Patents by Inventor Henry A. Kues

Henry A. Kues 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).

  • System and method for monitoring environmental conditions
    Patent number: 7916015
    Abstract: A monitoring system and method for detecting environmental conditions is provided, the monitoring system including a sensing unit including a plurality of sensors for obtaining data related to environmental conditions, a controller interfaced with the sensing unit for receiving and encoding the data related to environmental conditions into a predetermined format using a base64 encoding scheme, and a communication device for receiving the data in the predetermined format from the controller, forming an e-mail message (which can be further encoded) including instructions on how to decode the email message and transmitting the e-mail message including the data in the predetermined format to at least one predetermined recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Nicholas H. Evancich, Michael P. McLoughlin, Keith A. Soldavin, Micah A. Carlson, Gerad D. House, Marshall J. Jose, Edward P. Rhyne, Charles W. Kerechanin, II, Henry A. Kues, Jr., Eric J. Van Gieson
  • Time domain resolving chemical sampler using sorbent material
    Patent number: 7185550
    Abstract: A fluid sampling device is provided comprising an elongated housing having a longitudinal axis, a plurality of alternating sorbent units and spacer units disposed longitudinally through the housing and slidably movable therethrough along the longitudinal direction, and means for individually and sequentially exposing the sorbent units to a fluid. The adsorbed components can then be desorbed and analyzed to provide composition data of target compounds in a fluid, e.g., a gas, over a period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Henry A. Kues, Adam K. Arabian
  • Time domain resolving chemical sampler using sorbent material
    Publication number: 20060278025
    Abstract: A fluid sampling device is provided comprising an elongated housing having a longitudinal axis, a plurality of alternating sorbent units and spacer units disposed longitudinally through the housing and slidably movable therethrough along the longitudinal direction, and means for individually and sequentially exposing the sorbent units to a fluid. The adsorbed components can then be desorbed and analyzed to provide composition data of target compounds in a fluid, e.g., a gas, over a period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Henry Kues, Adam Arabian
  • Alertness monitoring system
    Patent number: 6661345
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the alertness of a subject are provided. A Doppler sensor is disposed to sense a parameter pertaining to the subject, the sensor being one of an acoustic sensor and a microwave sensor. Signals from the sensor are processed through an alertness monitoring algorithm for generating processed signals. It is thereafter determined whether an impairment of alertness event pertaining to the subject has occurred based on the processed signals. Feedback is then provided to the subject based on a determination of whether an impairment of alertness event pertaining to the subject has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Matthew G. Bevan, Henry A. Kues, Carl V. Nelson, Paul R. Schuster