Patents by Inventor John Freeman
John Freeman 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).
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Publication number: 20240409326Abstract: A method of processing objects with a programmable motion device is disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of received objects at an input area proximate the programmable motion device, selecting and grasping a first object of the plurality of received objects from the input area using the programmable motion device, moving the first object to a cache area using the programmable motion device, said cache area being proximate the programmable motion device, selecting and grasping a second object of the plurality of received objects, moving the second object to a first destination location using the programmable motion device, selecting and grasping the first object from the cache area using the programmable motion device, and moving the first object to the first destination location using the programmable motion device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Ryan O'HERN, Conor O'NEIL, Joshua BEST, John Richard AMEND, JR., Kyle BROWN, Ashwin DESHPANDE, Nicholas ECKENSTEIN, Dominick FREEMAN, Christopher GEYER, David KING, Joseph ROMANO, Jeremy SASLAW
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Patent number: 12148647Abstract: An apparatus includes a substrate holder, a first actuator to rotate the substrate holder, a second actuator to move the substrate holder linearly, a first sensor to generate one or more first measurements or images of the substrate, a second sensor to generate one or more second measurements of target positions on the substrate, and a processing device. The processing device estimates a position of the substrate on the substrate holder and causes the first actuator to rotate the substrate holder about a first axis. The rotation causes an offset between a field of view of the second sensor and a target position on the substrate due to the substrate not being centered on the substrate holder. The processing device causes the second actuator to move the substrate holder linearly along a second axis to correct the offset. The processing device determines a profile across a surface of the substrate based on the one or more second measurements of the target positions.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Patricia Schulze, Gregory John Freeman, Michael Kutney, Arunkumar Ramachandraiah, Chih Chung Chou, Zhaozhao Zhu, Ozkan Celik
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Publication number: 20240379201Abstract: A patient data charting system for automated data capture by an electronic patient care record (ePCR) generated during a patient encounter with emergency medical services (EMS) includes a local computing device including a processor, and a memory storing an ePCR including ePCR data fields, and a user interface device communicatively coupled to the local computing device and including a microphone and speaker, wherein the microphone may be configured to capture spoken patient encounter information, wherein the processor may be configured to receive the spoken patient encounter information as text information from a speech-to-text conversion application, determine at least one ePCR data field value based on the text information, populate at least one ePCR data field with the at least one ePCR data field value, generate caregiver prompts based on the at least one ePCR data field value, and provide the audible caregiver prompts to the caregiver via the speaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventors: Alexander N. Moghadam, Gary A. Freeman, Keenan S. Early, Angela L. Baca DeGarie, Peter G. Goutmann, Allyn E. Scott, John R. Whannel
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Patent number: 12129979Abstract: A flexible lighting strip for use in an aircraft cabin has a minimum bend radius of no more than 40 mm, and comprises: a track comprising a channel extending along the length of the track; and an inner component within the channel, the inner component comprising lighting components arranged along the length of the inner component. The track comprises two inwardly-directed protrusions extending from opposing sides of the channel, each of the protrusions extending into the inner component 4 and increasing in width within the inner component. The inner component may be formed separately as an insertable insert, or may be formed within the track. A kit of parts for forming such a flexible lighting strip is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: STG AEROSPACE LIMITEDInventors: Robert Michael Freeman Trundle, Andreas Pitsimakis, Marc John Sugrue
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Publication number: 20240348042Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling breaker operation of power systems during a close before excitation (CBE) operation. One method includes closing the breaker of a generator prior to alternator voltage excitation, using power sourced from a permanent magnetic generator (PMG) that is coupled to the alternator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2024Publication date: October 17, 2024Inventors: Brandon Ahrens, John Freeman, Ctibor Balás, Jaromir Nusl
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Publication number: 20240339347Abstract: An optical measurement device comprises a substrate holder to secure a substrate, a plurality of actuators to move the substrate holder relative to a plurality of axes, a first sensor to generate one or more first measurements or images of a first plurality of target positions on the substrate, and a second sensor to generate one or more second measurements of a second plurality of target positions on the substrate. The optical measurement device further comprises a plate, wherein the substrate holder, the plurality of actuators, the first sensor and the second sensor are each mounted to the plate, and wherein the plate provides vibration isolation from a factory interface to which the optical measurement device mounts. The optical measurement device further comprises a processing device that executes instructions to control the plurality of actuators and process the first measurements or images and the second measurements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2024Publication date: October 10, 2024Inventors: Patricia Schulze, Gregory John Freeman, Michael Kutney, Arunkumar Ramachandraiah, Chih Chung Chou, Zhaozhao Zhu, Ozkan Celik
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Publication number: 20240327144Abstract: An object processing system is disclosed that includes a mobile system for moving from a proximal base toward a plurality of objects to be processed, and a programmable motion device supported on the mobile unit at a proximal end of the programmable motion device, the programmable motion device including an end-effector at a distal end thereof, the end-effector including a first stationary portion that remains stationary with respect to the distal end of the programmable motion device, and a second movable portion that moves with respect to the first stationary portion, the second movable portion for contacting at least one object of the plurality of objects for urging the at least one object from the plurality of objects toward the mobile system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Daniel Carlton SMITH, Dominick FREEMAN, William FARMER, Conor O’NEIL, Joshua BEST, Adam James DEELEY, Kelvin Edward WIEBE, Robert WILLIAMS, Anthony PAUL, Joseph Corey MICHAL, Clayton Henry MANCHESTER, Michael Fangjin XIAO, Ryan Edward LEONARD, Vitalii RUSSINKOVSKII, Caris Mariah MOSES, Lakshman KUMAR, Nicholas ECKENSTEIN, Ananya TANDON, Thomas ALLEN, Yanchun WU, Ian Michael DESROCHERS, John Norman COGSWELL, III
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Patent number: 12083279Abstract: Headgear for use with a respiratory mask can include a continuous and substantially curved elongate member extending in use below a user's nose and at least two headgear straps capable of attachment to the ends of the elongate member. A mask attachment on the elongate member is disposed to sit below or on one of said user's nose, mouth, upper lip and an inlet to the mask. The attachment is capable of receiving the mask.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE LIMITEDInventors: Alastair Edwin McAuley, Oliver Gleeson, Evan Stuart Erstich, Simon Eric Freeman, Neil Glen Davies, Stephen John Schoenberg, Kamman Law, Craig Robert Prentice
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Patent number: 12080391Abstract: A patient data charting system for automated data capture by an electronic patient care record (ePCR) generated during a patient encounter with emergency medical services (EMS) includes a local computing device including a processor, and a memory storing an ePCR including ePCR data fields, and a user interface device communicatively coupled to the local computing device and including a microphone and speaker, wherein the microphone may be configured to capture spoken patient encounter information, wherein the processor may be configured to receive the spoken patient encounter information as text information from a speech-to-text conversion application, determine at least one ePCR data field value based on the text information, populate at least one ePCR data field with the at least one ePCR data field value, generate caregiver prompts based on the at least one ePCR data field value, and provide the audible caregiver prompts to the caregiver via the speaker.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: ZOLL Medical CorporationInventors: Alexander N. Moghadam, Gary A. Freeman, Keenan S. Early, Angela L. Baca DeGarie, Peter G. Goutmann, Allyn E. Scott, John R. Whannel
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Patent number: 12064218Abstract: A feedback device for an acute care provider includes: at least one motion sensor; a haptic output component for providing feedback having a varying haptic pattern to the acute care provider regarding performance of a resuscitation activity; and a controller. The controller can be configured to receive and process a signal representative of performance of the resuscitation activity from the at least one motion sensor, compare the acute care provider's performance of the resuscitation activity to a target performance of the resuscitation activity, and cause the haptic output component to provide haptic feedback to the acute care provider by changing the haptic pattern based, at least in part, on the signal from the at least one motion sensor and the comparison of the acute care provider's performance to the target performance of the resuscitation activity. The device can be adapted to be wrist-worn by the acute care provider.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: ZOLL Medical CorporationInventors: Gary A. Freeman, Michael Buonadonna, Guy R. Johnson, Justin R. Carroll, Annemarie Silver, Frederick J. Geheb, John C. Amann
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Publication number: 20240167425Abstract: A system includes a gas turbine system having a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine. The system further includes a power management system configured to supply an injection fluid into a host fluid of the gas turbine system to manage power production of the gas turbine system, wherein the injection fluid comprises a gas mixture comprising oxygen. The system further includes a model-based controller configured to control operation of the gas turbine system, wherein the model-based controller has one or more models including consideration of the injection fluid supplied by the power management system into the host fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Juergen Gerhard Hoffmann, Harold Lamar Jordan, Thomas John Freeman
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Publication number: 20240098417Abstract: Various implementations include audio systems and methods for mixed rendering to enhance audio output. Certain implementations include an audio system having: at least one far-field speaker configured to output a first portion of an audio signal; and a pair of non-occluding near-field speakers configured to output a second portion of the audio signal in synchrony with the output of the first portion of the audio signal, where the second portion of the audio signal increases intelligibility of the speech content within the audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: James Walter Tracey, Guy Anthony Torio, Eric John Freeman, Nathan Blagrove, Santiago Carvajal
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Publication number: 20240044768Abstract: The present invention provides a method for estimating hydrocarbon saturation of a hydrocarbon-bearing rock from a measurement for an electrical property a resistivity log and a rock image. The image is segmented to represent either a pore space or solid material in the rock. An image porosity is estimated from the segmented image, and a corrected porosity is determined to account for the sub-resolution porosity missing in the image of the rock. A corrected saturation exponent of the rock is determined from the image porosity and the corrected porosity and is used to estimate the hydrocarbon saturation. A backpropagation-enabled trained model can be used to segment the image. A backpropagation-enabled method can be used to estimate the hydrocarbon saturation using an image selected from a series of 2D projection images, 3D reconstructed images and combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Nishank SAXENA, Faruk ALPAK, Amie HOWS, John FREEMAN, Matthias APPEL, Ronny HOFMANN, Bochao ZHAO
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Patent number: 11895472Abstract: Various implementations include audio systems and methods for mixed rendering to enhance audio output. Certain implementations include an audio system having: at least one far-field speaker configured to output a first portion of an audio signal; and a pair of non-occluding near-field speakers configured to output a second portion of the audio signal in synchrony with the output of the first portion of the audio signal, where the first portion of the audio signal is distinct from the second portion of the audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: James Walter Tracey, Guy Anthony Torio, Eric John Freeman, Nathan Blagrove, Santiago Carvajal
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Publication number: 20230403507Abstract: Various implementations include audio systems and methods for mixed rendering to enhance audio output. Certain implementations include an audio system having: at least one far-field speaker configured to output a first portion of an audio signal; and a pair of non-occluding near-field speakers configured to output a second portion of the audio signal in synchrony with the output of the first portion of the audio signal, where the first portion of the audio signal is distinct from the second portion of the audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2022Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: James Walter Tracey, Guy Anthony Torio, Eric John Freeman, Nathan Blagrove, Santiago Carvajal
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Publication number: 20230342531Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing profile-guided optimization of integrated circuit hardware are provided. Circuit design tools may receive a source code and compile the source code to generate a hardware description. The hardware description may include profiling blocks configured to measure useful information required for optimization. The hardware description may then be simulated to gather profiling data. The circuit design tools may then analyze the gathered profiling data to identify additional opportunities for hardware optimization. The source code may then be modified based on the analysis of the profiling data to produce a smaller and faster hardware that is better suited to the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Byron Sinclair, John Freeman
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Publication number: 20230238266Abstract: An apparatus includes a substrate holder, a first actuator to rotate the substrate holder, a second actuator to move the substrate holder linearly, a first sensor to generate one or more first measurements or images of the substrate, a second sensor to generate one or more second measurements of target positions on the substrate, and a processing device. The processing device estimates a position of the substrate on the substrate holder and causes the first actuator to rotate the substrate holder about a first axis. The rotation causes an offset between a field of view of the second sensor and a target position on the substrate due to the substrate not being centered on the substrate holder. The processing device causes the second actuator to move the substrate holder linearly along a second axis to correct the offset. The processing device determines a profile across a surface of the substrate based on the one or more second measurements of the target positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2022Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Patricia Schulze, Gregory John Freeman, Michael Kutney, Arunkumar Ramachandraiah, Chih Chung Chou, Zhaozhao Zhu, Ozkan Celik
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Patent number: 11675948Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing profile-guided optimization of integrated circuit hardware are provided. Circuit design tools may receive a source code and compile the source code to generate a hardware description. The hardware description may include profiling blocks configured to measure useful information required for optimization. The hardware description may then be simulated to gather profiling data. The circuit design tools may then analyze the gathered profiling data to identify additional opportunities for hardware optimization. The source code may then be modified based on the analysis of the profiling data to produce a smaller and faster hardware that is better suited to the application.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Byron Sinclair, John Freeman
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Patent number: 11673267Abstract: A system includes a robot with a robot arm having multiple joints and an end effector to carry a substrate. A processing device is to build, with respect to a joint space for the multiple joints and the end effector, a graph of reachable positions and sub-paths between the reachable positions, wherein the reachable positions and the sub-paths satisfy Cartesian limits within the joint space. The processing device is to determine, by executing a graph optimization algorithm on the graph, multiple paths, each made up of a group of the sub-paths and having one of a shortest distance or a lowest cost between a start point and an end point of the end effector. The processing device is to select a path, of the multiple paths, through the graph that minimizes a move time of the end effector between the start point and the end point.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Omar Abdul-hadi, Adam Christopher Cranmer, Gregory John Freeman
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Publication number: 20230032418Abstract: A system includes a robot with a robot arm having multiple joints and an end effector to carry a substrate. A processing device is to build, with respect to a joint space for the multiple joints and the end effector, a graph of reachable positions and sub-paths between the reachable positions, wherein the reachable positions and the sub-paths satisfy Cartesian limits within the joint space. The processing device is to determine, by executing a graph optimization algorithm on the graph, multiple paths, each made up of a group of the sub-paths and having one of a shortest distance or a lowest cost between a start point and an end point of the end effector. The processing device is to select a path, of the multiple paths, through the graph that minimizes a move time of the end effector between the start point and the end point.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Omar Abdul-hadi, Adam Christopher Cranmer, Gregory John Freeman