Patents by Inventor James O'DOWD

James O'DOWD 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: 20250219863
    Abstract: A building system can include one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a first prediction generated using one or more first events enriched with contextual data, identify one or more second events or one or more second predictions associated with the first prediction, enrich the one or more second events or the one or more second predictions with the first prediction, and provide the one or more second events enriched with the first prediction or the one or more second predictions enriched with the first prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Justin J. Ploegert, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto, Rajiv Ramanasankaran
  • Publication number: 20250197165
    Abstract: The controller according to the invention is a controller for optimizing the leveling process (leveling) of an elevator car at a stopping point for an elevator having an elevator controller which controls the stop of the car at a stopping point as a function of a specified distance X to the stopping point, wherein the controller is designed, during each of at least two, in particular at least three journeys, to record a set of at least one same measured value, to determine a change dX or a changed distance X? as a function of the set of the current journey and at least one past journey and to output the changed value X? or the difference dX to the specified distance X.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: CEDES AG
    Inventors: Christian-Erik THOENY, James O’LAUGHLIN, Klims SAIKINS, Martin HARDEGGER, Martina KÜHNE
  • Publication number: 20250198566
    Abstract: System and method for a permanent monitoring and control automation system for a well includes a grease tank including a storage container configured to hold grease, sensors for measuring grease volume in the grease tank and pressure levels, and a pump for greasing a valve at a pre-set pressure level value using grease from the grease tank. The system further includes a greasing control system for monitoring parameters, inputting parameters into an artificial intelligence model, determining pumping rate, volume, and time schedule, predicting a greasing maintenance schedule, and pumping grease. The greasing control system includes a computer processor connected to a remote terminal unit and a supervisory control and data acquisition. The system further includes an alert system for transmitting alarms to notify a user of system status. The alarms include low grease level on the valve, operational status, alert type, system malfunction, and grease tank low level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ammal F. Al-Anazi, James O. Arukhe
  • Patent number: 12334997
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training and deploying machine-learned communication over multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy James O'Shea, Tugba Erpek
  • Patent number: 12326978
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer mouse includes a housing, a depressible keyplate, and a haptic element coupled to a bottom surface of the depressible keyplate. The haptic element can be configured to operate in a plurality of modes of operation including a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode of operation, the haptic element can generate a haptic output that statically and unidirectionally deflects and holds the haptic element and coupled keyplate at a deflection distance. In the second mode of operation, the haptic element can generate a second haptic output that bidirectionally deflects the haptic element relative to the deflection distance thereby generating a vibrational feedback that is superimposed on the unidirectional deflection at the deflection distance. In some aspects, the haptic element is a piezoelectric device and the control signal is a voltage applied to the haptic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Nuno Miguel Pereira dos Anjos Valverde, Florent Berney, James O'Connor, Cyril Yves Anthony Drezet, Vasco Eugenio Michele Foletti
  • Patent number: 12313369
    Abstract: A mounting platform is provided for securing munitions. The platform includes a flat plate, a front block and a rear block. The plate includes a plurality of cutout holes. The front block has a first saddle disposed between first flanking ends and at least one extension at one of the flanking ends for inserting into a first opening of the cutouts. The rear block has a second saddle disposed between second flanking ends at least one extension for inserting into a second opening of the cutouts. The munitions are disposable atop the first and second saddles of the front and rear blocks. The munitions are restrained axially against a rear stop block and laterally by the saddles and straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: James E. Howell, Matthew James O'Neill, Jonathan F. Pfab, Vernon Todd Davis, Vincent J. Vendetti, Carl S. Lynn, IV
  • Patent number: 12316392
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training and deploying machine-learned communication. One of the methods includes: receiving an RF signal at a signal processing system for training a machine-learning network; providing the RF signal through the machine-learning network; producing an output from the machine-learning network; measuring a distance metric between the signal processing model output and a reference model output; determining modifications to the machine-learning network to reduce the distance metric between the output and the reference model output; and in response to reducing the distance metric to a value that is less than or equal to a threshold value, determining a score of the trained machine-learning network using one or more other RF signals and one or more other corresponding reference model outputs, the score indicating an a performance metric of the trained machine-learning network to perform the desired RF function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: DeepSig Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy James O'Shea
  • Patent number: 12313171
    Abstract: A manual reset actuator includes a main drain, a diaphragm release aperture fluidly coupled to a flow control valve, an upper chamber, a control port, a control orifice, an upper chamber supply orifice, and a sealing assembly, which includes a button, and a plunger. A pressure in the upper chamber exerts a downward force on the plunger. A spring exerts an upward force on the plunger. The fluid in the upper chamber is released via the control orifice, which lowers the pressure in the upper chamber, decreasing the downward force exerted on the plunger. When the downward force is less than the upward force, the spring forces the plunger upwards into an open configuration, which unseals the diaphragm release aperture. When the upward force is less than the downward force, the plunger remains in a closed configuration, which keeps the diaphragm release aperture sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Tyco Fire Products LP
    Inventors: Joshua Motha, James O. Williams
  • Publication number: 20250167598
    Abstract: Methods and devices addressing power tracking of transmission systems using antenna arrays are disclosed. The disclosed teachings may be implemented on a channel element to channel element basis, are adaptive and can be implemented on short time durations such as time slots. Power efficiency can be improved when applying the described methods to the design of systems with antenna arrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Donald Felt Kimball, Mark James O’Leary
  • Publication number: 20250145486
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a contactor device which may include a housing including a tank and a lid, wherein there is a seal between the tank and the lid, at least one liquid inlet, at least one gas inlet, a bed of a contact medium contained within the tank and positioned over a barrier having a plurality of through holes, at least one liquid outlet, at least one gas outlet, and a guide plate positioned to prevent the liquid from reaching the gas outlet. Methods of operating a contactor device are also described and may include methods of capturing and converting carbon dioxide to commercially useful materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: SkyNano LLC
    Inventors: David L. WOOD, III, James O'MALLEY, Anna E. DOUGLAS
  • Publication number: 20250150667
    Abstract: Provided is a method including receiving a request for a media choreography asset to play on a first client computing device that has control over at least one connected device that has a feature configured to provide a sensory output to a user; obtaining the media choreography asset that includes a primary media track that includes at least one content track to be presented via an audio or video system, and the media choreography asset includes one or more triggers that include a first set of instructions to operate a first set of the at least one connected device at a first timecode and a first duration during a playback of the primary media track; and providing the media choreography asset to the first client computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Benjamin, James O. Boggs, Andrew Bowers, Scott Simpson
  • Publication number: 20250145465
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method of separating a carbon allotrope from a salt and a separation system for the same. The method may include adding a solid comprising the carbon allotrope and the salt to a solution comprising the salt, performing a first filtration on the solution at a first temperature to remove the carbon allotrope from the solution, adjusting the temperature of the solution to a second temperature to precipitate a first portion of the salt, performing a second filtration on the solution at the second temperature to remove the first portion of the salt from the solution, adjusting the temperature of the solution to the first temperature to dissolve a second portion of the salt in the solution, and recycling the solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: SkyNano LLC
    Inventors: James O'MALLEY, David L. WOOD, III, Anna E. DOUGLAS, Lucy MOORE
  • Patent number: 12293297
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training and deploying machine-learned compact representations of radio frequency (RF) signals. One of the methods includes: determining a first RF signal to be compressed; using an encoder machine-learning network to process the first RF signal and generate a compressed signal; calculating a measure of compression in the compressed signal; using a decoder machine-learning network to process the compressed signal and generate a second RF signal that represents a reconstruction of the first RF signal; calculating a measure of distance between the second RF signal and the first RF signal; and updating at least one of the encoder machine-learning network or the decoder machine-learning network based on (i) the measure of distance between the second RF signal and the first RF signal, and (ii) the measure of compression in the compressed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy James O'Shea
  • Publication number: 20250139740
    Abstract: One or more lighting components are projected onto pixel locations of a rendered image with sampling locations set off from pixel location centers according to associated jitter vectors. The sampled image is denoised in way that preserves the associated jitter vectors, and may be performed separately for different lighting components. The denoised image is processed using upsampling and/or temporal antialiasing, using the associated jitter vectors, to an image format having a spatial resolution at least as high as the denoised image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Liam James O'Neil, Ridhwanul Haque, Yanxiang Wang, Joshua James Sowerby, Samuel James Edward Martin
  • Publication number: 20250131703
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented, in whole or in part, techniques to process pixel values sampled from a multi color channel imaging device. In particular, methods and/or techniques to process pixel samples for interpolating pixel values for one or more color channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Liam James O'Neil, Joshua James Sowerby, Samuel James Edward Martin, Matthew James Wash
  • Publication number: 20250125790
    Abstract: A phase shifter for altering the phase of a radio frequency signal is disclosed herein. A Lange coupler is used having reflective ports that are coupled to artificial transmission lines. The artificial transmission lines provide a reflection transmission path, the length of which can be determined by digital control lines. Transistors placed along the length of the central trace provide independent paths to ground that serve to shorten the electrical length of the ATL. Accordingly, by selectively turning the transistors on/off, the electrical length of the ATL can be selected and thus the amount of phase delay introduced by the phase shifter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: John Birkbeck, Vikas Sharma, Kashish Pal, Mark James O'Leary
  • Publication number: 20250119360
    Abstract: A method for improving communication network performance comprises identifying a favorability status of individual predictions and/or decisions of a plurality of decisions of a machine-learning algorithm acting on the communication network. The favorability statuses are stored with corresponding values of network parameters used as features in the algorithm. A counterfactual algorithm is generated, e.g., by generating a tree-based classification algorithm, based on the stored favorability statuses and network parameter values, to derive rules for producing a favorable status based on one or more of the network parameters. A proposed recourse action comprising a change in at least one of the network parameters is identified, based on the rules, and a decision network, such as a Bayesian inference network, is generated for determining a confidence level estimating a reliability of achieving a favorable status by changing the network parameter(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Arun Mathew Kunnumpurath Jacob, Ashwin Raghavan, James O'Meara, Paddy Farrell, Premnath Kandhasamy Narayanan
  • Publication number: 20250116788
    Abstract: A method of processing a counting output associated with a counting device comprising: (i) calculating a first time-to-count average value based on time-to-count values obtained for a number of events ‘n’ between events x1 and xn; (ii) measuring a time-to-count value associated with event xn+1; and (iii) calculating a second time-to-count average value based on time-to-count values obtained for the number of events ‘n’ between events x2 and xn+1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Tracerco Limited
    Inventors: Philip Davies, David James Fitzgerald, Andrew James O'Malley, Claire Watson
  • Publication number: 20250118349
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for reading memory cells having threshold switching selectors. A sense amplifier may have a set of capacitors that may be used to exchange charge with a sense node connected to the selected word line. A capacitor may be used to pull excess charge from the sense node or to provide charge to the sense node. A control circuit drives a current to the selected word line to charge up the selected word line to switch on the threshold switching selector of the selected memory cell. A capacitor may be connected to the selected word line when, or soon after, the threshold switching selector switches on. The capacitor may draw away excess charge to prevent a snapback current from flowing through the memory cell thereby preventing mis-reads. The capacitor may reduce read latency by speeding the rate of voltage change on a word line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ward Parkinson, Michael Grobis, James O'Toole, Thomas Trent, Michael Nicolas Albert Tran
  • Patent number: D1069689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Cohn, Youssef Takhchi, Alexsandra M. Bowers, Ryan Andrew Crawford, Heather Gleason, Ryan David Hruska, Michael James O'Connor, Emmanuel Laffon de Mazieres