Patents by Inventor Manuel Pereira

Manuel Pereira 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).

  • Publication number: 20180272038
    Abstract: The present application describes a polymeric mesh for the repair and regeneration of tissues from an organism that comprises pores wherein at least 70% of the pores of the said mesh have a size smaller than the one required to confine the cells of the said tissues, and wherein at least 70% of the pores of the said mesh has a size superior than the one needed for the passage of interstitial fluids of the said tissues; the degradation time of the said polymeric mesh within the organism is at least 8 weeks; the said polymeric mesh has an apparent tensile strength superior than 1 MPa; the said polymeric mesh has an apparent elastic modulus superior than 0.1 MPa. The mesh described in this application allows that the “new tissue” formed presents very similar properties to the ones of the damaged tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Albino Manuel Pereira Martins, Marta Luísa Sousa Dias Alves Da Silva, Rui Luís Gonçalves Dos Reis, Nuno João Meleiro Alves Das Neves
  • Publication number: 20180186235
    Abstract: A method, system, and devices for implementing a selectively lighted instrument cluster are disclosed herein. The aspects employ a light house layer (or collection of light house layers) using a combination of light and dark materials to provide individually lit indicia on a cover layer (i.e. applique layer) of an instrument cluster. The combination of light and dark layers selectively applied prevents light leakage into other non-intended portions on the viewable surface of the instrument cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander Van Laack, Andreas Rode, Ruddy Cittadini, Frederik Belzl, Manuel Pereira
  • Publication number: 20180191828
    Abstract: Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventor: Henrique Manuel Pereira Cabral
  • Patent number: 9948512
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the remote update and distribution of configuration information in a communication network made up of a plurality of nodes some of which are mobile and some of which are fixed in location. Updated information for configuring the nodes may be updated using different types of routes through the communication network, where some routes may be direct from a node to a location of an update, some routes may pass through another node, and some routes may be used only when a certain communication technology is available. The nodes may be dynamically configured based on a number of factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Veniam, Inc.
    Inventors: Henrique Manuel Pereira Cabral, Rui Miguel Correia e Costa
  • Publication number: 20180063286
    Abstract: Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Carlos Eduardo Braga Ameixieira, Henrique Manuel Pereira Cabral
  • Publication number: 20180052681
    Abstract: Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things). Aspects of the disclosure disclose systems and methods for reliable software update in a network of moving things including, for example, autonomous vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Henrique Manuel Pereira Cabral, Carlos Eduardo Braga Ameixieira
  • Publication number: 20180034936
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the remote update and distribution of software, firmware, and/or data in a network of moving things. Such a network of moving things may include a large number of network units that may autonomously report conditions affecting operation of the network unit to a server system, and may communicate with the server system to check for available updates of any of software, firmware, and data for operating the network units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Rui Miguel Correia e Costa, Henrique Manuel Pereira Cabral, Carlos Eduardo Braga Ameixieira
  • Publication number: 20170374493
    Abstract: Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things). The communication network architectures, systems, and methods of the disclosure support flexible access and management of monitoring applications in a network of moving things.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Henrique Manuel Pereira Cabral, Carlos Eduardo Braga Ameixieira, Ricardo Jorge Magalhães de Matos
  • Publication number: 20170305102
    Abstract: A panel includes a base layer configured to have plural first protuberances; a core layer disposed on the base layer and configured to have plural second protuberances, wherein one or more of the plural second protuberances have first slots in a top portion; inserts provided on the base layer and inside the one or more of the plural second protuberances of the core layer; and a top layer in direct contact with the plural first protuberances and the plural second protuberances and configured to have second slots that correspond to the first slots. The inserts are exposed to ambient through the first slots and the second slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Antonio Manuel PEREIRA DA CUNHA RIBEIRO VALENTE
  • Patent number: 9787800
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the remote update and distribution of software, firmware, and/or data in a network of moving things. Such a network of moving things may include a large number of network units that may autonomously report conditions affecting operation of the network unit to a server system, and may communicate with the server system to check for available updates of any of software, firmware, and data for operating the network units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Veniam, Inc.
    Inventors: Rui Miguel Correia e Costa, Henrique Manuel Pereira Cabral, Carlos Eduardo Braga Ameixieira
  • Patent number: 9731474
    Abstract: Method and panel with increased strength. The panel includes a base layer configured to have plural first protuberances; a core layer located on the base layer and configured to have plural second protuberances and to accommodate the plural first protuberances of the base layer; and a top layer in direct contact with the plural first protuberances and the plural second protuberances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: STAKLITE IP, LLC
    Inventor: Antonio Manuel Pereira Da Cunha Ribeiro Valente
  • Publication number: 20170215121
    Abstract: Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide detail of a method, a system, and a non-transitory storage medium for managing and triggering handover of a mobile network node in a network of moving things comprising a plurality of network nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Tiago Silvestre Condeixa, Diogo Miguel Augusto Lopes, Henrique Manuel Pereira Cabral, Ricardo Jorge Magalhães de Matos
  • Publication number: 20170207956
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the remote update and distribution of configuration information in a communication network made up of a plurality of nodes some of which are mobile and some of which are fixed in location. Updated information for configuring the nodes may be updated using different types of routes through the communication network, where some routes may be direct from a node to a location of an update, some routes may pass through another node, and some routes may be used only when a certain communication technology is available. The nodes may be dynamically configured based on a number of factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Henrique Manuel Pereira Cabral, Rui Miguel Correia e Costa
  • Publication number: 20170195459
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the remote update and distribution of software, firmware, and/or data in a network of moving things. Such a network of moving things may include a large number of network units that may autonomously report conditions affecting operation of the network unit to a server system, and may communicate with the server system to check for available updates of any of software, firmware, and data for operating the network units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Rui Miguel Correia e Costa, Henrique Manuel Pereira Cabral, Carlos Eduardo Braga Ameixieira
  • Publication number: 20170051050
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biofunctional polymeric substrates product comprising immobilized antibodies that selective bind to antigens namely autologous growth factors and an inflammatory molecule, uses and method of production. The bio-functional polymeric substrate can be used in a quantification method of antigens namely soluble growth factors, inflammatory molecules and hormones or the biofunctional polymeric substrate can be used to isolate extracellular vesicules. The biofunctional polymeric substrate can be also used in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine approaches, namely in bone and cartilage lesions, esophageal lesions, periodontal ligament reconstruction and skin lesions regeneration or treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Albino Manuel PEREIRA MARTINS, Ana Catarina FREITAS SALAZAR DE OLIVEIRA, Rui Luís GONÇALVES DOS REIS, Nuno João MELEIRO ALVES DAS NEVES
  • Publication number: 20160038645
    Abstract: The present application describes a polymeric mesh for the repair and regeneration of tissues from an organism that comprises pores wherein at least 70% of the pores of the said mesh have a size smaller than the one required to confine the cells of the said tissues, and wherein at least 70% of the pores of the said mesh has a size superior than the one needed for the passage of interstitial fluids of the said tissues; the degradation time of the said polymeric mesh within the organism is at least 8 weeks; the said polymeric mesh has an apparent tensile strength superior than 1 MPa; the said polymeric mesh has an apparent elastic modulus superior than 0.1 MPa. The mesh described in this application allows that the “new tissue” formed presents very similar properties to the ones of the damaged tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Albino Manuel Pereira Matrins, Marta Luísa Sousa Dias Alves Da Silva, Ruis Luís Gonçalves Dos Reis, Nuno João Meleiro Alves Das Neves
  • Publication number: 20140315041
    Abstract: Method and panel with increased strength. The panel includes a base layer configured to have plural first protuberances; a core layer located on the base layer and configured to have plural second protuberances and to accommodate the plural first protuberances of the base layer; and a top layer in direct contact with the plural first protuberances and the plural second protuberances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Antonio Manuel Pereira Da Cunha Ribeiro Valente
  • Publication number: 20110006194
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a measurement method to determine the magnitude and intensity of solar radiation/collected by a photovoltaic solar panel, without the need of using specific sensors for this purpose—With the present method? the power conditioning systems used in small photovoltaic panels to charge small rechargeable batteries, will now be able to provide an electrical signal, in the form of a pulse sequence or in any other electrical signal, that represents the value of the quantity that generates the available energy. The present method enables the monitoring the energy transfer between the solar panel and a rechargeable battery using a switched, voltage converter; additionally it indicates the magnitude of the solar radiation falling on the solar panel. It is based on the adaptation of a direct voltage to direct voltage boost converter circuit in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Raul Manuel Pereira Morais Dos Santos, Samuel Ricardo Goncalves Matos, Paulo Jonge Dos Santos Goncalves Ferreira, Manuel Jose Cabral Dos Santos Reis
  • Publication number: 20100287529
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for developing a multimedia application is provided. A multimedia asset over a data network from a user. A library of a plurality of internal software modules is maintained. A user interface is provided to allow a user to select one or more of the plurality of internal software modules, and configure a plurality of parameters for controlling a selected internal software module, wherein at least one of the configured parameters references the multimedia asset received over the data network from the user. A first multimedia application is automatically generated including the user-selected internal software module, an identifier for determining the version of the user-selected internal software module, and the plurality of user-configured parameters including the reference to the multimedia asset received over the data network from the user. An updated user-selected internal software module is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Manuel Ricardo Fonseca Costa, Mario Filipe Pataco Anico Franco, Hugo Manuel Pereira Ataide Silveira, Jose Miguel Rodrigues Remedio, Ivan de Almeida Soares Franco, Nuno Alexandre Almeida de Sousa Capeta
  • Publication number: 20100211253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous monitoring system for shock absorbers, for use in motor vehicles or in any kind of machine which requires them, which will enable the shock absorbers to be evaluated during normal operation. It is essentially characterised by all the necessary components being embedded into the shock absorber itself, in a single circuit 1 or several integrated interconnected circuits, which are equipped with means of identification which provide the vehicle's or machine's various electronic management systems with the necessary information regarding shock absorbers identification, characteristics and capacity for self-diagnosis. The aforementioned components include acceleration, pressure and temperature sensors 2, signal conditioning and processing circuits 3, a wireless communication system 4, power production 5 and storage system 7 and management electronics 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: UNIVERSIDADE DE TRAS-OS-MONTES E ALTO DOURO
    Inventors: Raul Manuel Pereira Morais Dos Santos, Paulo Jorge Da Cruz Ventura, Carlos Daniel Henriques Ferreira, Antonio Luís Gomes Valente, Carlos Fernando Couceiro de Sousa Neves, Manuel Jose Cabral dos Santos Reis