Patents by Inventor Ian Roberts

Ian Roberts 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: 20240396631
    Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, via one or more spatially distinct receivers, a plurality of transmitted optical signals associated with a spatially-diverse optical communication link, forming an optical signal based on a combination of the plurality of transmitted optical signals, converting the optical signal to an electrical signal, processing the electrical signal to produce multi-gigabit digital output data, extracting one or more parameters from the electrical signal, and controlling, based on the one or more parameters, the forming of the optical signal, the converting of the optical signal, the processing of the electrical signal, the extracting of the one or more parameters, or any combinations thereof. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: CIENA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brandon Taylor Buscaino, Mohammad Ebrahim Mousa Pasandi, Kim Byron Roberts, Ian Roberts
  • Publication number: 20240396147
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are examples of an end cap (100) for a battery module housing of an electric vehicle (800). The end cap (100) comprises an electrically conductive end cap housing (102), configured to connect to an end of a traction battery housing. The end cap (100) comprises an electrically insulating busbar connector housing (104) fixed within the end cap housing (102). The end cap (100) comprises an electrically conductive busbar connector (106) fixed within the busbar connector housing (104). The busbar connector housing (104) is configured to electrically isolate the busbar connector (106) from the end cap housing (102). The busbar connector (106) is configured to connect to a module busbar of a battery module inside the battery module housing, and provide a terminal outside the battery module housing to allow for electrical connection to the module busbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Robert TRIGG, Ruben ARJONA, Ian ROBERTS
  • Patent number: 12146951
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and devices for improved location of any and all underwater structures or equipment installed underwater. In particular, systems are disclosed that combine optical and acoustic metrology for locating objects in underwater environments. The systems allow for relative positions of objects to be determined with great accuracy using optical techniques, and support enhanced location of devices that utilize acoustic location techniques. In addition, location information can be provided by the system even in conditions that make optical metrology techniques impossible or impractical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: 3D AT DEPTH, INC.
    Inventors: Carl W. Embry, Neil Manning, Ian Roberts
  • Publication number: 20240253753
    Abstract: A system and method for deploying and retrieving a plurality of ocean bottom seismic nodes to and from the seabed. An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is coupled to a node skid that is configured to handle the nodes. The AUV and coupled skid is lowered to and raised from the seabed and a surface vessel in a garage or basket. The skid may have a variable buoyancy system (VBS) formed of a plurality of pipes and a positive displacement pump, such that the VBS is configured to automatically control a buoyancy of the skid. The AUV and/or skid has a plurality of cameras for optical 3D stereo photogrammetry for identification, deployment, and retrieval of the nodes. Also disclosed is a method for retrieving a dead AUV from the ocean bottom by utilizing a garage and an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: PXGEO UK Limited
    Inventors: Martin John Hartland, Nishan Ragoonanan, Ian Roberts
  • Publication number: 20240076361
    Abstract: Disclosed herein an anti-pT217 Tau antibody or a pT217 Tau-binding fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Sonia CIEZAREK, Malcolm Ian ROBERTS, James Martin STADDON, Takashi OBARA, Yohei MUKAI, Lal Kishan AGARWALA
  • Publication number: 20240034777
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind Tau and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Malcolm Ian Roberts, James Martin Staddon, Hettihewage Alfred Rohan De Silva, Jared Spidel, Hirofumi Aoyagi, Shigeru Akasofu, Yutaka Hashizume, Kishan Agarwala
  • Publication number: 20230393271
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and devices for improved location of any and all underwater structures or equipment installed underwater. In particular, systems are disclosed that combine optical and acoustic metrology for locating objects in underwater environments. The systems allow for relative positions of objects to be determined with great accuracy using optical techniques, and support enhanced location of devices that utilize acoustic location techniques. In addition, location information can be provided by the system even in conditions that make optical metrology techniques impossible or impractical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: 3D at Depth, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl W. Embry, Neil Manning, Ian Roberts
  • Patent number: 11774586
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and devices for improved location of any and all underwater structures or equipment installed underwater. In particular, systems are disclosed that combine optical and acoustic metrology for locating objects in underwater environments. The systems allow for relative positions of objects to be determined with great accuracy using optical techniques, and support enhanced location of devices that utilize acoustic location techniques. In addition, location information can be provided by the system even in conditions that make optical metrology techniques impossible or impractical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: 3D AT DEPTH, INC.
    Inventors: Carl W. Embry, Neil Manning, Ian Roberts
  • Patent number: 11578120
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind Tau and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd., UCL Business LTD
    Inventors: Malcolm Ian Roberts, James Martin Staddon, Hettihewage Alfred Rohan De Silva, Jared Spidel, Hirofumi Aoyagi, Shigeru Akasofu, Yutaka Hashizume, Kishan Agarwala
  • Patent number: 11233523
    Abstract: An apparatus is configured to generate, from a stream of periodic digital samples, a first sub-stream of periodic analog samples and a second sub-stream of periodic analog samples, each sub-stream comprising substantially stable time intervals. The apparatus is further configured to generate a sign-modulated sub-stream by applying to the second sub-stream a sign modulation operation effecting a sign transition during a stable time interval of the second sub-stream. The apparatus is further configured to generate an output stream of periodic analog samples based on a sum of the first sub-stream and the sign-modulated sub-stream, wherein a period of the output stream is shorter than periods of the first and second sub-streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Shahab Oveis Gharan, Ian Roberts, Yuriy Greshishchev, Naim Ben-Hamida, Kim B. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20210382171
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and devices for improved location of any and all underwater structures or equipment installed underwater. In particular, systems are disclosed that combine optical and acoustic metrology for locating objects in underwater environments. The systems allow for relative positions of objects to be determined with great accuracy using optical techniques, and support enhanced location of devices that utilize acoustic location techniques. In addition, location information can be provided by the system even in conditions that make optical metrology techniques impossible or impractical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: 3D at Depth, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl W. Embry, Neil Manning, Ian Roberts
  • Patent number: 11162240
    Abstract: The present invention is a hydraulic excavation and delivery device capable of hydraulically removing soil overburden from a buried structure, like a pipeline, and delivering an article, such as an electro-mechanical connector for attachment to the buried structure. Hydraulic excavation is achieved by directing a stream of fluid at soil adjacent to and inside an open bottom region of the device to simultaneously dislodge adjacent soil, suspend dislodged soil in the accumulating fluid and form a pit that the device may fit within. Delivery of article is achieved by: (1) loading an article into the tool; (2) advancing the device toward the buried structure by deepening the pit without significant failure (slumping or sagging) of the pit walls until a portion of the buried structure is exposed and within the device; (3) landing the device on the exposed portion of the structure; (4) fixing the article to the exposed portion of the structure; and (5) releasing the article from the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: William Robert Bath, Ian Roberts
  • Patent number: 11125875
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and devices for improved location of any and all underwater structures or equipment installed underwater. In particular, systems are disclosed that combine optical and acoustic metrology for locating objects in underwater environments. The systems allow for relative positions of objects to be determined with great accuracy using optical techniques, and support enhanced location of devices that utilize acoustic location techniques. In addition, location information can be provided by the system even in conditions that make optical metrology techniques impossible or impractical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: 3D at Depth, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl W. Embry, Neil Manning, Ian Roberts
  • Publication number: 20210024622
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind Tau and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Malcolm Ian Roberts, James Martin Staddon, Hettihewage Alfred Rohan De Silva, Jared Spidel, Hirofumi Aoyagi, Shigeru Akasofu, Yutaka Hashizume, Kishan Agarwala
  • Patent number: 10829547
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind Tau and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd., UCL Business LTD
    Inventors: Malcolm Ian Roberts, James Martin Staddon, Hettihewage Alfred Rohan De Silva, Jared Spidel, Hirofumi Aoyagi, Shigeru Akasofu, Yutaka Hashizume, Kishan Agarwala
  • Publication number: 20200124722
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and devices for improved location of any and all underwater structures or equipment installed underwater. In particular, systems are disclosed that combine optical and acoustic metrology for locating objects in underwater environments. The systems allow for relative positions of objects to be determined with great accuracy using optical techniques, and support enhanced location of devices that utilize acoustic location techniques. In addition, location information can be provided by the system even in conditions that make optical metrology techniques impossible or impractical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: 3D at Depth, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl W. Embry, Neil Manning, Ian Roberts
  • Patent number: 10358485
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind Tau and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignees: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd., UCL Business PLC
    Inventors: Malcolm Ian Roberts, James Martin Staddon, Hettihewage Alfred Rohan De Silva, Jared Spidel, Hirofumi Aoyagi, Shigeru Akasofu, Yutaka Hashizume, Kishan Agarwala
  • Publication number: 20190112365
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind Tau and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Malcolm Ian Roberts, James Martin Staddon, Hettihewage Alfred Rohan De Silva, Jared Spidel, Hirofumi Aoyagi, Shigeru Akasofu, Yutaka Hashizume, Kishan Agarwala
  • Publication number: 20190112364
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind Tau and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Malcolm Ian Roberts, James Martin Staddon, Hettihewage Alfred Rohan De Silva, Jared Spidel, Hirofumi Aoyagi, Shigeru Akasofu, Yutaka Hashizume, Kishan Agarwala
  • Publication number: 20190071842
    Abstract: The present invention is a hydraulic excavation and delivery device capable of hydraulically removing soil overburden from a buried structure, like a pipeline, and delivering an article, such as an electro-mechanical connector for attachment to the buried structure. Hydraulic excavation is achieved by directing a stream of fluid at soil adjacent to and inside an open bottom region of the device to simultaneously dislodge adjacent soil, suspend dislodged soil in the accumulating fluid and form a pit that the device may fit within. Delivery of article is achieved by: (1) loading an article into the tool; (2) advancing the device toward the buried structure by deepening the pit without significant failure (slumping or sagging) of the pit walls until a portion of the buried structure is exposed and within the device; (3) landing the device on the exposed portion of the structure; (4) fixing the article to the exposed portion of the structure; and (5) releasing the article from the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: William Robert Bath, Ian Roberts