Patents by Inventor Mark Richards

Mark Richards 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: 20240423852
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to patient support systems, such as hospital beds, and particularly to reconfigurable patient support systems movable among a number of different positions. The present disclosure further relates to control algorithms and interfaces for use in patient support systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Eric R. Meyer, Darrell Borgman, Timothy Joseph Receveur, Gregory W. Branson, Sandy Mark Richards, Howard J. Boyd, David W. Hornbach, Robert Mark Zerhusen, James Maurice Allen, Jennifer Fearing, Mark Chiacchira, Jonathan D. Turner, Mark Lanning, Aziz A. Bhai
  • Patent number: 12102577
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to patient support systems, such as hospital beds, and particularly to reconfigurable patient support systems movable among a number of different positions. The present disclosure further relates to control algorithms and interfaces for use in patient support systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric R. Meyer, Darrell Borgman, Timothy Joseph Receveur, Gregory W. Branson, Sandy Mark Richards, Howard J. Boyd, David W. Hornbach, Robert Mark Zerhusen, James Maurice Allen, Jennifer Fearing, Mark S. Chiacchira, Jonathan D. Turner, Mark Lanning, Aziz A. Bhai
  • Publication number: 20240184136
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a partial reflector, a first lens, a reflective polarizer, and a second lens. The second lens includes a first part and a second part coupled to the first part with at least one optical property designed to correct a specific user's refractive error. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods of manufacture are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Robin Sharma, Carl Chancy, Afsoon Jamali, Kurt Jenkins, Yang Zheng, Rongzhi Huang, Timothy Louis Wong, Evan Mark Richards
  • Patent number: 11914162
    Abstract: An eye-tracking system includes two mirrors. A first mirror is positioned to transmit light, received at a first incident angle, reflected off an eye of a user toward a second mirror. The first mirror is also positioned to reflect the light, reflected from the second mirror, at a second incident angle. The second mirror is inclined from the first mirror so that the light transmitted through the first mirror is reflected by the second mirror toward the first mirror at a first reflection angle. The light reflected by the second mirror is reflected by the first mirror toward the second mirror at a second reflection angle greater than the first reflection angle. The eye-tracking system also includes one or more sensors positioned to detect the light reflected by the first mirror and the second mirror for determining a gaze direction of the eye of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Evan Mark Richards, Cina Hazegh
  • Publication number: 20230177590
    Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform: outputting, by a machine-learning model, a probability that a user will re-order two or more items at a present time; determining the two or more items to recommend to the user based on the probability exceeding a predetermined threshold that the user will re-order the two or more items at the present time; sending instructions to display the two or more items to the user, wherein the user interface comprises a single-click option to add to an electronic cart the two or more items; and after receiving the single-click option from the user interface, adding the two or more items to the electronic cart. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Rahul Sridhar, Sinduja Subramaniam, Tejal Kumar Patted, Evren Korpeoglu, Kannan Achan, Rahul Ramkumar, Mark Richards Ibbotson, Thomas Russel Ward, Ryan Wayne Travis, Vidyanand Krishnan, Lucinda Frink Newcomb
  • Patent number: 11636525
    Abstract: A system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: determining a set of items to recommend to a user based on a probability exceeding a predetermined threshold that the user will re-order each item of the set of items at a present time, wherein the probability is determined based at least in part on previous transactions of the user and other users within a first period of time, and wherein the set of items includes at least a predetermined number of items; sending instructions to display the set of items to the user on a user interface, wherein at least a portion of the set of items is shown as selected on the user interface, and the user interface further comprises a single-click option to add to a cart all selected items of the set of items; receiving a selection of the single-click option to add to the cart the all selected items of the set of items; and after receivin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Rahul Sridhar, Sinduja Subramaniam, Tejal Kumar Patted, Evren Korpeoglu, Kannan Achan, Rahul Ramkumar, Mark Richards Ibbotson, Thomas Russel Ward, Ryan Wayne Travis, Vidyanand Krishnan, Lucinda Frink Newcomb
  • Patent number: 11409116
    Abstract: An eye-tracking system includes two mirrors. A first mirror is positioned to transmit light, received at a first incident angle, reflected off an eye of a user toward a second mirror. The first mirror is also positioned to reflect the light, reflected from the second mirror, at a second incident angle. The second mirror is inclined from the first mirror so that the light transmitted through the first mirror is reflected by the second mirror toward the first mirror at a first reflection angle. The light reflected by the second mirror is reflected by the first mirror toward the second mirror at a second reflection angle greater than the first reflection angle. The eye-tracking system also includes one or more sensors positioned to detect the light reflected by the first mirror and the second mirror for determining a gaze direction of the eye of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Evan Mark Richards, Cina Hazegh
  • Patent number: 11339641
    Abstract: A sensing assembly for use in a wellbore comprises a wellbore component disposed in a wellbore tubular string, at least one gauge configured to sense at least one parameter, and at least one sensing link coupled to the at least one gauge. The at least one gauge is disposed at a first location along the wellbore tubular string, and the sensing link is configured to provide communication of at least one parameter from a sensing point at a second location to the first location. The sensing point is radially adjacent the wellbore component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: William Mark Richards, Thomas Jules Frosell
  • Publication number: 20220033905
    Abstract: Present application relates to methods for determining whether a subject has heart failure or is at risk of having heart failure, specifically that of heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HFREF) and a heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HFPEF), comprising determining the level of selected miRNA(s) observed in a sample obtained from the subject and wherein an altered level of the miRNA(s) compared to control indicates that the subject has heart failure or is at risk of developing heart failure. Also encompassed are methods of determining an altered risk of death or disease progression to hospitalization and death based on alteration of selected miRNAs in a sample from the subject and kits thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Ruiyang ZOU, Lihan ZHOU, Heng-Phon TOO, Arthur Mark RICHARDS, Lee Lee WONG, Su Ping Carolyn LAM
  • Publication number: 20220003910
    Abstract: An alignment apparatus for a polarization device includes a polarizer subassembly for polarizing a light beam, a rotary support for rotatably supporting the polarization device in a path of the light beam downstream of the polarizer subassembly, an analyzer subassembly downstream of the rotary support for receiving the light beam propagated through the polarization device, and a photodetector array disposed downstream of the analyzer subassembly and extending along the width dimension of the light beam for detecting the light beam propagated through the analyzer subassembly. At least one of the polarizer or analyzer subassemblies includes a spatially variant polarization element having a polarization property varying along the width dimension of the light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Kieran Tobias Levin, Evan Mark Richards
  • Patent number: 11156755
    Abstract: An alignment apparatus for a polarization device includes a polarizer subassembly for polarizing a light beam, a rotary support for rotatably supporting the polarization device in a path of the light beam downstream of the polarizer subassembly, an analyzer subassembly downstream of the rotary support for receiving the light beam propagated through the polarization device, and a photodetector array disposed downstream of the analyzer subassembly and extending along the width dimension of the light beam for detecting the light beam propagated through the analyzer subassembly. At least one of the polarizer or analyzer subassemblies includes a spatially variant polarization element having a polarization property varying along the width dimension of the light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Kieran Tobias Levin, Evan Mark Richards
  • Patent number: 11136614
    Abstract: Methods for seeding live cells onto spatially defined regions of a substrate including multiple features (e.g., microwells or other microenvironments) utilize a stencil embodied in a hole-defining sacrificial film. A sacrificial film devoid of holes may be applied over features of a substrate, and a hole generating mechanism (e.g., hot needle or laser) aligned with features may be used to define holes in the film. Alternatively, holes may be predefined in a sacrificial film to form a stencil, and the stencil may be assembled to the substrate with the holes registered with features thereof. Thereafter, cells are seeded through holes in the film. Seeded cells are subject to incubation, further processing, and/or performance of one or more assays, and the hole-defining sacrificial film (stencil) may be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Jacob Messner, Clifford Anderson, Honor Glenn, Kristen Lee, Mark Richards, Laimonas Kelbauskas, Kimberly Bussey, Deirdre Meldrum
  • Publication number: 20210241347
    Abstract: A system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: determining a set of items to recommend to a user based on a probability exceeding a predetermined threshold that the user will re-order each item of the set of items at a present time, wherein the probability is determined based at least in part on previous transactions of the user and other users within a first period of time, and wherein the set of items includes at least a predetermined number of items; sending instructions to display the set of items to the user on a user interface, wherein at least a portion of the set of items is shown as selected on the user interface, and the user interface further comprises a single-click option to add to a cart all selected items of the set of items; receiving a selection of the single-click option to add to the cart the all selected items of the set of items; and after receivin
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Rahul Sridhar, Sinduja Subramaniam, Tejal Kumar Patted, Evren Korpeoglu, Kannan Achan, Rahul Ramkumar, Mark Richards Ibbotson, Thomas Russel Ward, Ryan Wayne Travis, Vidyanand Krishnan, Lucinda Frink Newcomb
  • Patent number: 11022809
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes one or more infrared light sources configured to emit infrared light toward one or more eyes of a wearer, a first mirror configured to transmit the infrared light reflected from the one or more eyes of the wearer toward the first mirror, that reaches the first mirror at a first incident angle, the second mirror configured to reflect the infrared light transmitted through the first mirror, toward the first mirror so that the first mirror is configured to reflect the infrared light reflected by the second mirror, and incident on the first mirror at a second incident angle that is greater than the first incident angle, one or more sensors configured to detect the infrared light reflected by the first mirror and the second mirror for determining a gaze direction of the one or more eyes of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Evan Mark Richards, Cina Hazegh
  • Patent number: D982822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Ben Harris, Mark Richards, Craig Glass, Anthony Cruice
  • Patent number: D983445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Ben Harris, Mark Richards, Craig Glass, Anthony Cruice
  • Patent number: D991551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Ben Harris, Mark Richards, Craig Glass, Anthony Cruice
  • Patent number: D998234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Ben Harris, Mark Richards, Craig Glass, Anthony Cruice
  • Patent number: D999439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Ben Harris, Mark Richards, Craig Glass, Anthony Cruice
  • Patent number: D999978
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Ben Harris, Mark Richards, Craig Glass, Anthony Cruice