Patents by Inventor Kenneth W. Chapman
Kenneth W. Chapman 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: 20240102912Abstract: Method and apparatus for performing a plaque counting assay of cultured cell by using a time sequence of images to identify plaques.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Thrive Bioscience, Inc.Inventors: Alan BLANCHARD, Kenneth W. CHAPMAN
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Patent number: 11912545Abstract: A wireless hoist system including a first hoist device having a first motor and a first wireless transceiver and a second hoist device having a second motor and a second wireless transceiver. The wireless hoist system includes a controller in wireless communication with the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless. The controller is configured to receive a user input and determine a first operation parameter and a second operation parameter based on the user input. The controller is also configured to provide, wirelessly, a first control signal indicative of the first operation parameter to the first hoist device and provide, wirelessly, a second control signal indicative of the second operation parameter to the second hoist device. The first hoist device operates based on the first control signal and the second hoist device operates based on the second control signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Matthew Post, Gareth Mueckl, Matthew N. Thurin, Joshua D. Widder, Timothy J. Bartlett, Patrick D. Gallagher, Jarrod P. Kotes, Karly M. Schober, Kenneth W. Wolf, Terry L. Timmons, Mallory L. Marksteiner, Jonathan L. Lambert, Ryan A. Spiering, Jeremy R. Ebner, Benjamin A. Smith, James Wekwert, Brandon L. Yahr, Troy C. Thorson, Connor P. Sprague, John E. Koller, Evan M. Glanzer, John S. Scott, William F. Chapman, III, Timothy R. Obermann
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Publication number: 20240013543Abstract: A system for monitoring a patient in a patient area having one or more detection zones, the system comprising one or more cameras, a user interface, and a computing system configured to receive a chronological series of frames from the one or more cameras, identify liquid candidates by comparing a current frame with a plurality of previous frames of the chronological series, determine locations of the liquid candidates, identify thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, determine types of liquids of the liquid candidates based on the locations and thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, and generate an alert with the user interface corresponding to the determined types of liquids.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: CareView Communications, Inc.Inventors: Steven Gail Johnson, Derek del Carpio, Kenneth W. Chapman
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Publication number: 20230351602Abstract: Methods for the image processing od cells are disclosed for the purpose of segmenting cell colonies for further processing to determine confluence, counting and morphology.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Thrive Bioscience, Inc.Inventors: Alan BLANCHARD, Kenneth W. CHAPMAN, Christian D. CHAPMAN, Frank EVANS
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Publication number: 20230341748Abstract: Method and apparatus for displaying cultured cell wherein the image can be smoothly moved into and out of focus and can be zoomed in and out and panned.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2021Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: Thrive Bioscience, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth W CHAPMAN, Frank EVANS
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Patent number: 11710320Abstract: A system for monitoring a patient in a patient area having one or more detection zones, the system comprising one or more cameras, a user interface, and a computing system configured to receive a chronological series of frames from the one or more cameras, identify liquid candidates by comparing a current frame with a plurality of previous frames of the chronological series, determine locations of the liquid candidates, identify thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, determine types of liquids of the liquid candidates based on the locations and thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, and generate an alert with the user interface corresponding to the determined types of liquids.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: CareView Communications, Inc.Inventors: Steven Gail Johnson, Derek del Carpio, Kenneth W. Chapman
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Publication number: 20210256269Abstract: A system for monitoring a patient in a patient area having one or more detection zones, the system comprising one or more cameras, a user interface, and a computing system configured to receive a chronological series of frames from the one or more cameras, identify liquid candidates by comparing a current frame with a plurality of previous frames of the chronological series, determine locations of the liquid candidates, identify thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, determine types of liquids of the liquid candidates based on the locations and thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, and generate an alert with the user interface corresponding to the determined types of liquids.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Steven Gail Johnson, Derek del Carpio, Kenneth W. Chapman
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Patent number: 11074459Abstract: A system for monitoring a patient in a patient area having one or more detection zones, the system comprising one or more cameras, a user interface, and a computing system configured to receive a chronological series of frames from the one or more cameras, identify liquid candidates by comparing a current frame with a plurality of previous frames of the chronological series, determine locations of the liquid candidates, identify thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, determine types of liquids of the liquid candidates based on the locations and thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, and generate an alert with the user interface corresponding to the determined types of liquids.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: CareView Communications, Inc.Inventors: Steven Gail Johnson, Derek del Carpio, Kenneth W. Chapman
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Publication number: 20200151462Abstract: A system for monitoring a patient in a patient area having one or more detection zones, the system comprising one or more cameras, a user interface, and a computing system configured to receive a chronological series of frames from the one or more cameras, identify liquid candidates by comparing a current frame with a plurality of previous frames of the chronological series, determine locations of the liquid candidates, identify thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, determine types of liquids of the liquid candidates based on the locations and thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, and generate an alert with the user interface corresponding to the determined types of liquids.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Steven Gail Johnson, Derek del Carpio, Kenneth W. Chapman
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Patent number: 10565456Abstract: A system for monitoring a patient in a patient area having one or more detection zones, the system comprising one or more cameras, a user interface, and a computing system configured to receive a chronological series of frames from the one or more cameras, identify liquid candidates by comparing a current frame with a plurality of previous frames of the chronological series, determine locations of the liquid candidates, identify thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, determine types of liquids of the liquid candidates based on the locations and thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, and generate an alert with the user interface corresponding to the determined types of liquids.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: CareView Communications, Inc.Inventors: Steven Gail Johnson, Derek del Carpio, Kenneth W. Chapman
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Publication number: 20190392223Abstract: A system for monitoring a patient in a patient area having one or more detection zones, the system comprising one or more cameras, a user interface, and a computing system configured to receive a chronological series of frames from the one or more cameras, identify liquid candidates by comparing a current frame with a plurality of previous frames of the chronological series, determine locations of the liquid candidates, identify thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, determine types of liquids of the liquid candidates based on the locations and thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, and generate an alert with the user interface corresponding to the determined types of liquids.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Steven Gail Johnson, Derek del Carpio, Kenneth W. Chapman
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Publication number: 20190269323Abstract: A fundus camera for photographing a fundus of an eye that includes a plurality of light sources with differing frequencies for illuminating the fundus, a plurality of fixation lights configured to orient the fundus in varying positions, and an imaging sensor. The fundus camera further includes at least one processor configured to cause the illumination of the plurality of light sources and the plurality of fixation lights in a predetermined pattern to obtain a plurality of narrow bandwidth images of the fundus and to manipulate and stitch the resulting narrow bandwidth images into a composite color image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Tom N. Cornsweet, Paul Peterson, Kenneth W. Chapman, Frank George Evans
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Patent number: 10226174Abstract: A fundus camera for photographing a fundus of an eye that includes a plurality of light sources with differing frequencies for illuminating the fundus, a plurality of fixation lights configured to orient the fundus in varying positions, and an imaging sensor. The fundus camera further includes at least one processor configured to cause the illumination of the plurality of light sources and the plurality of fixation lights in a predetermined pattern to obtain a plurality of narrow bandwidth images of the fundus and to manipulate and stitch the resulting narrow bandwidth images into a composite color image.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2014Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Brien Holden Vision InstituteInventors: Tom N. Cornsweet, Paul Peterson, Kenneth W. Chapman, Frank George Evans
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Patent number: 10217004Abstract: A system for monitoring a patient in a patient area having one or more detection zones, the system comprising one or more cameras, a user interface, and a computing system configured to receive a chronological series of frames from the one or more cameras, identify liquid candidates by comparing a current frame with a plurality of previous frames of the chronological series, determine locations of the liquid candidates, identify thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, determine types of liquids of the liquid candidates based on the locations and thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, and generate an alert with the user interface corresponding to the determined types of liquids.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: CareView Communications, Inc.Inventors: Steven Gail Johnson, Derek del Carpio, Kenneth W. Chapman
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Publication number: 20180365499Abstract: A system for monitoring a patient in a patient area having one or more detection zones, the system comprising one or more cameras, a user interface, and a computing system configured to receive a chronological series of frames from the one or more cameras, identify liquid candidates by comparing a current frame with a plurality of previous frames of the chronological series, determine locations of the liquid candidates, identify thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, determine types of liquids of the liquid candidates based on the locations and thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, and generate an alert with the user interface corresponding to the determined types of liquids.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Steven Gail Johnson, Derek del Carpio, Kenneth W. Chapman
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Patent number: 9959471Abstract: A system for monitoring a patient in a patient area having one or more detection zones, the system comprising one or more cameras, a user interface, and a computing system configured to receive a chronological series of frames from the one or more cameras, identify liquid candidates by comparing a current frame with a plurality of previous frames of the chronological series, determine locations of the liquid candidates, identify thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, determine types of liquids of the liquid candidates based on the locations and thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, and generate an alert with the user interface corresponding to the determined types of liquids.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: CareView Communications, Inc.Inventors: Steven Gail Johnson, Derek del Carpio, Kenneth W. Chapman
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Publication number: 20170140104Abstract: A healthcare workflow manager may include processing circuitry configured to receive health data relating to a plurality of patients currently admitted or expected to be currently admitted to a healthcare facility and generate a plurality of patient profiles based on the health data, the plurality of patient profiles enabling management of a labor and delivery process of each of the plurality of patients, where each patient profile of the plurality of patient profiles includes a plurality of data categories relating to the labor and delivery process of each of the plurality of patients. The processing circuitry may be even further configured to transmit and cause display of the plurality of patient profiles on a user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2016Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: David A. Larson, David A. Grainger, Robson L. Parzianello, Kenneth W. Chapman, John M. Harrell, JR.
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Publication number: 20170116484Abstract: A system for monitoring a patient in a patient area having one or more detection zones, the system comprising one or more cameras, a user interface, and a computing system configured to receive a chronological series of frames from the one or more cameras, identify liquid candidates by comparing a current frame with a plurality of previous frames of the chronological series, determine locations of the liquid candidates, identify thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, determine types of liquids of the liquid candidates based on the locations and thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, and generate an alert with the user interface corresponding to the determined types of liquids.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Steven Gail Johnson, Derek del Carpio, Kenneth W. Chapman
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Publication number: 20160213249Abstract: A fundus camera for photographing a fundus of an eye that includes a plurality of light sources with differing frequencies for illuminating the fundus, a plurality of fixation lights configured to orient the fundus in varying positions, and an imaging sensor. The fundus camera further includes at least one processor configured to cause the illumination of the plurality of light sources and the plurality of fixation lights in a predetermined pattern to obtain a plurality of narrow bandwidth images of the fundus and to manipulate and stitch the resulting narrow bandwidth images into a composite color image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2014Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: Brien Holden Vision DiagnosticsInventors: Tom N. Cornsweet, Paul Peterson, Kenneth W. Chapman, Frank George Evans
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Patent number: 9177102Abstract: Methods are provided including receiving a plurality of images from at least one image acquisition system; selecting at least a portion of a set of images for analysis using at least one attribute of image metadata; selecting at least one method for deriving quantitative information from the at least a portion of the set of images; processing the selected at least a portion of the set of images with the selected at least one method for deriving quantitative information; associating the derived quantitative information with the at least a portion of the set of images via a data structure; selecting at least one method for aggregating at least a portion of a set of derived quantitative information into a reduced set of results; and generating at least one report to represent the reduced set of results for one of an individual image and the set of images as a pool.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2012Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Bioptigen, Inc.Inventors: Bradley A. Bower, Eric L. Buckland, Kenneth W. Chapman, Igor Touzov