconfigurable feed path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Douglas Brown
  • Publication number: 20240306657
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to reduced sugar content white chocolate confectionery products comprising at least one rare sugar, such as allulose, methods of making the same wherein the confectionery products have desirable rheological properties, organoleptic properties, stable apparent viscosity, stable plastic viscosity, stable yield value, and coloring over time. The present disclosure also relates to preventing thickening or gelling of reduced sugar content white chocolate confectionery products comprising at least one rare sugar, such as allulose, during manufacturing, and maintaining stable apparent viscosity, stable plastic viscosity, and stable yield value over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: THE HERSHEY COMPANY
    Inventors: Xiaoying WANG, Balaji SANTHANAM, James F. ST. JOHN, Rebecca THOMAS, Burton Douglas BROWN
  • Patent number: 12052230
    Abstract: Systems and methods for authenticating objects associated with online activities are provided. For a target object involved in online activities, an authentication system accesses data associated with the target object and generates a featurized dataframe for the target object by processing the data associated with the target object. The authentication system further applies a machine learning model to the featurized dataframe to determine an authenticity indicator for the target object and assigns the target object to an authentication stream according to the authenticity indicator determined. Based on the results returned from the assigned authentication stream, the online activities involving the target object may be blocked or permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: STOCKX LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Bean, Dominic Vena Roberts, II, Blaine Dietrich, Jason Prasad, Shervin Moghaddam, Mats Nilsson, Douglas Brown
  • Publication number: 20240123241
    Abstract: A method for controlling charging a power source of an implantable medical device (IMD) in a patient including determining a power being delivered to a primary coil of an external charging device for recharging, determining an estimated power delivered to the IMD power source an estimated heat generated by the primary coil based on a resistance of the primary coil determined as function of at least one of a recharge frequency, a temperature of the primary coil, and a current supplied to the primary coil, calculating an estimated heat generated by the IMD by subtracting the estimated heat generated by the primary coil and the estimated power delivered stored by the rechargeable power source from the power being delivered to a primary coil; and controlling based on the heat generated by the IMD, the power being delivered by the primary coil of the external charging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Fried, Brett Otteson, Douglas Brown, Venkat Gaddam
  • Publication number: 20240103622
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to user interface control of a head-worn computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Benjamin PELIS, Preston Douglas BROWN, Sean Thomas Mostajo O'HARA, Robert Michael LOHSE, Andrew Carl HEISEY
  • Patent number: 11896838
    Abstract: A method for controlling charging a power source of an implantable medical device (IMD) in a patient including determining a power being delivered to a primary coil of an external charging device for recharging, determining an estimated power delivered to the IMD power source an estimated heat generated by the primary coil based on a resistance of the primary coil determined as function of at least one of a recharge frequency, a temperature of the primary coil, and a current supplied to the primary coil, calculating an estimated heat generated by the IMD by subtracting the estimated heat generated by the primary coil and the estimated power delivered stored by the rechargeable power source from the power being delivered to a primary coil; and controlling based on the heat generated by the IMD, the power being delivered by the primary coil of the external charging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Fried, Brett Otteson, Douglas Brown, Venkat Gaddam
  • Patent number: 11886638
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to user interface control of a head-worn computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Benjamin Pelis, Preston Douglas Brown, Sean Thomas Mostajo O'Hara, Robert Michael Lohse, Andrew Carl Heisey
  • Patent number: 11753116
    Abstract: A wakeboat creates a wake, the performance level of the wake varying depending upon the mass of the wakeboat, the wakeboat including a hull; an engine supported by the hull; a controller supported by the hull; a processor coupled to the controller; a memory coupled to the processor; a sensor configured to measure at least one parameter of the wakeboat, the controller being coupled to the sensor and being configured to receive data from the sensor, the controller being configured to derive the present mass of the wakeboat from said sensor data, the controller being configured to determine the present wake performance level of the wakeboat based on the present mass of the wakeboat; and a tablet computer coupled to the controller, the controller being configured to use the tablet computer to indicate the present wake performance level of the wakeboat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Skier's Choice, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Lawrence Hartman, Brian Anthony Ewasko, Matthew Douglas Brown, Jeffrey David Harrison, Zachary Thomas Davis
  • Publication number: 20230084963
    Abstract: A method, device, and system for detecting a current leak in a traction power rail. Magnetic or electrical properties of the rail are measured. The measurements are performed using a rail instrument that senses the properties around the rail at various times while the instrument is being moved down the rail, such as using a cart or train. The rail instrument may be a flux concentrator or open Rogowski coil. The locations of the rail, about which the readings are taken by the rail instrument, may be determined and correlated with the measurements themselves. The method may comprise measuring the magnetic field of the rail along a length of the rail, and identifying a leak based on differences between the magnetic field measurements. The system may comprise a cart comprising the rail instrument and a location instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Gorczyca, Mark James Mitchell, Patrick Henry McGinn, Michael Morgan Campbell, Matthew Douglas Brown
  • Patent number: 11560904
    Abstract: A modular fan cover assembly for inclusion on an electric motor is selectively configurable for degrees of reduced noise operation. The modular fan cover assembly includes a plurality of cooperating components arranged to direct fluid communication through the assembly. The components may include, for example, a fan cover defining a fan chamber for enclosing the fan, an inlet cover including an inlet chamber and a plurality of inlet apertures, and a silencing insert selectively includable with the fan cover assembly that may include one or more silencing features. The selective combination of the components can redirect airflow through various turns or bend in the modular fan cover assembly to trap or suppress noise propagating from the electric motor. The modular fan cover assembly may be operatively equipped with a blower assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Stephen Douglas Browne, Tracy Murphree, Christopher A. Stockton, Matthew Truett
  • Publication number: 20230008256
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of a food safety management system, including interfaces for management and reporting and a handheld computing device for checklist completion. A checklist of tasks to be performed in a food service establishment is obtained and displayed on a touchscreen of the handheld computing device. Confirmation is obtained on the touchscreen whether a task has been completed. An identifier at a location in the food service establishment is inputted to verify that a task has been completed. Temperature readings are obtained from one or more stationary sensors monitoring a food storage environment. Task completion data and temperature data are sent to a server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Douglas Brown Dillard, Robert Bradford Gray, David Alan Spencer, John Ashwell Raymond, Adam Jon Parrott
  • Patent number: 11551443
    Abstract: An environment association system (“EAS”) comprising: a processor and a memory; an object recognition process configured to identify objects within images, the objects including one or more of a vehicle, a vehicle lift, a vehicle repair tool, and an alignment fixture; and an EAS interface configured to communicate with a user device, the user device comprising a camera and a display; wherein the processor is configured to: determine, for at least one object in the set of objects, create a virtual overlay for the image based on the position of the at least one object within the image and a virtual marking associated with the at least one object; and provide the virtual overlay to the user device, wherein the virtual overlay is configured to cause the user device to simultaneously display the image and the virtual overlay via the display. The system provides information about the alignment of lifting points of the object with lifting members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Vehicle Service Group, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Elliott, Darian Smith, Douglas Brown, Matthew Webster, Kirk Dawson, Michael Hill
  • Patent number: 11525338
    Abstract: A system for tethering a subsea blowout preventer (BOP) or well head is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the system comprises an interface associable with the BOP, and more than one anchors disposed about the BOP. Each anchor is configured to carry or support a tensioning system arranged in operable association with a respective tether. Each tether is arranged so as to link a respective anchor with a respective operable means associated with the BOP. Furthermore, each of the respective operable means are configured in operable association with the interface such that tension in the tethers can be adjustable either individually or together as a group of two or more tethers, by way of the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Forster, David Archibald Cree, Timothy Reginal Marshall, Alex Paul Taylor, Matthew Douglas Brown
  • Publication number: 20220353273
    Abstract: Systems and methods for authenticating objects associated with online activities are provided. For a target object involved in online activities, an authentication system accesses data associated with the target object and generates a featurized dataframe for the target object by processing the data associated with the target object. The authentication system further applies a machine learning model to the featurized dataframe to determine an authenticity indicator for the target object and assigns the target object to an authentication stream according to the authenticity indicator determined. Based on the results returned from the assigned authentication stream, the online activities involving the target object may be blocked or permitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: STOCKX LLC
    Inventors: Samuel BEAN, Dominic Vena ROBERTS, II, Blaine DIETRICH, Jason PRASAD, Shervin MOGHADDAM, Mats NILSSON, Douglas BROWN