Patents by Inventor Kent Hamilton
Kent Hamilton 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: 20240147924Abstract: An integrated plant cultivation system for enhancing plant cultivation efficiency in controlled environments or agricultural facilities may incorporate a growth-inducing light source. The system may include a versatile rack assembly for multi-level plant cultivation with boxes on each level. The boxes may contain incubation chambers for plant growth. An irrigation system may connect to the incubation chambers, providing water and nutrient solutions tailored to each chamber's unique nutrition needs. The system may also include a drainage management system to recover excess water and nutrients, promoting sustainability. In addition, the system may further include a ventilation sub-system configured to provide ideal atmospheric conditions within the incubation chambers. The system may further comprise a controller configured to oversee the growth-inducing light source and environmental parameters in each chamber, optimizing plant development according to their specific growth stages and requirements.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Andrew Peck, Kent Hamilton
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Patent number: 11720628Abstract: A method includes logging first user interactions associated with a playlist of content items and generating first metrics based on the logged first user interactions with the playlist. The first metrics include a first metric indicating a first duration of playback of a first content item of the playlist during playback of the playlist. The first duration of playback of the first content item during the playback of the playlist is greater than a first default duration of playback. The method further includes reporting at least the first metric to a creator or curator of the playlist, logging second user interactions associated with the playlist, and generating second metrics based on the logged second user interactions with the playlist. The logged first user interactions correspond to more deviations from a default playback sequence of the playlist than the logged second user interactions.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Keekim Heng, Martin Landers, Anders Torp Brodersen, Theodore Kent Hamilton, Dror Shimshowitz
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Publication number: 20220138255Abstract: A method includes logging first user interactions associated with a playlist of content items and generating first metrics based on the logged first user interactions with the playlist. The first metrics include a first metric indicating a first duration of playback of a first content item of the playlist during playback of the playlist. The first duration of playback of the first content item during the playback of the playlist is greater than a first default duration of playback. The method further includes reporting at least the first metric to a creator or curator of the playlist, logging second user interactions associated with the playlist, and generating second metrics based on the logged second user interactions with the playlist. The logged first user interactions correspond to more deviations from a default playback sequence of the playlist than the logged second user interactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Keekim Heng, Martin Landers, Anders Torp Brodersen, Theodore Kent Hamilton, Dror Shimshowitz
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Publication number: 20220042684Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of operating a combustion system to attenuate combustion dynamics. The method includes flowing, via a compressor section, an overall supply of air to the combustion system; flowing, via a fuel supply system, an overall flow of fuel to the combustion system; flowing, to a first fuel nozzle of the combustion system, a first supply of fuel defining a richer burning fuel-air mixture at the first fuel nozzle; flowing, to a second fuel nozzle of the combustion system, a second supply of fuel defining a leaner burning fuel-air mixture at the second fuel nozzle; and igniting the richer burning fuel-air mixture and the leaner burning fuel-air mixture to produce an overall fuel-air ratio at a combustion chamber of the combustion system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Allen Michael Danis, Arthur Wesley Johnson, Nicholas Ryan Overman, Kent Hamilton Lyle, Eric John Stevens, Scott Matthew Bush
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Patent number: 11181274Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of operating a combustion system to attenuate combustion dynamics. The method includes flowing, via a compressor section, an overall supply of air to the combustion system; flowing, via a fuel supply system, an overall flow of fuel to the combustion system; flowing, to a first fuel nozzle of the combustion system, a first supply of fuel defining a richer burning fuel-air mixture at the first fuel nozzle; flowing, to a second fuel nozzle of the combustion system, a second supply of fuel defining a leaner burning fuel-air mixture at the second fuel nozzle; and igniting the richer burning fuel-air mixture and the leaner burning fuel-air mixture to produce an overall fuel-air ratio at a combustion chamber of the combustion system.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Allen Michael Danis, Scott Matthew Bush, Arthur Wesley Johnson, Nicholas Ryan Overman, Kent Hamilton Lyle, Eric John Stevens
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Patent number: 11138263Abstract: A method includes generating metrics based on a first plurality of interactions with first content of a playlist. A first metric indicates approval of a first content item of the playlist and a second metric indicates a first duration of playback of a second content item of the playlist during playback of the playlist. The first duration of playback of the second content item is greater than a first default duration of playback. The method further includes reporting at least the first metric and the second metric and receiving a modified playlist. The modified playlist may be the playlist modified based on at least the first metric. The method further includes identifying, in captured data associated with access to the modified playlist, a second plurality of interactions with second content of the modified playlist. The second plurality of interactions corresponds to fewer deviations than the first plurality of interactions.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Keekim Heng, Martin Landers, Anders Torp Brodersen, Theodore Kent Hamilton, Dror Shimshowitz
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Patent number: 11106733Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing playlist analytics. A method includes logging first user interactions associated with a playlist of content items and generating metrics based on the logged first user interactions with the playlist. The playlist is associated with a default playback sequence of the content items. A first metric indicates a last content item played by a user from the playlist is different from a last content item in the default playback sequence associated with of the playlist. The method further includes reporting at least the first metric. The playlist is to be modified based on one or more of the plurality of metrics.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Keekim Heng, Martin Landers, Anders Torp Brodersen, Theodore Kent Hamilton, Dror Shimshowitz
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Patent number: 11059065Abstract: Apparatus for spraying a material on a surface comprises at least one elongate member having a distal end and a proximal end, at least one spray nozzle mounted at the distal end of the elongate member for spraying the material in a spray pattern, the spray nozzle being connected to a spray material input at the proximal end of the elongate member, a camera mounted at the distal end of the elongate member and connected to a camera output at the proximal end of the elongate member, the camera being arranged to capture images of the spray pattern, and a control mechanism arranged to control the operation of the spray nozzle from the proximal end of the elongate member.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Q-BOT LimitedInventors: Mathew Holloway, Tom Lipinski, Kent Hamilton, Daniel Taylor
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Publication number: 20200094280Abstract: Apparatus for spraying a material on a surface comprises at least one elongate member having a distal end and a proximal end, at least one spray nozzle mounted at the distal end of the elongate member for spraying the material in a spray pattern, the spray nozzle being connected to a spray material input at the proximal end of the elongate member, a camera mounted at the distal end of the elongate member and connected to a camera output at the proximal end of the elongate member, the camera being arranged to capture images of the spray pattern, and a control mechanism arranged to control the operation of the spray nozzle from the proximal end of the elongate member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: Q-BOT LimitedInventors: Mathew Holloway, Tom Lipinski, Kent Hamilton, Daniel Taylor
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Patent number: 10569288Abstract: Apparatus for spraying a material on a surface comprises at least one elongate member having a distal end and a proximal end, at least one spray nozzle mounted at the distal end of the elongate member for spraying the material in a spray pattern, the spray nozzle being connected to a spray material input at the proximal end of the elongate member, a camera mounted at the distal end of the elongate member and connected to a camera output at the proximal end of the elongate member, the camera being arranged to capture images of the spray pattern, and a control mechanism arranged to control the operation of the spray nozzle from the proximal end of the elongate member.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Q-Bot LimitedInventors: Mathew Holloway, Tom Lipinski, Kent Hamilton, Daniel Taylor
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Patent number: 10380180Abstract: Systems and methods can facilitate gathering information generated by network traffic to playlists. Based on analytics and metrics derived from the gathered information and reported, feedback about playlist access patterns can be supplied to interested parties, such as playlist creators/curators. The feedback can enable playlist curators to better tailor playlist content and sequence, potentially reducing a perceived need to skip around inside a playlist and making for a more enjoyable experience for playlist users.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Keekim Heng, Martin Landers, Anders Torp Brodersen, Theodore Kent Hamilton, Dror Shimshowitz
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Patent number: 10235457Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing playlist analytics. A method may include capturing data associated with access to a playlist of content. The method may further include identifying, in the captured data, one or more interactions with the playlist of content. The method may further include generating, by a processing device, at least one metric based on the identified one or more user interactions. The method may further include reporting the at least one playlist metric.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Keekim Heng, Martin Landers, Anders Torp Brodersen, Theodore Kent Hamilton, Dror Shimshowitz
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Publication number: 20190080004Abstract: A method includes generating metrics based on a first plurality of interactions with first content of a playlist. A first metric indicates approval of a first content item of the playlist and a second metric indicates a first duration of playback of a second content item of the playlist during playback of the playlist. The first duration of playback of the second content item is greater than a first default duration of playback. The method further includes reporting at least the first metric and the second metric and receiving a modified playlist. The modified playlist may be the playlist modified based on at least the first metric. The method further includes identifying, in captured data associated with access to the modified playlist, a second plurality of interactions with second content of the modified playlist. The second plurality of interactions corresponds to fewer deviations than the first plurality of interactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Keekim Heng, Martin Landers, Anders Torp Brodersen, Theodore Kent Hamilton, Dror Shimshowitz
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Publication number: 20190080005Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing playlist analytics. A method includes logging first user interactions associated with a playlist of content and generating metrics regarding the logged first user interactions with the playlist of content. A first metric indicates that playback of the playlist ended on a content item that is different from a last content item in a default sequence of content items of the playlist. The first metric indicates a deviation from the default sequence of content items of the playlist. The method further includes reporting at least the first metric and logging second user interactions associated with a modified playlist. The modified playlist is the playlist modified based on one or more of the plurality of metrics. The first user interactions correspond to more deviations than the second user interactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Keekim Heng, Martin Landers, Anders Torp Brodersen, Theodore Kent Hamilton, Dror Shimshowitz
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Publication number: 20190056114Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of operating a combustion system to attenuate combustion dynamics. The method includes flowing, via a compressor section, an overall supply of air to the combustion system; flowing, via a fuel supply system, an overall flow of fuel to the combustion system; flowing, to a first fuel nozzle of the combustion system, a first supply of fuel defining a richer burning fuel-air mixture at the first fuel nozzle; flowing, to a second fuel nozzle of the combustion system, a second supply of fuel defining a leaner burning fuel-air mixture at the second fuel nozzle; and igniting the richer burning fuel-air mixture and the leaner burning fuel-air mixture to produce an overall fuel-air ratio at a combustion chamber of the combustion system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Allen Michael Danis, Scott Matthew Bush, Arthur Wesley Johnson, Nicholas Ryan Overman, Kent Hamilton Lyle, Eric John Stevens
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Publication number: 20180288461Abstract: A system and method for providing web analytics describing video level events. The system includes a communication module, a request analysis module and an analytics module. The communication module receives a request including a unique video identifier (video ID), a video version identifier and event data. The event data describes a video level event and is associated with the video ID and the video version identifier. The request analysis module receives the request from the communication module. The request analysis module analyzes the request to determine if the request includes the event data. The analytics module is configured to determine values for metrics describing the video level event. Based at least in part on a determination by the request analysis module that the request includes event data, the analytics module receives the request from the request analysis module and analyzes the event data to determine a value for the metric.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Gregory Allan Funk, Nareshkumar Rajkumar, Vincent Gatto, JR., Theodore Kent Hamilton
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Publication number: 20180264640Abstract: Apparatus for spraying a material on a surface comprises at least one elongate member having a distal end and a proximal end, at least one spray nozzle mounted at the distal end of the elongate member for spraying the material in a spray pattern, the spray nozzle being connected to a spray material input at the proximal end of the elongate member, a camera mounted at the distal end of the elongate member and connected to a camera output at the proximal end of the elongate member, the camera being arranged to capture images of the spray pattern, and a control mechanism arranged to control the operation of the spray nozzle from the proximal end of the elongate member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2015Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: Q-BOT LIMITEDInventors: Mathew Holloway, Tom Lipinski, Kent Hamilton, Daniel Taylor
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Patent number: 9872069Abstract: A system and method for generating goal-based video analytics is disclosed. The system includes a processor, a configurable goal module, a communication module and an analytics module. The configurable goal module receives a video goal definition configurable by a user. The communication module receives first media player state data including data describing viewer interest in video data playable by a media player included on a viewing device. The analytics module associates the video goal definition with the first media player state data and generates video analytics based at least in part on the video goal definition and the first media player state data associated with the video goal definition.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2012Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Gregory Allan Funk, Nareshkumar Rajkumar, Vincent Gatto, Jr., Theodore Kent Hamilton
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Patent number: 9736224Abstract: Systems and methods can facilitate gathering information generated by network traffic to playlists. Based on analytics and metrics derived from the gathered information and reported, feedback about playlist access patterns can be supplied to interested parties, such as playlist creators/curators. The feedback can enable playlist curators to better tailor playlist content and sequence, potentially reducing a perceived need to skip around inside a playlist and making for a more enjoyable experience for playlist users.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Keekim Heng, Martin Landers, Anders Torp Brodersen, Theodore Kent Hamilton, Dror Shimshowitz
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Patent number: 9706253Abstract: A system and method for generating video funnel analytics is disclosed. The system includes a processor, a configurable goal module, a configurable funnel module, a communication module and an analytics module. The configurable goal module receives a user-configurable video-related goal definition. The configurable funnel module receives a user-configurable video funnel definition based at least in part on the video-related goal definition. The communication module receives a first set of media player state data including data describing viewer interest in a first set of video data playable by a media player included on a user device. The analytics module generates video funnel analytics based at least in part on the video-related goal definition, the video funnel definition and the first set of media player state data.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2012Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: GOOGLE INCInventors: Gregory Allan Funk, Nareshkumar Rajkumar, Vincent Gatto, Jr., Theodore Kent Hamilton