Patents by Inventor John Black

John Black 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).

  • Fitness activity monitoring systems and methods
    Patent number: 10625118
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods for tracking the location of an individual during a fitness activity are disclosed. A method of tracking a participant engaged in a fitness activity includes determining a location of the participant during the fitness activity based on data received at a portable fitness device used by the participant; determining a location of a spectator during the fitness activity based on data received at a mobile spectator device used by the spectator; from a server, sending an alert to a spectator at a spectator device during the fitness activity indicating that the participant is within a predetermined distance of the spectator; and sending an alert to the portable fitness device during the fitness activity indicating that the spectator is within a predetermined distance of the participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Jon Harald Werner, Christian Dibenedetto, Stephen John Black, Amy Jones Vaterlaus
  • Location-Aware Fitness Monitoring Methods, Systems, and Program Products, and Applications Thereof
    Publication number: 20200108305
    Abstract: Location-aware fitness monitoring program products, systems, and methods, and applications thereof, are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for providing information about an athletic activity includes the steps of displaying to a user via a computer performance parameter information regarding an individual's performance during the athletic activity as a function of time, and displaying to the user via the computer the title of a music track that was played for the individual by a portable fitness monitoring device during the athletic activity, wherein the display of the title of the music track occurs in response to the user specifying via the computer a particular point in time during the athletic activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: adidas AG
    Inventors: Alan Russell Lee, Andrew Leonard Axelrod, Stephen John Black, Mark Arthur Oleson, Jon H. Werner, Christian Dibenedetto
  • Fitness activity monitoring systems and methods
    Patent number: 10596417
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods for monitoring the performance of an individual during a fitness activity are disclosed. A method of monitoring the performance of a participant engaged in a fitness activity includes receiving a GPS signal during the fitness activity at a portable fitness device used by the participant; determining participant performance data based on the received GPS signal; at a stationary position beacon, transmitting location data associated with the location of the stationary position beacon; at a mobile participant receiver supported by the participant, receiving the location data from the stationary position beacon; and modifying the participant performance data based on the data received from the stationary position beacon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Jon Harald Werner, Christian Dibenedetto, Stephen John Black
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF SPILLS
    Publication number: 20200086494
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatic detection of spills are disclosed. In some exemplary implementations, a robot can have a spill detector comprising at least one optical imaging device configured to capture at least one image of a scene containing a spill while the robot moves between locations. The robot can process the at least one image by segmentation. Once the spill has been identified, the robot can then generate an alert indicative at least in part of a recognition of the spill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Dimitry Fisher, Cody Griffin, Micah Richert, Filip Piekniewski, Eugene Izhikevich, Jayram Moorkanikara Nageswaran, John Black
  • Method and system for restoring software
    Patent number: 10592229
    Abstract: Method and system are disclosed for restoring multiple instances of a software application to a predetermined baseline state. The method/system of the invention creates a baseline template from a single correct or “golden” installation of the software application. The baseline template may then be deployed to restore previously used instances of the software application to a baseline state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
    Inventors: Richard Douglas Weathersby, Darren John Black
  • DISAGGREGATED DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200081619
    Abstract: A data-storage system comprises a head receiver configured to variably receive up to a number M of write heads. The data-storage system also includes an installed number N of write heads arranged in the head receiver, a substrate receiver configured to receive one or more data-storage substrates, and a positioner machine configured to adjust a relative placement of each of the M write heads with respect to at least one of the one or more data-storage substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Antony Ian Taylor ROWSTRON, Ioan Alexandru STEFANOVICI, Aaron William OGUS, Douglas Wayne PHILLIPS, Richard John BLACK, Austin Nicholas DONNELLY, Alexander Lloyd GAUNT, Andreas GEORGIOU, Ariel GOMEZ DIAZ, Serguei Anatolievitch LEGTCHENKO, Reinhard Sebastian Bernhard NOWOZIN, Benn Charles THOMSEN, Hugh David Paul WILLIAMS, David LARA SAUCEDO, Patrick Neil ANDERSON, Andromachi CHATZIELEFTHERIOU, John Christopher DAINTY, James Hilton CLEGG, Raluca Andreea DIACONU, Rokas DREVINSKAS, Mengyang YANG
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTION CONTROL OF ROBOTS
    Publication number: 20200073401
    Abstract: A system for controlling movement of a device comprises at least one processor configured to receive a first input from a sensor upon detection of an obstacle in a first region of the device and a different second input from the sensor upon detection of the object in a different second region of the device and further configured to transmit a first signal to at least one actuator upon receiving the first input from the sensor, the first signal including a strength of first value and transmit a second signal upon receiving the second input from the sensor, the second value being greater than the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Botond Szatmary, Micah Richert, Jean-Baptiste Passot, John Black, Oliver Martin
  • ENHANCED CHANNEL INTERLEAVING FOR OPTIMIZED DATA THROUGHPUT
    Publication number: 20200067627
    Abstract: In a transmission scheme wherein multi-slot packet transmissions to a remote station can be terminated by an acknowledgment signal from the remote station, code symbols can be efficiently packed over the multi-slot packet so that the remote station can easily decode the data payload of the multi-slot packet by decoding only a portion of the multi-slot packet. Hence, the remote station can signal for the early termination of the multi-slot packet transmission, which thereby increases the data throughput of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Naga Bhushan, Peter John Black
  • Method and apparatus for multiplexing hybrid satellite constellations
    Patent number: 10575229
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating a satellite system including different satellites that may belong to different types of satellite constellations. In some implementations, the satellite system may include a LEO satellite constellation and one or more non-LEO satellite constellations that can be used to increase the forward link capacity of the LEO satellite constellation, for example, by allowing an LEO satellite to offload at least some of its forward link traffic to one of the non-LEO satellites. The user terminals can dynamically switch forward link communications between a LEO satellite and a non-LEO satellite while maintaining a return link connection with the LEO satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Qiang Wu, Peter John Black, Ruoheng Liu
  • Location-aware fitness monitoring methods, systems, and program products, and applications thereof
    Patent number: 10518163
    Abstract: Location-aware fitness monitoring program products, systems, and methods, and applications thereof, are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for providing information about an athletic activity includes the steps of displaying to a user via a computer performance parameter information regarding an individual's performance during the athletic activity as a function of time, and displaying to the user via the computer the title of a music track that was played for the individual by a portable fitness monitoring device during the athletic activity, wherein the display of the title of the music track occurs in response to the user specifying via the computer a particular point in time during the athletic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Alan Russell Lee, Andrew Leonard Axelrod, Stephen John Black, Mark Arthur Oleson, Jon H. Werner, Christian Dibenedetto
  • Multispectral light source
    Patent number: 10500010
    Abstract: Medical illumination systems and devices for illuminating a target surgical area with a pre-selected type of multispectral light to aid tissue differentiation as viewed by the human eye, especially in open-surgery settings, and methods for practicing the same. A light source may have multiple settings selectable to provide various types of multispectral light configured to reduce reflection from corresponding tissue types relative to full-spectrum light. A pre-selected type of multispectral light may be configured to reduce reflection from blood. An illumination system or device can have one more illumination elements, including combinations of LEDs, lasers, and filtered broadband light sources. The multispectral light may be or comprise one or more of a continuous or pulsed wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Invuity, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Vayser, Gaston Tudury, John Black
  • Entropy based multiphase flow detection
    Patent number: 10487648
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and non-transitory computer-readable medium having a stored computer program provide characterization of multiphase fluid flow (MPF) using approximate entropy calculation techniques to enhance measuring and monitoring of a flow regime in a segment of pipe for hydrocarbon-production operations. The systems and methods can be optimized using principal component analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Talha Jamal Ahmad, Michael John Black, Muhammad Arsalan, Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi
  • DISAGGREGATED DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190354283
    Abstract: A data-storage system comprises a head receiver configured to variably receive up to a number M of write heads. The data-storage system also includes an installed number N of write heads arranged in the head receiver, a substrate receiver configured to receive one or more data-storage substrates, and a positioner machine configured to adjust a relative placement of each of the M write heads with respect to at least one of the one or more data-storage substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Antony Ian Taylor ROWSTRON, Ioan Alexandru STEFANOVICI, Aaron William OGUS, Douglas Wayne PHILLIPS, Richard John BLACK, Austin Nicholas DONNELLY, Alexander Lloyd GAUNT, Andreas GEORGIOU, Ariel GOMEZ DIAZ, Serguei Anatolievitch LEGTCHENKO, Reinhard Sebastian Bernhard NOWOZIN, Benn Charles THOMSEN, Hugh David Paul WILLIAMS, David LARA SAUCEDO, Patrick Neil ANDERSON, Andromachi CHATZIELEFTHERIOU, John Christopher DAINTY, James Hilton CLEGG, Raluca Andreea DIACONU, Rokas DREVINSKAS, Mengyang YANG
  • Entropy based multiphase flow detection
    Patent number: 10472957
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and non-transitory computer-readable medium having a stored computer program provide characterization of multiphase fluid flow (MPF) using approximate entropy calculation techniques to enhance measuring and monitoring of a flow regime in a segment of pipe for hydrocarbon-production operations. The systems and methods can be optimized using principal component analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Talha Jamal Ahmad, Michael John Black, Muhammad Arsalan, Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi
  • Enhanced channel interleaving for optimized data throughput
    Patent number: 10476627
    Abstract: In a transmission scheme wherein multi-slot packet transmissions to a remote station can be terminated by an acknowledgment signal from the remote station, code symbols can be efficiently packed over the multi-slot packet so that the remote station can easily decode the data payload of the multi-slot packet by decoding only a portion of the multi-slot packet. Hence, the remote station can signal for the early termination of the multi-slot packet transmission, which thereby increases the data throughput of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Naga Bhushan, Peter John Black
  • Systems and methods for automatic detection of spills
    Patent number: 10464213
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatic detection of spills are disclosed. In some exemplary implementations, a robot can have a spill detector comprising at least one optical imaging device configured to capture at least one image of a scene containing a spill while the robot moves between locations. The robot can process the at least one image by segmentation. Once the spill has been identified, the robot can then generate an alert indicative at least in part of a recognition of the spill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Brain Corporation
    Inventors: Dimitry Fisher, Cody Griffin, Micah Richert, Filip Piekniewski, Eugene Izhikevich, Jayram Moorkanikara Nageswaran, John Black
  • Method and apparatus for spectral efficient data transmission in satellite systems
    Patent number: 10454569
    Abstract: A communication satellite system provides for spectral efficient data transmissions by a gateway to multiple user terminals by way of a satellite. The gateway transmits multiple blocks in a single slot, each block intended for one of the user terminals, where each block is encoded and modulated according to a scheme that may be different for each intended user terminal. Upon re-transmission of a block if that block is lost or received in error, the block may be encoded and modulated according to another scheme that is less spectrally efficient than in the first transmission of the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Qiang Wu, Peter John Black
  • SCHEDULING FOR LOW-DENSITY PARITY-CHECK CODES
    Publication number: 20190305882
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Efficient low-density parity-check (LDPC) scheduling of layered decoding may include receiving a message encoded as an LDPC code that includes a number of check nodes and a number of bit nodes, applying a first number of decoding iterations to decoding the message, applying a second number of decoding iterations to decoding the message after the first number of decoding iterations are applied, and decoding the message through completion of both the first number of decoding iterations and the second number of decoding iterations. In some cases, only a portion of the number of check nodes is decoded during each of the first number of decoding iterations and all of the number of check nodes are decoded during each of the second number of decoding iterations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Ying Wang, Jing Jiang, Peter John Black, Joseph Binamira Soriaga, Gabi Sarkis
  • Variable multiple-input multiple-output downlink user equipment
    Patent number: 10432272
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to variable multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) downlink user equipment. Features are described for dynamically adjusting an operational state of a user equipment to obtain network services (e.g., downlink data traffic) according to different transmission modes. The user equipment may provide reports to a network controller indicating characteristics of the user equipment. The characteristics may indicate service level, quality, or type needed for user equipment operations. The user equipment may receive configuration information to adjust wireless capabilities to best meet the identified needs of the user equipment and the MIMO network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: XCOM Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter John Black, Matthew Stuart Grob, Michael Mingxi Fan, Tamer Adel Kadous
  • Flow regime identification of multiphase flows by face recognition Bayesian classification
    Patent number: 10422673
    Abstract: Multiphase flow regimes in downhole or surface flow lines are made identifiable by forming images of the flow based on data obtained by flow regime metering of the flow. The flow regime metering data are gathered and processed in a format in which it can be subjected to face recognition processing of the type used for recognition of the faces of persons, and also to Bayesian classification techniques. Identification capabilities are particularly enhanced in flow regimes where gas bubbles or large amounts of free gas cause clutter and multiple reflections in the metering data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Michael John Black, Talha Jamal Ahmad, Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi