Patents by Inventor Kevin M. Brown
Kevin M. Brown 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: 20240121472Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes memory; computer readable instructions; and processor circuitry to execute the computer readable instructions to: generate a plurality of errors by comparing (a) a plurality of watermarks adjusted by offsets and (b) reference data, the adjusted watermarks corresponding to watermark data with inaccurate timing information for media; identify an offset of the offsets based on the plurality of errors; and adjust timing information of a watermark of the watermarks using the offset to increase an accuracy of the timing information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Bo Qiang, Jone M. Burr, Lois Price, Scott L. Brown, Chris Nicotra, Arun Ramaswamy, Matthew M. Campbell, Kevin K. Gaynor
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Publication number: 20240091327Abstract: Antigens of Toxoplasma gondii that provide specific and strong delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) immune response, or which stimulate IFN-? secretion, are used for testing subjects for infection. Any skin testing format may be adapted for testing for the delayed type hypersensitivity, including a patch, a needle, or a prong. Presence of DTH indicates infection. Alternate methods of detecting a T cell response including monitoring IFN-? secretion may be used.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Laurence David Sibley, Kevin M. Brown, Qiuling Wang, Iti Saraav
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Patent number: 11692582Abstract: A fastener system for securing a component to a structure is provided. The system includes a pin portion and a clip portion. The pin portion has a head and a shaft. The clip portion has a head engagement flange and a retainer flange configured to receive a fastener that extends along a first axis. The clip portion and the pin portion are configured for engagement with one another in an engaged position, and in the engaged position the pin portion shaft extends along a second axis non-parallel to the first axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Kevin M. Brown, Paul R. Senofonte, Felix Izquierdo
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Publication number: 20220265789Abstract: Antigens of Toxoplasma gondii that provide specific and strong delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) immune response, or which stimulate IFN-? secretion, are used for testing subjects for infection. Any skin testing format may be adapted for testing for the delayed type hypersensitivity, including a patch, a needle, or a prong. Presence of DTH indicates infection. Alternate methods of detecting a T cell response including monitoring IFN-? secretion may be used.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Laurence David Sibley, Kevin M. Brown, Qiuling Wang, Iti Saraav
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Patent number: 11351233Abstract: Antigens of Toxoplasma gondii that provide specific and strong delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) immune response, or which stimulate IFN-y secretion, are used for testing subjects for infection. Any skin testing format may be adapted for testing for the delayed type hypersensitivity, including a patch, a needle, or a prong. Presence of DTH indicates infection. Alternate methods of detecting a T cell response including monitoring IFN-y secretion may be used.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Washington UniversityInventors: Laurence David Sibley, Kevin M. Brown, Qiuling Wang, Iti Saraav
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Publication number: 20200256371Abstract: A fastener system for securing a component to a structure is provided. The system includes a pin portion and a clip portion. The pin portion has a head and a shaft. The clip portion has a head engagement flange and a retainer flange configured to receive a fastener that extends along a first axis. The clip portion and the pin portion are configured for engagement with one another in an engaged position, and in the engaged position the pin portion shaft extends along a second axis non-parallel to the first axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Kevin M. Brown, Paul R. Senofonte, Felix Izquierdo
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Publication number: 20190275124Abstract: Antigens of Toxoplasma gondii that provide specific and strong delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) immune response, or which stimulate IFN-y secretion, are used for testing subjects for infection. Any skin testing format may be adapted for testing for the delayed type hypersensitivity, including a patch, a needle, or a prong. Presence of DTH indicates infection. Alternate methods of detecting a T cell response including monitoring IFN-y secretion may be used.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2017Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Laurence David Sibley, Kevin M. Brown, Qiuling Wang, Iti Saraav
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Publication number: 20170193528Abstract: The systems and methods described generally relate to evaluating vendors. The systems and methods may comprise operations performed by a computer based system comprising various components. The operations may include receiving an entity identity of a vendor, receiving a primary service category of a vendor, receiving a vendor profile comprising gathered vendor information, analyzing the gathered vendor information, determining established vendor information and additional vendor information based on the analysis, producing a vendor evaluation, and/or producing a work order.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2016Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Kevin M. Brown, Lora L. Wright
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Patent number: 9242269Abstract: A cost-effective process for treating a concrete structure includes the following steps. A surface of the concrete structure is coated with an organo-silicon compound and the organo-silicon coated surface is covered so as to reduce atmospheric exposure of the organo-silicon compound while the organo-silicon compound migrates into the concrete structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Advanced Chemical Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Kevin M. Brown
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Patent number: 9140803Abstract: A method includes generating, via a dose estimator, a dose map indicative of an estimated dose deposited in a subject based on acquisition protocol parameter values of an acquisition protocol of an imaging system, and generating, via a noise estimator, at least one of a noise map indicative of an estimated image noise based on the acquisition protocol parameter values or a contrast-to-noise map based on the noise map and an attenuation map. The method further includes displaying, via a display, the dose and noise maps in a human readable format.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2010Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Koninklijke Philps N.V.Inventors: Matthias Bertram, Jens Wiegert, Kevin M. Brown
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Patent number: 9031299Abstract: A system includes a source that rotates about an examination region and emits radiation that traverses the examination region, a radiation sensitive detector array that detects radiation traversing the examination region and generates projection data indicative of the detected radiation, and a projection data de-noiser that de-noises the projection data, wherein the de-noiser de-noises a projection based on a number of detected photons for the projection.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Kevin M. Brown, Stanislav Zabic
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Patent number: 8938108Abstract: A method includes reducing structured artifacts in 3D volumetric image data, which is generated with reconstructed projection data produced by an imaging system (100), by processing the 3D volumetric image data along a z-axis (108) direction. The 3D volumetric image data includes structured artifacts which have high-frequency components in the z-axis direction, and lower-frequency compounds within the x-y plane.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2010Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Kevin M. Brown, Stanislav Zabic
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Patent number: 8938110Abstract: A method includes generating enhanced image data based on lower dose image data and a predetermined image quality threshold, wherein an image quality of the enhanced image data is substantially similar to an image quality of higher dose image data, and a system includes an image quality enhancer (128) that generates enhanced image data based on lower dose image data and a predetermined image quality threshold, wherein an image quality of the enhanced image data is substantially similar to an image quality of higher dose image data.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Liran Goshen, Kevin M. Brown, Stanislav Zabic, Jens Wiegert, Asher Gringauz
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Publication number: 20140314961Abstract: A cost-effective process for treating a concrete structure includes the following steps. A surface of the concrete structure is coated with an organo-silicon compound and the organo-silicon coated surface is covered so as to reduce atmospheric exposure of the organo-silicon compound while the organo-silicon compound migrates into the concrete structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: Advanced Chemical Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Kevin M. Brown
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Publication number: 20130208971Abstract: A system includes a source that rotates about an examination region and emits radiation that traverses the examination region, a radiation sensitive detector array that detects radiation traversing the examination region and generates projection data indicative of the detected radiation, and a projection data de-noiser that de-noises the projection data, wherein the de-noiser de-noises a projection based on a number of detected photons for the projection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Kevin M. Brown, Stanislav Zabic
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Patent number: 8467494Abstract: An imaging system includes a radiation source (110) with an anode (202). The radiation source (110) rotates around an examination region (106) about a longitudinal axis (108) and emits radiation from a focal spot (206) on the anode (202). A source collimator (112) collimates the emitted radiation to produce a generally conically shaped radiation beam that traverses the examination region. The generally conically shaped radiation beam has an extended cone angle along the longitudinal axis that is greater than an effective maximum cone angle determined by an anode angle of the anode (202). A detector array (116) detects radiation that traverses the examination region and generates signals indicative thereof. A reconstructor (118) reconstructs the signals to generate volumetric image data indicative of the examination region.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2009Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Kevin M. Brown, Dominic J. Heuscher
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Publication number: 20120230470Abstract: A method includes generating, via a dose estimator (208), a dose map indicative of an estimated dose deposited for a subject based on acquisition protocol parameter values of an acquisition protocol of an imaging system (100), and generating, via a noise estimator (210), at least one of a noise map indicative of an estimated image noise based on the acquisition protocol parameter values or a contrast-to-noise map based on the noise map and an attenuation map. The method further includes displaying, via a display (216), the dose and noise maps in a human readable format.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2010Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Matthias Bertram, Jens Wiegert, Kevin M. Brown
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Publication number: 20120224760Abstract: A method includes generating enhanced image data based on lower dose image data and a predetermined image quality threshold, wherein an image quality of the enhanced image data is substantially similar to an image quality of higher dose image data, and a system includes an image quality enhancer (128) that generates enhanced image data based on lower dose image data and a predetermined image quality threshold, wherein an image quality of the enhanced image data is substantially similar to an image quality of higher dose image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Liran Goshen, Kevin M. Brown, Stanislav Zabic, Jens Wiegert, Asher Gringauz
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Publication number: 20120183194Abstract: A method includes reducing structured artifacts in 3D volumetric image data, which is generated with reconstructed projection data produced by an imaging system (100), by processing the 3D volumetric image data along a z-axis (108) direction. The 3D volumetric image data includes structured artifacts which have high-frequency components in the z-axis direction, and lower-frequency compounds within the x-y plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2010Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Kevin M. Brown, Stanislav Zabic
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Publication number: 20110211664Abstract: An imaging system includes a radiation source (110) with an anode (202). The radiation source (110) rotates around an examination region (106) about a longitudinal axis (108) and emits radiation from a focal spot (206) on the anode (202). A source collimator (112) collimates the emitted radiation to produce a generally conically shaped radiation beam that traverses the examination region. The generally conically shaped radiation beam has an extended cone angle along the longitudinal axis that is greater than an effective maximum cone angle determined by an anode angle of the anode (202). A detector array (116) detects radiation that traverses the examination region and generates signals indicative thereof. A reconstructor (118) reconstructs the signals to generate volumetric image data indicative of the examination region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2009Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Kevin M. Brown, Dominic J. Heuscher