Patents by Inventor James A. Watson

James A. Watson 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).

  • DIFFERENTIAL DYNAMIC CONTENT DELIVERY WITH TEXT DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20150206536
    Abstract: Differential dynamic content delivery including providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon user classifications of a user participant in the presentation; presenting the selected structural element to the user; streaming presentation speech to the user including individual speech from at least one user participating in the presentation; converting the presentation speech to text; detecting whether the presentation speech contains simultaneous individual speech from two or more users; and displaying the text if the presentation speech contains simultaneous individual speech from two or more users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: William Kress Bodin, Michael John Burkhart, Daniel G. Eisenhauer, Thomas James Watson, Daniel Mark Schumacher
  • Systems and methods for wavelet transform scale-dependent multiple-archetyping
    Patent number: 9050043
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for producing a plurality of archetype signals in wavelet space at a plurality of wavelet scales. A signal is transformed using a continuous wavelet transform based at least in part on a wavelet function. A scale dependent archetype transformed signal is computed based at least in part on the transformed signal and based at least in part on a natural periodicity of the wavelet function used to transform the signal. Information may be derived about the signal from the archetype transform signal, and stored in memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett Ireland
    Inventors: Paul Addison, James Ochs, James Watson
  • Durable stent graft with tapered struts and stable delivery methods and devices
    Patent number: 8992595
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate in part to endovascular prostheses and methods of deploying same. Embodiments may be directed more specifically to stent grafts and methods of making and deploying same within the body of a patient. Stent embodiments may include tapered struts for an even distribution of strain. Stent embodiments may also include portions which are enlarged in a circumferential direction which may be configured to stabilize the stent in a constrained state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: TriVascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Parsons, Christopher Staudenmayer, James Watson
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING BLOOD PRESSURE
    Publication number: 20150057554
    Abstract: Various methods and systems for blood pressure monitoring are provided. A device for monitoring blood pressure may include a memory storing instructions for receiving one or more signals representative of one or more patient parameters, wherein at least one of the one or more signals comprises a plethysmography signal. The memory also stores instructions for determining a change in a pulse shape metric of the plethysmography signal and determining a change in a blood pressure signal over a period of time based on the one or more signals. The memory also stores instructions for determining a confidence level of the blood pressure signal based at least in part on a correlation between the change in the blood pressure signal and the change in the pulse shape metric over the period of time. The device also includes a processor configured to execute the instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Covidien LP
    Inventors: James Watson, Keith Manning, Paul S. Addison
  • Differential dynamic content delivery with text display in dependence upon simultaneous speech
    Patent number: 8965761
    Abstract: Differential dynamic content delivery including providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon user classifications of a user participant in the presentation; presenting the selected structural element to the user; streaming presentation speech to the user including individual speech from at least one user participating in the presentation; converting the presentation speech to text; detecting whether the presentation speech contains simultaneous individual speech from two or more users; and displaying the text if the presentation speech contains simultaneous individual speech from two or more users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: William Kress Bodin, Michael John Burkhart, Daniel G. Eisenhauer, Thomas James Watson, Daniel Mark Schumacher
  • WAFER CONTAINER WITH TUBULAR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20150041360
    Abstract: A wafer container utilizes a rigid polymer tubular tower with slots and a “getter” therein for absorbing and filtering moisture and vapors within the wafer container. The tower preferably utilizes a purge grommet at the base of the container and may have a check valve therein to control the flow direction of gas (including air) into and out of the container and with respect to the tower. The tower is sealingly connected with the grommet. The tower may have a getter media piece rolled in an elongate circular fashion forming or shaped as a tube and disposed within the tower and may have axially extending. The media can provide active and/or passive filtration as well as having capabilities to be recharged. Front opening wafer containers for 300 mm sized wafers generally have a pair of recesses on each of the left and right side in the inside rear of the container portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: James A. WATSON, John BURNS, Martin L. FORBES, Matthew A. FULLER, Mark V. SMITH
  • Systems and methods for monitoring heart rate and blood pressure correlation
    Patent number: 8932219
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for monitoring a correlation between heart rate and blood pressure in a patient. When a characteristic of the correlation exceeds a threshold, a patient status indicator signal is sent to a monitoring device. In some embodiments, the patient status indicator signal indicates a particular medical condition or alerts a care provider to a change in status. In some embodiments, the heart rate signal is used to improve a blood pressure estimate generated by a different signal. In some embodiments, the heart rate, blood pressure and correlation signals are used in a predictive mathematical model to estimate patient status or outcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett Ireland
    Inventors: Paul Stanley Addison, James Watson, Rakesh Sethi
  • MAST LIFT WITH SCREW DRIVE AND GAS STRUT
    Publication number: 20140332317
    Abstract: A mast lift includes a base and a telescoping mast coupled with the base and extending upward from the base. The telescoping mast has a support section fixed to the base and a movable section movably connected and displaceable relative to the support section between a retracted position and an extended position. A top cap is secured to the movable section, and a platform is supported by the top cap and the movable section. A gas strut acts between the support section and the movable section and biases the movable section toward the extended position. A threaded driving rod is connected between the top cap and the base and extends through a fixed nut assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Geoffrey George Campbell, Jason James Watson, Mark Nathan Spaile
  • Systems and methods for determining respiration information from a photoplethysmograph
    Patent number: 8880576
    Abstract: A patient monitoring system may receive a photoplethysmograph (PPG) signal including samples of a pulse waveform. A plurality of morphology metric signals may be generated from the PPG signal. The system may generate an autocorrelation sequence for each of the morphology metric signals. An autocorrelation metric may be generated from each of the autocorrelation sequences and may represent the regularity or periodicity of the morphology metric signal. The autocorrelation sequences may be combined to generate a combined autocorrelation sequence, with the weighting of the autocorrelation sequences based on the autocorrelation metric. The combined autocorrelation sequence may be used to determine physiological information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett Ireland
    Inventors: James Ochs, Paul S. Addison, James Watson
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING FLUID RESPONSIVENESS
    Publication number: 20140323824
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for processing a physiological signal in order to determine fluid responsiveness of a subject. In some embodiments, a respiration rate of the subject is received or determined, the signal is filtered based on the respiration rate to generate a filtered signal, and the filtered signal is processed to determine fluid responsiveness. In some embodiments, regular respiration is detected and fluid responsiveness is determined when regular respiration is detected. In some embodiments, the respiration of a subject is controlled, and fluid responsiveness is determined during controlled respiration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Paul S. Addison, Rui Wang, James Watson
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING FLUID RESPONSIVENESS
    Publication number: 20140323874
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for processing a physiological signal in order to determine fluid responsiveness of a subject. In some embodiments, a respiration rate of the subject is received or determined, the signal is filtered based on the respiration rate to generate a filtered signal, and the filtered signal is processed to determine fluid responsiveness. In some embodiments, regular respiration is detected and fluid responsiveness is determined when regular respiration is detected. In some embodiments, the respiration of a subject is controlled, and fluid responsiveness is determined during controlled respiration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Paul S. Addison, James Watson, Warren Sanborn, Peter Doyle
  • Pulse rate determination using Gaussian kernel smoothing of multiple inter-fiducial pulse periods
    Patent number: 8870783
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining the pulse rate of a patient from multiple fiducial points using Gaussian kernel smoothing. Based on acquired pleth signals, each recorded fiducial pulse period is converted to a Gaussian kernel function. The Gaussian kernel functions for all recorded fiducial points are summed to generate a Gaussian kernel smoothed curve. The pulse rate of a patient may be determined from the Gaussian kernel smoothed curve. All acquired fiducial pulse periods contribute to generate the Gaussian kernel smoothing curve. The number of fiducial points utilized may change to improve pulse rate determination or provide additional functionality to the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Paul S. Addison, James Watson
  • SELF-PROPEL ACCESSORY
    Publication number: 20140311825
    Abstract: A self-propel accessory provides an easily attachable optional drive function for a platform device. The platform device is supported by a device frame including a wheel at a rear end and a post at a front end. The self-propel accessory includes an accessory frame attachable to the device frame via a bracket, a driving wheel connected to the accessory frame, a motor operatively coupled with the driving wheel, and a handle connected to the accessory frame. The accessory frame is pivotable between a disengaged position and an engaged position, and a weight of the platform device biases the accessory frame toward the disengaged position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: JLG Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason James Watson, Geoffrey George Campbell
  • PYRROLOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE AS CRTH2 ANTAGONISTS
    Publication number: 20140309254
    Abstract: There are provided according to the invention compounds of formula (I) in free or salt form, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q, W, X, m, n and p are as described in the specification, process for preparing them, and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Kamlesh Jagdis Bala, Catherine Leblanc, David Andrew Sandham, Katharine Louise Turner, Simon James Watson, Lyndon Nigel Brown, Brian Cox
  • PAPER COATING FORMULATION
    Publication number: 20140272389
    Abstract: The present invention is a composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of polymeric binder particles containing a substantial absence of phosphate and phosphonate groups; rutile TiO2 having a purity of at least 98% and a substantial absence of inorganic silica; and a dispersant which is a class of low molecular weight polyphosphates. The composition of the present invention is useful as a coating for paper or paperboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY, DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Robert B. Frey, Wei Gao, John A. Roper, III, James Watson
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING RESPIRATION INFORMATION BASED ON PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20140275877
    Abstract: A patient monitoring system may receive a physiological signal such as a photoplethysmograph (PPG) signal. A plurality of respiration morphology signals may be determined from the PPG signal. Principal component analysis may be performed on the respiration morphology signals, resulting in one or more principal components. Respiration information such as respiration rate may be determined at least in part from a principal component that corresponds to a respiration source signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Jimmy Dripps, Scott McGonigle, James Ochs, Paul Stanley Addison, James Watson
  • Fluid dispenser
    Patent number: D730077
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: NSE PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Ben James Watson, Neil Baron
  • Fluid cartridge
    Patent number: D731203
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: NSE Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben James Watson, Neil Baron
  • Fluid cartridge
    Patent number: D731204
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: NSE Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben James Watson, Neil Baron
  • Fluid cartridge assembly
    Patent number: D733455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: NSE Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben James Watson, Neil Baron