Patents by Inventor KEVIN JOSEPH
KEVIN JOSEPH 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: 20250053270Abstract: A device includes a touch screen that includes a plurality of sensors. The device also includes a touch screen controller that includes a plurality of drive sense circuits, where a drive sense circuit is associated with a sensor of the plurality of sensors, and the drive sense circuit senses an electrical characteristic of the sensor. The device also includes a processing module operably coupled to the plurality of sensing circuits, where the processing module is operable to receive a sense signal regarding the electrical characteristic, determine a coordinate location of the sensor based on the sense signal, and generate a proximal touch signal that includes the coordinate location of the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Kevin Joseph Derichs, Richard Stuart Seger, JR., Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Timothy W. Markison
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Publication number: 20250044893Abstract: A touch sensor device includes a first panel, a second panel, and a drive-sense circuit (DSC). The first panel that includes first electrodes arranged in a first direction and second electrodes arranged in a second direction. The second panel includes third electrodes arranged in a third direction and fourth electrodes arranged in a fourth direction. The DSC is operably coupled via a single line to a coupling of a first electrode of the first electrodes and a first electrode of the third electrodes. The DSC is configured to provide the signal, which is generated based on a reference signal, via the single line to the coupling and simultaneously to sense the signal via the single line. The DSC generates a digital signal representative of the at least one electrical characteristic associated with the first electrode of the first electrodes and/or the first electrode of the third electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: SIGMASENSE, LLC.Inventor: Kevin Joseph Derichs
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Patent number: 12207703Abstract: A foot force detection system includes first and second shoe force detection units. The first shoe force detection unit includes pressure sensors, a processing module, and a communication unit. The pressure sensors are operably coupled to produce first force data. The processing module is operably coupled to produce a first digital representation of the first force data. The second shoe force detection unit includes its own pressure sensors, a processing module, and a communication unit. The first and second shoe force detection units communicate with each other via the communication units.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.Inventors: Michael Shawn Gray, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Timothy W. Markison, Kevin Joseph Derichs
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Patent number: 12202836Abstract: Compounds, tautomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds are disclosed, wherein the compounds have the structure of Formula Ia, as defined in the specification. In an embodiment, a pharmaceutical composition can be in a liquid dosage form and can comprise a therapeutically effective amount of the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an adjuvant and a therapeutic agent. In another embodiment, a method of adjuvant treating a disorder or condition can comprising administering the pharmaceutical composition to a patient.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: John David Trzupek, Katherine Lin Lee, Mark Edward Bunnage, Seungil Han, David Hepworth, Frank Eldridge Lovering, John Paul Mathias, Nikolaos Papaioannou, Betsy Susan Pierce, Joseph Walter Strohbach, Stephen Wayne Wright, Christoph Wolfgang Zapf, Lori Krim Gavrin, Arthur Lee, David Randolph Anderson, Kevin Joseph Curran, Christoph Martin Dehnhardt, Eddine Saiah, Joel Adam Goldberg, Xiaolun Wang, Horng-Chih Huang, Richard Vargas, Michael Dennis Lowe, Akshay Patny
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Patent number: 12194344Abstract: A force detection system includes first and second sets of pressure sensors, memory, and a processing module. The first set of pressure sensors are in an insole of a shoe and the second set of pressure sensors are in an outsole of a shoe. The processing module receives first data regarding the first set of pressure sensors and generates a first digital representation of the first data. The processing module also receives second data regarding the second set of pressure sensors and generates a second digital representation of the second data. The processing module also writes the first and second digital representations to the memory.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.Inventors: Michael Shawn Gray, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Timothy W. Markison, Kevin Joseph Derichs
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Publication number: 20250015985Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide for partial encryption of data to improve data loss prevention. Some embodiments receive a request to transfer a file from a computing device to a file storage device, identify a random subset of bytes in the file, and replace the random subset of bytes with random data to generate a randomly modified file. Some embodiments generate a data object indicative of an original value of each byte of the random subset of bytes, encrypt the data object with a first key, and generate a legend data object comprising a location array defining a location of each original value. Some embodiments, encrypt the first key with a second key to generate an encrypted first key, store the encrypted first key and the encrypted data object in the legend data object, and provide the randomly modified file and the legend data object to the file storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: January 9, 2025Inventor: Kevin Joseph Larson
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Patent number: 12188182Abstract: The multi-ply tissue products that are both durable and dispersible may be manufactured using a creping process that employs a non-crosslinked vinyl acetate-ethylene polymer as a creping agent. The products generally have a Slosh time less than 2 minutes, such as less than about 60 seconds, such as less than about 45 seconds. Surprisingly, the foregoing Slosh times are achieved despite the tissue products having relatively high cross-machine direction (CD) wet tensile strength, such as greater than about 100 g/3?. Typically, increasing wet tensile strength, particularly wet CD tensile strength, negatively effects dispersability and increases Slosh time. Despite this trend, the multi-ply tissue products have a relatively high degree of wet strength and good dispersability.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Joseph Vogt, Mark William Sachs, Erin Ann McCormick, Devon Gaynelle Curley, Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Nathan John Vogel, Christopher Steven LeCount
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Patent number: 12188099Abstract: Disclosed are synthetic 71 base pair, partially-double stranded DNA oligonucleotides and methods for their use in the amplification and identification or integrated proviral DNA.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONInventors: Kevin Joseph, John W. Mellors
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Publication number: 20250003990Abstract: Disclosed herein are improved assays, cartridges, kits, and methods of use thereof for detecting biomarkers, e.g., one or more biomarkers of brain injury, including, without limitation, biomarkers of acquired brain injury (ABI), such as, traumatic brain injury (TBI). The improved assays described herein may aid in the diagnosis and evaluation of a subject (e.g., a human subject) that has sustained or may have sustained an injury to the head (e.g., TBI) by detecting levels of a biomarker, such as UCH-L1, GFAP, or a combination thereof, in samples taken from a subject (e.g., a human subject).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2024Publication date: January 2, 2025Inventors: Kevin Joseph Duesling, Cassandra Leanne Scott, Emegbero John Omakor, Graham Edwin Garrett, Omatsone Cyril Boyo, Jinghua Hu, Matthew Thomas Clahane, James Tyler Kevin Smith
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Patent number: 12181352Abstract: A low power force detection system includes variable capacitors, a drive sense module, and a processing module. A drive sense circuit of the drive sense module is operable to provide an analog and frequency domain signal to a variable capacitor. The drive sense circuit is further operable to detect a characteristic of the variable capacitor based on the analog and frequency domain signal and to generate a representative signal of the characteristic. The processing module is operable to generate a digital value based on the representative and to write the digital value to memory.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.Inventors: Michael Shawn Gray, Kevin Joseph Derichs, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Timothy W. Markison
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Patent number: 12182660Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring quantum states of qubits with more than two levels are provided. A method can include, for a plurality of shuffling sequences, applying, by a quantum computer, one or more quantum gates to the one or more qubits to execute a quantum algorithm; applying, by the quantum computer, a shuffling sequence to the one or more qubits; and measuring, using a readout apparatus, the state of the one or more qubits to determine a readout state. The method can further include determining, by a classical computer or the quantum computer, an average occupation for one or more of the quantum states of the one or more qubits using the readout states for each of the shuffling sequences. The readout states can correspond to a state in a subset of the quantum states of the one or more qubits.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Kevin Joseph Satzinger, Julian Shaw Kelly, Paul Victor Klimov, Alexander Nikolaevich Korotkov
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Patent number: 12175039Abstract: A method includes a processing module obtaining touch data at a touch data rate. The method further includes the processing module obtaining video data at a refresh rate, wherein the touch data rate is greater than the refresh rate. For a frame of the video data, the method further includes the processing module determining a touch movement trend based on the touch data. The method further includes the processing module determining a position offset for a graphical representation of the touch data based on the touch movement trend. When the position offset exceeds an offset threshold, the method further includes the processing module adjusting position of the graphical representation of the touch data within the frame of video data based on the position offset to produce an adjusted frame of video data.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.Inventors: Kevin Joseph Derichs, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr.
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Publication number: 20240418399Abstract: An air handling device includes a plurality of tunnels defining a plurality of separate air flow pathways. At least one tunnel of the plurality of tunnels is an active tunnel and at least one tunnel of the plurality of tunnels is a redundant tunnel. The air handling device further includes a first air select at a first end of the plurality of tunnels and a second air select on a second end of the plurality of tunnels, wherein the first end is opposite to the second end. The air handling device also includes a plurality of dampers within each of the first and second air selects, wherein the plurality of dampers are configured to change an air flow therein to block air flow through the active tunnel and allow air flow through the redundant tunnel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: SLD TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Kevin Joseph SCHREIBER
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Patent number: 12169614Abstract: A touch sensor device (TSD) includes TSD electrodes associated with a surface of the TSD. Also, an overlay that includes marker electrode(s) is also associated with a region of the surface of the TSD. The TSD also includes drive-sense circuits (DSCs) operably coupled to the plurality of TSD electrodes. A DSC is configured to provide a TSD electrode signal to a TSD electrode and simultaneously to sense a change of the TSD electrode signal based on a change of impedance of the TSD electrode caused by capacitive coupling between the TSD electrode and the marker electrode(s) of the overlay. Processing module(s) is configured to process a digital signal generated by the DSC and other digital signals generated by other DSCs determine the region of the surface of the TSD that is associated with the overlay and to adapt sensitivity of the TSD within that region.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2023Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Gerald Dale Morrison, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Kevin Joseph Derichs, Shayne X. Short, Timothy W. Markison
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Publication number: 20240411406Abstract: A capacitive touch screen display operates by: receiving a plurality of sensed signals indicating variations in mutual capacitance associated with a plurality of cross points formed by a plurality of electrodes; generating capacitance image data associated with the plurality of cross points that includes positive capacitance variation data corresponding to positive variations of the capacitance image data from a nominal value and negative capacitance variation data corresponding to negative variations of the capacitance image data from the nominal value; determining, based on the positive capacitance variation data and the negative capacitance variation data, an upper threshold and a lower threshold; generating compensated capacitance image data, based on the upper threshold and the lower threshold; and processing the compensated capacitance image data to determine a proximal condition of the touch screen display.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, JR., Michael Shawn Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Hans Howard Eilers, Kevin Joseph Derichs, Sarah Marie Derichs, Patrick Troy Gray, Phuong Huynh
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Publication number: 20240411203Abstract: A purely optical NAND logic gate is disclosed in this application where in various materials are employed to accomplish the functioning of the logic gate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Del Wolverton, Kevin Joseph Bylow
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Publication number: 20240411496Abstract: An interactive device is operable to receive a first plurality of sensed signals during a first temporal period. The first plurality of sensed signals indicate a first plurality of changes in electrical characteristics of a set of electrodes of the plurality of electrodes. A first impedance pattern identifying a passive device is detected based on interpreting the first plurality of changes in the electrical characteristics of the set of electrodes during the first temporal period. The passive device is detected based on detecting the first impedance pattern. Written user notion data is detected based on detecting movement of the passive device in relation to the interactive display device during the first temporal period. The written user notation data is processed for display in accordance with at least one display setting corresponding to the passive device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, JR., Michael Shawn Gray, Patrick Troy Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Kevin Joseph Derichs
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Patent number: 12161914Abstract: A force detection system includes first and second sets of pressure sensors, memory, and a processing module. The first set of pressure sensors are in an insole of a shoe and the second set of pressure sensors are in an outsole of a shoe. The processing module receives first data regarding the first set of pressure sensors and generates a first digital representation of the first data. The processing module also receives second data regarding the second set of pressure sensors and generates a second digital representation of the second data. The processing module also writes the first and second digital representations to the memory.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Michael Shawn Gray, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Timothy W. Markison, Kevin Joseph Derichs
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Patent number: 12159010Abstract: A touch sensor device (TSD) includes TSD electrodes associated with a surface of the TSD. Also, an overlay that includes marker electrode(s) is also associated with at least a portion of the surface of the TSD. The TSD also includes drive-sense circuits (DSCs) operably coupled to the plurality of TSD electrodes. A DSC is configured to provide a TSD electrode signal to a TSD electrode and simultaneously to sense a change of the TSD electrode signal based on a change of impedance of the TSD electrode caused by capacitive coupling between the TSD electrode and the marker electrode(s) of the overlay. Processing module(s) is configured to process a digital signal generated by the DSC to determine characteristic(s) of the overlay that is associated with the at least a portion of the surface of the TSD.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Gerald Dale Morrison, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Kevin Joseph Derichs, Shayne X. Short, Timothy W. Markison
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Patent number: D1054326Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: P-51 Bike Company LLCInventors: Alexander Henry McKay, Kevin Joseph Novotny