Patents by Inventor Keith D. White

Keith D. White 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: 20150024859
    Abstract: An advertising and golf training device is provided with a ball impact detector, image display, a database of advertising images, controller for selecting an image from the database for display and displaying the image upon display in response to signal from the ball impact detector, and confirmation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: Keith D. White
  • Patent number: 8715078
    Abstract: An advertising and golf training device is provided with a ball impact detector, image display, a database of advertising images, controller for selecting an image from the database for display and displaying the image upon display in response to signal from the ball impact detector, and confirmation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Inventors: Keith D. White, Kevin N. White
  • Patent number: 8534473
    Abstract: A rack for comestible fluids with conduit portals in front and rear rails for passage and support of the conduits passing from the fluid container to the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Inventor: Keith D. White
  • Patent number: 8390291
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus and method to track the movement of a target. One embodiment tracks the movement of the patient during medical imaging scanning using optical technology. Optical systems record the position and movement of the target and provide inputs to a processor. The processor is capable of performing mathematical analysis of the movement of the target to determine the positional shift of the patient. Weighted averages, phase correlation, Fourier-Mellin algorithms, and cross-correlation of data related to X-Y translation are used to calculate movement of the target subject. Feedback related to the movement is provided to the medical imaging scanning machine which allows for adjustments in focusing coils for real time tracking of the patient's movements during the procedure. As a result, the medical image scanning procedure becomes more accurate as it is adjusted for the patient's movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignees: The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, The United States of America, as represented by the Depatment of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Duncan L. MacFarlane, Richard Briggs, Andrei A. Zaremba, Keith D. White
  • Publication number: 20130015152
    Abstract: A rack for comestible fluids with conduit portals in front and rear rails for passage and support of the conduits passing from the fluid container to the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventor: Keith D. WHITE
  • Patent number: 8096429
    Abstract: A rack for comestible fluids with conduit portals in front and rear rails for passage and support of the conduits passing from the fluid container to the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Inventor: Keith D. White
  • Publication number: 20110181893
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus and method to track the movement of a target. One embodiment tracks the movement of the patient during medical imaging scanning using optical technology. Optical systems record the position and movement of the target and provide inputs to a processor. The processor is capable of performing mathematical analysis of the movement of the target to determine the positional shift of the patient. Weighted averages, phase correlation, Fourier-Mellin algorithms, and cross-correlation of data related to X-Y translation are used to calculate movement of the target subject. Feedback related to the movement is provided to the medical imaging scanning machine which allows for adjustments in focusing coils for real time tracking of the patient's movements during the procedure. As a result, the medical image scanning procedure becomes more accurate as it is adjusted for the patient's movements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Duncan L. MacFarlane, Richard Briggs, Andrei A. Zaremba, Keith D. White
  • Patent number: 7977942
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus and method to track the movement of a target. One embodiment tracks the movement of the patient during medical imaging scanning using optical technology. Optical systems record the position and movement of the target and provide inputs to a processor. The processor is capable of performing mathematical analysis of the movement of the target to determine the positional shift of the patient. Weighted averages, phase correlation, Fourier-Mellin algorithms, and cross-correlation of data related to X-Y translation are used to calculate movement of the target subject. Feedback related to the movement is provided to the medical imaging scanning machine which allows for adjustments in focusing coils for real time tracking of the patient's movements during the procedure. As a result, the medical image scanning procedure becomes more accurate as it is adjusted for the patient's movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventor: Keith D. White
  • Patent number: 7911207
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for determining location and movement of a moving object. One embodiment of the method tracks the movement of a target during medical imaging scanning and transmits the position shift to the medical imaging scanning device in real time. The method includes the steps of projecting structured light on the target, receiving the reflection of structured light, converting the received structured light into spatial positions, and transmitting the positional shift to the medical imaging scanning device. The method further includes the step of adjusting the medical imaging scanning device in response to the positional change to increase accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Duncan L. MacFarlane, Richard Briggs, Andrei A. Zaremba, Keith D. White
  • Publication number: 20100219141
    Abstract: A rack for comestible fluids with conduit portals in front and rear rails for passage and support of the conduits passing from the fluid container to the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventor: Keith D. White
  • Publication number: 20100036289
    Abstract: A rotary disk securely rotates a patient for the purpose of inducing vestibulo-ocular reflex eye movements. The apparatus provides a rotating platform with a positioning post to which a patient can be secured with a safety vest. A headrest on the positioning post permits a patient's head to be positioned at an angle conducive to inducing reflex eye movements. A camera or other recording device is used to view and record eye movements before, during and/or after a patient is subjected to a period of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Keith D. White, Tana Marie Bleser, Erika Espinoza Williams, John Bacom
  • Publication number: 20100025553
    Abstract: A system for mounting accessories attached to a bracket has a vertical mounting panel with downwardly extending upper tabs and upwardly extending lower tabs, where the bracket is fitted to the tabs by a mounting motion where the bracket is placed at entry of the upper tabs, with the bracket overlying the lower tabs, and with a vertical motion the bracket is moved under the upper tabs, and with a reverse motion the bracket is moved under the lower tabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventor: Keith D. White
  • Patent number: 7498811
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to the field of motion tracking, and in particular to join a target in an MRI application. In particular the invention teaches an apparatus and method to track the movement of a target during medical imaging scanning using optical technology. Optical systems record the position and movement of the pattern and are able to perform mathematical analysis of the pattern to determine the positional shift of the patient. Weighted averages, Fourier transforms, Hadamard matrices and cross-correlation of data related to X-Y translation, rotation and scaling of the image of the pattern are used to analyze movement of the subject's head. Feedback related to the movement is provided to the MRI machine which allows for adjustments in focusing coils for real time tracking of the patient's movements during the MRI procedure. As a result, the MRI procedure becomes more accurate as it is adjusted for the patient's movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Inventors: Duncan L. MacFarlane, Richard Briggs, Andrei A. Zaremba, Keith D. White
  • Publication number: 20090039886
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus and method to track the movement of a target. One embodiment tracks the movement of the patient during medical imaging scanning using optical technology. Optical systems record the position and movement of the target and provide inputs to a processor. The processor is capable of performing mathematical analysis of the movement of the target to determine the positional shift of the patient. Weighted averages, phase correlation, Fourier-Mellin algorithms, and cross-correlation of data related to X-Y translation are used to calculate movement of the target subject. Feedback related to the movement is provided to the medical imaging scanning machine which allows for adjustments in focusing coils for real time tracking of the patient's movements during the procedure. As a result, the medical image scanning procedure becomes more accurate as it is adjusted for the patient's movements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventor: Keith D. White
  • Publication number: 20090039235
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for determining location and movement of a moving object. One embodiment of the method tracks the movement of a target during medical imaging scanning and transmits the position shift to the medical imaging scanning device in real time. The method includes the steps of projecting structured light on the target, receiving the reflection of structured light, converting the received structured light into spatial positions, and transmitting the positional shift to the medical imaging scanning device. The method further includes the step of adjusting the medical imaging scanning device in response to the positional change to increase accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Duncan L. MacFarlane, Richard Briggs, Andrei A. Zaremba, Keith D. White
  • Patent number: 7338455
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for diagnosing schizophrenia, schizophrenia disorder subgroup, or predisposition thereto in a test subject is disclosed. The method includes the steps of determining an interhemispheric switch rate of the test subject. In one embodiment, the interhemispheric switch rate of the test subject is under conditions of increasing rate of dichoptic reversal, and comparing the switch rate with a corresponding reference switch rate to diagnose presence or absence of schizophrenia, a schizophrenic disorder subgroup, or predisposition thereto. In a preferred embodiment, the interhemispheric switch rate is determined by measuring the rate of binocular rivalry in the test subject. Also disclosed is use of a diagnostic method in genetic linkage studies for the identification of the molecular defect(s) underlying schizophrenia, and for the identification of compounds which may alleviate the disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Keith D. White, John M. Kuldau, Christiana M. Leonard, John Douglas Pettigrew
  • Patent number: 4625290
    Abstract: Dynamic random element stereograms are produced on a television receiver or video monitor by an interface circuit that generates first and second binary sequences which are applied to the display so as to display a plurality of pairs of elements, and relative delays are introduced between the two binary sequences during selected portions of an image defined by a video signal so that the disparity between elements of those pairs displayed during the selected portions is different from the disparity between elements displayed during non-selected portions, thereby causing the selected portions to appear to be at a different depth from the non-selected portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1986
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventor: Keith D. White