Patents by Inventor Ian ANDREW

Ian ANDREW 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: 20240111163
    Abstract: A head-mounted display system includes a head-mounted display unit a display that, in use, is held in an operational position over a user's face. The head-mounted display system further comprises a flow generator configured to generate a flow of air, and an air guide arrangement coupled to the flow generator to enable the flow generator to direct air to, or draw air from, one or more selected areas in proximity of the head-mounted display system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Ian Andrew LAW, Aaron Samuel DAVIDSON, Stewart Joseph WAGNER, David James BRAUND
  • Publication number: 20240103282
    Abstract: A head-mounted display system includes a head-mounted display system, comprising a head-mounted display unit, comprising various pad options at various positions on the head including saddle shaped nose pads that deform under a reaction force applied to the apex of the nose to improve load distribution, forehead pads with an associated mounting structure and inserts that affect compliance and/or size, temporal pads configured to lie against the temporal bone which support some of the weight of the head mounted display system and, further stabilizing pads which are located on a rigid portion of the temporal arms and designed to extend along temporal regions of the users head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ian Andrew LAW, Aaron Samuel DAVIDSON, Stewart Joseph WAGNER, David James BRAUND
  • Publication number: 20240032857
    Abstract: A method includes receiving data associated with a sleep session of a user. The method also includes determining that the user is experiencing or has experienced an event based at least in part on the data. The method also includes causing pressurized air to be directed from a respiratory device to a multi-compartment bladder in response to determining that the user is experiencing or has experienced the event to aid in modifying a position of a head of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Pinczuk, Kieran Grennan, Ian Andrew Law
  • Publication number: 20240037425
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for machine learning and rules integration. Embodiments include receiving input values corresponding to a subset of a set of input variables associated with an automated determination. Embodiments include generating a directed acyclic graph (DAG) representing a set of constraints corresponding to the set of input variables. The set of constraints relate to one or more machine learning models and one or more rules. Embodiments include receiving one or more outputs from the one or more machine learning models based on one or more of the input values. Embodiments include determining outcomes for the one or more rules based on at least one of the input values. Embodiments include populating the DAG based on the input values, the one or more outputs, and the outcomes. Embodiments include making the automated determination based on logic represented by the DAG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Sricharan Kallur Palli KUMAR, Conrad DE PEUTER, Efraim David FEINSTEIN, Nagaraj JANARDHANA, Yi Xu NG, Ian Andrew SEBANJA
  • Patent number: 11874473
    Abstract: A head-mounted display system includes a head-mounted display unit and a positioning and stabilising structure structured and arranged to hold the head-mounted display unit in an operational position over a user's face in use. The positioning and stabilising structure includes a rear support structure adapted to contact posterior regions of a user's head and a forehead support connector, which includes a forehead support strap, which extends generally along and in the direction of the sagittal plane and connects the rear support structure to a superior edge region of the head-mounted display unit. The forehead support connector further includes a forehead support rigidiser that provides rigidification to a portion of the forehead support connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Ian Andrew Law
  • Patent number: 11863527
    Abstract: A system and method for provisionally authenticating a host moving from a source port of a switch device to a destination port of the switch device is disclosed. The host is initially authenticated at the source port and blocked from forwarding network traffic at the destination port. During a provisional authentication session, an authentication agent executing on the switch intercepts one or more authentication packets sourced by the host and headed for the destination port of the switch device and redirects the authentication packets to an authentication server for validating the host at the destination port of the switch device. The switch device removes the block at the destination port in response to receiving an acknowledgment of successful authentication at the destination port from the authentication server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Alton Lo, Ian Andrew McCloghrie
  • Publication number: 20230408498
    Abstract: The disclosure provides antibody constructs that can reversibly bind to biological or chemical target analytes. Upon target analyte binding, the antibody construct can change its conformational state to produce a detectable readout. An antibody construct can be a single-antibody construct or a dual-antibody construct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jing Pan, Ian Andrew Paul Thompson, Brandon Wilson, Hyongsok Tom Soh, Nicolo Maganzini
  • Patent number: 11819335
    Abstract: A method includes receiving data associated with a sleep session of a user. The method also includes determining that the user is experiencing or has experienced an event based at least in part on the data. The method also includes causing pressurized air to be directed from a respiratory device to a multi-compartment bladder in response to determining that the user is experiencing or has experienced the event to aid in modifying a position of a head of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ResMed Sensor Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Michael Pinczuk, Kieran Grennan, Ian Andrew Law
  • Patent number: 11806694
    Abstract: A catalyst has a modified silica support and comprises a modifier metal, zirconium and/or hafnium, and a catalytic metal on the modified support. The catalyst has at least a proportion, typically, at least 25%, of modifier metal present in moieties having a total of up to 2 modifier metal atoms. The moieties may be derived from a monomeric and/or dimeric cation source. A method of production: provides a silica support with isolated silanol groups with optional treatment to provide isolated silanol groups (—SiOH) at a level of <2.5 groups per nm2; contacting the optionally treated silica support with a monomeric zirconium or hafnium modifier metal compound to effect adsorption onto the support; and optionally calcining the modified support for a time and temperature sufficient to convert the monomeric zirconium or hafnium compound adsorbed on the surface to an oxide or hydroxide of zirconium or hafnium in preparation for catalyst impregnation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Adam Cullen, David William Johnson, Ian Andrew York
  • Publication number: 20230310781
    Abstract: A method includes receiving data associated with a user during a sleep session. The received data is analyzed to determine, for a selected timeframe during the sleep session, whether the user is breathing through nostrils of the user. Based at least in part on a result of the analysis, a mask recommendation is communicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jose Ricardo Dos Santos, Redmond Shouldice, Ian Andrew Law
  • Publication number: 20230293034
    Abstract: A sensor-enabled tamper-resistant body-worn monitoring cuff that includes a magnet and a magnetic sensor that are adjacent to each other when the cuff is worn by an individual and are separated when the cuff is removed. The magnetic sensor detects a magnetic field of the magnet and causes an alert message to be wirelessly transmitted when the magnetic field drops below a predetermined threshold. The cuff further includes a physiological sensor, such as a heartrate sensor, and an inertial sensor, such as an accelerometer, which detect signals that are analyzed to determine whether the individual's physiological parameters have deviated from normal or expected values and which may cause an alert message to be wirelessly transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ian Andrew OSTEYEE, John Anthony DEFALCO
  • Publication number: 20230251495
    Abstract: A head-mounted display system includes a positioning and stabilising structure structured and arranged to hold a display unit in an operational position over a user's face in use and an interfacing structure for the display unit constructed and arranged to be in opposing relation with the user's face. The interfacing structure comprises a substantially continuous face engaging surface adapted to contact the user's face around a periphery of the user's eyes. The interfacing structure comprises silicone. The interfacing structure is configured and arranged such that force applied to the user's face is distributed around the periphery thereof. The interfacing structure comprises a first compliance at a first region and a second compliance at a second region, wherein the first region and the second region are configured around the periphery of the interfacing structure to allow selective distribution of the force onto the user's face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Ian Andrew LAW, Aaron Samuel DAVIDSON, Stewart Joseph WAGNER
  • Patent number: 11719244
    Abstract: A pump and method for pumping a gas are disclosed. The pump comprises a rotor and a stator. At least one of the rotor or stator comprises at least one liquid opening configured for fluid communication with a liquid source. The liquid opening is configured such that in response to a driving force exerted on liquid from the liquid source a stream of liquid is output from the opening, the stream of liquid forming a liquid blade between the rotor and the stator, gas confined by said stator, said rotor and said liquid blade being driven through said pump from a gas inlet towards a gas outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Ian David Stones, Nigel Paul Schofield, Ian Andrew Norton
  • Publication number: 20230211024
    Abstract: Methods of non-invasively imaging a subject using two or more antigen-binding constructs that selectively bind to immune cell markers are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Alessandro Mascioni, Ian Andrew Wilson, Ivan Plavec, William Huy Le
  • Patent number: 11686948
    Abstract: A head-mounted display system includes a positioning and stabilising structure structured and arranged to hold a display unit in an operational position over a user's face in use and an interfacing structure for the display unit constructed and arranged to be in opposing relation with the user's face. The interfacing structure comprises a substantially continuous face engaging surface adapted to contact the user's face around a periphery of the user's eyes. The interfacing structure comprises silicone. The interfacing structure is configured and arranged such that force applied to the user's face is distributed around the periphery thereof. The interfacing structure comprises a first compliance at a first region and a second compliance at a second region, wherein the first region and the second region are configured around the periphery of the interfacing structure to allow selective distribution of the force onto the user's face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Ian Andrew Law, Aaron Samuel Davidson, Stewart Joseph Wagner
  • Patent number: 11687799
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for machine learning and rules integration. Embodiments include receiving input values corresponding to a subset of a set of input variables associated with an automated determination. Embodiments include generating a directed acyclic graph (DAG) representing a set of constraints corresponding to the set of input variables. The set of constraints relate to one or more machine learning models and one or more rules. Embodiments include receiving one or more outputs from the one or more machine learning models based on one or more of the input values. Embodiments include determining outcomes for the one or more rules based on at least one of the input values. Embodiments include populating the DAG based on the input values, the one or more outputs, and the outcomes. Embodiments include making the automated determination based on logic represented by the DAG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: INTUIT, INC.
    Inventors: Sricharan Kallur Palli Kumar, Conrad De Peuter, Efraim David Feinstein, Nagaraj Janardhana, Yi Xu Ng, Ian Andrew Sebanja
  • Publication number: 20230161166
    Abstract: A head-mounted display system includes a head-mounted display unit and a positioning and stabilising structure structured and arranged to hold the head-mounted display unit in an operational position over a user's face in use. The positioning and stabilising structure includes a rear support structure adapted to contact posterior regions of a user's head and a forehead support connector, which includes a forehead support strap, which extends generally along and in the direction of the sagittal plane and connects the rear support structure to a superior edge region of the head-mounted display unit. The forehead support connector further includes a forehead support rigidiser that provides rigidification to a portion of the forehead support connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventor: Ian Andrew LAW
  • Publication number: 20230157400
    Abstract: A head-mounted display system includes a head-mounted display unit and a positioning and stabilising structure structured and arranged to hold the head-mounted display unit in an operational position over a user's face in use. The positioning and stabilising structure includes a rear support structure adapted to contact posterior regions of a user's head and at least one connector structured and arranged to interconnect the rear support structure to the head-mounted display unit. The rear support structure is in the form of a hoop comprising an occipital portion configured and arranged engage the user's head along a portion of the occipital bone adjacent a junction where the neck muscles attach to the occipital bone in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventor: Ian Andrew LAW
  • Publication number: 20230152594
    Abstract: A head-mounted display system includes a head-mounted display unit having a display, a battery pack for powering the head-mounted display system, and a positioning and stabilising structure configured to hold the head-mounted display unit anterior to a user's eyes such that the display is viewable by the user in use and configured to hold the battery pack posterior to the user's head in use. In an embodiment, the positioning and stabilizing structure includes a posterior support portion configured to engage a posterior portion of a user's head, the posterior support portion having a parietal strap portion configured to overlie the parietal bones of the user's head in use and an occipital strap portion configured to overlie or lie below an occipital bone of the user's head in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Aaron Samuel DAVIDSON, Ian Andrew LAW, David James BRAUND, Stewart Joseph WAGNER
  • Patent number: 11651697
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to improve aircraft traffic control. An example apparatus includes a network interface to obtain air route traffic (ART) data associated with aircraft flying in airspace sectors during a first time period, a database controller to generate a first database entry by mapping extracted portions of the ART data to a first database entry field of the first database entry, and ART sector services to execute machine learning (ML) models using database entries to generate first aircraft traffic counts of the airspace sectors during the first time period, in response to selecting a first ML model of the ML models based on the first aircraft traffic counts, execute the first ML model to generate second aircraft traffic counts during a second time period, and transmit the second aircraft traffic counts to a computing device to cause an aircraft flight plan adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Samet Ayhan, Glaucia Costa Balvedi, Pablo Costas Alvarez, Ian Andrew Byham Wilson, Alexandre C. Leite, Italo Romani De Oliveira