Patents by Inventor Geoffrey A. Wilson
Geoffrey A. Wilson 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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Publication number: 20240145126Abstract: A water swellable semi-conductive material comprising a semi-conductive layer and a semi-conductive water swellable polymeric layer which is positioned of the semi-conductive layer is provided. The semi-conductive water swellable polymeric layer is comprised of conductive particles dispersed within a crosslinked superabsorbent polymeric matrix. The material can be formed into a tape or other structure used to insulate and protect cables. The water swellable semi-conductive material can be applied to a cable or other conductive material to insulate and protect the cable from water ingress.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Rebecca Wilson, Geoffrey Henstock
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Publication number: 20240136089Abstract: Semiconductive tapes for use with electric cables, such as high voltage power cables, and methods for manufacturing such tapes, are provided. A semiconductive tape comprises a first layer comprising a fabric and a second layer in contact with the first layer. The second layer comprises an activated carbon or carbon black. The semiconductive tapes have increased friction while still maintaining sufficient electrical conductivity for use as wrappings for electric power cables, thereby improving the manufacturing process and reducing the overall cost of production.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Rebecca Wilson, Geoffrey Henstock
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Patent number: 11161519Abstract: A method and system for impaired driving detection, monitoring and accident prevention with driving habits. An impairment test method is provided with an impairment test determining in real-time whether a driver of vehicle is impaired (e.g., has used drugs, alcohol, is distracted, talking, texting, eating, etc. or is drowsy, etc.). The impairment test determines plural assigned probability impairment values over a pre-determined time interval to compare a frequency of received plural event signals from a passenger compartment of the vehicle and from an environment detected outside the vehicle and external to the vehicle for one or more of the plural driver performance actions completed by a driver of a vehicle to those previously stored in a unique driver profile for the driver to determine with a statistical probability whether the driver operating the vehicle may be impaired based on the unique behavior patterns for the driver of the vehicle stored in the unique driver profile.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: FUTURE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS, LLCInventors: Brian K. Phillips, Geoffrey A. Wilson, Brian K. Phillips, II
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Publication number: 20210280307Abstract: Healthcare asset units are enabled to accomplish a healthcare facility management objective by first preparing the asset units in a pre-processing phase by using a computational processor to determine a first unique identifier for each asset unit. The prepared asset units are then transported in a removal phase to a manufacturer location, retrofit in a manufacturing phase at the manufacturer location by applying manufacturing processes to implement the durable information identifier on each asset unit, and by using a computational processor to determine a second unique identifier for each asset unit. The prepared asset units are then transported in a return phase, from the manufacturer location to a healthcare facility where the retrofitted asset units are subsequently used to accomplish a healthcare facility management objective.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Jeffrey B. Hargrove, Geoffrey A. Wilson, Jack Weiner
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Patent number: 10680433Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for surge protection of a distributed control system component. An example apparatus includes an I/O module to be electrically coupled to a field device via a terminal block, the terminal block including a surge protector to reduce an input voltage to an operating voltage when the input voltage satisfies a first threshold, and a communication interface to generate a status message when the input voltage satisfies the threshold.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Brett Geoffrey Wilson, Michael Hayes Truitt
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Publication number: 20200101981Abstract: A method and system for impaired driving detection, monitoring and accident prevention with driving habits. An impairment test method is provided with an impairment test determining in real-time whether a driver of vehicle is impaired (e.g., has used drugs, alcohol, is distracted, talking, texting, eating, etc. or is drowsy, etc.). The impairment test determines plural assigned probability impairment values over a pre-determined time interval to compare a frequency of received plural event signals from a passenger compartment of the vehicle and from an environment detected outside the vehicle and external to the vehicle for one or more of the plural driver performance actions completed by a driver of a vehicle to those previously stored in a unique driver profile for the driver to determine with a statistical probability whether the driver operating the vehicle may be impaired based on the unique behavior patterns for the driver of the vehicle stored in the unique driver profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Brian K. PHILLIPS, Geoffrey A. Wilson, Brian K. Phillips, II
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Patent number: 10493996Abstract: A method and system for impaired driving detection, monitoring and accident prevention with driving habits. An impairment test method is provided with an impairment test determining in real-time whether a driver of vehicle is impaired (e.g., has used drugs, alcohol, is distracted, talking, texting, eating, etc. or is drowsy, etc.). The impairment test determines plural assigned probability impairment values over a pre-determined time interval to compare a frequency of received plural event signals from a passenger compartment of the vehicle for one or more of the plural driver performance actions completed by a driver of a vehicle to those previously stored in a unique driver profile for the driver to determine with a statistical probability whether the driver operating the vehicle may be impaired based on the unique behavior patterns for the driver of the vehicle stored in the unique driver profile.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Future Technology Partners, LLCInventors: Brian K. Phillips, Geoffrey A. Wilson, Brian K. Phillips, II
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Publication number: 20190126935Abstract: A method and system for impaired driving detection, monitoring and accident prevention with driving habits. An impairment test method is provided with an impairment test determining in real-time whether a driver of vehicle is impaired (e.g., has used drugs, alcohol, is distracted, talking, texting, eating, etc. or is drowsy, etc.). The impairment test determines plural assigned probability impairment values over a pre-determined time interval to compare a frequency of received plural event signals from a passenger compartment of the vehicle for one or more of the plural driver performance actions completed by a driver of a vehicle to those previously stored in a unique driver profile for the driver to determine with a statistical probability whether the driver operating the vehicle may be impaired based on the unique behavior patterns for the driver of the vehicle stored in the unique driver profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Brian K. Phillips, Geoffrey A. Wilson, Brian K. Phillips, II
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Publication number: 20190044325Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for surge protection of a distributed control system component. An example apparatus includes an I/O module to be electrically coupled to a field device via a terminal block, the terminal block including a surge protector to reduce an input voltage to an operating voltage when the input voltage satisfies a first threshold, and a communication interface to generate a status message when the input voltage satisfies the threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Brett Geoffrey Wilson, Michael Hayes Truitt
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Patent number: 9575470Abstract: A biometric identity confirmation system is based on both pulse wave shape data and spirometric data for the subject. During an initial enrollment mode, pulse wave shape and spirometric data for a known subject are used to generate subject characterization data for the known subject by computing an exemplar and selectively weighting portions of the exemplar based, for example, on repeatability or distinguishing characteristic features over the population of known subjects. During a subsequent identity authentication mode, pulse wave shape and spirometric data for a test subject are analyzed using the subject characterization data to confirm whether the identity of the test subject matches the known subject.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Integrated Monitoring Systems, LLCInventors: Brian K. Phillips, Geoffrey A. Wilson
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Patent number: 9398858Abstract: A portable testing unit for biometric identity confirmation includes a housing with an orifice to receive a breath sample from the test subject, a spirometric sensor, and a pulse sensor adjacent to the orifice. A processor analyzes spirometric data from the spirometric sensor and simultaneous pulse wave data from the pulse sensor during the breath sample, together with stored subject characterization data for a known subject to confirm whether the identity of the test subject matches the known subject. A communications link enables the processor to communicate to the external station whether the identity of the test subject matches the known subject. For example, this portable testing unit can be used to control access to a secure facility or computer, authenticate the identity of a party in a financial transaction, or confirm the identity of the subject of an alcohol monitoring test.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2012Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: Integrated Monitoring Systems, LLCInventors: Brian Kirby Phillips, Geoffrey A. Wilson
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Publication number: 20160170383Abstract: A biometric identity confirmation system is based on both pulse wave shape data and spirometric data for the subject. During an initial enrollment mode, pulse wave shape and spirometric data for a known subject are used to generate subject characterization data for the known subject by computing an exemplar and selectively weighting portions of the exemplar based, for example, on repeatability or distinguishing characteristic features over the population of known subjects. During a subsequent identity authentication mode, pulse wave shape and spirometric data for a test subject are analyzed using the subject characterization data to confirm whether the identity of the test subject matches the known subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: Integrated Monitoring Systems, LLCInventors: Brian K. Phillips, Geoffrey A. Wilson
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Patent number: 9274509Abstract: A biometric identity confirmation system is based on both pulse wave data and spirometric data for the subject. During an initial enrollment mode, pulse wave and spirometric data for a known subject are used to generate subject characterization data for the known subject. During a subsequent identity authentication mode, pulse wave and spirometric data for a test subject are analyzed using the subject characterization data to confirm whether the identity of the test subject matches the known subject.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Integrated Monitoring Systems, LLCInventors: Brian K. Phillips, Geoffrey A. Wilson
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Patent number: 9223298Abstract: A biometric identity confirmation system is based on pulse waveform data for the subject. During an initial enrollment mode, pulse waveform data for a known subject are used to generate subject characterization data for the known subject. The subject characterization data includes an exemplar created by synchronous averaging of pulse waveform data over multiple pulse cycles. A number of trigger candidate are identified for the start point of each pulse cycle. The time delay between trigger candidates is analyzed to discard false trigger candidate and identify true candidates, which are then used as the start points for each pulse cycle in synchronous averaging of the pulse waveform data. During a subsequent identity authentication mode, pulse waveform data for a test subject are analyzed using the subject characterization data to confirm whether the identity of the test subject matches the known subject.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Integrated Monitoring Systems, LLCInventors: Brian K. Phillips, Geoffrey A. Wilson
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Patent number: 9192324Abstract: An system for monitoring alcohol in the breath of a test client confirms the identity of the test client based on spirometric data. The system includes a sample chamber receiving a breath sample, an alcohol sensor measuring the alcohol content of the breath sample, and a spirometric sensor generating spirometric data from the breath sample over the test client's entire exhalatory phase. A processor analyzes the spirometric data with stored client characterization data for a known client to confirm the identity of the test client. The client characterization data can be a probability density in a phase space in which at least two spirometric variables (e.g., flow and volume time-series data) are correlated.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: International Monitoring Systems, LLCInventors: Brian K. Phillips, Geoffrey A. Wilson
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Publication number: 20150240310Abstract: Methods and compositions are described for detecting hydroxymethylated nucleotides (hmNs) in a polynucleotide preparation with a view to mapping the location of hmNs in a genome, quantifying the occurrence of hmNs at selected loci and correlating the occurrence of hmNs with gene expression and phenotypic traits. Embodiments describe the use of modifying enzymes together with site-specific endonucleases to detect the hmNs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS, INC.Inventors: Jurate Bitinaite, Romualdas Vaisvila, Sriharsa Pradhan, Yu Zheng, Richard J. Roberts, Hang-Gyeong Chin, Devora Cohen-Karni, Christopher Noren, Elisabeth A. Raleigh, Geoffrey Wilson
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Patent number: 9079225Abstract: A seal cleaning device for seals located at the interface of the inner and outer tubes of a telescopically acting suspension or like unit; said device characterized in comprising a collar and at least one flexible cleaning projection; said cleaning projection adapted for insertion between a said seal and an outer surface of a said inner tube; said cleaning device adapted to removal of detritus from between a said seal and said inner tube.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2011Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Inventor: Ian Geoffrey Wilson
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Patent number: 9034597Abstract: Methods and compositions are described for detecting hydroxymethylated nucleotides (hmNs) in a polynucleotide preparation with a view to mapping the location of hmNs in a genome, quantifying the occurrence of hmNs at selected loci and correlating the occurrence of hmNs with gene expression and phenotypic traits. Embodiments describe the use of modifying enzymes together with site-specific endonucleases to detect the hmNs.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2010Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: New England Biolabs, Inc.Inventors: Jurate Bitinaite, Romualdas Vaisvila, Sriharsa Pradhan, Yu Zheng, Richard J. Roberts, Devora Cohen-Karni, Christopher Noren, Elisabeth A. Raleigh, Geoffrey Wilson, Hang-Gyeong Chin
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Patent number: 8773239Abstract: A method and system for biometric identity confirmation is based on the pulse wave of a subject. During an initial enrollment mode, pulse wave data for a known subject are used to generate subject characterization data for the known subject. During a subsequent operational mode, pulse wave data for a test subject are analyzed using the subject characterization data to confirm whether the identity of the test subject matches the known subject. The subject characterization data can be a probability density in a phase space in which at least two quasi-periodic variables based on the pulse wave (e.g., blood pressure and volume time-series data) are correlated.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Integrated Monitoring Systems, LLCInventors: Brian K. Phillips, Geoffrey A. Wilson
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Patent number: 8672250Abstract: A hand-held masher device for mashing of potatoes and like food stuffs; said device including a power unit providing a rotating shaft output; said device further including a masher assembly extending from said power unit; said masher assembly including a skirt element and a mashing element operating within said skirt element; characterized in that mashed potato and like food stuff is extruded through apertures disposed in a side wall of said skirt element; said masher assembly including internal guide surfaces; said guide surfaces in the form of an inverted portion of a conical structure depending from an underside of a supporting annular conical wall of said skirt element, and wherein upper portions of blades of said mashing element conform to said guide surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Inventor: Ian Geoffrey Wilson