Patents by Inventor Kevin Johnson

Kevin Johnson 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: 12665902
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for authenticating a computer system is provided. The method includes: receiving, by a processor, device identifier information associated with the computer system; generating, by the processor, a device identifier and an enrollment token based on the device identifier information; communicating, by the processor, the device identifier and the enrollment token to the computer system; receiving, by the processor, key data in response to the communicating; and performing, by the processor, authentication of the computer system based on the key data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer Bammel, David William Matteson, Kevin Johnson, Harold Todd Chapman
  • Patent number: 12650601
    Abstract: A computer processing method includes receiving sensor data from a number of sensors comprising a first sensor facing away from a user, and a second sensor facing towards the user. The method also includes controlling an electronic tinting component associated with a translucent optical element based on the sensor data. The electronic tinting component adjusts optical element tint occlusion. The method further includes controlling at least one of a display brightness, display contrast, color composition, or field of view of a light engine assembly based on the sensor data. The method still further includes displaying content with the light engine assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin Johnson, Shrinivas Gopalan Uppili, Walker Curtis
  • Patent number: 12626247
    Abstract: A computerized method is provided for digitally signing a digital document related to a transaction request from a customer. The method includes receiving, by a computing device, data related to the transaction request from the customer via a web-based interface. Receipt of the transaction data initiates a request session. The method also includes recording during the request session a voice signature sample from the customer via the web-based user interface and verifying the customer for the transaction request by comparing the voice signature sample with a stored voice print of the customer. Further, a consolidated record for the transaction request is generated that includes the transaction data and the transaction result. The digital document is populated with the transaction data if the customer is verified, where the digital document is treated as being digitally signed by the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: FMR LLC
    Inventors: Harmeet Singh, Kevin Johnson, Mark Muir, Abhishek Kumar, Brian Autumn
  • Publication number: 20260052068
    Abstract: According to an implementation, a computer system for synthetic monitoring of a service is provided. The computer system includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage media configured to store programming instructions; and a processor coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable storage media, wherein the programming instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive a container image to configure a customized execution environment for executing a simulation of an interaction with the service, configure the customized execution environment according to the container image, execute, in the customized execution environment, the simulation of the interaction with the service to evaluate a functionality of the service, and generate an alert in response to detecting a failure related to executing the simulation of the interaction with the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Inventors: Gary C. Wall, Kevin Johnson
  • Patent number: 12425749
    Abstract: A pixel includes a photosensor configured to photogenerate charge in response to incident light. A floating diffusion is configured to receive the charge photogenerated by the photosensor. A transfer transistor is coupled between the floating diffusion and the photosensor. A dual floating diffusion (DFD) transistor is coupled to the floating diffusion. A binning node is coupled to the DFD transistor. A floating diffusion interconnect grid is coupled to the binning node of the pixel and a binning node of a second pixel. The pixel and the second pixel are included in a pixel array. The DFD transistor is configured to couple the binning node to the floating diffusion when activated during a readout operation of the pixel array to provide a binned readout, and the DFD transistor is configured not to couple the binning node to the floating diffusion when deactivated to provide a full resolution readout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Mittra, Kevin Johnson, Hiroaki Ebihara, Kenny Geng
  • Publication number: 20250260682
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for authenticating a computer system is provided. The method includes: receiving, by a processor, device identifier information associated with the computer system; generating, by the processor, a device identifier and an enrollment token based on the device identifier information; communicating, by the processor, the device identifier and the enrollment token to the computer system; receiving, by the processor, key data in response to the communicating; and performing, by the processor, authentication of the computer system based on the key data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Jennifer BAMMEL, David William MATTESON, Kevin JOHNSON, Harold Todd CHAPMAN
  • Patent number: 12356091
    Abstract: Methods for transmitting asynchronous event data via synchronous communications interfaces (and associated imaging systems) are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an imager comprises an array of event vision pixels, and a synchronous communications transmitter configured to transmit frames of data to a synchronous communications receiver. The pixels generate event data based on activity within an external scene. The imager communicates, at a first time and to the receiver, an anticipated amount of data that will be included in a frame transmitted to the receiver at a second time. The anticipated amount of data can be based on a prediction of an amount of event data that will be generated at a future point in time for transmission to the receiver in the frame. The imager can then transmit the frame to the receiver at the second time with an amount of data corresponding to the anticipated amount of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Andreas Suess, Kevin Johnson
  • Publication number: 20250097607
    Abstract: Multiple read image sensors, and associated methods for the same, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method comprises reading out a reset level from a pixel to a corresponding sample and hold circuit; storing the reset level to a first storage device and to a second storage device of the sample and hold circuit; reading out a signal level from the pixel to the sample and hold circuit; and storing the signal level to a third storage device and to a fourth storage device of the sample and hold circuit. The reset level and the signal level can correspond to a same correlated double sampling of an image data signal captured by the pixel. The method can further include reading out the reset level from the first storage device; reading out the signal level from the third storage device; and recovering a first copy of the image data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Tomas Geurts, Amit Mittra, Kevin Johnson
  • Patent number: 12238415
    Abstract: An image sensor comprises: a control block generating a video interface enabled signal, a video interface for receiving the video interface enabled signal, a pixel array for providing a video stream to the video interface, an output port for receiving the video stream from the video interface and outputting the video stream to outside of the image sensor, a stream indicator pin for receiving the video interface enabled signal from the control block when the video interface is receiving the video interface enabled signal from the control block, where a terminal of the video interface receiving the video interface enabled signal is connected to the stream indicator pin by a conductor, and they are sealed in a package of the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Boyd Fowler, Devang Patel, Eiichi Funatsu, Andreas Suess, Kevin Johnson
  • Publication number: 20250030941
    Abstract: An image sensor comprises: a control block generating a video interface enabled signal, a video interface for receiving the video interface enabled signal, a pixel array for providing a video stream to the video interface, an output port for receiving the video stream from the video interface and outputting the video stream to outside of the image sensor, a stream indicator pin for receiving the video interface enabled signal from the control block when the video interface is receiving the video interface enabled signal from the control block, where a terminal of the video interface receiving the video interface enabled signal is connected to the stream indicator pin by a conductor, and they are sealed in a package of the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Boyd Fowler, Devang Patel, Eiichi Funatsu, Andreas Suess, Kevin Johnson
  • Patent number: 12200390
    Abstract: Multiple read image sensors, and associated methods for the same, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method comprises reading out a reset level from a pixel to a corresponding sample and hold circuit; storing the reset level to a first storage device and to a second storage device of the sample and hold circuit; reading out a signal level from the pixel to the sample and hold circuit; and storing the signal level to a third storage device and to a fourth storage device of the sample and hold circuit. The reset level and the signal level can correspond to a same correlated double sampling of an image data signal captured by the pixel. The method can further include reading out the reset level from the first storage device; reading out the signal level from the third storage device; and recovering a first copy of the image data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tomas Geurts, Amit Mittra, Kevin Johnson
  • Publication number: 20250001137
    Abstract: A catheter assembly configured for use with a medical device is provided herein. The catheter assembly can comprise a catheter hub having an interior chamber and a valve located in the interior chamber. The valve can comprise a distal portion, a proximal portion, and a sidewall extending therebetween to define a valve interior. The valve can include a barrier layer having a concave shape that extends in the valve interior from the sidewall at the distal portion. The barrier layer can have at least one slit extending therethrough that is in a normally closed configuration to prevent a fluid from passing through the barrier layer. The catheter assembly can further comprise a sealing ring located circumferentially at a distal end of the valve distally to the barrier layer. The sealing ring can form a seal between the valve and the interior chamber at the distal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas SUTTON, Joe RANALLETA, Nicholas Hogan MININNI, Kevin JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20240314460
    Abstract: A pixel includes a photosensor configured to photogenerate charge in response to incident light. A floating diffusion is configured to receive the charge photogenerated by the photosensor. A transfer transistor is coupled between the floating diffusion and the photosensor. A dual floating diffusion (DFD) transistor is coupled to the floating diffusion. A binning node is coupled to the DFD transistor. A floating diffusion interconnect grid is coupled to the binning node of the pixel and a binning node of a second pixel. The pixel and the second pixel are included in a pixel array. The DFD transistor is configured to couple the binning node to the floating diffusion when activated during a readout operation of the pixel array to provide a binned readout, and the DFD transistor is configured not to couple the binning node to the floating diffusion when deactivated to provide a full resolution readout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Amit Mittra, Kevin Johnson, Hiroaki Ebihara, Kenny Geng
  • Patent number: 12090006
    Abstract: A washing appliance for efficient and through cleaning of medical devices and methods of using the appliance are disclosed. The appliance can clean exteriors of medical devices, and lumens of devices comprising a lumen such as cathlab devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: INNOVATIVE HEALTH
    Inventors: Kevin Johnson, Alex Carson, Chris Wolfbrandt, Blessan Joseph, Rafal Chudzik
  • Publication number: 20240297851
    Abstract: Methods for transmitting asynchronous event data via synchronous communications interfaces (and associated imaging systems) are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an imager comprises an array of event vision pixels, and a synchronous communications transmitter configured to transmit frames of data to a synchronous communications receiver. The pixels generate event data based on activity within an external scene. The imager communicates, at a first time and to the receiver, an anticipated amount of data that will be included in a frame transmitted to the receiver at a second time. The anticipated amount of data can be based on a prediction of an amount of event data that will be generated at a future point in time for transmission to the receiver in the frame. The imager can then transmit the frame to the receiver at the second time with an amount of data corresponding to the anticipated amount of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Suess, Kevin Johnson
  • Publication number: 20240292131
    Abstract: Multiple read image sensors, and associated methods for the same, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method comprises reading out a reset level from a pixel to a corresponding sample and hold circuit; storing the reset level to a first storage device and to a second storage device of the sample and hold circuit; reading out a signal level from the pixel to the sample and hold circuit; and storing the signal level to a third storage device and to a fourth storage device of the sample and hold circuit. The reset level and the signal level can correspond to a same correlated double sampling of an image data signal captured by the pixel. The method can further include reading out the reset level from the first storage device; reading out the signal level from the third storage device; and recovering a first copy of the image data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Tomas Geurts, Amit Mittra, Kevin Johnson
  • Publication number: 20240263922
    Abstract: A bottle cap milk jug adapter target holder system having a bracket system including an L-shaped bracket, a threaded bottle port, and a variety of target adapters, to which various targets may be affixed, including bottles, balls, and other targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Mark GILKEY, Kevin JOHNSON
  • Patent number: D1078334
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Inventor: Kevin Johnson
  • Patent number: D1102882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: GH RESEARCH IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Ross Spence, Kevin Johnson, Joe Ranalletta, Shane O'Brien, Peter Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: D1115039
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: GH RESEARCH IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Ross Spence, Kevin Johnson, Joe Ranalletta, Shane O'Brien, Peter Fitzpatrick