Patents by Inventor John Miller

John Miller 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).

  • HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION DETERMINATION USING CARTILAGE CONDUCTION
    Publication number: 20210314720
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to calibrating head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) for a user of an audio system (e.g., as a component of a headset) using cartilage conducted sounds. A test sound is presented to a user using a transducer (e.g., cartilage conduction) and an audio signal is responsively received via a microphone at an entrance to the user's ear canal. The test sound and audio signal combination may be provided to an audio server where a model is used to determine one or more HRTFs for the user. Information describing the one or more HRTFs is provided to the audio system to be used for providing audio to the user. The audio server may also use a model to determine geometric information describing a pinna of the user based on the combination. In one embodiment, the geometric information is used to determine the one or more HRTFs for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Morteza Khaleghimeybodi, Vamsi Krishna Ithapu, Antonio John Miller
  • Host feedback of scan status
    Patent number: 11138399
    Abstract: A multi-mode ring scanner (MMRS) has a ring unit for wearing on a finger. The MMRS optionally has a wrist unit coupled to the ring unit, such as via a cable. The MMRS optionally communicates wirelessly with a computing device. The ring unit has one or more scanners (such as an optical scanner or an RFID tag reader). The ring unit optionally has two paddle switches for activation by inward pressure from fingers adjacent to the finger. The two switches enable specifying operation of the MMRS in a plurality of modes and/or to communicate a plurality of information codes to the computing device. The computing device is optionally enabled to assign a function to each combination of activation of the two switches. A scanning system including the MMRS optionally provides feedback to a user based on feedback from a host processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Socket Mobile, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert John Miller, Allan Leafblad, Thomas J. Newman, Leonard Ott, John E. Brandon, Charles E. Ader, Timothy Miller
  • AUDIO SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC DETERMINATION OF PERSONALIZED ACOUSTIC TRANSFER FUNCTIONS
    Publication number: 20210306744
    Abstract: An eyewear device includes an audio system. In one embodiment, the audio system includes a microphone array that includes a plurality of acoustic sensors. Each acoustic sensor is configured to detect sounds within a local area surrounding the microphone array. For a plurality of the detected sounds, the audio system performs a direction of arrival (DoA) estimation. Based on parameters of the detected sound and/or the DoA estimation, the audio system may then generate or update one or more acoustic transfer functions unique to a user. The audio system may use the one or more acoustic transfer functions to generate audio content for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Ravish Mehra, Antonio John Miller, Vladimir Tourbabin
  • Face Based Door Entry and Confirmation of Authenticity of Biological Sample
    Publication number: 20210295627
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method for confirming that a biological sample provided by an individual and sent to a testing facility was obtained from the individual includes obtaining a sample collection unit containing the biological sample and a video of the individual providing the biological sample. The individual provides the biological sample by recording a video of himself or herself: opening the sample collection unit; depositing the biological sample into the sample collection unit; and closing the sample collection unit. The method further includes analyzing the biological sample for one or more of at least one pathogen and at least one antibody to a pathogen; analyzing the video to ensure that the individual in the video provided the sample; and performing facial recognition on the video to correlate the sample collection unit and the biological sample to the individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: John Miller, Sean Olson
  • MINIATURE HIGH PERFORMANCE MEMS PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER FOR IN-EAR APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20210281940
    Abstract: An in-ear device comprises a transducer section, a front volume section, and a rear volume section. The transducer section includes a frame and piezoelectric actuators coupled to the frame. The piezoelectric actuators are configured to generate an acoustic pressure wave. The transducer section includes a first side and a second side, the second side being opposite the first side. The front volume section is coupled to the first side to form a front cavity, the front volume section including an aperture from which the generated acoustic pressure wave exits the front volume section towards an ear drum of a user. The rear volume section is coupled to the second side to form a rear cavity. The transducer section, the front volume section, and the rear volume section are configured to fit entirely within the ear canal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Chuming Zhao, Scott Porter, Drew Stone Briggs, Antonio John Miller
  • METHOD OF INDUSTRIAL CENTRIFUGE BASKET PERFORATION
    Publication number: 20210276025
    Abstract: A method for making a cylindrical centrifuge basket according to the present disclosure includes pre-perforating a metal sheet to form a perforated metal sheet having perforations aligned along rows extending across a width of the perforated metal sheet. Each row is skewed at a prescribed nonzero skew angle relative to a surface line on the perforated metal sheet, the surface line parallel to an axis of rotation of the cylindrical centrifuge basket. The method further includes roller forming the perforated metal sheet to produce a perforated basket wall sheet, coupling a first edge of the perforated basket wall sheet to a second edge of the perforated basket wall sheet to form a cylindrical basket wall, and coupling a first end of the cylindrical basket wall to a ring, coupling a second end of the cylindrical basket wall to a baseplate, or both to form the cylindrical centrifuge basket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: The Western States Machine Company
    Inventors: John Miller, Gregory Allgaier, William Temple
  • LYMPH NODE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR USE
    Publication number: 20210256697
    Abstract: The disclosure provides example methods and a non-transitory computer-readable medium that has stored thereon program instructions that upon execution by a processor, cause performance of a set of acts including: (a) receiving a digital image, where the image comprises a plurality of voxels, (b) selecting from the plurality of voxels at least one voxel corresponding to soft tissue cells, (c) expanding the selected voxels to include adjacent voxels until an endpoint voxel is identified, (d) determining whether the expanded selected voxels indicate a presence of a soft tissue body, and (e) in response to a determination that the expanded selected voxels indicate the presence of the soft tissue body, associating the digital image with a database of digital images showing soft tissue bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Joshua RAMPTON, Andrew MILLER, John MILLER
  • IN EAR DEVICE CUSTOMIZATION USING MACHINE LEARNING
    Publication number: 20210248737
    Abstract: A design system generates a design for an in-ear device customized for a user. The in-ear device produces audio content for the user. The design system captures anthropometric data of the user. Using machine learning techniques, the design system determines features of an ear of the user from the anthropometric and generates a three dimensional (3D) geometry of the user's ear. A design for the in-ear device is generated based on the 3D geometry of the user's ear and includes a shell configured to fit in at least a portion of an ear canal of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Antonio John Miller, Morteza Khaleghimeybodi
  • Compounds, compositions, and methods of increasing CFTR activity
    Patent number: 11083709
    Abstract: The present disclosure features compounds such as those having the Formulae (I) and (II), which can increase cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) activity as measured in human bronchial epithelial (hBE) cells. The present disclosure also features methods of treating a condition associated with decreased CFTR activity or a condition associated with a dysfunction of proteostasis comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of a disclosed compound, such as a compound of Formula (I) or (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Benito Munoz, Cecilia M. Bastos, John Miller
  • Merchandiser with on-product financial payment system
    Patent number: 11076710
    Abstract: A merchandiser for storing a product for purchase by a customer is disclosed. The merchandiser includes a housing defining a cavity; a door coupled to the housing; a platform located in the cavity for holding the product; a load sensor structured to determine a weight of the product; and a controller coupled to the load sensor. The controller is structured to unlock the door based on a validation of payment information of the customer, and determine a weight of product removed during a transaction for the product based on a value regarding the weight of the product removed during the transaction being substantially constant for a preset amount of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Leer, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Huffar, Stephen J. Dieter, Terry D. Matt, John A. Miller, Nicholas A. Truesdale
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEARING ASSESSMENT AND AUDIO ADJUSTMENT
    Publication number: 20210227338
    Abstract: An audio system for user hearing assessment includes one or more audio capture devices, and processing circuitry. The one or more audio capture devices are configured to capture audio of a conversation of a user and convert the audio to audio signals. The processing circuitry is configured to use the audio signals to identify multiple conditions associated with user hearing difficulty. The conditions include any of words, phrases, frequencies, or phonemes, and environmental audio conditions that are followed by an indication of user hearing difficulty. The processing circuitry is configured to generate a hearing profile for the user based on the identified conditions associated with user hearing difficulty. The processing circuitry is configured to adjust an operation of an audio output device using the hearing profile to reduce a frequency of user hearing difficulty if the user requires audio enhancement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Haytham Mohamed Fayek Abdallah Abdelrehim Abokela, Antonio John Miller
  • Method and apparatus for placing a catheter within a vasculature
    Patent number: 11065028
    Abstract: A catheter for insertion into vasculature of a patient to a target area in the vasculature includes a hollow inner shaft, a non-occluding self-expandable scaffold coupled to the distal end of the inner shaft and disposed at the distal end of the inner shaft, and a hollow outer shaft. The outer shaft is slidable over the inner shaft and scaffold such that the scaffold is in a non-expanded state when the outer shaft is around the scaffold. The outer shaft has a state where the distal end of the outer shaft remains near the target area without the inner shaft and the scaffold being within the outer shaft. The inner shaft and the scaffold are removable through the proximal end of the outer shaft while the distal end of the outer shaft remains near the target area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ROXWOOD MEDICAL INC.
    Inventors: Mehrdad Farhangnia, John Miller, Mark Taber, Mark C. Yang
  • Natural language translation in augmented reality(AR)
    Patent number: 11068668
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for performing natural language translation in AR may include accessing an audio input stream that includes words spoken by a speaking user in a first language. The method may next include performing active noise cancellation on the words in the audio input stream so that the spoken words are suppressed before reaching a listening user. Still further, the method may include processing the audio input stream to identify the words spoken by the speaking user, and translating the identified words spoken by the speaking user into a second, different language. The method may also include generating spoken words in the second, different language using the translated words, and replaying the generated spoken words in the second language to the listening user. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Lovitt, Antonio John Miller, Philip Robinson, Scott Selfon
  • Audio system for dynamic determination of personalized acoustic transfer functions
    Patent number: 11070912
    Abstract: An eyewear device includes an audio system. In one embodiment, the audio system includes a microphone array that includes a plurality of acoustic sensors. Each acoustic sensor is configured to detect sounds within a local area surrounding the microphone array. For a plurality of the detected sounds, the audio system performs a direction of arrival (DoA) estimation. Based on parameters of the detected sound and/or the DoA estimation, the audio system may then generate or update one or more acoustic transfer functions unique to a user. The audio system may use the one or more acoustic transfer functions to generate audio content for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ravish Mehra, Antonio John Miller, Vladimir Tourbabin
  • Material for use with apparatus for heating smokable material
    Patent number: 11064725
    Abstract: Disclosed is material for use with apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The material includes a mixture of smokable material and elements. Each of the elements includes a closed circuit of heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew P. Wilke, Duane A. Kaufman, Raymond J. Robey, John A. Miller, Benjamin J. Paprocki
  • AUDIO PROFILE FOR PERSONALIZED AUDIO ENHANCEMENT
    Publication number: 20210216271
    Abstract: A system creates an audio profile. The audio profile may be stored in a database. For example, the audio profile may be securely stored in a database of a social network and associated with a user account. The audio profile may contain data describing the way in which the specific user hears and interprets sounds. Systems and applications which present sounds to the user may access the audio profile and modify the sounds presented to the user based on the data in the audio profile to enhance the audio experience for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Philip Robinson, Antonio John Miller, William Owen Brimijoin, II, Andrew Lovitt
  • Image adjustment and standardization
    Patent number: 11049227
    Abstract: The disclosure features methods and systems that include: obtaining an input image of an imaging subject, where the input image is a color image featuring, in each of multiple color channels, a first set of pixel intensity values; for each one of the multiple color channels, determining a measured contrast value and a measured brightness value from the first set of pixel intensity values for the color channel, determining a contrast ratio for the color channel based on a target contrast value for the color channel and the measured contrast value for the color channel, and generating a second set of pixel intensity values for the color channel; and generating an output image of the imaging subject based on the second sets of pixel intensity values for each of the multiple color channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
    Inventors: Edem Tsikata, Teresa C. Chen, Ines Maria de Carvalho Lains, Deeba Husain, John Miller
  • ACOUSTIC TRANSFER FUNCTION PERSONALIZATION USING SOUND SCENE ANALYSIS AND BEAMFORMING
    Publication number: 20210183352
    Abstract: An audio system for a wearable device dynamically updates acoustic transfer functions. The audio system is configured to estimate a direction of arrival (DoA) of each sound source detected by a microphone array relative to a position of the wearable device within a local area. The audio system may track the movement of each sound source. The audio system may form a beam in the direction of each sound source. The audio system may identify and classify each sound source based on the sound source properties. Based on the DoA estimates, the movement tracking, and the beamforming, the audio system generates or updates the acoustic transfer functions for the sound sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Vladimir Tourbabin, Jacob Ryan Donley, Antonio John Miller, Ravish Mehra
  • Kiosk for recycling electronic devices
    Patent number: 11010841
    Abstract: A recycling kiosk for recycling and financial remuneration for submission of an electronic device such as a mobile phone is disclosed herein. The recycling kiosk includes electrical connectors and an inspection area with an upper chamber, a lower chamber, a transparent plate and at least one camera in order to perform a visual analysis and an electrical analysis of the electronic device for determination of a value of the electronic device. The recycling kiosk also includes a processor and a display for user interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: ecoATM, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Bowles, Thomas L. Tullie, John Andrew Beane, Jeff Ploetner, John Miller, Neil Vesco
  • Audio profile for personalized audio enhancement
    Patent number: 10976991
    Abstract: A system creates an audio profile. The audio profile may be stored in a database. For example, the audio profile may be securely stored in a database of a social network and associated with a user account. The audio profile may contain data describing the way in which the specific user hears and interprets sounds. Systems and applications which present sounds to the user may access the audio profile and modify the sounds presented to the user based on the data in the audio profile to enhance the audio experience for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Robinson, Antonio John Miller, William Owen Brimijoin, II, Andrew Lovitt