Patents by Inventor John Roberts

John Roberts 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: 20250225870
    Abstract: A traffic management system is disclosed. The system may include a transceiver configured to receive inputs from a sensor suite located in proximity to a first location, and a processor configured to obtain the inputs from the transceiver. The processor may be further configured to determine a count of vehicles in a vehicle queue in proximity to the first location and/or a vehicle queue length based on the inputs. The processor may further determine that a predefined condition may be met based on the count of vehicles and/or the vehicle queue length. The processor may determine a presence of a vehicle behind a point of interest in the vehicle queue based on the inputs responsive to determining that the predefined condition is met, and transmit an instruction to the vehicle to move to a second location responsive to determining the vehicle presence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Inventors: Brendan Diamond, Keith Weston, Anthony Maraldo, Stuart C. Salter, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
  • Publication number: 20250227117
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms are disclosed for configuring actions to be performed by a network security application in response to the detection of potential security incidents, and for causing a network security application to report on the performance of those actions. For example, users may use such a network security application to configure one or more “modular alerts.” As used herein, a modular alert generally represents a component of a network security application which enables users to specify security modular alert actions to be performed in response to the detection of defined triggering conditions, and which further enables tracking information related to the performance of modular alert actions and reporting on the performance of those actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2025
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Inventors: Banipal SHAHBAZ, Siri Atma Oaklander De Licori, John Robert Coates, David Hazekamp, Devendra Badhani, Luke Murphey, Patrick Schulz
  • Patent number: 12350029
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electric field generator generates an electric field at a nominal frequency. A detector measures, at multiple time points during a measuring period, one or more properties of the generated electric field. In various embodiments, the one or more properties of the electric field change over time due to interactions with a human body in a reactive near-field region of the electric field. From the measured one or more properties, a computation unit determines one or more periodic behaviors (such as a respiration or heartbeat) and one or more non-periodic behaviors (such as movement of a limb). The computation unit also computes, from at least one of the periodic and non-periodic behaviors, one or more physiological parameters of the human body. From the one or more physiological parameters, the computation unit detects one or more symptoms of a condition of the human body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Life Detection Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Carlin Howie, Mark Bradford Flowers, Tandhoni Srinivasa Rao, Orville Rey Rule, III, Darpan Dinesh Damani, Guy McIlroy, John Robert Haggis, John Bertram Langley, II, Steven Sven Fastert, William Frederick Ellersick, Dwight David Birdsall
  • Patent number: 12350956
    Abstract: The invention is a hybrid inserter/wrapper system comprising a hybrid inserter/wrapper system comprising a modular document inserter system and a unique wrapper-like envelope creation module operably connected thereto. The wrapper-like envelope creation module is configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the wrapper-like envelope creation module is configured to fabricate wrapper-like outer envelopes and feed such outer envelopes to the inserter system. In the second mode, the wrapper-like envelope creation module is configured to allow the inserter to be loaded with premade envelopes and feed such envelopes to the inserter system. In either mode, the document inserter system further carries out downstream operations to thereby produce a finished mailpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: DMT Solutions Global Corporation
    Inventors: Eddy Edel, John Robert Masotta, Anthony E. Yap
  • Publication number: 20250215529
    Abstract: An improved sterling silver alloy. Like all sterlings, the improved alloy is at least 92.5 percent silver by weight. It has less copper than traditional sterlings: 3.0 percent versus the traditional 7.5 percent. Additionally, the improved alloy includes about 2.75 percent palladium, about 1.0 percent tin, and about 0.75 percent zinc, all by weight. A grain refiner, such as ruthenium, may also be provided. The components of the preferred alloy are melted, degassed, remelted, and then formed into casting grains, wire, and etc. The resulting alloy is significantly harder, as cast, than traditional sterlings: 95-120 Vickers versus 65 Vickers for traditional sterlings. The improved alloy also exhibits improved corrosion resistance. Other than a slightly higher (<200 F) liquidus temperature, the improved alloy may be worked in substantially the same manner as traditional sterlings. Pieces cast from the improved alloy may be age hardened to about 160 Vickers, if desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: STULLER, INC.
    Inventor: JOHN ROBERT BUTLER
  • Publication number: 20250218742
    Abstract: A semiconductor processing system with improved plasma density is disclosed. The system includes a plasma chamber having a base, chamber walls and a top wall. An antenna is used to generate RF energy that is inductively coupled into the plasma chamber. The antenna comprises a plurality of coils that are proximate a dielectric window. One or more RF blockers are disposed adjacent to the dielectric window to block some of the RF energy from entering the plasma chamber. If the RF blocker is placed near a region of high plasma density, the density in that region may be reduced, improving the uniformity of the plasma density within the plasma chamber. Further, the RF blockers may have openings and may also be overlapped to create varying degrees of blocking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Vikram M. Bhosle, Alexandre Likhanskii, Stacia Pacheco, John Robert Fairhurst, Meng Cai, Cuiyang Wang, Deven Matthew Raj Mittal
  • Patent number: 12348066
    Abstract: A charger including a vertical section including a first surface, the first surface facing a front direction and including an attachment portion configured to a receive a battery pack, and a horizontal section configured to protrude, in the front direction, from a bottom portion of the vertical section. The charger further including a second surface disposed on the horizontal section, the second surface facing an upward direction, and a fan disposed proximate the horizontal surface, the fan configured to cool the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Ece Polat, Adam Zwilling, Nicolas James Hanks, Shiyi Zhang, Krishna Sai Teja Kalavala, John Robert Lyons
  • Patent number: 12343718
    Abstract: A biochar production system includes a reactor body, a central rod disposed within the reactor body, a leveling arm extending from the central rod and configured to rotate about the central rod, and a bed level sensor system. The bed level sensor system includes a float configured to move from a resting position on a biomass in the reactor to an ending position upon contact with the leveling arm, and a level sensor coupled to the float via a connector. The level sensor is configured to correspondingly move with the float. A controller is configured to detect bed levels of the biomass within the reactor body, and determine a plurality of sample readings based on the detected bed levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: John Robert Pendray, Gregory J. Mitchum, Kevin James Keene
  • Publication number: 20250211858
    Abstract: An exterior vehicle component includes an exterior mirror, a camera, and a lens array. The lens array includes a first optical element and a second optical element, each providing a different field-of-view. At least one of the camera or the lens array is movable relative to the other one of the camera and the lens array to align the camera with a corresponding one of the first optical element or the second optical element. One of the optical elements includes a fisheye lens, and the other one of the optical elements includes a prism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Gert Edzko SMID, John Robert Scott MITCHELL
  • Patent number: 12337109
    Abstract: A system and method for updating patient devices is disclosed. The patient devices may include respiratory therapy devices that operate in accordance with instruction sets, such as software or firmware. A server may maintain a database of configuration data indicating the versions of the software and firmware that is currently installed on the patient devices. The server may also transmit updated instructions from over a network, including a wireless network. Particular patient devices may be selected for updating based on the configuration data. Upon performing an update a patient device may transmit configuration data to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: ResMed Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Delangre, Paul Frederick Birchall, Dawn Rosemary Churchill, Graham Stephen Cutcliffe, Christopher John Roberts, Chinmayee Somaiya, Bradley Scott Templeton, Wendall Eric Trull, Matthew Scott Tyler
  • Patent number: 12331610
    Abstract: A system to be used with a subsea well or completion installation can include a non-oriented tubing hanger adapter bushing (THAB) to be associated with a sleeve and a full-bore tubing head spool (FBTHS) of the subsea well or completion installation. An externally activated key of the FBTHS can engage with a helical groove associated with the sleeve and with the non-oriented THAB to enable self-orientation of a tubing hanger independent of an external orientation application based in part on a blowout preventer (BOP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Energy Technology UK Limited
    Inventors: David John Robert Walker, Scott Macdonald, Darren Hatton
  • Patent number: 12323420
    Abstract: A biometric evaluation system for a vehicle includes a vision sensor configured to detect a biometric quality of a user. The biometric evaluation system also includes an operational system for the vehicle. At least one processor is in communication with the vision sensor. The processor is configured to execute a first classification algorithm that performs a first biometric validation based on the biometric quality to estimate a state of the user. The first classification algorithm requires a first service latency. In response to an outcome of the first biometric validation, the at least one processor is further configured to execute a second classification algorithm that performs a second biometric validation to confirm the state of the user. The second classification algorithm requires a second service latency greater than the first service latency. The processor is further configured to communicate a signal to modify operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Hassani, Justin Miller, Alexandra Taylor, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
  • Publication number: 20250175261
    Abstract: A system for directional communication is disclosed. The system may include an ultrasonic beamforming device, sensors, and a processor. The ultrasonic beamforming device may be configured to transmit an ultrasonic carrier wave. The processor may be configured to obtain inputs from a detection unit located in a geographical area and detect an object presence in the geographical area based on the inputs. The processor may be further configured to determine an object location in the geographical area based on the inputs. The processor may additionally determine an optimum sound frequency to modulate the ultrasonic carrier wave. Furthermore, the processor may cause the ultrasonic beamforming device to transmit the ultrasonic carrier wave modulated at the optimum sound frequency towards the object location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Brendan Diamond, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Stuart C. Salter, Christopher Storms
  • Publication number: 20250174068
    Abstract: The invention is a modular card processing and attaching system configured to provide uninterrupted workflow in the feeding and subsequent attaching of cards to carriers for the formation of a mailpiece. The modular card processing and attaching system is further configured to be incorporated into a production mail inserter system, such that attached card and carrier mailpieces may be subsequently sorted and/or inserted into a mailable envelope or packages to be mailed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Boris Rozenfeld, Anthony E. Yap, George Cruz, John Robert Masotta, Craig D. Richard, Robert J. Allen, Eddy Edel
  • Patent number: 12310710
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electric field generator generates an electric field at a nominal frequency and a nominal amplitude. The electric field generator is connected to an antenna that radiates the electric field. A detector measures a frequency and an amplitude of the generated electric field as the electric field interacts with a body (such as a human body) in a reactive near-field region of the electric field. For each of one or more internal components of the body, a computation unit determines a respective periodic behavior in the measured frequency corresponding to movement of the internal component. The computation unit also computes, for each of the one or more internal components, a respective rate of the movement of the internal component based on the determined respective periodic behavior in the measured frequency. A gain control circuit adjusts the nominal amplitude according to the measured amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Life Detection Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Carlin Howie, Mark Bradford Flowers, Tandhoni Srinivasa Rao, Orville Rey Rule, III, Darpan Dinesh Damani, Guy McIlroy, John Robert Haggis, John Bertram Langley, II, Steven Sven Fastert, William Frederick Ellersick, Dwight David Birdsall
  • Patent number: 12310709
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electric field generator includes a differential oscillator that oscillates at a nominal frequency. The electric field generator is connected to a differential antenna that radiates an electric field. A differential detector measures a frequency of the generated electric field as the electric field interacts with a body (such as a human body) in a reactive near-field region of the electric field. For each of one or more internal components of the body, a computation unit determines a respective periodic behavior in the measured frequency indicative of movement of the internal component. The computation unit also computes, for each of the one or more internal components of the body, a respective rate of movement (such as a heart rate or a respiration rate) of the internal component according to the respective periodic behavior in the measured frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Life Detection Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Carlin Howie, Mark Bradford Flowers, Tandhoni Srinivasa Rao, Orville Rey Rule, III, Darpan Dinesh Damani, Guy McIlroy, John Robert Haggis, John Bertram Langley, II, Steven Sven Fastert, William Frederick Ellersick, Dwight David Birdsall
  • Patent number: 12316810
    Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, the method of caching media used in a telephony application includes: receiving a media request; sending the media request to a media layer using HTTP; the a media layer performing the steps of checking in a cache for the media resource; processing the media request within a media processing server; and storing the processed media in the cache as a telephony compatible resource specified by a persistent address. The system of the preferred embodiment includes a call router and a media layer composed of a cache and media processing server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Gordon Lawson, John Robert Wolthuis, Evan Mansfield Cooke
  • Patent number: 12311881
    Abstract: A device localization system for a vehicle and a mobile device configured as a Phone-as-a-Key (PaaK) is described. The system includes a fob-free mode for performing remote control vehicle features using a selective mobile device localization technique that reduces motive functionality of the vehicle, based location of a user performing the vehicle control during the remote-control operation. The system determines a geographic position of a user using a single Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) antenna, and establishes establish a high-fidelity zone based on a change in mobile device position. The system reduces a motive functionality of the vehicle, based on the selective mobile device localization, from a first motive mode having a full motive functionality to a second motive mode responsive to determining that the mobile device is not present in the high-fidelity zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Hassani, Vivekanandh Elangovan, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
  • Patent number: 12312445
    Abstract: A branched organosilanol compound and method for its preparation are provided. The branched organosilanol compound may be used as a starting material in a method for preparing a functionalized polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Dow Silicones Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Joffre, Xiaoyuan Zhou, John Roberts
  • Patent number: D1080874
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Trent John Robert Stoddard