Patents by Inventor John Calef

John Calef 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).

  • Patent number: 11447147
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards the interpretation of driver behavior and communication with autonomous vehicles and incentivizing drivers based on the driver's behavior. A computing device that sits on the dashboard of a vehicle includes at least one camera and circuitry. The computing device captures first images of the driver in the vehicle and second images of an area outside the vehicle. The computing device identifies another vehicle based on an analysis of the second images. The computing device determines a driving behavior of the driver based on an analysis of the first images. The computing device determines if the driving behavior satisfies a positive incentive threshold or a negative incentive threshold. The computing device selects and provides a positive or negative incentive to the driver in response to the driving behavior satisfying the positive incentive threshold or the negative incentive threshold, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: DISH NETWORK L.L.C.
    Inventors: Prakash Subramanian, Nicholas Newell, John Calef, Ribhav Agarwal, Robert Laughlin, Matthew Xi
  • Publication number: 20210245775
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards the interpretation of driver behavior and communication with autonomous vehicles and incentivizing drivers based on the driver's behavior. A computing device that sits on the dashboard of a vehicle includes at least one camera and circuitry. The computing device captures first images of the driver in the vehicle and second images of an area outside the vehicle. The computing device identifies another vehicle based on an analysis of the second images. The computing device determines a driving behavior of the driver based on an analysis of the first images. The computing device determines if the driving behavior satisfies a positive incentive threshold or a negative incentive threshold. The computing device selects and provides a positive or negative incentive to the driver in response to the driving behavior satisfying the positive incentive threshold or the negative incentive threshold, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Prakash Subramanian, Nicholas Newell, John Calef, Ribhav Agarwal, Robert Laughlin, Matthew Xi
  • Patent number: 7914741
    Abstract: A dissolution testing apparatus includes a base structure, a vessel support structure, a cleaning manifold and a stirring mechanism. The vessel support structure is configured for mounting testing vessels and is rotatably mounted to the base structure. The vessel support structure is rotatable from an upright position at which respective open ends of the vessels face upwardly to an inverted position at which the open ends face downwardly. The cleaning manifold is mounted to base structure below the vessel support structure and is configured for directing a fluid into the vessels while the vessel support structure is at the inverted position. The stirring mechanism includes shafts and is movably mounted to the base structure. The stirring mechanism is movable from a lower position at which the shafts extend into the vessels to an upper position at which the shafts are outside the vessels. At the upper position the stirring mechanism provides clearance for the vessel support structure to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Archibald Williams, Lawrence Dwayne Chin, Martin Schwalm, Brett Andrew Feeney, Timothy Noone, Thomas John Calef
  • Publication number: 20080226499
    Abstract: An automated MicroSampling dissolution testing system that is constructed of a base; a plurality of vessels mounted on an invertible, temperature controlled bath manifold; a cleaning manifold; a stirring and sampling assembly for each vessel; an integrated image capture device, a plurality of hydrodynamic, nonresident sampling probes; a non-resident dispensing manifold; a novel fluid handling system; a MicroSampler; a sample transfer mechanism; and a sample and filter storage apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Archibald Williams, Lawrence Dwayne Chin, Martin Schwalm, Brett Andrew Feeney, Timothy Noone, Thomas John Calef