Patents by Inventor Lawrence Elliott

Lawrence Elliott 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: 11087615
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for protecting objects monitors a zone in which at least one object is held. The method uses input that it acquired from at least one monitor in communication with a server computer performing the method. Subzones are determined within the zone. Each object is associated with and/or belongs to a subzone. The method monitors the zone for an incident. This monitoring is performed across a series of images. In response to an incident being detected within a subzone, the object belonging to the subzone is identified. An alarm output is generated that is unique to the object. The output is transmitted to an output device in communication with the server computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: ACUITY-VCT, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Lawrence Elliott, Daniel Joseph Lazuta, Randolph Allen Stankie
  • Publication number: 20200394902
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for protecting objects monitors a zone in which at least one object is held. The method uses input that it acquired from at least one monitor in communication with a server computer performing the method. Subzones are determined within the zone. Each object is associated with and/or belongs to a subzone. The method monitors the zone for an incident. This monitoring is performed across a series of images. In response to an incident being detected within a subzone, the object belonging to the subzone is identified. An alarm output is generated that is unique to the object. The output is transmitted to an output device in communication with the server computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: ACUITY-vct, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Lawrence Elliott, Daniel Joseph Lazuta, Randolph Allen Stankie
  • Patent number: 10424174
    Abstract: A security system for quantitatively verifying a condition of items in a special collections inventory includes a scale in connection with an index of special collection items. Every item in the index has a unique weight within a collection. The scale takes a current weight measurement of a special collections item and automatically reports the current weight measurement to the computing device hosting the index. Using the current weight measurement, the index is searched for a given item by comparing the current weight measurement with a set of indexed reference weights. In response to a match being detected between the current weight measurement and a reference weight among the set of indexed reference weights, a physical condition of the given item—corresponding with the reference weight—is verified as being intact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: ACUITY-VCT, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Lawrence Elliott, Randolph Allen Stankie, Daniel Joseph Lazuta
  • Publication number: 20190035239
    Abstract: A security system for quantitatively verifying a condition of items in a special collections inventory includes a scale in connection with an index of special collection items. Every item in the index has a unique weight within a collection. The scale takes a current weight measurement of a special collections item and automatically reports the current weight measurement to the computing device hosting the index. Using the current weight measurement, the index is searched for a given item by comparing the current weight measurement with a set of indexed reference weights. In response to a match being detected between the current weight measurement and a reference weight among the set of indexed reference weights, a physical condition of the given item—corresponding with the reference weight—is verified as being intact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Lawrence Elliott, Randolph Allen Stankie, Daniel Joseph Lazuta
  • Publication number: 20070239418
    Abstract: Systems and methods for parallel, discrete, simulations include functional capabilities to incorporate one or more human operators or actors into the simulation process. Such individuals can be presented situations where one or more decisions are necessary with respect to ongoing events. Entered decisions are incorporated into simulated events and activities being simulated. These in turn influence the behavior of those entities and also initiate the occurrence of other time-based processes. An architecture artifact or product can be automatically created or updated by recording how a sequence of events took place. The creation of sections of the DoDAF OV-6C Operational Event Trace architectural diagram, for the executable architecture model, can be automatically performed to dynamically provide event traces in response to a live exercise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Gregory Harrison, Salaheddine Saidi, Russell Chan, Ann McCauslin, Howard Kern, Jeffrey Coffin, David Benjamin, Lawrence Elliott, Christopher Young, Stephen Peckham, Michael Stewart, Mark Barbustiak