Patents by Inventor John Carter

John Carter 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: 20260115134
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new extended release pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof for the treatment of disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Andreas SOMMER, Chengzhi ZHANG, John CARTER, John ARTHUR, Margaret BRADBURY
  • Publication number: 20260115135
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new extended release pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof for the treatment of disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2024
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Andreas SOMMER, Chengzhi ZHANG, John CARTER, John ARTHUR, Margaret BRADBURY
  • Patent number: 12586214
    Abstract: A method for monitoring user performance in launching objects at sporting events includes capturing, with an image sensor on glasses worn by a user at a sporting event, two-dimensional (2-D) images of an object launched by a player participating in the sporting event. The launched object and a stationary object at the sporting event are identified. An orientation of the image sensor is determined based on a shape of the stationary object within the 2D images, and locations of the launched object in 3D space are determined based on the 2D images and the determined orientation of the image sensor. The trajectory of the launched object in 3D space is then determined, and the trajectory is used to determine a parameter indicative of a performance of the player for the sporting event. Feedback indicative of the performance of the player is then provided based on the determined parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2025
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Pillar Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Marty, John Carter
  • Patent number: 12551769
    Abstract: A system for evaluating player performance comprises at least one sensor for capturing images of a player performing a basketball shot. At least one processor is configured to analyze the images to determine a position of the basketball and, based on the determined position, calculate a first value indicative of a shot performance of the player. The processor is further configured to identify a region from which the basketball was shot by the player for the basketball shot. The processor is further configured to calculate, based on whether the basketball shot is made, a second value indicating a shot performance of the player in taking a plurality of basketball shots from the identified region. An output mechanism is configured to display shot performance information associated with the player based on the first value and the second value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Pillar Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Marty, John Carter
  • Publication number: 20250375662
    Abstract: A ball feeding system has a ball feeder that is configured to receive a basketball and launch the basketball to a shooter for enabling the shooter to shoot the basketball toward a basketball goal. The ball feeder is coupled to a sensor (e.g., a camera) by an arm that extends from the ball feeder, and the sensor is configured to sense the basketball as it is traveling on a trajectory toward the basketball during a shot of the basketball by the shooter. At least one processor is configured to determine, based on the sensor, at least one trajectory parameter indicative of the trajectory and provide feedback indicative of a performance of the shooter in shooting the basketball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2025
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Applicant: Pillar Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Marty, John Carter
  • Patent number: 12475738
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for evaluating player performance during a sporting event. The system can use one or more sensors to capture information about actions such as shooting, dribbling, kicking and/or passing an object performed by the player and at least one processor to analyze the information in order to evaluate the player's performance. The system can determine and store at least one parameter indicative of the performance of the player in performing an action, and calculate based on the at least one stored parameter at least one value indicative of the player's performance and provide an output indicative of the assessment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: Pillar Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Marty, John Carter
  • Publication number: 20250325875
    Abstract: A ball feeding system has a ball feeder that is configured to receive a basketball and launch the basketball to a shooter for enabling the shooter to shoot the basketball toward a basketball goal. The ball feeder is coupled to a sensor (e.g., a camera) by an arm that extends from the ball feeder, and the sensor is configured to sense the basketball as it is traveling on a trajectory toward the basketball during a shot of the basketball by the shooter. At least one processor is configured to determine, based on the sensor, at least one trajectory parameter indicative of the trajectory and provide feedback indicative of a performance of the shooter in shooting the basketball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Applicant: Pillar Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Marty, John Carter
  • Patent number: 12423834
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for monitoring user performance in launching objects at sporting events are described. A described method includes capturing, with a camera on glasses worn by a player participating in a sporting event, a plurality of two-dimensional (2-D) images of an object launched by a player participating in the sporting event. The launched object is identified and tracked with the camera for which an orientation is determined using an accelerometer. Based on the tracking, a position of the launched object at a point along a trajectory relative to a stationary object is determined, and an output indicative of user performance is provided based on the determined position of the launched object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: Pillar Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Marty, John Carter
  • Publication number: 20250262432
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing therapeutic electric current to a treatment site of a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2025
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Applicant: BioWave Corporation
    Inventors: Bradford Siff, John Carter
  • Patent number: 12370410
    Abstract: A system for enabling dispersed athletic games comprises first and second sensors respectively configured to capture first images of a first player playing a dispersed sporting game on a first court or field and a second player playing the dispersed sporting game on a second court or field. The system also comprises a server configured to analyze the first images and the second images for respectively detecting a first gameplay event associated with the first player and a second gameplay event associated with the second player. The server is configured to determine a change in gameplay based on a comparison of information related to the detected first gameplay event and information related to the detected second gameplay event. The server is further configured to transmit a message for instructing the first player or the second player to play the dispersed game in accordance with the change in gameplay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Pillar Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Marty, John Carter
  • Patent number: 12318612
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing therapeutic electric current to a treatment site of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: BioWave Corporation
    Inventors: Bradford Siff, John Carter
  • Patent number: 12286754
    Abstract: Systems and methods as disclosed herein automatically provide real-time dosing corrections for an industrial process wherein enzyme blends are applied to natural fibers for pulp/paper production. An initial enzyme blend (e.g., enzymes and supporting formulation components, as relevant) and respective dose rates are selected to be applied based on expected fiber surface substrate characterization, expected fiber quality characterization, the physical conditions of the system being treated, respective characteristics of the initially selected enzyme blend components, etc. Upon application of the initial enzyme blend, online sensors provide real-time feedback data corresponding to measured actual values for the fiber surface substrate characterization and fiber quality characterization. A replacement enzyme blend (enzymes and supporting formulation components) and respective dose rates thereof is dynamically selected based on the feedback data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Buckman Laboratories International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Reed, Feiran Li, John Carter
  • Patent number: 12288344
    Abstract: A system for calibrating a computing device to track basketball shots has a camera for capturing two-dimensional (2-D) images of a basketball shot toward a basketball hoop. The system identifies the basketball and basketball hoop in the 2-D images and determines distances of the basketball from the camera based on sizes of the basketball in the 2-D images. The system also determines angles of the basketball from the camera based on positions of the basketball in the 2-D images. The system calculates a parabolic trajectory of the basketball based on the determined distances and angles and then determines an orientation and a position of the camera in three-dimensional (3-D) space based on the identified basketball hoop and the calculated trajectory. The system stores, in memory, calibration data indicative of the orientation and the position of the camera in 3-D space for use in tracking basketball shots by the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Pillar Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Marty, John Carter
  • Patent number: 12285653
    Abstract: A player monitoring system for compensating for network delays comprises a server that is configured to receive sensor data from multiple sensors at dispersed locations. In some embodiments, a server is configured to determine a delay associated with one network path carrying sensor data to the server and a delay associated with another network path carrying sensor data to the server. Based on the delays, the server is configured to synchronize events detected by the sensors at the dispersed location, thereby permitting more precise and accurate gameplay decisions for a dispersed sporting event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Pillar Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Marty, John Carter
  • Publication number: 20250128134
    Abstract: A system for evaluating player performance comprises at least one sensor for capturing images of a player performing a basketball shot. At least one processor is configured to analyze the images to determine a position of the basketball and, based on the determined position, calculate a first value indicative of a shot performance of the player. The processor is further configured to identify a region from which the basketball was shot by the player for the basketball shot. The processor is further configured to calculate, based on whether the basketball shot is made, a second value indicating a shot performance of the player in taking a plurality of basketball shots from the identified region. An output mechanism is configured to display shot performance information associated with the player based on the first value and the second value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Pillar Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Marty, John Carter
  • Publication number: 20250050173
    Abstract: A system for enabling dispersed athletic games comprises first and second sensors respectively configured to capture first images of a first player playing a dispersed sporting game on a first court or field and a second player playing the dispersed sporting game on a second court or field. The system also comprises a server configured to analyze the first images and the second images for respectively detecting a first gameplay event associated with the first player and a second gameplay event associated with the second player. The server is configured to determine a change in gameplay based on a comparison of information related to the detected first gameplay event and information related to the detected second gameplay event. The server is further configured to transmit a message for instructing the first player or the second player to play the dispersed game in accordance with the change in gameplay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Pillar Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Marty, John Carter
  • Publication number: 20240420509
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for evaluating player performance during a sporting event. The system can use one or more sensors to capture information about actions such as shooting, dribbling, kicking and/or passing an object performed by the player and at least one processor to analyze the information in order to evaluate the player's performance. The system can determine and store at least one parameter indicative of the performance of the player in performing an action, and calculate based on the at least one stored parameter at least one value indicative of the player's performance and provide an output indicative of the assessment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Pillar Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Marty, John Carter
  • Patent number: 12157047
    Abstract: Systems and methods relating to evaluating the performance of a person playing basketball are described. The systems and methods can be used to provide an evaluation sequence that can determine and evaluate the performance level of a person at one or more basketball skills. The evaluation sequence for the person can include a first sequence of actions that are the same each person being evaluated for a particular skill and a second sequence of actions that is based on the results of the first sequence and may be different for each person. Once the first and second sequences have been completed by the person, the system can determine a performance level for the person for the skills being evaluated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Pillar Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Marty, John Carter
  • Publication number: 20240366591
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new pharmaceutical compositions comprising benzoquinoline compounds, and methods to inhibit vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) activity in a subject for the treatment of chronic hyperkinetic movement disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Sommer, Chengzhi Zhang, John Carter, John Charles Arthur, Margaret Bradbury, Thomas George Gant, Manouchehr Shahbaz
  • Publication number: 20240342155
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions and formulations containing hydroxychloroquine having improved safety and tolerability are disclosed herein. In addition, methods of treating disease conditions, including autoimmune diseases, retinopathy and endometriosis. with such compositions and formulations are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Beat WEIDMAN, Dan H. KIM, Mark CONNELL, John CARTER