Patents by Inventor Mark Stephen

Mark Stephen 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: 20240106987
    Abstract: A sensor assembly contains at least first and second sensors configured to perform imaging from a portion of a vehicle, each sensor having a respective field of view (FOV) based on an imaging direction of the sensor, each sensor having an FOV origin. The sensor assembly is configured to be disposed at the portion of the vehicle such that (i) the first and second sensors' FOV origins are each outboard from the vehicle, (ii) the first and second sensors' imaging directions are each within 90 degrees in yaw of being parallel to the backward direction of the vehicle, (iii) the first sensor's imaging direction is closer in yaw than the second sensor's imaging direction to being parallel to the backward direction of the vehicle, and (iv) the first sensor's FOV origin is more outboard from the vehicle than the second sensor's FOV origin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Andre Manfred Strobel, Mark Stephen Calleija, Aman Ved Kalia
  • Patent number: 11934925
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method performed by a classification scanner comprises receiving an electronic message and determining a classification that applies to the electronic message. The classification is determined based on an express indication from a user. The method further comprises providing a machine learning trainer with the electronic message and an identification of the classification that applies to the electronic message. The machine learning trainer is adapted to determine a machine learning policy that associates attributes of the electronic message with the classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ZixCorp Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Potkalesky, Mark Stephen DeMichele
  • Patent number: 11930018
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method performed by a classification scanner comprises receiving an electronic message and determining whether the electronic message includes an express indication from the user indicating that a classification applies to the electronic message. In response to determining that the electronic message does not include the express indication that the classification applies to the electronic message, the message further comprises sending the electronic message to a machine learning scanner. The machine learning scanner is adapted to use a machine learning policy to determine whether the classification applies to the electronic message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ZixCorp Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Potkalesky, Mark Stephen DeMichele
  • Patent number: 11911817
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a part is provided, which includes a die. The die includes a round orifice, a central mandrel disposed within the round orifice, and a plurality of bridges and a corresponding plurality of portholes between the bridges. The bridges and the portholes extending around the central mandrel. A spacing of the bridges around the mandrel is non-equiangular. The die allows a material to be extruded through the die to form a round, closed geometry tube from the material such that the round, closed geometry tube has non-equiangular welds after emerging from the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Andrey M. Ilinich, Stephen Kernosky, Mark Stephen Salmonowicz, S. George Luckey, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11890697
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for additive manufacturing a three-dimensional object layer-by-layer including depositing a layer of material on a bed surface or a previously deposited layer of the object to form the object layer-by-layer; providing energy to the material after each layer is deposited with the energy being provided by an energy source that forms an energized beam directed at the material; altering a property of a gas surrounding the material and through which the energized beam extends to alter a property of the object constructed from the material; melting the material with the energized beam to form a melted pool of liquefied material; and allowing the material to solidify to bond the material to a previous layer of material of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Lopac, Ryan Chou
  • Publication number: 20240028187
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented method comprising: aggregating option evaluation data for a plurality of options and for a plurality of predefined criteria; graphically displaying the user modifiable chart comprising the plurality of graphical representations of the aggregated option evaluation data, wherein: each graphical representation depicts data points visually plotted with weights, the plurality of graphical representations for the plurality of predefined criteria are visually ordered according to a rank of the plurality of predefined criteria, and the weights are based on the rank of the plurality of predefined criteria; detecting a first user input modifying the rank of at least one predefined criterion; in accordance with the first user input, automatically updating the weights of the data points; and displaying an updated user modifiable chart comprising the plurality of graphical representations of the aggregated option evaluation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Lee KLEIN, Brittany Allison TRACY, Elizabeth HAINES, Thomas W. WHIELDON, Christopher M. BERGER, Gavin Timothy PLESKO, Mark Stephen PFAFF
  • Publication number: 20240028185
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented method comprising aggregating PFAS remediation evaluation data for a plurality of remediation options and for a plurality of predefined criteria; graphically displaying the user modifiable chart comprising the plurality of graphical representations of the aggregated PFAS remediation evaluation data, wherein: each graphical representation depicts data points visually plotted with weights, the plurality of graphical representations for the plurality of predefined criteria are visually ordered according to a rank of the plurality of predefined criteria, and the weights are based on the rank of the plurality of predefined criteria; detecting a first user input modifying the rank of at least one predefined criterion; in accordance with the first user input, automatically updating the weights of the data points; and displaying an updated user modifiable chart comprising the plurality of graphical representations of the aggregated PFAS remediation evaluation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Lee KLEIN, Ryan Douglas HOLLINS, Mark Stephen PFAFF, Brittany Allison TRACY, Elizabeth HAINES, James Alex PHILP, Jay Nathan LUSTIG, Thomas W. WHIELDON, Joseph John Patrick ROBERTS, Christopher M. BERGER, Gavin Timothy PLESKO
  • Publication number: 20240027390
    Abstract: Analyte sensor comprises a substrate having an upper surface including a first portion and a second exposed portion, an electrode layer disposed on the first portion and having an elongate body comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the electrode layer including an active working electrode area having a surface area of between 0.15 mm2 to 0.25 mm2, at least one sensing spot with at least one analyte responsive enzyme disposed on the active working electrode area. Additional analyte sensors are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
    Inventors: Udo Hoss, Max Garbett, Andrew James Bull, Stephen Oja, Benjamin J. Feldman, Lam N. Tran, Jean-Pierre Babka, Mark Stephen Yahnke, Tahir S. Khan, Adrian Petyt, Mark Alan Schulz, Andrew McGibbon, Owen Daniel Reynolds
  • Patent number: 11880382
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating tables from print-ready digital source documents. A document is received and one or more text fragments are identified on a rendered page of the document. A wrapping region collection is generated, comprising one or more wrapping regions. A tabular, narrative and label score is generated for each wrapping region. A block type is assigned to each wrapping region based on the scores. A wrapping region group and a block set are generated. One or more tables are generated based on text fragments corresponding to one of the one or more blocks. The text fragments are organized into corresponding fields of the one or more tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: DATAWATCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Kyre, Jeffrey Lucas Eldridge, Austin Alexander Spears, Samuel Allen Hudock
  • Patent number: 11875887
    Abstract: A system configured to be coupled with a participant of an activity. The system comprises: a participant activity monitoring unit configured for monitoring a performance of the activity by the participant; an activity information module configured for storing performance information corresponding to the activity; and a participant performance correlator configured for delivering comparative performance data based on the monitored performance of the activity by the participant and the stored performance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario Galasso, Wesley E. Allinger, David M. Haugen, Robert David Kaswen, Mark Stephen Fitzsimmons
  • Publication number: 20240009496
    Abstract: A nonobstructive protective housing for a fire sprinkler head has a first case half and a second case half with apertures formed in the case halves. The second case half is hingedly coupled to the first case half. The first case half and the second case half are movable between an open position and a closed position. A method of non-obstructively protecting a fire sprinkler head with the nonobstructive protective housing includes fastening the nonobstructive protective housing around the fire sprinkler head such that the apertures accommodate a flow of water from the fire sprinkler head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Ouellette, Carol Ann Leofanti
  • Patent number: 11866179
    Abstract: An air data probe includes a probe head having an interior surface defining a cavity, a component positioned within the cavity of the probe head, a plurality of protrusions defining contact between the interior surface of the probe head and a peripheral surface of the component prior to brazing the component to the probe head, and a braze material located between the interior surface of the probe head and the peripheral surface of the component as a result of brazing the component to the probe head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Baker, Matthew Kulhanek, Mark Stephen Lopac, Colin E. Towne
  • Patent number: 11869735
    Abstract: A contactor (1) comprising a first contact member (3) fixed and connected to a first conductor (5) of an electrical circuit; a second contact member (7) connected to a second conductor (9) of the electrical circuit by a connector (11); wherein the second contact member moves between a break position, in which the first and second contact members are out of contact, and a make position, in which the first and second contact members are in contact; an actuator assembly (15) coupled to the second contact member such that actuation of the actuator assembly translates into movement of the second contact member; an electromagnetic arrangement comprising an electromagnetic coil (17) and at least a part of the actuator assembly, wherein, when the coil is energised, the coil generates a magnetic field and thereby the actuation assembly is caused to move under the influence of the magnetic field, which in turn causes the second contact member to move; a hermetically sealable enclosure (2); wherein the first and second
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Solid State PLC
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Del Giudice, John Hamilton Merrill
  • Patent number: 11869651
    Abstract: A system configured to be coupled with a participant of an activity. The system comprises: a participant activity monitoring unit configured for monitoring a performance of the activity by the participant; an activity information module configured for storing performance information corresponding to the activity; and a participant performance correlator configured for delivering comparative performance data based on the monitored performance of the activity by the participant and the stored performance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario Galasso, Wesley E. Allinger, David M. Haugen, Robert David Kaswen, Mark Stephen Fitzsimmons
  • Patent number: 11856939
    Abstract: A cover for a probe head of an air data probe includes a sleeve defining a cavity for enclosing a portion of the probe head of the air data probe, the sleeve including a closed end, an open end opposite the closed end, and an interior surface extending from the open end to the closed end, and a reservoir for holding insect repellent, the reservoir located at least partially within the cavity of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Lopac, Mark Baker
  • Publication number: 20230417887
    Abstract: Airborne LiDAR bathymetry systems and methods of use are provided. The airborne LiDAR bathymetry system can collect topographic data and bathymetric data at high altitudes. The airborne LiDAR bathymetry system has a receiver system, a detector system, and a laser transmission system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Nathan Lee Hopper, Joseph R. Seppi, Rodney Ross Faulkner, II, Mark Douglas Smits, II, Joong Yong Park, Mark Stephen Millman, Eric Josef Cahoon, Christopher T. Cotton, Joshua Gluckman, Alexander Cheff Halterman, Grady Tuell, Andrew Wallace Stark, John Henry Gerhard, William Jeffrey Lillycrop
  • Patent number: 11852864
    Abstract: An arrayed waveguide for a photonic integrated circuit has a single optical path with serially connected delay lines. Different delayed optical paths or channels are periodically split off from the serially connected optical delay path. This has the net result of requiring much less space on-chip for comparable optical path differences with high spectral resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Mark Stephen, Renan Moreira, Fabrizio Gambini
  • Patent number: 11820295
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for use of a portable speaker system both as part of a vehicular audio system and as a stand-alone audio system. A speaker may be attached to an internal speaker receptacle of a vehicle and coupling to an audio amplifier of the vehicle. Audio performances received by the speaker from the audio amplifier may then be played by the speaker. The speaker may also be decoupling from the audio amplifier of the vehicle and detached from the internal speaker receptacle of the vehicle. Audio performances received by the speaker from a wireless interface coupled to the speaker may then be played by the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Naoki Hayashi, Craig LaMontagne, Kim Fiskbæk Andreasen, Matthew Christopher Marrocco, Mark Stephen Pisaneschi
  • Publication number: 20230366870
    Abstract: A non-destructive method for determining at least one of a cover depth and a cross-sectional area of at least a first ferrous rebar that is within a non-magnetic can include the steps of: a) establishing an electromagnetic circuit comprising the first ferrous rebar, a electromagnetic coupler, a first transmitter and a first receiver; b) introducing a first pulsed electromagnetic interrogation signal along the electromagnetic circuit; c) receiving a response electromagnetic signal having first magnitude that is induced in the first ferrous rebar and generating a corresponding response electrical signal; d) determining at least one of the cover depth and the cross-sectional area of the first ferrous rebar based on time information and the voltage information and generate a corresponding first output signal using a response signal processor; e) providing a first user output based on the output signal using a user output module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Stephen LULOFF, Torin ZAUGG, Stephen HOGG, Jia LEI
  • Publication number: 20230315036
    Abstract: A method of executing remote monitoring and controlling of a plurality of entities using a cloud-based platform. The method includes: connecting a first entity to a network system; providing a data system connected between the network system and a cloud server; receiving first equipment data and first sensor data from the first entity; generating tagged first equipment data and tagged first sensor data; transmitting the tagged first equipment data and the tagged first sensor data to the cloud server; normalizing the tagged first equipment data and the tagged first sensor data by converting the tagged first equipment and the tagged first sensor data into standardized first equipment data and standardized first sensor data; generating a first digital representation of the first entity based on the standardized first equipment data and the standardized first sensor data; and transmitting display data of the first digital representation to a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Chris Haslan Evans, Mark Stephen Glynn