Patents by Inventor James Booth
James Booth 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: 20240111974Abstract: RFID Edge Capture eliminates the problem of over-scanning RFID tags from a phased-array RFID scanner by defining and calibrating a Capture Zone, defining an Ingress Line, and compiling Movement Events of collections of Item tags transiting the Capture Zone as aggregated by a Thresholding Algorithm. The Capture Zone may be defined by placing three or more specially designated Calibrator tags at vertices of the Capture Zone and then determining the locations of the Calibrators during a Calibration Mode. The Ingress line may be determined as a straight line between two designated Calibrators. Movement Events may be stored in a database for persistence and may be typed as ingress or egress based upon the direction of movement. Loiterers (stationary tags near a capture zone) and Drive-bys (tags that move past the Capture Zone but do not ingress or egress) may be eliminated from the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventor: James Booth Kalmbach, JR.
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Publication number: 20230398639Abstract: The invention provides a method for laser modification of a sample to form a modified region at a target location within the sample. The method comprises positioning a sample in a laser system for modification by a laser; measuring tilt of a surface of the sample through which the laser focusses; using at least the measured tilt to determine a correction to be applied to an active optical element of the laser system; applying the correction to the active optical element to modify wavefront properties of the laser to counteract an effect of coma on laser focus; and laser modifying the sample at the target location using the laser with the corrected wavefront properties to produce the modified region.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Martin James BOOTH, Patrick SALTER
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Patent number: 11685003Abstract: The invention provides a method for laser modification of a sample to form a modified region at a target location within the sample. The method comprises positioning a sample in a laser system for modification by a laser; measuring tilt of a surface of the sample through which the laser focusses; using at least the measured tilt to determine a correction to be applied to an active optical element of the laser system; applying the correction to the active optical element to modify wavefront properties of the laser to counteract an effect of coma on laser focus; and laser modifying the sample at the target location using the laser with the corrected wavefront properties to produce the modified region.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITEDInventors: Martin James Booth, Patrick Salter
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Publication number: 20230040969Abstract: A system and methods for assessing an environment are disclosed. A method includes causing a robot to transmit data to first and second user devices, causing the robot to execute a first action, and, responsive to a second instruction, causing the robot to execute a second action. At least one user device is outside the environment of the robot. At least one action includes recording a video of at least a portion of the environment, displaying the video in real time on both user devices, and storing the video on a cloud-based network. The other action includes determining a first physical location of the robot, determining a desired second physical location of the robot, and propelling the robot from the first location to the second location. Determining the desired second location is responsive to detecting a touch on a touchscreen video feed displaying the video in real time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2020Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Paul BERBERIAN, Damon ARNIOTES, Joshua SAVAGE, Andrew SAVAGE, Ross MACGREGOR, David HYGH, James BOOTH, Jonathan CARROLL
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Patent number: 11330893Abstract: An adjustable-footprint suspension seat frame includes three or more feet, a first cantilever arm with a first anchor for a suspension seat, a second cantilever arm with a second anchor for the suspension seat and a first footprint adjustment bar connecting the first cantilever arm to the second cantilever arm.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: KAMMOK HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Daniel Goodwin, James Booth
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Patent number: 11200148Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for tracing callstacks, the results of which can be used to identify a source of a memory leak. A memory heap is sampled at different times to determine counts of respective allocations of different allocations at the different times. From the counts of the respective allocations at the different times, rates at which the respective allocations have changed over the different times, and which of the rates is equal to or greater than a leak indication rate, are determined. Callstacks for respective allocations of the different allocation sizes for each of the rates that is equal to or greater than the leak indication rate are traced. The results of the tracing may be used during debugging to identify the source of the memory leak.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: AVIGILON CORPORATIONInventors: Daniel James Booth, Shaun P. Marlatt
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Publication number: 20210314382Abstract: A system for presenting a rich media content. The system includes at least one user display device with a computing hardware configured to execute a software product thereon and a server arrangement with at least an analysis server coupled via a data communication network for communicating the rich media content to the at least one user display device. The executed software product is operable to enable interaction between the at least one user display device and a user of the at least one user display device; communicate with the server arrangement via the data communication network; detect information about hardware and web portal characteristics of the at least one user display device and communicate the information about hardware and web portal characteristics to the analysis server in the server arrangement for determine unique content delivery parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: Rockabox Media LtdInventor: James BOOTH
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Patent number: 10934635Abstract: There is provided a method of fabricating a trapped vacancy in a crystal lattice of a target comprising: positioning the target in a laser system, the target containing vacancy trapping elements within the crystal lattice; modifying the crystal lattice within the target by using a laser to generate a lattice vacancy; and annealing the target to cause the lattice vacancy to migrate and be captured by a vacancy trapping element to form the trapped vacancy in the crystal lattice.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Oxford University Innovation LimitedInventors: Martin James Booth, Patrick Salter, Jason Smith, Yu-Chen Chen
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Patent number: 10846152Abstract: Methods, systems, infrastructures and techniques for operating a multi-process application are described. The method includes starting a master process and the master process instantiating a first child process and a first inter-process communication (IPC) channel; and instantiating a second child process and a second IPC channel. The method further includes the master process instantiating a third IPC channel used for a direct peer-to-peer (P2P) communication; and providing first and second handles of the third IPC channel to the first and second child processes, using the first and second IPC channels, respectively. The first child process and the second child process can communicate directly using the received first and second handles of the third IPC channel.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Avigilon CorporationInventors: Daniel James Booth, Thanh Tam Ho, Shaun P. Marlatt
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Publication number: 20200327040Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for tracing callstacks, the results of which can be used to identify a source of a memory leak. A memory heap is sampled at different times to determine counts of respective allocations of different allocations at the different times. From the counts of the respective allocations at the different times, rates at which the respective allocations have changed over the different times, and which of the rates is equal to or greater than a leak indication rate, are determined. Callstacks for respective allocations of the different allocation sizes for each of the rates that is equal to or greater than the leak indication rate are traced. The results of the tracing may be used during debugging to identify the source of the memory leak.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: Avigilon CorporationInventors: Daniel James BOOTH, Shaun P. MARLATT
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Patent number: 10733451Abstract: An n-lane automatic license plate recognition system (where n is an integer greater than one) and a method for dropping video frames in this system is disclosed. The method includes receiving, at an input of a first stage of a two-stage restrictor, a plurality of video frames. In the first stage of the two-stage restrictor, a subset of the plurality of video frames is dropped. An output of the first stage is coupled to an input of a second stage of the two-stage restrictor such that receiving and non-receiving of individual ones the plurality of video frames by the second stage is controlled by the first stage. In the second stage after the first stage, a further subset of the plurality of video frames is dropped to effect controlled frame input into a processor that performs at least one recognition analytic on remaining video frames of the plurality of video frames. The dropping of the further subset is based on at least one drop condition including a lane-specific drop condition.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: AVIGILON CORPORATIONInventors: Daniel James Booth, Thanh Tam Ho, Jinsong Zhu
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Publication number: 20200164470Abstract: The invention provides a method for laser modification of a sample to form a modified region at a target location within the sample. The method comprises positioning a sample in a laser system for modification by a laser; measuring tilt of a surface of the sample through which the laser focusses; using at least the measured tilt to determine a correction to be applied to an active optical element of the laser system; applying the correction to the active optical element to modify wavefront properties of the laser to counteract an effect of coma on laser focus; and laser modifying the sample at the target location using the laser with the corrected wavefront properties to produce the modified region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2018Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Martin James BOOTH, Patrick SALTER
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Patent number: 10648952Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the compressive strength of masonry units based on airborne sonic signals generated by stimulating the samples with short duration, mechanical impulses are described. The non-destructive testing apparatus consists of a specimen support unit which mechanically isolates the masonry unit from the environment and from the support, a mechanical stimulator, and an acoustic response detector. The signals recorded are analyzed to extract the pertinent features which are then used to compute the compressive strength of the sample. The pertinent signals are deduced through a calibration of the masonry type being analyzed (material and shape) based on physical analysis of the sample's normal modes of vibration, or through Finite Element Analysis of the vibrations, or through direct empirical calibration. This non-destructive testing method is low-cost, readily implemented and provides a reliable technique for compressive strength estimation.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Sound QA Solutions Inc.Inventors: Neil Cox, James Booth, Svetlana Brzev, Diane Kennedy, Bill McEwen
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Publication number: 20200081754Abstract: Methods, systems, infrastructures and techniques for operating a multi-process application are described. The method includes starting a master process and the master process instantiating a first child process and a first inter-process communication (IPC) channel; and instantiating a second child process and a second IPC channel. The method further includes the master process instantiating a third IPC channel used for a direct peer-to-peer (P2P) communication; and providing first and second handles of the third IPC channel to the first and second child processes, using the first and second IPC channels, respectively. The first child process and the second child process can communicate directly using the received first and second handles of the third IPC channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: Avigilon CorporationInventors: Daniel James BOOTH, Thanh Tam HO, Shaun P. MARLATT
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Patent number: 10514832Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards having a user interface that displays a number of cards or windows. A user can implement a command where the user interface will automatically change the position of the displayed cards to show regions of interest which are the parts of the cards that a user may have interested in. The user interest can be determined in accordance with user preference information. Optionally, cards which do not have regions of interest are removed from a display area and such cards are replaced with new cards that do have regions of interest.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Kenneth Rudman, Vasil Nadzakov, Andrew Yoon, Roger Yeh, Basil Badawiyeh, Genevieve Marie Pinvidic, Dana Forte, Dan Han Diep, Samir Ahmed, Lee Shartzer, John Frederick Bishop, James Booth, Hao Chi Tran, Peter Lee, Gregory Gudorf, Douglas Jason Pickersgill, Mark Walker, David Pettigrew
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Publication number: 20190365085Abstract: An adjustable-footprint suspension seat frame includes three or more feet, a first cantilever arm with a first anchor for a suspension seat, a second cantilever arm with a second anchor for the suspension seat and a first footprint adjustment bar connecting the first cantilever arm to the second cantilever arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Daniel Goodwin, James Booth
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Publication number: 20190347487Abstract: An n-lane automatic license plate recognition system (where n is an integer greater than one) and a method for dropping video frames in this system is disclosed. The method includes receiving, at an input of a first stage of a two-stage restrictor, a plurality of video frames. In the first stage of the two-stage restrictor, a subset of the plurality of video frames is dropped. An output of the first stage is coupled to an input of a second stage of the two-stage restrictor such that receiving and non-receiving of individual ones the plurality of video frames by the second stage is controlled by the first stage. In the second stage after the first stage, a further subset of the plurality of video frames is dropped to effect controlled frame input into a processor that performs at least one recognition analytic on remaining video frames of the plurality of video frames. The dropping of the further subset is based on at least one drop condition including a lane-specific drop condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: Avigilon CorporationInventors: Daniel James Booth, Thanh Tam Ho, Jinsong Zhu
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Publication number: 20190011405Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the compressive strength of masonry units based on airborne sonic signals generated by stimulating the samples with short duration, mechanical impulses are described. The non-destructive testing apparatus consists of a specimen support unit which mechanically isolates the masonry unit from the environment and from the support, a mechanical stimulator, and an acoustic response detector. The signals recorded are analyzed to extract the pertinent features which are then used to compute the compressive strength of the sample. The pertinent signals are deduced through a calibration of the masonry type being analyzed (material and shape) based on physical analysis of the sample's normal modes of vibration, or through Finite Element Analysis of the vibrations, or through direct empirical calibration. This non-destructive testing method is low-cost, readily implemented and provides a reliable technique for compressive strength estimation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2017Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Neil Cox, James Booth, Svetlana Brzev, Diane Kennedy, Bill McEwen
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Publication number: 20180322527Abstract: Disclosed is a system for presenting a rich media content. The system includes at least one user display device with a computing hardware configured to execute a software product thereon and a server arrangement with at least an analysis server coupled via a data communication network for communicating the rich media content to the at least one user display device. The executed software product is operable to enable interaction between the at least one user display device and a user of the at least one user display device; communicate with the server arrangement via the data communication network; detect information about hardware and web portal characteristics of the at least one user display device and communicate the information about hardware and web portal characteristics to the analysis server in the server arrangement for determine unique content delivery parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventor: JAMES BOOTH
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Publication number: 20180253203Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards having a user interface that displays a number of cards or windows. A user can implement a command where the user interface will automatically change the position of the displayed cards to show regions of interest which are the parts of the cards that a user may have interested in. The user interest can be determined in accordance with user preference information. Optionally, cards which do not have regions of interest are removed from a display area and such cards are replaced with new cards that do have regions of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Kenneth Rudman, Vasil Nadzakov, Andrew Yoon, ROGER YEH, BASIL BADAWIYEH, GENEVIEVE MARIE PINVIDIC, DANA FORTE, DAN HAN DIEP, Samir Ahmed, Lee Shartzer, JOHN FREDERICK BISHOP, JAMES BOOTH, HAO CHI TRAN, PETER LEE, Gregory Gudorf, DOUGLAS JASON PICKERSGILL, MARK WALKER, David Pettigrew