Patents by Inventor James A. Robertson

James A. Robertson 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: 20230219879
    Abstract: The present invention relates to extracted plant lipid or microbial lipid comprising docosapentaenoic acid, and processes for producing the extracted lipid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicants: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Grains Research and Development Corporation, Nuseed Nutritional Australia Pty Ltd
    Inventors: James Robertson Petrie, Surinder Pai Singh, Pushkar Shrestha, Jason Timothy McAllister, Robert Charles de Feyter, Malcolm David Devine
  • Publication number: 20230189155
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, computer readable media, and other various embodiments are described for location management processes in wearable electronic devices. Performance of such devices is improved with reduced time to first fix of location operations in conjunction with low-power operations. In one embodiment, low-power circuitry manages high-speed circuitry and location circuitry to provide location assistance data from the high-speed circuitry to the low-power circuitry automatically on initiation of location fix operations as the high-speed circuitry and location circuitry are booted from low-power states. In some embodiments, the high-speed circuitry is returned to a low-power state prior to completion of a location fix and after capture of content associated with initiation of the location fix. In some embodiments, high-speed circuitry is booted after completion of a location fix to update location data associated with content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Yu Jiang Tham, John James Robertson, Gerald Nilles, Jason Heger, Praveen Babu Vadivelu
  • Patent number: 11654756
    Abstract: An articulating slanted back soft top assembly for 4-door and 2-door SUVs. A fabric cover is supported by a frame that is at least partially articulatable from at least a closed position to at least one open air position. The frame includes at least one forward fabric support bow member and at least one rearward fabric support bow member. The rear fabric support bow member being positioned when in the closed position in a manner which allows the fabric to clear a sport bar or “roll bar” member of a vehicle in the closed position such that a rear portion of the top is angled from the vertical when viewing the vehicle from the side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Bestop, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Haberkamp, Eric D. Getzschman, Jose N. Vigil, Andy Waite, Rick H. Troeger, Blake A. Jensen, James A. Robertson, Ronald Manzanares, George C. Stickles
  • Publication number: 20230143880
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is used to measure volume flow. An ultrasound probe operating in the biplane mode is used to acquire a vessel in a long axis view in a first Doppler image, and simultaneously in a transverse view in a second Doppler image. Volume flow is calculated from the transverse view of the vessel. The plane of the second image is aligned with the Doppler angle of the first image so that angle correction determined for the first image can be used for angle correction in the volume flow calculation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: James Robertson Jago, Thanasis Loupas
  • Patent number: 11639507
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for extracting lipid from vegetative plant parts such as leaves, stems, roots and tubers, and for producing industrial products such as hydrocarbon products from the lipids. Preferred industrial products include alkyl esters which may be blended with petroleum based fuels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
    Inventors: Thomas Vanhercke, James Robertson Petrie, Anna El Tahchy, Surinder Pal Singh, Qing Liu
  • Publication number: 20230127275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to microbial cells comprising triacylglycerol (TAG) with short chain fatty acids (SCFA), as well as methods of using these cells to produce lipid comprising TAG with SCFAs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Anna El Tahchy, Dawar Hussain, Surinder Pal Singh, Pushkar Shrestha, Rosangela Aparecida Devilla, James Robertson Petrie
  • Patent number: 11623911
    Abstract: The present invention relates to extracted plant lipid or microbial lipid comprising docosapentaenoic acid, and processes for producing the extracted lipid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, NUSEED NUTRITIONAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.
    Inventors: James Robertson Petrie, Surinder Pal Singh, Pushkar Shrestha, Jason Timothy McAllister, Robert Charles de Feyter, Malcolm David Devine
  • Patent number: 11606755
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, computer readable media, and other various embodiments are described for location management processes in wearable electronic devices. Performance of such devices is improved with reduced time to first fix of location operations in conjunction with low-power operations. In one embodiment, low-power circuitry manages high-speed circuitry and location circuitry to provide location assistance data from the high-speed circuitry to the low-power circuitry automatically on initiation of location fix operations as the high-speed circuitry and location circuitry are booted from low-power states. In some embodiments, the high-speed circuitry is returned to a low-power state prior to completion of a location fix and after capture of content associated with initiation of the location fix. In some embodiments, high-speed circuitry is booted after completion of a location fix to update location data associated with content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Jiang Tham, John James Robertson, Gerald Nilles, Jason Heger, Praveen Babu Vadivelu
  • Patent number: 11597953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desaturase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
    Inventors: Surinder Pal Singh, Stanley Suresh Robert, Peter David Nichols, Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn, Xue-Rong Zhou, James Robertson Petrie, Allan Graham Green
  • Publication number: 20230058089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing industrial products such as hydrocarbon products from non-polar lipids in a vegetative plant part. Preferred industrial products include alkyl esters which may be blended with petroleum based fuels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Thomas Vanhercke, James Robertson Petrie, Anna El Tahchy, Surinder Pal Singh, Qing Liu
  • Patent number: 11587018
    Abstract: A computer system that queries a carrier computer system of a carrier associated with a shipment to determine whether delivery appointment scheduling is available for the shipment, based on a determination that the delivery appointment scheduling is available, generates and transmits a link for a dynamically generated web page to the recipient; receives a signal indicating activation of the link; obtains scheduling information for the shipment from the carrier computer system; dynamically generates page code for the web page and transmits the web page to a client, the web page displaying information associated with the shipment and digital assets that visually correspond to the shipper of the shipment and including a scheduling tool; receives a selection of a time slot from the scheduling tool; and communicates with the carrier computer system to update the carrier computer system with the time slot to schedule delivery of the shipment to the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: CONVEY, LLC
    Inventors: Anna Leigh Bourland, Matthew Howitt, Sebastian Kuruvilla Karivelithara, Olivier Jean Marie Modica, James Robertson Carlin, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20230013680
    Abstract: A neural network system includes an eyewear device. The eyewear device has a movement tracker, such as an accelerometer, gyroscope, or an inertial measurement unit for measuring acceleration and rotation. The neural network system tracks, via the movement tracker, movement of the eyewear device from at least one finger contact inputted from a user on an input surface. The neural network system identifies a finger gesture by detecting at least one detected touch event based on variation of the tracked movement of the eyewear device over a time period. The neural network system adjusts the image presented on the image display of the eyewear device based on the identified finger gesture. The neural network system can also detect whether the user is wearing the eyewear device and identify an activity of the user wearing the eyewear device based on the variation of the tracked movement over the time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: John James Robertson, Zsolt Mathe
  • Patent number: 11535292
    Abstract: In at least some implementations, an adjustable steering assembly for a vehicle includes a steering shaft, a steering input that is coupled to the steering shaft, and an adjustment device. The adjustment device has a drive member coupled to one of the steering input or the steering shaft, and a reaction member coupled to the other one of the steering input or the steering shaft. The drive member rotates with said one of the steering input or the steering shaft to which the drive member is coupled to permit steering rotation of the steering shaft, and the drive member is rotated relative to said one of the steering input or the steering shaft to which the drive member is coupled to change the rotational position of the steering input relative to the steering shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: William Pfarrer, James A Robertson, Scott Hale
  • Publication number: 20220392148
    Abstract: In a ray tracer, to prevent any long-running query from hanging the graphics processing unit, a traversal coprocessor provides a preemption mechanism that will allow rays to stop processing or time out early. The example non-limiting implementations described herein provide such a preemption mechanism, including a forward progress guarantee, and additional programmable timeout options that can be time or cycle based. Those programmable options provide a means for quality of service timing guarantees for applications such as virtual reality (VR) that have strict timing requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Greg Muthler, Ronald Charles Babich, JR., William Parsons Newhall, JR., Peter Nelson, James Robertson, John Burgess
  • Publication number: 20220373401
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring a surface temperature of eyewear proximate a processor to understand the surface temperature as a function of computer instructions, such as when the computer instructions are modified during software design. A sensor is coupled to the eyewear proximate the processor, such as at a temple of the eyewear including the processor, using one or more layers of tape. A server provides instructions to the processor for execution, such as instructions of an application, which instructions vary the utilization of the processor. A testing device, such as a digital multi-meter, is coupled to the sensor, as well as the server, and displays the surface temperature as a function of the processor utilization. The surface temperature of the eyewear is monitored to ensure the surface temperature does not exceed a temperature threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Andrea Ashwood, Mingyang Chai, Gerald Nilles, John James Robertson, Mehmood Zafarullahkhan
  • Publication number: 20220364014
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of producing industrial products from plant lipids, particularly from vegetative parts of plants. In particular, the present invention provides oil products such as biodiesel and synthetic diesel and processes for producing these, as well as plants having an increased level of one or more non-polar lipids such as triacylglycerols and an increased total non-polar lipid content. In one particular embodiment, the present invention relates to combinations of modifications in two or more of lipid handling enzymes, oil body proteins, decreased lipid catabolic enzymes and/or transcription factors regulating lipid biosynthesis to increase the level of one or more non-polar lipids and/or the total non-polar lipid content and/or mono-unsaturated fatty acid content in plants or any part thereof. In an embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for extracting lipids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Thomas VANHERCKE, James Robertson PETRIE, Anna EL TAHCHY, Surinder Pal SINGH, Kyle REYNOLDS, Qing LIU, Benjamin Aldo LEITA
  • Publication number: 20220365348
    Abstract: Devices and methods for dynamic power configuration (e.g., reduction) for thermal management (e.g., mitigation) in a wearable electronic device such as an eyewear device. The wearable electronic device monitors its temperature and, responsive to the temperature, configures the services is provides to operate in different modes for thermal mitigation (e.g., to prevent overheating). For example, based on temperature, the wearable electronic device adjusts sensors (e.g., turns cameras on or off, changes the sampling rate, or a combination thereof) and adjusts display components (e.g., adjusted rate at which a graphical processing unit generates images and a visual display is updated). This enables the wearable electronic device to consume less power when temperatures are too high in order to provide thermal mitigation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Sumant Hanumante, Bernhard Jung, Matthias Kalkgruber, Anton Kondratenko, Edward Lee Kim-Koon, Gerald Nilles, John James Robertson, Dmitry Ryuma, Alexander Sourov, Daniel Wolf
  • Patent number: 11500536
    Abstract: A neural network system includes an eyewear device. The eyewear device has a movement tracker, such as an accelerometer, gyroscope, or an inertial measurement unit for measuring acceleration and rotation. The neural network system tracks, via the movement tracker, movement of the eyewear device from at least one finger contact inputted from a user on an input surface. The neural network system identifies a finger gesture by detecting at least one detected touch event based on variation of the tracked movement of the eyewear device over a time period. The neural network system adjusts the image presented on the image display of the eyewear device based on the identified finger gesture. The neural network system can also detect whether the user is wearing the eyewear device and identify an activity of the user wearing the eyewear device based on the variation of the tracked movement over the time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: John James Robertson, Zsolt Mathe
  • Publication number: 20220356414
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing ethyl esters of polyunsaturated fatty acids, comprising transesterifying triacylglycerols in extracted plant lipid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicants: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Grains Research and Development Corporation, Nuseed Nutritional Australia Pty Ltd
    Inventors: James Robertson Petrie, Surinder Pal Singh, Robert Charles de Feyter
  • Publication number: 20220355848
    Abstract: In at least some implementations, an adjustable steering assembly for a vehicle includes a steering shaft, a steering input that is coupled to the steering shaft, and an adjustment device. The adjustment device has a drive member coupled to one of the steering input or the steering shaft, and a reaction member coupled to the other one of the steering input or the steering shaft. The drive member rotates with said one of the steering input or the steering shaft to which the drive member is coupled to permit steering rotation of the steering shaft, and the drive member is rotated relative to said one of the steering input or the steering shaft to which the drive member is coupled to change the rotational position of the steering input relative to the steering shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: William Pfarrer, James A. Robertson, Scott Hale