Patents by Inventor Frank M. Skidmore

Frank M. Skidmore 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: 20230238138
    Abstract: Urgent screening in high-throughput, secure environments such as emergency rooms, or security, typically involves multiple devices. Devices that are used for screening are diverse, and typically sourced from multiple vendors. Currently, devices are typically stand-alone. Further, large devices, are costly, having high capital expenses with long commercial lifetimes, sometimes approaching a decade or more. The result of these features leads to duplication of computational resources, obsolescent computational infrastructure, and lack of interconnection between elements. Aspects of this invention include a device, system, and methods to provide vendor-agnostic interconnection between the multiple elements of a defined environment. The disclosed approach untethers AI algorithms from data generation system and increases flexibility in deployment of newer technologies and algorithms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas ANTHONY, Frank M. SKIDMORE
  • Patent number: 9396533
    Abstract: A method for analyzing brain images includes receiving a plurality of three-dimensional image datasets comprising a plurality of voxels for a corresponding plurality of subjects; dividing the plurality of three-dimensional image datasets into at least a first and a second group; dividing the first group into A1 to An subgroups; dividing the second group into B1 to Bn subgroups; determining statistical individual variability between datasets selected from the A1 to An subgroups and the B1 to Bn subgroups; determining statistical individual variability between datasets in the first and second groups responsive to the statistical individual variability between datasets selected from the plurality of three-dimensional image datasets in the A1 to An subgroups and the B1 to Bn subgroups; and for each of the first and second groups, generating a reliability map comprising a map of probabilities that a voxel in an image dataset of the respective first and second groups satisfies a predetermined statistical threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Inventor: Frank M. Skidmore
  • Patent number: 9167979
    Abstract: Devices disclosed according to various embodiments use one or more arrays of atomic magnetometers to directly detection of relaxation of magnetic field induced subatomic precession within a target specimen. The disclosed devices and methods relate to application of utilization of a magnetic sensor with unique properties requiring changes in design, allowing new functions, and requiring alternative analysis methodologies. Various embodiments are also directed to methods for obtaining and processing magnetic signals. These methods may take advantage of the unique spatial arrangement of the atomic magnetometers and the capacity sensors to be used in either a scalar or a vector mode. Various embodiments have advantages over current techniques utilized for imaging of anatomical and non-anatomical structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank M. Skidmore, Mark Davidson, Russell S. Donda
  • Publication number: 20140226888
    Abstract: A method for analyzing brain images includes receiving a plurality of three-dimensional image datasets comprising a plurality of voxels for a corresponding plurality of subjects; dividing the plurality of three-dimensional image datasets into at least a first and a second group; dividing the first group into A1 to An subgroups; dividing the second group into B1 to Bn subgroups; determining statistical individual variability between datasets selected from the A1 to An subgroups and the B1 to Bn subgroups; determining statistical individual variability between datasets in the first and second groups responsive to the statistical individual variability between datasets selected from the plurality of three-dimensional image datasets in the A1 to An subgroups and the B1 to Bn subgroups; and for each of the first and second groups, generating a reliability map comprising a map of probabilities that a voxel in an image dataset of the respective first and second groups satisfies a predetermined statistical threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventor: Frank M. Skidmore
  • Publication number: 20120143018
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a non-contact MCG is anticipated as one embodiment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Frank M. Skidmore, Mark Davidson, Russell S. Donda
  • Publication number: 20100219820
    Abstract: Devices disclosed according to various embodiments use one or more arrays of atomic magnetometers to detect biologically derived magnetic fields. The disclosed devices and methods relate to application of utilization of a magnetic sensor with unique properties requiring changes in design, allowing new functions, and requiring alternative analysis methodologies. Various embodiments are also directed to methods for obtaining and processing biological magnetic signals. These methods may take advantage of the unique spatial arrangement of the atomic magnetometers and the capacity sensors to he used in either a scalar or a vector mode. Various embodiments have advantages over current magnetometer arrays for the purpose of detecting biological magnetic fields. Such advantages may include, for example: smaller size, lower power consumption, no necessity for cryogenic cooling, potential wafer-level fabrication, and/or the potential of better localization biological signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF FLOARIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Frank M. Skidmore, James C. Sackellares, Mark Davidson, Bernard F. Whiting, Panos M. Pardalos
  • Publication number: 20090149736
    Abstract: Devices disclosed according to various embodiments use one or more arrays of atomic magnetometers to directly detection of relaxation of magnetic field induced subatomic precession within a target specimen. The disclosed devices and methods relate to application of utilization of a magnetic sensor with unique properties requiring changes in design, allowing new functions, and requiring alternative analysis methodologies. Various embodiments are also directed to methods for obtaining and processing magnetic signals. These methods may take advantage of the unique spatial arrangement of the atomic magnetometers and the capacity sensors to be used in either a scalar or a vector mode. Various embodiments have advantages over current techniques utilized for imaging of anatomical and non-anatomical structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Frank M. Skidmore, Mark Davidson