Patents by Inventor John A. Baker

John A. Baker 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).

  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STERILIZING A CATHETER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190290791
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a catheter access port cleaning, disinfection or sterilization device are disclosed. The catheter access port cleaning, disinfection or sterilization device may comprise, a first housing having a power source and control circuit; a second housing shaped to mate with a catheter and having a first ultra-violet light source mounted therein, the first housing wired to the second housing to power the light source. When activated, the ultra-violet light source emits ultra-violet radiation that is transmitted from the second housing to the catheter attached to a patient. In this way, the device provides an efficient system for cleaning, disinfecting or sterilizing an access port in the second housing while reducing patient infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Michael John Baker, Sudeshna Dutta, Christian Terry Proch McMechan, Nicholas David Allan, Nathan John Muller, Mark Sasha Drlik, Paul Yvon Charlebois
  • Street lamp controller
    Patent number: 10412812
    Abstract: A street lamp controller comprises a switch configured to turn on and turn off a street lamp, a control module adapted to control the turning on and turning off of the switch, a detection module adapted to detect a data element relevant to operation of the street lamp, a data acquisition module connected to the detection module and adapted to acquire the data element detected by the detection module, and a wireless transmission module. The wireless transmission module communicates with a server and is adapted to transmit the data element acquired by the data acquisition module to the server and receive a control instruction sent from the server. The control module is adapted to communicate with the server via the wireless transmission module and is adapted to control the street lamp based on the control instruction received by the wireless transmission module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Australia Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Song Xue, Lizhang Yang, Michael John Baker, Andrew Jay Thompson
  • Primary and secondary stations in radio communication system
    Patent number: 10348613
    Abstract: A radio communication system comprises a communication channel for the transmission of data packets from a primary station having a plurality of antennas to a secondary station having at least one antenna. The channel comprises a plurality of paths, and the primary station transmits a plurality of packets substantially simultaneously. Each of the plurality of packets is transmitted via a different subset of the plurality of paths. The secondary station receives the plurality of data packets, determines whether each packet is received correctly and signals this determination as an acknowledgement or a negative acknowledgement to the primary station for each of the plurality of packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Moulsley, Matthew Peter John Baker, Bernard Hunt
  • Firearm Barrel Stiffening and/or Cooling Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20190154379
    Abstract: A barrel having a body including an elongate tubular structure extending from a breach end to a muzzle end; a projectile bore extending from a projectile chamber to the muzzle end; and a one or more tubular recesses formed in the body, wherein each tubular recess is defined by an elongate hole extending from an open end formed in an area proximate the muzzle end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: John Baker, Jacob Baker
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A BIOARTIFICIAL ORGAN
    Publication number: 20190144807
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a stem cell organ device including an array of alternating stem cell channels and fluid channels. In one example, a method may include loading a stem cell channel with stem cells and flowing blood through a fluid channel in order to allow an exchange of molecules between the stem cells and the blood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Michael John Baker, Shelby K. Suckow
  • Field mapper
    Patent number: 10274738
    Abstract: A field mapping optical system and method for converting a light beam having a known spatially coherent first optical field to a second optical field with a required intensity distribution and flat wavefront at a desired distance from the system, by creating an intermediate optical field, between the first and second optical fields, the intermediate optical field being derived from the inverse Fourier transform of the second optical field. The optical system provides a compact and simplified field mapper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: POWER PHOTONIC LTD.
    Inventors: Natalia Trela-McDonald, Roy McBride, Howard John Baker, Matthew Oren Currie
  • Image tagging based upon cross domain context
    Patent number: 10275714
    Abstract: A method described herein includes receiving a digital image, wherein the digital image includes a first element that corresponds to a first domain and a second element that corresponds to a second domain. The method also includes automatically assigning a label to the first element in the digital image based at least in part upon a computed probability that the label corresponds to the first element, wherein the probability is computed through utilization of a first model that is configured to infer labels for elements in the first domain and a second model that is configured to infer labels for elements in the second domain. The first model receives data that identifies learned relationships between elements in the first domain and elements in the second domain, and the probability is computed by the first model based at least in part upon the learned relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Simon John Baker, Ashish Kapoor, Gang Hua, Dahua Lin
  • Identifying presentation styles of educational videos
    Patent number: 10248865
    Abstract: The presentation style of a video is identified. A set of features that represents the video is computed. A pre-learned video presentation style classifier is then used to weight each of the features in the set of features and determine a presentation style that is predominately employed in the video based on the weighting of the features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Anitha Kannan, Simon John Baker
  • TISSUE RETRACTOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20190059869
    Abstract: The present invention teaches apparatuses, systems and methods for performing a variety of medical procedures, including those involving introducing one or more substances into a subjects body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Inventors: Pablo Avalos, Doniel Drazin, Clive Svendsen, Michael John Baker, Benjamin Thomas Davies, Mark Sasha Drlik, Julian Snyder Grove, Shelby Suckow
  • Method and system for a bioartificial organ
    Patent number: 10179896
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a stem cell organ device including an array of alternating stem cell channels and fluid channels. In one example, a method may include loading a stem cell channel with stem cells and flowing blood through a fluid channel in order to allow an exchange of molecules between the stem cells and the blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Baker Group, LLP
    Inventors: Michael John Baker, Shelby K. Suckow
  • SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL SEXUAL EXPERIENCES
    Publication number: 20180373324
    Abstract: Systems and processes for providing virtual sexual experiences are disclosed for allowing a user to experience a virtual sexual encounter based on the user's real-world movements. The system includes a provider platform for generating content having one or more of a sexual avatar and a user avatar. The system also includes a user platform having a motion tracking unit for detecting and tracking the real-world physical movements of the user, and manipulating the generated content based on the movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: John Baker, Scott Johnson, Jaime Cisneros
  • Method for communicating in mobile system
    Patent number: 10153883
    Abstract: A system, method, and devices for communicating from a primary station to a plurality of secondary station are disclosed. The method includes the step of allocating a resource to the secondary stations over time on the basis of a hash function such that for a particular subframe the control channel elements to be searched in the search space are assigned at an equal probability for different secondary stations, and such that for any pair of subframes, the number of secondary station identifiers which can generate output values i and j is approximately the same for any values of i and j.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Boris Skoric, Ludovicus Marinus Gerardus Maria Tolhuizen, Matthew Peter John Baker
  • Apparatus and method for entrapping magnetic material
    Patent number: 10137458
    Abstract: An apparatus for entrapping magnetic material comprising a magnetic sub-assembly and a retention trap removably attached thereto. The retention trap having an entrapment surface such that magnetic material drawn into the trap as a result of the magnetic influence of the magnetic sub-assembly, is magnetically held and mechanically trapped within said entrapment surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Active Magnetics Research Pty Ltd
    Inventor: William John Baker
  • Code testing and approval for deployment to production environment
    Patent number: 10102114
    Abstract: A system for testing candidate code to determine if the candidate code is approved for deployment to a production environment. The system may include a code testing engine configured to test a first code set of previously approved code to a testing server and a production environment including multiple production servers. At a deployment time, the code testing engine may then deploy candidate code to the testing server, while the production servers execute the first code set. Performance data for a time period before the deployment time and after the deployment time is collected. Latency data sets are fetched from the performance data sets and compared using multiple statistical tests. If the multiple statistical tests generate passing results, the candidate code is approved for deployment to the production environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gang Jing, John Baker, Ricardo Rodriguez Munoz
  • Street Lamp Controller
    Publication number: 20180295703
    Abstract: A street lamp controller comprises a switch configured to turn on and turn off a street lamp, a control module adapted to control the turning on and turning off of the switch, a detection module adapted to detect a data element relevant to operation of the street lamp, a data acquisition module connected to the detection module and adapted to acquire the data element detected by the detection module, and a wireless transmission module. The wireless transmission module communicates with a server and is adapted to transmit the data element acquired by the data acquisition module to the server and receive a control instruction sent from the server. The control module is adapted to communicate with the server via the wireless transmission module and is adapted to control the street lamp based on the control instruction received by the wireless transmission module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Australia Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Song Xue, Lizhang Yang, Michael John Baker, Andrew Jay Thompson
  • APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTICS AND RELATED SUBSTANCES
    Publication number: 20180280611
    Abstract: The present invention teaches apparatuses, systems and methods for performing a variety of medical procedures, including those involving introducing one or more substances into a subject's body. In some embodiments, the invention teaches automatically performing guided injections into a tissue site (e.g. spinal cord) of a subject by using one or more electronically operated components including a cannula, a syringe pump, and a stereotactic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Inventors: Pablo Avalos, Doniel Drazin, Clive Svendsen, Michael John Baker, Mark Sasha Drlik
  • Systems and processes for providing virtual sexual experiences
    Patent number: 10088895
    Abstract: Systems and processes for providing virtual sexual experiences are disclosed for allowing a user to experience a virtual sexual encounter based on the user's real world movements. The system includes a provider platform for generating content having one or more of a sexual avatar and a user avatar. The system also includes a user platform having a motion tracking unit for detecting and tracking the real world physical movements of the user, and manipulating the generated content based on the movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Bent Reality Labs, LLC
    Inventors: John Baker, Scott Johnson, Jaime Cisneros
  • Spill removal method and system
    Patent number: 10081923
    Abstract: A method for removing oil from a body of water including providing a matrix having a longitudinally-directed column defined by oil-absorbing and/or oil-adsorbing blankets each affixed independently of each other to a connecting strip that extends along the length of the column; deploying the matrix to a body of water to bring the column into contact with the body of water; inducing tension in the connecting strip to move blankets of the column in unison relative to the body of water; collecting oil with the first and second blankets; and removing the blankets and at least a portion of the oil collected thereby. Also, an oil spill removal system including such a matrix and in which, during matrix movement in the longitudinal direction, drag on a following blanket of a matrix column is carried by the connecting strip rather than by a preceding blanket of that column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: OPFLEX TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: James LaCrosse, John Baker
  • Display screen portion with graphical user interface of a model for replication in structured block play
    Patent number: D853406
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Inventors: Jim LaCrosse, John Baker
  • Radiotherapy device
    Patent number: D857202
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Elekta Limited
    Inventors: Alexander John Baker, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, James Andrew Holt, Daniel Paul Jenkins, Anthony Paul Morris, Timothy Lewis Sharpe, Alexander James Woolley