Patents by Inventor Ian David

Ian David 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).

  • Patent number: 11948133
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in facilitating fund transfers between source accounts and destination accounts. One exemplary method includes capturing a computer-readable indicia representative of: a destination account identifier specific to a destination account of a first party and a name of the first party associated with the destination account and, in response to the captured indicia, displaying the name of the first party as a confirmation that the first party is associated with the destination account. The method also includes identifying a source account identifier associated with a source account based on a selection of the source account or on the source account being a default account, and compiling and transmitting a transfer request for a fund transfer based on: the destination account identifier, the source account identifier associated with the identified source account, and a payment amount for the fund transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sandeep Malhotra, Ian David Alan Maddocks
  • Publication number: 20240101274
    Abstract: An electric pushback vehicle includes a frame having a forward portion and a rear portion. The vehicle further includes front drive axle and a rear drive axle configured to communicate power to ground engaging members. A traction battery is housed within the electric pushback vehicle and provides electric power to an electric motor to drive an output shaft. A transmission is connected to receive mechanical power from the electric motor through a torque converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Trevor Douglas ROEBUCK, Brian Wallace YODER, Patrick Dwaine WARDEN, Chase Cherek SCHOFIELD, Robert Charles BRADLEY, Anthony Christopher MORRIS, Joshua David BARNES, William Cole KOSTER, Ian Kendall BALK, James Chandler LIGGETT
  • Publication number: 20240106225
    Abstract: Examples of the disclosure include a system for modifying a trip level of a circuit, the system comprising a protection device configured to activate responsive to a differential current exceeding the trip level, a first current transformer coupled to an input of the circuit, a second current transformer coupled to the output of the circuit, at least one measurement circuit coupled to the first current transformer and to the second current transformer, the at least one measurement circuit being configured to obtain a first current measurement from the first current transformer, obtain a second current measurement from the second current transformer, determine a bias current based on the first current measurement and the second current measurement, and modify the trip level of the protection device based on the bias current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Ian David Young
  • Publication number: 20240103123
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a communications and relative positioning capability using frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar installed on multiple mobile and/or stationary objects, providing secure/reliable determination of signal origin from a select one of a plurality of geographically mobile machines, equipment, devices, or systems and subsequent selective establishment/facilitation of direct/deterministic/reliable communication therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ian Robert Meier, Michael David Lockerbie
  • Patent number: 11937735
    Abstract: A food station includes a base configured to support a food product, a frame coupled to the base and including a longitudinal member having a length extending in a longitudinal direction, and a heat strip module coupled to the longitudinal member. The heat strip module includes a housing, a heating element coupled to the housing, and a reflector coupled to the housing. The heat strip module is at least one of (a) selectively rotatable relative to the longitudinal member between a first orientation and a second orientation and configured to emit the energy in both the first orientation and the second orientation or (b) selectively repositionable along the length of the longitudinal member between a first position and a second position and configured to emit the energy in both the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jill Hundley, Thomas David VanDerPuy, Jeffrey T. Zank, Kirk Michael Komendat, Kristin Blada, Ian Robert Ecclestone
  • Publication number: 20240098323
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a method of operating a local storage device (“LSD”) in a broadband communication network is disclosed. The LSD is within a local area network of at least one user device. At least one item of digital content is received by the LSD from at least some of a plurality of digital content providers, via the network, during an off peak time period of the network. The item of digital content is selected by a respective content provider for download to a respective user based on the respective user. The received digital content is stored in the local storage device. A selected one of the stored digital content is provided from the LSD to a user device in response to a request from the user device. A system for providing digital content and an LSD, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Ian David Biggs
  • Patent number: 11928387
    Abstract: A method for controlling target sound playback. A display screen of a control device is configured to display a target sound user setting for controlling target sound playback, wherein the target sound user setting controls a stored target sound level parameter that is stored within memory of the control device. A target sound sequence is generated in accordance with the user setting. A speaker is driven with the target sound sequence. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Cecilia Casarini, Ian M. Fisch, Jakub Mazur, Mitchell R. Lerner, Pablo David Brazell Ruiz, Stephen W. Ryner, Jr., Tyrone T. Chen
  • Patent number: 11928769
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by an electromagnetic device, emitting optical radiation on one or more objects disposed inside an interior of the electronic device, where the optical radiation is emitted by one or more radiation sources, capturing a set of 2D images of the one or more objects illuminated by the optical radiation, where variation of illumination or of an imaging process permits the set of 2D images to be combined into a representation of the one or more objects, determining whether the set of images comprises a representation of the one or more objects as imaged, in response to determining that the set of images comprises a representation of the one or more objects as imaged, generating a three-dimensional (3D) spectral data cube of the one or more first objects based on spectral information of the first set of images, and storing the 3D spectral data cube for processing by the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ian David Parker, Brian R. Patton, Pedro Martinez Lopez, Sergio Perdices-Gonzalez, Sajid Hassan Sadi
  • Patent number: 11922546
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to generate and display trends associated with a process control system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes memory, machine readable instructions, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to generate a first graphical user interface. The first graphical user interface to include a graphical representation of a component in a process control system. The processor circuitry to generate a second graphical user interface. The second graphical user interface to include a chart region with a trend represented therein. The trend indicative of values of a process parameter of the process control system over a period of time. The processor circuitry to automatically generate the trend in the chart region in response to a graphical element being dragged and dropped from the first graphical user interface to the second graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Denis David, Monja Lajoie, Jessica Siu Liu, Karen Chau Johnson, Cody Troyer, Ian Nadas, Duane L. Harnish, Simran Ahuja, Amanda McConville, Terry P. Vallery, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240068786
    Abstract: A method for evaluating hits on a target is disclosed comprising capturing frames of the target by a camera, detecting a target in a captured frame, classifying the target in the captured frame as a target type, determining a depth of the target from a user, identifying a hit on the target, by a processing device, and scoring the hit. Detecting the target, classifying the target, and/or identifying a hit on the target by a respective machine learning model run. A portable and self-contained target evaluation unit is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Ian David Biggs
  • Publication number: 20240065289
    Abstract: Methods for extracting materials from oil seeds are disclosed. An example method may include extracting a material from an oil seed with an extraction solution to form a mixture. The extraction solution may be free of an organic solvent. The method may also include filtering the mixture into a retentate and a permeate. The method may also include drying the retentate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ian Mackay, Karl James Greden, Emily Weinand, Kevin Alexander Toboja, J. David Mingus
  • Publication number: 20240029337
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by an electromagnetic device, emitting optical radiation on one or more objects disposed inside an interior of the electronic device, where the optical radiation is emitted by one or more radiation sources, capturing a set of 2D images of the one or more objects illuminated by the optical radiation, where variation of illumination or of an imaging process permits the set of 2D images to be combined into a representation of the one or more objects, determining whether the set of images comprises a representation of the one or more objects as imaged, in response to determining that the set of images comprises a representation of the one or more objects as imaged, generating a three-dimensional (3D) spectral data cube of the one or more first objects based on spectral information of the first set of images, and storing the 3D spectral data cube for processing by the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ian David Parker, Brian R. Patton, Pedro Martinez Lopez, Sergio Perdices-Gonzalez, Sajid Hassan Sadi
  • Publication number: 20240011260
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a plurality of sensors and a device. Each sensor is configured to measure data and communicate over a network using low power signal communication. The device is connected to an in-wall power source and configured to wirelessly communicate over the network using low power signal communication. Further, the device is configured to transmit data from the sensors to a remote gateway using high power signal communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: WATTS REGULATOR CO.
    Inventors: Joseph Michael BURKE, Ian David BAYNES
  • Patent number: 11871138
    Abstract: A virtualized production switcher for media production is provided that includes a script database that stores predefined macros that each define a script for applying media production functions to media content, and a script optimizer that selects a subset of the predefined macros to be presented on a user interface as suggested scripts for each of a plurality of scenes of a media stream. Moreover, a program generator receives a user input via the user interface that selects one of the predefined macros and applies the corresponding script to a selected scene of the media stream for a media production by applying the at least one media production function to the selected scene based on an identified key-frame thereof. A script profiler identifies metadata related to the selected scene and updates the script database to store a correspondence between the selected scene and the selected predefined macro.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GRASS VALLEY CANADA
    Inventor: Ian David Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20230422591
    Abstract: A method of analyzing film on a substrate comprises receiving surface profile data obtained from measurements of a substrate having a plurality of discrete regions with one or more film layers; extracting, based on a predetermined pattern of the discrete regions, a plurality of parameters from the received surface profile data, the plurality of parameters comprising one or more parameters of a film layer of each discrete regions, and displaying a user interface. The user interface may comprise a plurality of individual graphs each illustrating the one or more parameters of the one or more film layers for a corresponding subset of the plurality of discrete regions, and a composite graph illustrating the one or more parameters of the one or more film layers for each discrete region of the plurality of discrete regions, wherein the composite graph corresponds to the plurality of individual graphs being overlaid together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Kateeva, Inc.
    Inventors: Doris Pik-Yiu Chun, Ian David Parker
  • Patent number: 11853737
    Abstract: A method may include: receiving a notification of a triggering event, the triggering event identifying an associated product; accessing a baseline configuration for the product; transmitting a notification to a recipient responsible for maintaining the baseline configuration for the product; receiving an approved update to the baseline configuration from the recipient; generating an updated baseline configuration for the product based on the approved update; querying a database to identify an application subscriber for the triggering event for the product; and transmitting the updated baseline configuration to the identified application subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Guor-Huar Lu, Ian David Burton, Robert R. Miller, II, Shawn Patrick Clark, Javin Jacob Sword, Abir Sleiman Abukhadra, Barry Michael Evans, Adam Waud
  • Patent number: 11837453
    Abstract: A nebuliser outlet comprises an inlet end and an outlet end, a first channel and one or more second channels arranged between the inlet end and the outlet end. The first channel is configured to receive a capillary, and the one or more second channels are configured to pass gas to the outlet end. The nebuliser outlet is a single integrated component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Micromass UK Limited
    Inventors: Ian David Trivett, Anthony Hesse, Mark Walford, Daniel J. Kenny, David Gordon, Stanislaw Koziol, Steve D. Trudeau, Alastair M. Booth, Stephen Ayrton
  • Publication number: 20230385032
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for generating a factory layout to dynamically optimize a media content production in a real-time environment. The system includes a media production optimizer with a widget controller that provides widgets that represent work packages as micro-services that perform functions of the media content production, respectively. A user interface controller receive inputs from a user interface to dynamically update the factory layout for the media content production. The media production optimizer then recompiles underlying code to update a model of the factory layout in response to the inputs from the operator of the system, and also migrates the updated factory layout to a cloud platform that includes a plurality of media production components including the plurality of micro-services for deployment thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Ian David FLETCHER, Charles S. MEYER, Michael CRONK, James Westland CAIN
  • Patent number: 11815424
    Abstract: A test cock for determining an operating condition of a backflow prevention system includes a body portion having a distal end and a proximal end and a space defined within the body portion. A distal opening is provided on the body portion at the distal end and a proximal opening is provided on the body portion at the proximal end and the proximal opening is in fluid connection with the body portion space. A body portion fitting is disposed in the body portion and is providing a fluid connection with the body portion space. A fluid sensor is coupled to the body portion fitting and is in fluid connection with the body portion space. A rotating system fitting has a first end and a second end where the second end is provided in the body portion proximal opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Watts Regulator Co.
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Burke, Muhannad Bagegni, Jason Doughty, Frank DiBenedetto, Ian David Baynes
  • Patent number: 11806789
    Abstract: Processes for producing copper granules on a surface of a reducing metal. The process can include contacting the reducing metal with an aqueous solution comprising a copper(II) salt and a halide. The molar ratio of the halide to the copper(II) in the copper (II) salt can be at least about 3:1. The granular copper can be produced on a surface of the reducing metal, and is optionally removed from the surface of the reducing metal by shaking, washing, and/or brushing, and/or optionally with stirring and/or circulating of the aqueous solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Destiny Copper Inc.
    Inventors: Ian David Brindle, Molina Audrey Lorraine Sheepwash