Patents by Inventor John Plummer
John Plummer 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: 20240094796Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to optimize performance of a processor group. In at least one embodiment, a method increases a processor's clock frequency based, at least in part, on performance of other processors in a group.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Sreedhar Narayanaswamy, Kyle John O'Shaughnessy, Pratikkumar Dilipkumar Patel, Chad R. Plummer, Benjamin D. Faulkner
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Patent number: 11922950Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes receiving audio input by a microphone of an access control device that controls access through a passageway, processing an audio signal associated with the audio input to identify and authenticate a user, determining a command corresponding with the audio signal in response to identification and authentication of the user, and performing at least one action that corresponds with the command.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: Daniel Langenberg, Joseph W. Baumgarte, Joshua Long, Brady Plummer, John D. Goodwin, Dakoda Johnson, Benjamin J. Hopkins, Robert Prostko, Robert Martens
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Patent number: 11369223Abstract: An antitheft parcel delivery door system for a facility including a door with a door opening; a weather resistant exterior cover attached to a first door face, moveably positioned over the opening; parcel drum support bracket, moveable arm and rotating parcel drum with parcel drum opening, and cam assembly revolving the rotating parcel drum in the door opening, the cam assembly rotating the parcel drum simultaneously while the weather resistant exterior cover is opened and closed, enabling the rotating parcel drum to receive a parcel then counter revolve in a second direction of rotation to deposit the parcel in a facility interior space; and a protective interior cover with opening attached to a second door face enabling a parcel to drop safely into the facility interior space while preventing unwanted facility access, theft of the parcel, human harm and animal harm from contact with the rotating parcel drum and the cam assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: GLASSCRAFT DOOR COMPANYInventor: John Plummer
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Publication number: 20210177182Abstract: An antitheft parcel delivery door system for a facility including a door with a door opening; a weather resistant exterior cover attached to a first door face, moveably positioned over the opening; parcel drum support bracket, moveable arm and rotating parcel drum with parcel drum opening, and cam assembly revolving the rotating parcel drum in the door opening, the cam assembly rotating the parcel drum simultaneously while the weather resistant exterior cover is opened and closed, enabling the rotating parcel drum to receive a parcel then counter revolve in a second direction of rotation to deposit the parcel in a facility interior space; and a protective interior cover with opening attached to a second door face enabling a parcel to drop safely into the facility interior space while preventing unwanted facility access, theft of the parcel, human harm and animal harm from contact with the rotating parcel drum and the cam assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventor: John Plummer
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Patent number: 10478137Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first imaging modality (1021), a second imaging modality (1022), wherein the first and second imaging modalities are in alignment with scanning zones for scanning an object or subject, and a third imaging modality (102N) which is selectively moveable between a first location (114) in which the third imaging modality is in alignment with the scanning zones for scanning the object or subject and a second location (122) in which the third imaging modality is outside of alignment with the scanning zones.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2013Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Jinling Liu, Steven John Plummer, Dawn Barile, Krassimir Todorov Krastev, Johannes Balthasar Maria Soetens
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Patent number: 9750472Abstract: A multi-modal imaging system (1) includes a fixed gantry (2), and a swivel gantry (8). The fixed gantry (2) supports a first imaging modality. The swivel gantry (8) connects to the fixed gantry (2) by at least three mounting points (10) and supports a second imaging modality. Selectively the swivel gantry (8) includes a swivel frame (16) and at least three mounting points (10) for mounting the fixed and swivel gantries together in an imaging configuration. The at least three mounting points (10) include at least one hinge (14) which permits the swivel gantry to swivel about the fixed gantry into a service configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Jinling Liu, Dawn Barile, Steven John Plummer, Bruce Eliot Lutheran, Krassimir Todorov Krastev, Johannes Balthasar Maria Soetens
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Publication number: 20150164448Abstract: A multi-modal imaging system (1) includes a fixed gantry (2), and a swivel gantry (8). The fixed gantry (2) supports a first imaging modality. The swivel gantry (8) connects to the fixed gantry (2) by at least three mounting points (10) and supports a second imaging modality. Selectively the swivel gantry (8) includes a swivel frame (16) and at least three mounting points (10) for mounting the fixed and swivel gantries together in an imaging configuration. The at least three mounting points (10) include at least one hinge (14) which permits the swivel gantry to swivel about the fixed gantry into a service configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Jinling Liu, Dawn Barile, Steven John Plummer, Bruce Eliot Lutheran, Krassimir Todorov Krastev, Johannes Balthasar Maria Soetens
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Publication number: 20150092906Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first imaging modality (1021), a second imaging modality (1022), wherein the first and second imaging modalities are in alignment with scanning zones for scanning an object or subject, and a third imaging modality (102N) which is selectively moveable between a first location (114) in which the third imaging modality is in alignment with the scanning zones for scanning the object or subject and a second location (122) in which the third imaging modality is outside of alignment with the scanning zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Jinling Liu, Steven John Plummer, Dawn Barile, Krassimir Todorov Krastev, Johannes Balthasar Maria Soetens
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Patent number: 8822931Abstract: When constructing a nuclear detector module in a gantry, a plurality of overlapping light guide modules (10) are mounted to the gantry in a spaced-apart fashion, and a plurality of underlapping light guide modules (12) are mounted in between each pair of overlapping light guide modules (10). Each of the underlapping modules and the overlapping modules includes a scintillation crystal array (16) on an interior surface thereof, and a plurality of PMTs on an exterior surface thereof. Overlapping modules (10) have overlapping structures (22) that interface with underlapping structures (18) on the underlapping modules (12) and thereby eliminate a seam directly beneath PMTs that overlap the crystal arrays of both an overlapping module and an underlapping module. Optical grease is used to form a resilient grease coupling and reduce light scatter between the underlapping and overlapping modules.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Thomas Leroy Laurence, Jinling Liu, Steven E. Cooke, Steven John Plummer
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Publication number: 20130256537Abstract: When constructing a nuclear detector module in a gantry, a plurality of overlapping light guide modules (10) are mounted to the gantry in a spaced-apart fashion, and a plurality of underlapping light guide modules (12) are mounted in between each pair of overlapping light guide modules (10). Each of the underlapping modules and the overlapping modules includes a scintillation crystal array (16) on an interior surface thereof, and a plurality of PMTs on an exterior surface thereof. Overlapping modules (10) have overlapping structures (22) that interface with underlapping structures (18) on the underlapping modules (12) and thereby eliminate a seam directly beneath PMTs that overlap the crystal arrays of both an overlapping module and an underlapping module. Optical grease is used to form a resilient grease coupling and reduce light scatter between the underlapping and overlapping modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2011Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Thomas Leroy Laurence, Jinling Liu, Steven E. Cooke, Steven John Plummer
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Patent number: 6284809Abstract: A syntactic foam composition is formed from a resin binder containing microspheres and minispheres and having a thermal conductivity less than 0.120 watts/meter° K.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 1999Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Assignee: Emerson & Cuming Composite Materials Inc.Inventors: John Plummer, Michael Toupin, James Yeh