Patents by Inventor Karl Nicholas Murphy

Karl Nicholas Murphy 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: 20140068439
    Abstract: An after-action, mission review tool that displays camera and navigation sensor data allowing a user to pan, tilt, and zoom through the images from front and back cameras on an vehicle, while simultaneously viewing time/date information, along with any available navigation information such as the latitude and longitude of the vehicle at that time instance. Also displayed is a visual representation of the path the vehicle traversed; when the user clicks on the path, the image is automatically changed to the image corresponding to that position. If aerial images of the area are available, the path can be plotted on the geo-referenced image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Alberto Daniel Lacaze, Karl Nicholas Murphy, Anne Rachel Schneider, Raymond Paul Wilhelm, III
  • Publication number: 20120270284
    Abstract: A Robotic Algae Harvester (RAH) of the present invention works by providing a CO2 collection mechanism that is installed in power plants or vehicles. These systems are available using current technology and have been proven to be scalable. CO2 is then transported to RAH using ships. The RAH will feed and re-circulate algae broth through the photobioreactors (PBRs). The PBRs float in the ocean while the algae through photosynthesis will transform the CO2 into biomass in a continuous process. The extracted algae will processed into a stable mix of oil and bi-product and transferred to the ship that brought the CO2. The algae is then processed onshore in some of the following manners: converted to biodiesel via transesterification; converted to bio-ethanol via fermentation; burned for electricity generation; and/or used as protein for animal feed or food products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Alberto Daniel Lacaze, Karl Nicholas Murphy
  • Patent number: 8161679
    Abstract: An open ocean floating algae farm built around a ship. The ship provides propulsion power for navigation, storage capacity for materials and algae products, machinery for harvesting and processing the algae, housing for crew, and facilities for maintenance of the floating farm. The invention is also comprised of transparent tubes that circulate a broth of seawater saturated with CO2, nutrients, and algae. The circulation path flows from the ship through the tubes and back to the ship where the algae is filtered out to be processed. The fields of transparent tubes circulating the algae broth are supported by a square matrix of pressurized tubes filled with seawater. This matrix is neutrally buoyant and submerged just below the ocean surface. The internal pressure in the tubes causes the matrix to be stiff in the horizontal plane, but flexible in the vertical dimension so as to conform to long ocean waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Inventors: James Sacra Albus, Alverto Daniel Lacaze, Karl Nicholas Murphy
  • Publication number: 20100159578
    Abstract: A Robotic Algae Harvester (RAH) of the present invention works by providing a CO2 collection mechanism that is installed in power plants or vehicles. These systems are available using current technology and have been proven to be scalable. CO2 is then transported to RAH using ships. The RAH will feed and re-circulate algae broth through the photobioreactors (PBRs). The PBRs float in the ocean while the algae through photosynthesis will transform the CO2 into biomass in a continuous process. The extracted algae will processed into a stable mix of oil and bi-product and transferred to the ship that brought the CO2. The algae is then processed onshore in some of the following manners: converted to biodiesel via transesterification; converted to bio-ethanol via fermentation; burned for electricity generation; and/or used as protein for animal feed or food products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Alberto Daniel Lacaze, Karl Nicholas Murphy
  • Publication number: 20100154298
    Abstract: An open ocean floating algae farm built around a ship. The ship provides propulsion power for navigation, storage capacity for materials and algae products, machinery for harvesting and processing the algae, housing for crew, and facilities for maintenance of the floating farm. The invention is also comprised of transparent tubes that circulate a broth of seawater saturated with CO2, nutrients, and algae. The circulation path flows from the ship through the tubes and back to the ship where the algae is filtered out to be processed. The fields of transparent tubes circulating the algae broth are supported by a square matrix of pressurized tubes filled with seawater. This matrix is neutrally buoyant and submerged just below the ocean surface. The internal pressure in the tubes causes the matrix to be stiff in the horizontal plane, but flexible in the vertical dimension so as to conform to long ocean waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: James Sacra Albus, Alverto Daniel Lacaze, Karl Nicholas Murphy
  • Publication number: 20100079280
    Abstract: An advanced object detector, system and method comprising a memory device which contains a library of tailor-made signals and specific object resonances with those signals; an antenna which will act as both the exciter and receiver directing the memory device's tailor-made signals towards locations potentially having the objects intended to be detected and receiving resonated signals from said objects being detected which have resonated with said tailor-made signals; said memory device may then interpret and categorize the resonated signal by comparing the resonated signal with the library of specific objects and their resonance's with specific tailor-made signals. After identification and categorization the memory device may then respond to the presence of the object, alert another memory device for interaction or allow for human interaction through outputting the object's presence on a screen or alerting the human through some other means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Robotic Research, LLC
    Inventors: Alberto Daniel Lacaze, Karl Nicholas Murphy