Patents by Inventor James A. Lewis
James A. Lewis 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).
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Publication number: 20230416004Abstract: A flexible nonstick material for use in belting and/or press operations, such as for dough pressing or plastic sheet welding/cutting. The material comprises a nonstick polymer coated flexible substrate having a thickness of 15 mils or less, wherein the flexible substrate comprises a woven yarn fabric having a basket weave or a satin weave. The woven yarn fabric comprises yarns of fiberglass and/or high temperature resistant polymer materials. The nonstick coating is a fluoropolymer, a silicone rubber, and/or a thermoplastic having a sufficient heat resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: AFC SPECIALTY COATINGS GROUP, INC.Inventors: William Christopher Lewis, Barton R. LEWIS, Malcolm SWIFT, William James LEWIS, Ismael SALOMON
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Publication number: 20230412420Abstract: A method at a computing device for providing vehicle data to a client, the method including receiving a data object at an ingestor block at the computing device, the ingestor block comprising a plurality of ingestor instances capable of interacting with different entities; converting the data object to a frame; providing the frame to a translation stack at the computing device to convert the frame into a normalized message; and providing the normalized message to the client.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Sue Hsiu Ying LUDWIG, Darcy PHIPPS, Justin Matthew SPALVIERI, Mark Savio MACINTYRE WHEATLEY, Stephen James LEWIS
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Patent number: 11779701Abstract: A drug delivery system for injecting a medicament is provided. The system includes a container configured to receive a medicament; a drive assembly which, upon actuation, is configured to expel the medicament from the container; a needle for injecting the medicament to a patient; a fluid path assembly comprising a tube in fluid communication with the container and the needle for conducting fluid from the container to the needle; and a tube crimping arrangement configured to engage the tube to block fluid flow through the tube. The drive assembly causes the tube crimping arrangement to engage the tube after a dose of the medicament has been delivered to the patient through the needle.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Jamie Anthony Salter, Oliver Charles Gazeley, David Aubrey Plumptre, James Alexander Senior, Gareth James Lewis, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Javier Eduardo Nadal
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Publication number: 20230298175Abstract: A computer-implemented method and analysis system for performing a coronavirus test using a deep convolution neural network (DCNN) is provided. The method entails receiving examination data from a user's mobile computing device, which comprises the mobile computing device's identification information and an initial eye image captured by performing a fundus photography or an eye region photography via the mobile computing device's optical sensor; pre-processing the initial eye image to create an enhanced processed eye image; assessing the processed eye image by inputting it into a ML model that determines whether the eye image shows characteristics of being coronavirus positive; and returning the assessment result and the identification information to the original mobile computing device or another electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventor: Fredrick James LEWIS
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Publication number: 20230256292Abstract: A treadmill has a base with a vertically displaceable platform. A mechanism is provided that resists the downward movement of the platform in response to a load applied to the platform. The mechanism also rebounds the platform upwardly with a force applied to the platform in response to a decrease of a load on the platform. A support structure enables stable vertical positioning of the platform with respect to the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Jeffrey A. Beyer, Stacy E. Stamm, Jay T. Worobets, Brian R. Brothres, Andrew James Lewis, Thomas J. Sawarynski, JR., Edward F. Wettlaufer, JR.
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Patent number: 11709742Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed in which the apparatus may include a plurality of cores, including a first core, a second core and a third core, and circuitry coupled to the first core. The first core may be configured to process a plurality of instructions. The circuitry may be may be configured to detect that the first core stopped committing a subset of the plurality of instructions, and to send an indication to the second core that the first core stopped committing the subset. The second core may be configured to disable the first core from further processing instructions of the subset responsive to receiving the indication, and to copy data from the first core to a third core responsive to disabling the first core. The third core may be configured to resume processing the subset dependent upon the data.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Oracle International CorporationInventors: James Lewis, Paul Jordan, Gregory Onufer, Ali Vahidsafa
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Patent number: 11666799Abstract: A treadmill has a base with a vertically displaceable platform. A mechanism is provided that resists the downward movement of the platform in response to a load applied to the platform. The mechanism also rebounds the platform upwardly with a force applied to the platform in response to a decrease of a load on the platform. A support structure enables stable vertical positioning of the platform with respect to the base.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey A. Beyer, Stacy E. Stamm, Jay T. Worobets, Brian R. Brothers, Andrew James Lewis, Thomas J. Sawarynski, Jr., Edward F. Wettlaufer, Jr.
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Publication number: 20230121413Abstract: In examples, a device's native input interface (e.g., a soft keyboard) may be invoked using interaction areas associated with image frames from an application, such as a game. An area of an image frame(s) from a streamed game video may be designated (e.g., by the game and/or a game server) as an interaction area. When an input event associated with the interaction area is detected, an instruction may be issued to the client device to invoke a user interface (e.g., a soft keyboard) of the client device and may cause the client device to present a graphical input interface. Inputs made to the presented graphical input interface may be accessed by the game streaming client and provided to the game instance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Prakash Yadav, Charu Kalani, Stephen Holmes, David Wilson, David Le Tacon, James Lewis van Welzen
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Patent number: 11617951Abstract: A game summary may be produced using an event log of in-game events and corresponding game content based on game data associated with a gameplay session(s). The event log may include metadata that indicates times of in-game events and associations between in-game events and game content items that capture the in-game events. A user may interact with in-game events with temporal context, allowing for more informed selections and a better understanding of the gameplay session. Using the event log, a game summary may provide such features as a timeline to convey relative timing of in-game events, a list of in-game events, a map of a virtual environment of the game that is temporally annotated based on in-game events, game status information, and statistical and performance information. A game summary may show trends over time and/or game sessions and convey information for selected sets of players, such as teams.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: NVIDIA CorporationInventors: James Lewis van Welzen, Glenn R. Cochran, Jean Wang, Po-Shih Wang, Jeffrey David Weintraub, Toshant Sharma, Shyam Raikar
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Publication number: 20230071358Abstract: In various examples, natural language processing may be performed on text generated by a game to extract one or more in-game events from the game. The system (e.g., a client device and/or server) may receive the text in the form of one or more strings generated by a game application. The system may then extract one or more in-game events from the text using natural language processing. The game may include the text in a message it sends to the system (e.g., using an Application Programming Interface (API)) and/or in a game log entry or notification. The text may be generated based at least on the game determining one or more conditions are satisfied in the gameplay (e.g., victory, points scored, milestones, eliminations, item acquisition, etc.). The text may be mapped to event templates, which may then be used to extract parameters of events therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: James Lewis van Welzen, Prakash Yadav, Charu Kalani, Jonathan White, Shyam Raikar, Stephen Holmes, David Wilson
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Patent number: 11565147Abstract: A dynamic belt-tensioning apparatus for a treadmill includes a base having a first end and a second end spaced from the first end. A foot-striking platform is movably supported by the base so as to allow for vertical movement of the platform during operation of the treadmill. A drive belt has a fixed circumference and is positioned above a top portion of the platform. A drive roller is pivotally mounted adjacent to the first end of the base and engages the drive belt. A bell crank is pivotally coupled to the platform such that pivoting of the bell crank translates into movement of a tensioning roller that is pivotally mounted to the base and that is capable of a range of movement to provide substantially constant tension to the drive belt in response to vertical movement of the platform.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey A. Beyer, Stacy E. Stamm, Jay T. Worobets, Brian R. Brothers, Andrew James Lewis, Edward F. Wettlaufer, Jr.
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Patent number: 11565279Abstract: A sprinkler assembly guard includes a base, a plurality of protective members, and at least one clip member. The base has a plurality of base members centered about a central axis. Each of the protective members having a first portion radially spaced from the central axis and a second portion affixed to one of the base members and extending radially toward the central axis, the first portions of the plurality of protective members being angularly spaced about the central axis to define a cage volume for housing a sprinkler assembly. The at least one clip member is engaged with the protective members to draw the base members radially inward. The second portion of at least one of the protective members includes a securement member extending from the second portion and axially spaced from the base to define a space therebetween for securely housing a portion of a sprinkler frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: TYCO FIRE PRODUCTS LPInventor: Matthew James Lewis
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Publication number: 20220410004Abstract: A game summary may be produced using an event log of in-game events and corresponding game content based on game data associated with a gameplay session(s). The event log may include metadata that indicates times of in-game events and associations between in-game events and game content items that capture the in-game events. A user may interact with in-game events with temporal context, allowing for more informed selections and a better understanding of the gameplay session. Using the event log, a game summary may provide such features as a timeline to convey relative timing of in-game events, a list of in-game events, a map of a virtual environment of the game that is temporally annotated based on in-game events, game status information, and statistical and performance information. A game summary may show trends over time and/or game sessions and convey information for selected sets of players, such as teams.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2021Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: James Lewis van Welzen, Glenn R. Cochran, Jean Wang, Po-Shih Wang, Jeffrey David Weintraub, Toshant Sharma, Shyam Raikar
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Patent number: 11491365Abstract: A treadmill has a base with a vertically displaceable platform. A mechanism is provided that resists the downward movement of the platform in response to a load applied to the platform. The mechanism also rebounds the platform upwardly with a force applied to the platform in response to a decrease of a load on the platform. A support structure enables stable vertical positioning of the platform with respect to the base.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey A. Beyer, Stacy E. Stamm, Jay T. Worobets, Brian R. Brothers, Andrew James Lewis, Thomas J. Sawarynski, Jr., Edward F. Wettlaufer, Jr.
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Patent number: 11481571Abstract: Techniques for generating a machine learning model to detect event instances from physical sensor data, including applying a first machine learning model to first sensor data from a first physical sensor at a location to detect an event instance, determining that a performance metric for use of the first machine learning model is not within an expected parameter, obtaining second sensor data from a second physical sensor during a period of time at the same location as the first physical sensor, obtaining third sensor data from the first physical sensor during the period of time, generating location-specific training data by selecting portions of the third sensor data based on training event instances detected using the second sensor data, training a second ML model using the location-specific training data, and applying the second ML model instead of the first ML model for detecting event instances.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kenneth Liam Kiemele, John Benjamin Hesketh, Evan Lewis Jones, James Lewis Nance, LaSean Tee Smith
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Publication number: 20220257867Abstract: A drive assembly for a drug delivery system including a plunger member configured to engage and move a stopper within a container, a biasing member configured to move the plunger member, and an adjustable spacer assembly positioned between the plunger member and the stopper. The spacer assembly includes a spacer element attached to the stopper and at least one shim or includes a spacer element and a holder to which the spacer element is attached. The holder may be attached to the stopper and the spacer element may be attached to the holder by a threaded engagement. Also, a drug delivery system for injecting a medicament, the system including a container configured to receive a medicament, the container comprising a stopper configured to move within the container and a closure, a drive assembly as described above, and a needle actuator assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Richard James Vincent Avery, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Gareth James Lewis, David Aubrey Plumptre, James Alexander Senior
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Publication number: 20220183499Abstract: A system for mixing a liquid beverage (e.g., a beer) from multiple liquid ingredients and dispensing the liquid beverage includes: a mixing chamber having an inlet valve and an outlet valve; a pump for drawing liquid into the mixing chamber through the inlet value; a manifold in fluid communication with the inlet valve of the mixing chamber and a source of each of the liquid ingredients (e.g., a keg); a tap associated with the mixing chamber for dispensing the liquid beverage mixed in the mixing chamber; and an electronic control module in communication with the pump, the electronic control module being programmed to cause the pump to sequentially draw a predetermined volume of more than one of the liquid ingredients into the mixing chamber, the predetermined volumes corresponding to a recipe for the liquid beverage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Brian Richard Brothers, Andrew James Lewis, Edward Frederick Wettlaufer, Jr., Thomas John Sawarynski, Jr., Anne Elizabeth Vondracek, Vijay Kumar Singla
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Patent number: 11357918Abstract: A drive assembly for a drug delivery system including a plunger member configured to engage and move a stopper within a container, a biasing member configured to move the plunger member, and an adjustable spacer assembly positioned between the plunger member and the stopper. The spacer assembly includes a spacer element attached to the stopper and at least one shim or includes a spacer element and a holder to which the spacer element is attached. The holder may be attached to the stopper and the spacer element may be attached to the holder by a threaded engagement. Also, a drug delivery system for injecting a medicament, the system including a container configured to receive a medicament, the container comprising a stopper configured to move within the container and a closure, a drive assembly as described above, and a needle actuator assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Richard James Vincent Avery, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Gareth James Lewis, David Aubrey Plumptre, James Alexander Senior
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Patent number: 11344135Abstract: An upholstered sofa comprises a sofa frame covered with fitted upholstery. The fitted upholstery provided by a form fit upholstery cover or covers formed of upholstery material and comprising stitched upholstery panels and pieces, the cover having upholstery edge portions with attachment means for securement of the edge portion without staples to the sofa frame. The attachment means may be a resilient polymer channel sewn to the upholstery material. The attachment means may be a plurality of elastic cords with connectors on distal ends of the cords. The elastic cords may be stretched and attached to features on the sofa frame or to features on the upholstery cover thereby keeping the upholstery cover assembly taught on the sofa frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Ashley Furniture Industries, LLCInventors: Earnest Gates, Steve Koon, James Anthony Sudduth, James A. Lewis, Wayne Bramlitt
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Publication number: 20220165421Abstract: A computer-implemented method and analysis system for performing a COVID-19 test using a deep convolution neural network (DCNN) are provided. The method entails receiving examination data from a user's mobile computing device, which comprises the mobile computing device's identification information and an initial eye image captured by performing a fundus photography or a CCD and CMOS photography via the mobile computing device's optical sensor; pre-processing the initial eye image to create an enhanced processed eye image; assessing the processed eye image by inputting it into a ML model that determines whether the eye image shows characteristics of being COVID-19 positive; and returning the assessment result and the identification information to the original mobile computing device or another electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventor: Fredrick James Lewis