Patents by Inventor Edward John

Edward John 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: 20250068175
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for updating a scene representation model is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a scene representation model representing a scene having one or more objects, the scene representation model being configured to predict a value of a physical property of one or more of the objects; obtaining a value of the physical property of at least one of the objects, the obtained value being derived from a physical contact of a robot with the at least one object; and updating the scene representation model based on the obtained value. An apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Andrew DAVISON, Iain HAUGHTON, Edward JOHNS, Andre MOUTON, Edgar SUCAR
  • Publication number: 20250071529
    Abstract: A method and a device are disclosed including one or more plug-in or Add-on Software Components (ASC) provided by a Social Business Platform (SBP) to deliver configuration information for the integration of various applications, services, and functionality from other platforms in an integrated environment. Each ASC may deliver a particular type of configuration information usable to configure and/or integrate services from various platforms, the services including data tiles and data streams, storage and document management services, single0function applications, core applications like communication and task management services, and other application-specific add-ons. In various embodiments, the configuration information may be distributed as packages of one or more files, which describe the configuration to be applied to the integrated services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Jive Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward John Venaglia, Murali V. Ponnuraj, Alberto Aron Cirilo Racho, Benjamin Gene Cheung
  • Publication number: 20250064489
    Abstract: Implantable devices for fixation of curved bone such as the pelvic ring pubic symphysis and acetabulum, and methods for the use of the devices are disclosed. The implantable devices are convertible between a flexible state and a rigid state, and include an elongate structure having a proximal bone interface, a main body, and a distal bone interface. In a flexible state, the devices may be inserted along, and conform to a curved pathway, and in the rigid state, the devices may support the mechanical loads required to fixate a fracture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Edward Scott Harshman, Steven Charles Dimmer, Daniel Reed Baker, David Thomas Stinson, Robert N. Meek, Robin John Noel Coope, Lok Tin Lam
  • Publication number: 20250064139
    Abstract: An aerosol provision device is provided. The device comprises a heater assembly configured to heat aerosol generating material, an input interface configured to receive an input for selecting an operating mode from a plurality of operating modes and a controller. The controller is configured to detect operation of the input interface and cause the heater assembly to begin heating the aerosol generating material in dependence on the detected operation of the input interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Edward Joseph HALLIDAY, Ashley John SAYED, Luke James WARREN
  • Publication number: 20250065593
    Abstract: A panel for use in the construction of a galley of an aircraft is disclosed. The panel comprises a frame, at least one insulation panel, and a cover panel. The frame comprises first and second opposing faces and one or more edge faces, and each edge face extends between the first and second faces. The cover panel has first and second opposing faces and each insulation panel has first and second opposing faces. One or more of the edge faces of the frame define a housing aperture and the frame is fixed to the cover panel with the first face of the frame adjacent to the second face of the cover panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: B/E Aerospace (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Edward John Reynard Grocott, Zac Lewis Wiebe, Craig T. Ohl
  • Publication number: 20250066010
    Abstract: A panel for use in the construction of a galley of an aircraft is disclosed. The panel comprises a décor panel and at least one insulation panel. The décor panel has first and second opposing faces, and a housing aperture extends through the décor panel between the first and second faces. The housing aperture is of substantially the same configuration as the insulation panel or the insulation panels collectively when arranged side by side or when stacked. The housing aperture is configured to receive the at least one insulation panel, and the or each insulation panel is located in the housing aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: B/E Aerospace (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Edward John Reynard Grocott, Craig T. Ohl, Shahzaib Hussain Qurashi, Rafael Blumberg
  • Publication number: 20250057247
    Abstract: An aerosol provision device includes a battery, a battery support configured to engage and hold the battery and a resilient component adhered to the battery support and arranged between the battery support and the battery. The device further includes a temperature sensor at least partially contained within the resilient component, wherein the temperature sensor is configured to measure a temperature of the battery. At least one of the temperature sensor and resilient component abuts the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Edward Joseph HALLIDAY, Ashley John SAYED, Mitchel THORSEN, Luke James WARREN, Thomas Alexander John WOODMAN
  • Publication number: 20250049398
    Abstract: An ear-wearable device comprising: a sensor configured to sense one or more physiological parameters of a user of the ear-wearable device; communications circuitry; and processing circuitry configured to: apply a machine learning (ML) model to the one or more sensed physiological parameters to determine whether the user is experiencing symptoms of a medical scenario, wherein the ML model is configured to be trained via a training set comprising a plurality of physiological parameter values and a corresponding plurality of symptoms of the medical scenario; and based on a determination that the user is experiencing symptoms of a medical scenario, cause the communications circuitry to transmit a notification indicating that the user is experiencing the symptoms of the medical scenario.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Edward John Cunningham, Archelle Georgiou Feldshon, Gregory John Haubrich, Brantly Sturgeon, David Alan Fabry
  • Publication number: 20250050230
    Abstract: An image-based program state analysis method comprises the steps of, for a given image generated by a program, identifying at least a first location within the image occupied by a respective user interface element; identifying in the image a predetermined point on the respective user interface element; identifying the information conveyed by the respective user interface element, with reference to the predetermined point; and outputting the information for subsequent analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Andrew St John Brislin, Nicholas Anthony Edward Ryan
  • Publication number: 20250054166
    Abstract: A method of video evaluation for a video comprising successive video frames comprises the steps of generating optical flow vectors for at least a subset of corresponding pixels between frame pairs, calculating a difference between corresponding optical flow vectors of successive frame pairs, and evaluating the resulting differences with respect to a predetermined criterion, to identify respective frame pairs for further processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Andrew St John Brislin, Nicholas Anthony Edward Ryan
  • Publication number: 20250054305
    Abstract: A method of video evaluation for a video comprising successive video frames comprises the steps of, for successive video frame images: generating a perceptual hash of at least a first portion of a respective image, comparing the generated perceptual hash of a current video frame image with a corresponding perceptual hash of at least one preceding video frame image, and if a difference between the compared perceptual hashes exceeds a predetermined threshold, then identify the one preceding video frame as the boundary of a scene cut within the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Andrew St John Brislin, Nicholas Anthony Edward Ryan
  • Publication number: 20250054191
    Abstract: A method of video evaluation includes: for a current video frame, generating two or more metrics from the list consisting of an interframe greyscale delta sum of absolute differences between the current and immediately preceding frame, a first interframe colour delta sum of absolute differences for at least a first colour channel between the current and immediately preceding frame, a second interframe colour delta sum of absolute differences for at least a second colour channel different to the first colour channel between the current and immediately preceding frame, for a first colour channel of the current video frame, a delta between mean and current measurements of a property of the first colour channel, the mean being derived over a predetermined period of time, and for a second colour channel of the current video frame, a delta between mean and current measurements of a property of the second colour channel, the mean being derived over a similar predetermined period of time; generating respective z-scor
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Andrew St John Brislin, Nicholas Anthony Edward Ryan
  • Publication number: 20250032689
    Abstract: A peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) system includes a cycler including an actuation surface having a peristaltic pump actuator; a manifold assembly including a rigid manifold having first and second chambers, the rigid manifold configured and arranged to be abutted against the actuation surface for operation, a peristaltic pump tube extending from the first chamber to the second chamber of the rigid manifold, a dialysis fluid container line extending from the first chamber, and a branch line extending between the dialysis fluid container line and the second chamber; and a control unit configured to cause the peristaltic pump actuator to actuate the peristaltic pump tube to pump dialysis fluid from the branch line into the second chamber and from the second chamber into the first chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas John Wegrzyn, III, Thomas Idstein, Edward Davis, Shawn Jones, Serhan Acikgoz, Rongsheng Lin, Bahram Notghi, James Ascenzo, Jorge Del Castillo
  • Publication number: 20250035450
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments for facilitating a system-level optimization route and mode suggestion platform for transportation trips. In some aspects, an embodiment includes receiving identification of an origin (O) location and a destination (D) location of an O/D pair corresponding to a transportation trip request of a user; determining N pickup (PU) locations for the O location and N drop-off (DO) locations for the D location; determining an origin walk duration between each N PU locations and the O location and a destination walk duration between each N DO locations and the D location; routing between the N PU locations and the N DO locations to determine an estimate of in-vehicle time for each route; and selecting a route that minimizes a route score, wherein the route score is based on a sum of the origin walk duration, the in-vehicle time, and the destination walk duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Edward Henry Forscher, Alexander John Bowe, Kelan Stoy, Jacob Nathan Yunis, Mamoon Masud
  • Publication number: 20250033958
    Abstract: There is described a method of producing hydrogen and nitrogen using a feedstock gas reactor. Reaction of feedstock and combustion gases in the reactor produces hydrogen and nitrogen through pyrolysis of the feedstock gas. Parameters of the process may be adjusted to control the ratio of hydrogen to nitrogen that is produced such that it may be suitable, for example, for the synthesis of ammonia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher Edwin John Reid, Gary Edward Schubak, Kenneth William Kratschmar, David Aaron Leboe, Shawn Dayupay Esquivel, Guowei Li
  • Publication number: 20250032697
    Abstract: A negative pressure wound therapy apparatus can include a housing, a negative pressure source supported by the housing and configured to aspirate fluid from a wound covered by a wound dressing, a switch positioned on an exterior surface of the housing, and a controller configured to operate the negative pressure source. The controller can be configured to, responsive to receiving a first user input via the switch, operate the negative pressure source to aspirate fluid from the wound at a first fluid flow rate. The controller can be configured to, responsive to receiving a second user input via the switch subsequent to receiving the first user input, operate the negative pressure source to aspirate fluid from the wound at a second fluid flow rate greater than the first fluid flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Ben Alan Askem, David Michael Elder, Mark John Ellerington, Benjamin James Gardner, Edward Yerbury Hartwell, Reece James Knight, Andrea Maggiore, Natasha Rose Middleton, Samuel John Mortimer, Fraser George Weedon, Amy Nicole Wheldrake
  • Patent number: 12207762
    Abstract: A cooking system positionable on a support surface includes a housing having an internal cooking compartment and an opening formed in the housing for accessing said internal cooking compartment. At least one heating element is provided for heating said internal cooking compartment. The heating element is operable to heat the internal cooking compartment while the opening is at least partially exposed to an ambient environment to allow fluid transfer between the ambient environment and the internal cooking compartment. An output from said at least one heating element is variable across said internal cooking compartment during operation of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Niall Christopher Denham, Georgia Banton, Gregory Fish, Alex Gushulak, Edward Brown, Ethan S. Kramer, Roger Neil Jackson, Andrew John Roy Tattersfield
  • Publication number: 20250030237
    Abstract: Apparatuses including spark gap structures for electrical overstress (EOS) monitoring or protection, and associated methods, are disclosed. In an aspect, a vertical spark gap device includes a substrate having a horizontal main surface and a plurality of pairs of conductive layers over the horizontal main surface. Different ones of the pairs are separated by different vertical distances such that each pair serves as an arcing electrode pair and different ones of the arcing electrode pairs are configured to arc discharge at different voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: David J. Clarke, Alan J. O'Donnell, Shaun Stephen Bradley, Stephen Denis Heffernan, Patrick Martin McGuinness, Padraig L. Fitzgerald, Edward John Coyne, Michael P. Lynch, John Anthony Cleary, John Ross Wallrabenstein, Paul Joseph Maher, Andrew Christopher Linehan, Gavin Patrick Cosgrave, Michael James Twohig, Jan Kubik, Jochen Schmitt, David Aherne, Mary McSherry, Anne M. McMahon, Stanislav Jolondcovschi, Cillian Burke
  • Patent number: 12203635
    Abstract: Support assemblies for supporting a light-emitting diode (LED) lamp, which may be a heavy LED lamp. In an embodiment, a support assembly includes a frame having a ring and configured to be detachably connected to a front cover of an LED lamp. The support assembly also includes a plurality of position modules uniformly distributed around the periphery of the ring, wherein the position modules may cover at least a portion of the front cover of the LED lamp, and at least one support leg attached to the frame. The at least one support leg supports the frame and an inserted LED lamp on at least one support surface, and at least one support leg is slidably coupled to the frame and adjustable to provide a support length between the frame and the at least one support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Yong Li, Edward John Thomas, Shuyi Qin, Min Fang, Honghao Wu
  • Patent number: 12204339
    Abstract: There is provided a mobile autonomous agricultural system comprising: a powered mobile unit for carrying agricultural equipment, and configured to move along rows of crops; at least one laser curtain sensor configured to project a laser curtain away from the mobile unit; a location module configured to monitor a location of the mobile unit relative to a row; a controller configured to control the travel of the mobile unit; a safety module configured to: receive a location signal from the location module related to the location of the mobile unit relative to a row, select a mode of operation to process the laser curtain in a predefined laser curtain pattern, based on the received location signal, each mode of operation corresponding to a different predefined laser curtain pattern, and to generate a safety output in response to determining that the laser curtain is interrupted within the laser curtain pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: S&A GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Edward John Francis Palmer, Koorosh Khodabandehloo