Patents by Inventor Ian Matthews

Ian Matthews 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: 10441095
    Abstract: A bracket is engageable with an object to position the object relative to a support structure. The bracket has a body having at least one peripheral wall defining a wall surface. The body has a flange extending outwardly from the wall surface of the at least one peripheral wall and has an outer surface and an opposed inner surface. The flange is insertable into a channel of the object to engage the bracket with the object. The flange has at least one resilient member extending away from at least one of the inner and outer surfaces of the flange. The at least one resilient member is resiliently displaceable toward said surface of the flange upon the flange being inserted into the channel to abut the at least one resilient member against a surface of the channel. The bracket also has a position element extending outwardly from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: UNDER THE ROOF DECORATING INC.
    Inventors: Kelly R. Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz, Ian Matthew Campana
  • Publication number: 20190309898
    Abstract: A hanging device attachable to overlapping siding members to support an object. The hanging device includes a support portion having a body defining an outer surface and an inner surface. A retaining structure is on the outer surface of the body to support the object. A support protrusion extends outwardly from the inner surface of the body to abut against one of the siding members. An attachment portion has a first end attached to the body of the support portion and extends from the body to a second end. The second end has an engagement member being insertable between the siding members at a joint formed therebetween. The attachment portion has a curved segment along at least part of a length of the attachment portion defined between the first and second ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Kelly KRAKE, Liette TOUSIGNANT, Michael Kurtz, Ian Matthew CAMPANA
  • Publication number: 20190313185
    Abstract: A satellite microphone assembly formed by a base housing a microphone and a volume control electronics and an outer ring coupled with the base and rotatable about the base. The outer ring includes a center aperture having an actuatable button to toggle mute/unmute of the microphone disposed therein. A rotational sensor is supported by the base and configured to detect a rotation of the outer ring and to output information about a direction and a degree of rotation of the outer ring to the volume control electronics, thereby causing a rotation of the outer ring to affect a volume of a speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew M.U. Cho, Ian Matthew Snyder, Morgan Davis Teachworth, Nicholas James Kaoru Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20190294041
    Abstract: Methods for imprinting on abutted fields of a substrate are described. Generally, a first field of a substrate may be imprinted using an imprint lithography template. The template may then be placed such that a portion of the template overlaps the first field of the substrate while imprinting a second field of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Ian Matthew McMackin, Wesley Martin
  • Publication number: 20190273866
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for managing power use of a camera and/or camera system. In response to a wakeup trigger, contents of a scene are captured by the camera. Based on a received energy budget for the camera, a scene analysis is performed on the scene, where the contents of the scene are analyzed according to one or more analytics models. Based on the output of the one or more analytics models and the received energy budget for the camera, it is determined whether the camera should continue capturing the contents of the scene or enter a power state lower than a previous power state (e.g., go to sleep).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Nicholas Dye Abalos, Ian Matthew Snyder
  • Publication number: 20190261491
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for intelligently activating light devices for optimized lighting conditions in a scene, where optimized illumination is provided by a subset of light devices within an array of light devices in communication with the camera. The systems and methods detect a target within a camera's field of view and determine an optimized illumination of the target according to a video analytics model. Lighting is adjusted in accordance with the determined optimized illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Nicholas Dye Abalos, Ian Matthew Snyder
  • Patent number: 10375667
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for enhancing target positioning. A broadcast signal from a device is received by at one or more access points, where a first position area of the device is determined from an analysis of the broadcast signal. A second position area of the target, which is within the first position area, is determined by scanning pixels within the first position area in an image captured by the camera and, based on the scanned pixels, at least one target comprising a portion of the pixels is detected. The target within the image is classified, and based on the classification and portion of the pixels comprising the target, the second position area of the target within the first position of the image is triangulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Shanay Ravin Kothari, Ian Matthew Snyder
  • Patent number: 10356150
    Abstract: An automated repartitioning agent (ARA) of a storage service determines a repartitioning plan for a storage object. The plan identifies a source set of partitions whose keys are to be distributed among a target number of partitions. The ARA generates a data structure representing the source set, with entries indicating the key sets of corresponding partitions. The ARA implements repartitioning iterations until the keys of the source set have been redistributed. In each iteration, the ARA compares the key set of a selected entry of the data structure with a target key set and performs repartitioning actions based on the result. The repartitioning action may include splitting the selected entry's partition, merging the selected entry's partition with another partition, or designating the selected entry's partition as acceptable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Ian Matthew Gary Meyers
  • Publication number: 20190182790
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for enhancing target positioning. A broadcast signal from a device is received by at one or more access points, where a first position area of the device is determined from an analysis of the broadcast signal. A second position area of the target, which is within the first position area, is determined by scanning pixels within the first position area in an image captured by the camera and, based on the scanned pixels, at least one target comprising a portion of the pixels is detected. The target within the image is classified, and based on the classification and portion of the pixels comprising the target, the second position area of the target within the first position of the image is triangulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Shanay Ravin Kothari, Ian Matthew Snyder
  • Publication number: 20190179712
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for prioritizing backups of data on cameras. In some examples, a camera records media content items captured by the camera and detects features within respective media content items captured by the camera. The camera tags the media content items with data identifying the features detected within the respective media content items and, based on the data identifying the features detected within the respective media content items, ranks the media content items to yield respective media content item rankings. Based on the respective media content item rankings, the camera selects one or more of the media content items for a prioritized remote backup and, in response to detecting a threat to the camera, sends, according to one or more rules defined for the prioritized remote backup, data associated with the one or more of the media content items to a network destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Ian Matthew Snyder, Nicholas Dye Abalos, Peter W. Gleason
  • Publication number: 20190158789
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for protecting critical data on cameras from physical attacks. In some examples, a camera at a particular site monitors data captured by the camera and, based on the data, detects one or more predetermined conditions indicating a threat to the camera. Based on the one or more predetermined conditions indicating the threat to the camera, the camera determines a threshold risk of damage to data stored at the camera. In response to determining the threshold risk of damage to the data stored at the camera, the camera selects, from a plurality of content items in the data stored at the camera, a subset of content items based on respective priorities associated with the plurality of content items, and sends, via a network, the subset of content items to one or more destinations to yield a prioritized backup of the plurality of content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Ian Matthew Snyder, Nicholas Dye Abalos, Peter W. Gleason
  • Publication number: 20190076190
    Abstract: Ablation systems of the present disclosure facilitate the safe formation of wide and deep lesions. For example, ablation systems of the present disclosure can allow for the flow of irrigation fluid and blood through an expandable ablation electrode, resulting in efficient and effective cooling of the ablation electrode as the ablation electrode delivers energy at a treatment site of the patient. Additionally, or alternatively, ablation systems of the present disclosure can include a deformable ablation electrode and a plurality of sensors that, in cooperation, sense the deformation of the ablation electrode, to provide a robust indication of the extent and direction of contact between the ablation electrode and tissue at a treatment site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Doron Harlev, Ian Matthew Collier, Andrew Miles Wallace, Jonathan Matthew Bond
  • Patent number: 10219860
    Abstract: Ablation systems of the present disclosure facilitate the safe formation of wide and deep lesions. For example, ablation systems of the present disclosure can allow for the flow of irrigation fluid and blood through an expandable ablation electrode, resulting in efficient and effective cooling of the ablation electrode as the ablation electrode delivers energy at a treatment site of the patient. Additionally, or alternatively, ablation systems of the present disclosure can include a deformable ablation electrode and a plurality of sensors that, in cooperation, sense the deformation of the ablation electrode, to provide a robust indication of the extent and direction of contact between the ablation electrode and tissue at a treatment site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Affera, Inc.
    Inventors: Doron Harlev, Ian Matthew Collier, Andrew Miles Wallace, Jonathan Matthew Bond
  • Patent number: 10185628
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for prioritizing backups of data on cameras. In some examples, a camera records media content items captured by the camera and detects features within respective media content items captured by the camera. The camera tags the media content items with data identifying the features detected within the respective media content items and, based on the data identifying the features detected within the respective media content items, ranks the media content items to yield respective media content item rankings. Based on the respective media content item rankings, the camera selects one or more of the media content items for a prioritized remote backup and, in response to detecting a threat to the camera, sends, according to one or more rules defined for the prioritized remote backup, data associated with the one or more of the media content items to a network destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Ian Matthew Snyder, Nicholas Dye Abalos, Peter W. Gleason
  • Publication number: 20190008292
    Abstract: A bracket is engageable with an object to position the object relative to a support structure. The bracket has a body having at least one peripheral wall defining a wall surface. The body has a flange extending outwardly from the wall surface of the at least one peripheral wall and has an outer surface and an opposed inner surface. The flange is insertable into a channel of the object to engage the bracket with the object. The flange has at least one resilient member extending away from at least one of the inner and outer surfaces of the flange. The at least one resilient member is resiliently displaceable toward said surface of the flange upon the flange being inserted into the channel to abut the at least one resilient member against a surface of the channel. The bracket also has a position element extending outwardly from the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Kelly R. KRAKE, Liette TOUSIGNANT, Michael KURTZ, Ian Matthew CAMPANA
  • Patent number: D834567
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Ian Matthew Snyder, Matthew M. U. Cho, Morgan Davis Teachworth, Nicholas James Kaoru Kawamoto
  • Patent number: D845264
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Matthew Snyder, Matthew M. U. Cho, Morgan Davis Teachworth
  • Patent number: D852770
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Lawrence Jared Baskett, Hyunsoo Lee, Ian Matthew Snyder, Joshua Markell, Jennifer Ouk, Nicholas James Kaoru Kawamoto, Matthew M. U. Cho
  • Patent number: D865498
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: UNDER THE ROOF DECORATING INC.
    Inventors: Kelly Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz, Ian Matthew Campana
  • Patent number: D865499
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: UNDER THE ROOF DECORATING INC.
    Inventors: Kelly Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz, Ian Matthew Campana