Patents by Inventor Kenneth Andrews

Kenneth Andrews 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).

  • Patent number: 11556206
    Abstract: Techniques for providing multi-user multi-touch projected capacitive touch sensors are disclosed herein. Some embodiments may include a method that includes receiving a first sense signal from a first sensing array, the first sensing array configured to provide the first sense signal indicating a first touch on a first touch surface of a touch substrate as well as receiving a second sense signal from a second sensing array, the second sensing array configured to provide the second sense signal indicating a second touch on a second touch surface of a second touch substrate occurring concurrently to the first touch. The method may further include determining whether the first touch and the second touch share at least one anti-ghost. The method may also include associating the first touch and the second touch with a common touch entity in response to determining that the first touch and the second touch share the at least one anti-ghost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: ELO TOUCH SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Damien Berget, Kenneth Andrew Feehan, Paul Leonard Futter, David Samuel Hecht, Joel Christopher Kent, Robert William Kitchin, Kenneth John North, James Roney, Kyu-Tak Son, Jung Verheiden, Forrest Kim Wunderlich
  • Publication number: 20230002170
    Abstract: A scraper blade mounting assembly for a conveyor belt cleaner including; at least one scraper blade; a support cartridge arranged to removingly fix the at least one conveyor belt cleaner scraper blade; wherein a top surface of the support cartridge includes an engaging means for receiving the at least one conveyor belt cleaner scraper blade; and wherein the engaging means is arranged to restrain sliding movement of the at least one along the length of the support cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Michael James Hutton, Kenneth Andrew Minch
  • Publication number: 20220308055
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and devices for pathogen or antibody detection using unmodified signaling substances with or without unlabeled detection reagents. Unmodified signaling substance include, but are not limited to, a molecule, a material or a part of a material that is not modified with an antibody, an antigen, a pathogen, a DNA probe or an aptamer molecule. Unlabeled detection reagent refers to an antibody, an antigen, a pathogen, a DNA probe, or an aptamer that is not labeled with a signaling molecule such as enzyme, biotin, streptavidin, fluorescence or chemiluminescence probe, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Qun HUO, Tianyu ZHENG, Kenneth Andrew ALEXANDER, Cedric PRITCHETT, Peter E. PHELAN
  • Patent number: 11406549
    Abstract: A body weight support system includes a trolley, a powered conductor operatively coupled to a power supply, and a patient attachment mechanism. The trolley can include a drive system, a control system, and a patient support system. The drive system is movably coupled to a support rail. At least a portion of the control system is physically and electrically coupled to the powered conductor. The patient support mechanism is at least temporarily coupled to the patient attachment mechanism. The control system can control at least a portion of the patient support mechanism based at least in part on a force applied to the patient attachment mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Bioness Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Behnke, Todd Cushman, Erol Erturk, Arkady Glukhovsky, Kelvin J. Hasseler, Keith McBride, Moshe Olim, Perry Payne, Kenneth Andrew Regas, William H. Schwiebert, Daniel Scott Weinstein
  • Patent number: 11400004
    Abstract: A body weight support system includes a trolley, a powered conductor operatively coupled to a power supply, and a patient attachment mechanism. The trolley can include a drive system, a control system, and a patient support system. The drive system is movably coupled to a support rail. At least a portion of the control system is physically and electrically coupled to the powered conductor. The patient support mechanism is at least temporarily coupled to the patient attachment mechanism. The control system can control at least a portion of the patient support mechanism based at least in part on a force applied to the patient attachment mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Bioness Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Behnke, Todd Cushman, Erol Erturk, Arkady Glukhovsky, Kelvin J. Hasseler, Keith McBride, Moshe Olim, Perry Payne, Kenneth Andrew Regas, William H. Schwiebert, Daniel Scott Weinstein
  • Publication number: 20220218545
    Abstract: A body weight support system includes a trolley, a powered conductor operatively coupled to a power supply, and a patient attachment mechanism. The trolley can include a drive system, a control system, and a patient support system. The drive system is movably coupled to a support rail. At least a portion of the control system is physically and electrically coupled to the powered conductor. The patient support mechanism is at least temporarily coupled to the patient attachment mechanism. The control system can control at least a portion of the patient support mechanism based at least in part on a force applied to the patient attachment mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Bioness Inc.
    Inventors: Joel BEHNKE, Todd CUSHMAN, Erol ERTURK, Arkady GLUKHOVSKY, Kelvin J. HASSELER, Keith MCBRIDE, Moshe OLIM, Perry PAYNE, Kenneth Andrew REGAS, William H. SCHWIEBERT, Daniel Scott WEINSTEIN
  • Patent number: 11324651
    Abstract: A body weight support system includes a trolley, a powered conductor operatively coupled to a power supply, and a patient attachment mechanism. The trolley can include a drive system, a control system, and a patient support system. The drive system is movably coupled to a support rail. At least a portion of the control system is physically and electrically coupled to the powered conductor. The patient support mechanism is at least temporarily coupled to the patient attachment mechanism. The control system can control at least a portion of the patient support mechanism based at least in part on a force applied to the patient attachment mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Bioness Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Behnke, Todd Cushman, Erol Erturk, Arkady Glukhovsky, Kelvin J. Hasseler, Keith McBride, Moshe Olim, Perry Payne, Kenneth Andrew Regas, William H. Schwiebert, Daniel Scott Weinstein
  • Publication number: 20220138524
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for training neural networks based on dual pipeline architectures. In some embodiments, a first set of compute elements are configured to implement a first set of layers of a first instance of a neural network. A second set of compute elements are configured to implement a second set of layers of the first instance of the neural network. The second set of compute elements are further configured to implement a first set of layers of a second instance of the neural network. The first set of compute elements are further configured to implement a second set of layers of the second instance of the neural network. The first set of layers of the first instance of the neural network and the first set of layers of the second instance of the neural network are each configured to receive training data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Mattheus HEDDES, Torsten HOEFLER, Kenneth Andrew COLWELL, Amar PHANISHAYEE
  • Patent number: 11310594
    Abstract: Various aspects include a speaker including: an acoustic transducer for providing an audio output; a set of microphones for detecting a user voice command; and a controller coupled with the acoustic transducer and the set of microphones, wherein the controller is configured to: in response to detecting a power down command, switch the set of microphones from an active listening mode to a standby mode for a parking period, in response to detecting a power up command during the parking period, switch the set of microphones from the standby mode to the active listening mode after a first time period, and in response to detecting the power up command after expiration of the parking period switch the set of microphones from the standby mode to the active listening mode after a second time period that is greater than the first time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: John Edward Fraize, Jr., Dylan Maxwell Reilly, Jonathan Hilton Cooper, Karthik Ramana Sankar, Hector Andres Saint-Hilaire, Kenneth Andrew Taylor, David Gerard Burkhardt, Ajay Shrikar Khambadkone, Wen Shi, Isabel Anna Dunning, Paul William Larsen
  • Publication number: 20220107718
    Abstract: Techniques for providing multi-user multi-touch projected capacitive touch sensors are disclosed herein. Some embodiments may include a method that includes receiving a first sense signal from a first sensing array, the first sensing array configured to provide the first sense signal indicating a first touch on a first touch surface of a touch substrate as well as receiving a second sense signal from a second sensing array, the second sensing array configured to provide the second sense signal indicating a second touch on a second touch surface of a second touch substrate occurring concurrently to the first touch. The method may further include determining whether the first touch and the second touch share at least one anti-ghost. The method may also include associating the first touch and the second touch with a common touch entity in response to determining that the first touch and the second touch share the at least one anti-ghost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: ELO TOUCH SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Damien BERGET, Kenneth Andrew FEEHAN, Paul Leonard FUTTER, David Samuel HECHT, Joel Christopher KENT, Robert William KITCHIN, Kenneth John NORTH, James RONEY, Kyu-Tak SON, Jung VERHEIDEN, Forrest Kim WUNDERLICH
  • Publication number: 20220050907
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for validating data, such as data related to testing or sampling a batch of a product, with a data compliance tracking system. An exemplary method includes receiving at least one data point from a computing element, wherein the data point corresponds to data collected from a sampling of at least one parameter during a batch run of a product and includes time stamp data; determining limit information corresponding to the at least one parameter, wherein the limit information includes at least one limit associated with at the least one parameter and has an associated valid value range; storing the at least one data point and the limit information; receiving an analytics request from a user device; analyzing the stored limit information to apply a limit to a select data point; and displaying an analytics output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Brent Robert Rognlie, Joseph David Ruth, Kenneth Andrew Forman
  • Patent number: 11246780
    Abstract: A body weight support system includes a trolley, a powered conductor operatively coupled to a power supply, and a patient attachment mechanism. The trolley can include a drive system, a control system, and a patient support system. The drive system is movably coupled to a support rail. At least a portion of the control system is physically and electrically coupled to the powered conductor. The patient support mechanism is at least temporarily coupled to the patient attachment mechanism. The control system can control at least a portion of the patient support mechanism based at least in part on a force applied to the patient attachment mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Bioness Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Behnke, Todd Cushman, Erol Erturk, Arkady Glukhovsky, Kelvin J. Hasseler, Keith McBride, Moshe Olim, Perry Payne, Kenneth Andrew Regas, William H. Schwiebert, Daniel Scott Weinstein
  • Publication number: 20220024143
    Abstract: A method for optimizing a welding process to produce a weld joint having a predetermined strength includes measuring a plurality of melt layer thicknesses of weld joints for a plurality of sample assemblies formed by the welding process, measuring a plurality failure loads of weld joints for the plurality of sample assemblies, each of the measured plurality of failures loads being associated with one of the measured plurality of melt layer thicknesses, selecting a first failure load from the plurality of measured failure loads responsive to determining that the first failure load corresponds to a predetermined weld strength, and selecting a first melt layer thickness from the plurality of measured melt layer thicknesses that is associated with the selected first measured failure load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Savitski, Leo Klinstein, Kenneth Andrew Holt, Hardik Shailesh Pathak, Robert Edward Aldaz
  • Publication number: 20210401648
    Abstract: A body weight support system includes a trolley, a powered conductor operatively coupled to a power supply, and a patient attachment mechanism. The trolley can include a drive system, a control system, and a patient support system. The drive system is movably coupled to a support rail. At least a portion of the control system is physically and electrically coupled to the powered conductor. The patient support mechanism is at least temporarily coupled to the patient attachment mechanism. The control system can control at least a portion of the patient support mechanism based at least in part on a force applied to the patient attachment mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Bioness Inc.
    Inventors: Joel BEHNKE, Todd CUSHMAN, Erol ERTURK, Arkady GLUKHOVSKY, Kelvin J. HASSELER, Keith MCBRIDE, Moshe OLIM, Perry PAYNE, Kenneth Andrew REGAS, William H. SCHWIEBERT, Daniel Scott WEINSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20210401649
    Abstract: A body weight support system includes a trolley, a powered conductor operatively coupled to a power supply, and a patient attachment mechanism. The trolley can include a drive system, a control system, and a patient support system. The drive system is movably coupled to a support rail. At least a portion of the control system is physically and electrically coupled to the powered conductor. The patient support mechanism is at least temporarily coupled to the patient attachment mechanism. The control system can control at least a portion of the patient support mechanism based at least in part on a force applied to the patient attachment mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Bioness Inc.
    Inventors: Joel BEHNKE, Todd CUSHMAN, Erol ERTURK, Arkady GLUKHOVSKY, Kelvin J. HASSELER, Keith MCBRIDE, Moshe OLIM, Perry PAYNE, Kenneth Andrew REGAS, William H. SCHWIEBERT, Daniel Scott WEINSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20210322495
    Abstract: CD24-positive malignant and benign tumors are treated by administration of a naturally occurring or modified oncolytic Zika virus. Diseases associated with abnormal T cell activation or T cell-mediated autoimmunity, wherein CD24 expression is increased, are also expected to be treated by administration of a naturally occurring or modified oncolytic Zika virus. Also contemplated are compounds and methods for treating and/or preventing Zika virus infection in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Kenneth Andrew ALEXANDER, Terri Helman FINKEL, Joseph MAZAR, Amy Lynn ROSADO, Jiangfang WANG, Tamarah Jeanette WESTMORELAND
  • Patent number: 11150762
    Abstract: Techniques for providing multi-user multi-touch projected capacitive touch sensors are disclosed herein. Some embodiments may include a method that includes receiving a first sense signal from a first sensing array, the first sensing array configured to provide the first sense signal indicating a first touch on a first touch surface of a touch substrate as well as receiving a second sense signal from a second sensing array, the second sensing array configured to provide the second sense signal indicating a second touch on a second touch surface of a second touch substrate occurring concurrently to the first touch. The method may further include determining whether the first touch and the second touch share at least one anti-ghost. The method may also include associating the first touch and the second touch with a common touch entity in response to determining that the first touch and the second touch share the at least one anti-ghost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: ELO TOUCH SOLOUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Damien Berget, Kenneth Andrew Feehan, Paul Leonard Futter, David Samuel Hecht, Joel Christopher Kent, Robert William Kitchin, Kenneth John North, James Roney, Kyu-Tak Son, Jung Verheiden, Forrest Kim Wunderlich
  • Patent number: 11135778
    Abstract: A method for optimizing a welding process to produce a weld joint having a predetermined strength includes measuring a plurality of melt layer thicknesses of weld joints for a plurality of sample assemblies formed by the welding process, measuring a plurality failure loads of weld joints for the plurality of sample assemblies, each of the measured plurality of failures loads being associated with one of the measured plurality of melt layer thicknesses, selecting a first failure load from the plurality of measured failure loads responsive to determining that the first failure load corresponds to a predetermined weld strength, and selecting a first melt layer thickness from the plurality of measured melt layer thicknesses that is associated with the selected first measured failure load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Dukane IAS, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Savitski, Leo Klinstein, Kenneth Andrew Holt, Hardik Shailesh Pathak, Robert Edward Aldaz
  • Patent number: 10993975
    Abstract: CD24-positive malignant and benign tumors are treated by administration of a naturally occurring or modified oncolytic Zika virus. Diseases associated with abnormal T cell activation or T cell-mediated autoimmunity, wherein CD24 expression is increased, are also expected to be treated by administration of a naturally occurring or modified oncolytic Zika virus. Also contemplated are compounds and methods for treating and/or preventing Zika virus infection in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventors: Kenneth Andrew Alexander, Terri Helman Finkel, Joseph Mazar, Amy Lynn Rosado, Jiangfang Wang, Tamarah Jeanette Westmoreland
  • Publication number: 20210084406
    Abstract: Various aspects include a speaker including: an acoustic transducer for providing an audio output; a set of microphones for detecting a user voice command; and a controller coupled with the acoustic transducer and the set of microphones, wherein the controller is configured to: in response to detecting a power down command, switch the set of microphones from an active listening mode to a standby mode for a parking period, in response to detecting a power up command during the parking period, switch the set of microphones from the standby mode to the active listening mode after a first time period, and in response to detecting the power up command after expiration of the parking period switch the set of microphones from the standby mode to the active listening mode after a second time period that is greater than the first time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: John Edward Fraize, JR., Dylan Maxwell Reilly, Jonathan Hilton Cooper, Karthik Ramana Sankar, Hector Andres Saint-Hilaire, Kenneth Andrew Taylor, David Gerard Burkhardt, Ajay Shrikar Khambadkone, Wen Shi, Isabel Anna Dunning, Paul William Larsen