Patents by Inventor J. A. Peterson

J. A. Peterson 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: 20250148694
    Abstract: Aspects comprise systems implementing 3-D graphics processing functionality in a multiprocessing system. Control flow structures are used in scheduling instances of computation in the multiprocessing system, where different points in the control flow structure serve as points where deferral of some instances of computation can be performed in favor of scheduling other instances of computation. In some examples, the control flow structure identifies particular tasks, such as intersection testing of a particular portion of an acceleration structure, and a particular element of shading code. In some examples, the aspects are used in 3-D graphics processing systems that can perform ray tracing based rendering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Luke T. Peterson, James Alexander McCombe, Ryan R. Salsbury, Steven J. Clohset
  • Publication number: 20250148688
    Abstract: In some aspects, systems and methods provide for forming groupings of a plurality of independently-specified computation workloads, such as graphics processing workloads, and in a specific example, ray tracing workloads. The workloads include a scheduling key, which is one basis on which the groupings can be formed. Workloads grouped together can all execute from the same source of instructions, on one or more different private data elements. Such workloads can recursively instantiate other workloads that reference the same private data elements. In some examples, the scheduling key can be used to identify a data element to be used by all the workloads of a grouping. Memory conflicts to private data elements are handled through scheduling of non-conflicted workloads or specific instructions and/or deferring conflicted workloads instead of locking memory locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Luke T. Peterson, James A. McCombe, Steven J. Clohset, Jason R. Redgrave
  • Publication number: 20250146777
    Abstract: A device including a body coupled to a magazine receiving area of a firearm and a locking unit that locks a firearm to the body of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventor: Donald J. Peterson
  • Patent number: 12290240
    Abstract: An endoscopic visualization system including an endoscopic subsystem comprising: an endoscope having an optical channel and an illumination channel; an image sensor operatively coupled to receive light from the optical channel; and a solid-state light source operatively coupled to transmit light through the illumination channel; at least one electrical cable extending from the endoscopic subsystem; and a monitor subsystem comprising: a frame defining an inner compartment; a display screen; and at least one port configured to receive the at least one electrical cable connected to the endoscopic subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: ConMed Corporation
    Inventors: Eric J. Peterson, Walter M. Dibacco
  • Publication number: 20250137112
    Abstract: Systems and methods for deposition-based manufacturing and quantum spin separation in space environments are disclosed herein. A method of manufacturing a film in a space environment includes melting a metal in a melting pot using concentrated solar energy and pushing the melted metal through small openings in the melting pot to produce a liquid stream. The method further includes dispersing the liquid stream into liquid drops of the melted metal and depositing the liquid drops onto a mold surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: James G. Small, Joel C. Sercel, Craig E. Peterson, Philip J. Wahl
  • Publication number: 20250136196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to all terrain vehicles having at least a pair of laterally spaced apart seating surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn D. Peterson, Calvin W. Cox, Andrew J. Miller
  • Publication number: 20250136924
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to food-grade bacteria (GRAS isolates) and methods for removing glyphosate and other toxic compounds preventing the accumulation within organisms, feed, food and the environment. Food grade bacteria for the degradation, removal, sequestration or inactivation of glyphosate are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Gene Guard Detox, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Norman Peterson, John McColgan, Hans Peter Bissinger, Paul J. Mills
  • Patent number: 12288076
    Abstract: A computer implemented method includes receiving a request for a boot into a system factory reset mode, accessing a virtual boot indication in an operating system memory area, identifying an address of a virtual boot user space memory area as a function of the virtual boot indication, and booting the system into the factory reset mode using the virtual boot user space memory without overriding user settings in the user space memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Lenovo (United States) Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan J. Peterson, John Petersen, Gary Cudak
  • Patent number: 12284934
    Abstract: An information map is obtained by an agricultural system. The information map maps values of a characteristic at different geographic locations in a worksite. An in-situ sensor detects tractive characteristic values as a mobile agricultural machine operates at the worksite. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that maps predictive tractive characteristic values at different geographic locations in the worksite based on a relationship between values of the characteristic in the information map and tractive characteristic values detected by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Nathan R. Vandike, William D. Graham, Cary S. Hubner, Andrew J. Peterson, Benjamin M. Lovett, Darin L. Roth, Martin Unterpaintner
  • Publication number: 20250127077
    Abstract: A mobile turf sprayer operates to spray a product onto a turf site. In some embodiments the mobile turf sprayer identifies a plurality of regions of the turf site to be sprayed and automatically sprays product onto those regions as the mobile turf sprayer moves about the turf site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: William J. Jugovich, Todd A. Otto, Steven R. Peterson, Brannon W. Polk, Steve A. Swinney, II
  • Publication number: 20250127305
    Abstract: A body support assembly includes a seat assembly and backrest assembly supported by a tilt control assembly. Methods of using and assembling the body support assembly are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt R. Heidmann, Gordon J. Peterson, David Bodnar, James Ludwig, Nathan R. Brock, Mark Spoelhof
  • Patent number: 12280621
    Abstract: A tire comprising a continuous channel defined by spaced apart sidewalls coupled at a first end to a bridging member and at a second end to a contact member that is coupled to a disc contact portion, said tire being formed by rotational molding of a polyurethane and configured for mounting on a wheel rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Superior Tire and Rubber Corp.
    Inventors: Kyle Robert Knotowicz, Joseph J. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20250115948
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods, and related systems, products and kits, for performing temperature-dependent multiplex invasive cleavage assays, where a plurality of target nucleic acids are detected and distinguished from each other in a procedure using only a single fluorescent moiety as the reporter, and single channel fluorescence detection. In some embodiments, at least one of the plurality of target nucleic acids is an amplified nucleic acid, where progress in a thermal cycling amplification reaction is monitored as a function of time (i.e., real-time amplification).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Patrick L. Peterson, Jeff G. Hall, Joseph J. King
  • Publication number: 20250115184
    Abstract: A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head adjustable about a mounting structure that includes an arm having a ball member. The mirror head includes a socket that receives the ball member. The arm and the ball member have a passageway. The mirror head accommodates an electronic component and a heatsink that is thermally coupled to the electronic component and draws heat away from the electronic component when the electronic component is electrically operated and generates heat within the interior cavity of the mirror head. An air source directs airflow through the passageway and into the interior cavity of the mirror head and the airflow flows through the interior cavity of the mirror head and exits the interior cavity of the mirror head to dissipate heat from the heatsink and the interior cavity of the mirror head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Anthony J. LaCross, Austen C. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20250115120
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a CVT unit or a power source which requires ambient air. An air inlet for an air intake system coupled to the CVT unit or the power source which requires ambient air may be provided in a side of a cargo carrying portion of the vehicle. The vehicle may include a rear radius arm suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Brian M. Safranski, Robbi L. Peterson, Richard L. Sunsdahl, Aaron D. Deckard, Louis J. Brady
  • Publication number: 20250104331
    Abstract: Ray tracing systems have computation units (“RACs”) adapted to perform ray tracing operations (e.g. intersection testing). There are multiple RACs. A centralized packet unit controls the allocation and testing of rays by the RACs. This allows RACs to be implemented without Content Addressable Memories (CAMs) which are expensive to implement, but the functionality of CAMs can still be achieved by implemented them in the centralized controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Joseph M. Richards, Luke T. Peterson, Steven J. Clohset
  • Publication number: 20250106598
    Abstract: A service for providing messaging extension apps can be an online store that can be browsed and searched for the apps. The store uses extension app identifiers which are related to app identifiers that are sent between devices in a conversation of messages so that a receiving device can, when it does not have the extension app installed to interact with received content, use the extension app identifier to download and install the required extension app. In one embodiment, the download and install can occur while the messaging app remains the foreground app, and the messaging app adds an icon of the newly installed extension app into a browsable tray in the UI of the messaging app.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Adele C. PETERSON, Bhaskar P. SARMA, Kevin J. LINDEMAN, Roberto GARCIA, Keith KOWALCZYKOWSKI, Imran CHAUDHRI, Chanaka KARUNAMUNI
  • Publication number: 20250104718
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to managing user profiles. An example method includes, at a computer system in communication with a display generation component and an input device: performing a configuration process for the computer system, wherein the configuration process includes in accordance with a determination that a set of personalized voice recognition criteria is not met for an active user profile of the computer system, causing display, via the display generation component, of a set of one or more user interfaces including an option that, when selected, initiates a process that enables voice recognition for the active user profile; and in accordance with a determination that the set of personalized voice recognition criteria is met for the active user profile, proceeding with the configuration process without providing the option to enable voice recognition for the active user profile during the configuration process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Jeffrey MA, Corey J. PETERSON, Rob Bowles SINCLAIR, Hiu Yi CHAN, Neil P. CORMICAN
  • Patent number: D1069905
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Jostens, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J Peterson
  • Patent number: D1073073
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Neil G. McIlvaine, Christopher G. Alviar, Jeremy Edward Brummett, Cathlene Buchanan, Jonas Buck, Kenneth Howard Dickenson, Jeffery Scott Edwards, Kenneth J. Peterson, Johanna Schoemaker, Mitchell A. Smith, Fernd van Engelen, Markus Wierzoch