Patents by Inventor Mark Terry
Mark Terry 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: 20170105397Abstract: Disclosed is a device configured to enable monitoring of the subsea surroundings of a trawl net or other seafood gathering device. The device comprises a cylindrical shell. The cylindrical shell comprises a sensor that generates data pertaining to the subsea surroundings of the device. The cylindrical shell also comprises a light source. The light source is a light-emitting device or a reflected beam of light. The sensor and the light source are rotatable around an axis extending to the ends of the cylindrical shell. The device further comprises one or more electrical components coupled to the sensor and the light source, and additionally communicatively coupled to a data processing device. At least a part of the cylindrical shell is transparent.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Robert Mark Terry, Scott Andrew Steber, Gregory Lewis Kress, Agustus Berman Shelander
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Publication number: 20160364689Abstract: Through various embodiments, a traceability system may comprise a first tracking device configured to receive a pre-generated session identification number, wherein the pre-generated session identification number is assigned to a first load and a MAC address of the device. The device is further configured to initialize one or more environmental sensors of the device and generate, through the one or more environmental sensors, environmental data pertaining to one or more factors of an environment surrounding the device. The device is additionally configured to execute a propagation query to generate a second session identification number adapted from the pre-generated session identification number, the second session identification number being related to a second load derived from the first load.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Robert Mark Terry, Ahmed Alhafidh, Anastassia Kolosova, Corey Ryan Peet
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Publication number: 20150156998Abstract: Described is a system, method, and platform for monitoring fishing environments and controlling devices associated therewith. A system includes a sensing array that comprises one or more sensors generating sensor data pertaining to environment characteristics of a fishing environment. Also included is a bidirectional communication subsystem to transmit the sensor data to a data processing device and transmit a control signal from the data processing device to the sensing array. A platform includes a data processing device, one or more controllers, and one or more sensors. The data processing device includes a processor configured to execute a plugin application bundle, a SaaS bundle, and an API bundle. Sensor data generated by the sensor(s) may be encrypted and stored in a secure cloud storage to be utilized by the plugin application bundle and the SaaS bundle. Based on the sensor data, the platform may manipulate devices associated with the platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventor: Robert Mark Terry
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Patent number: 8728207Abstract: In the method according to the invention for separating mercury from waste gases of a cement production process, the mercury is sorbed on a sorbent, the sorbent is subsequently discharged from the process and supplied to a discharge reactor which is operated with a carrier gas. The sorbent is heated there to temperatures of more than 250° C. so that the mercury is discharged from the sorbent and changed into the gas phase, the gas of the discharge reactor that has accumulated mercury subsequently having the dust removed from it in a preliminary dust removal device, and only a part-flow of the gas which has been enriched and had the dust removed from it in this manner being drawn off at high temperatures and cleaned in a subsequent sorption stage, whilst the remaining part-flow is brought to the temperature required for the discharge of the mercury in the discharge reactor in a heat transfer system and is again supplied as a carrier gas to the discharge reactor.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2010Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Inventors: Dietmar Schulz, Ludger Brentrup, Karl Menzel, Reinhard Beilmann, Detlev Kupper, Mark Terry
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Publication number: 20120286331Abstract: Integrated circuit (5) includes substrate (10) with surface (20) and structure (30) including base levels (45.i, 45.(i+1)), terminating cells (48, 49), and block (40) of standard cells arranged in rows (42.i, 42.(i+1)), and another type of block (60) outside block (40). Standard cells at at least two edges of block (40) have the following protections: (1) block (60) has strip of separation (41.j) having at least a minimum width from the edges of block (40), and protected by one of the following: (2) terminating cells (48, 49) reduce context effect and some terminating cells (48) are placed at i least one end of rows (42.i, 42.(i+1)) of standard cells within first-named block (40), and (3) the terminating cells (48, 49) reduce context effect and some terminating cells (49) are at one end of a column of standard cells within block (40). Other structures, devices, and processes are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Thomas J. Aton, Roger Mark Terry, Robert L. Pitts
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Publication number: 20120118151Abstract: In the method according to the invention for separating mercury from waste gases of a cement production process, the mercury is sorbed on a sorbent, the sorbent is subsequently discharged from the process and supplied to a discharge reactor which is operated with a carrier gas. The sorbent is heated there to temperatures of more than 250° C. so that the mercury is discharged from the sorbent and changed into the gas phase, the gas of the discharge reactor that has accumulated mercury subsequently having the dust removed from it in a preliminary dust removal device, and only a part-flow of the gas which has been enriched and had the dust removed from it in this manner being drawn off at high temperatures and cleaned in a subsequent sorption stage, whilst the remaining part-flow is brought to the temperature required for the discharge of the mercury in the discharge reactor in a heat transfer system and is again supplied as a carrier gas to the discharge reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventors: Dietmar Schulz, Ludger Brentrup, Karl Menzel, Reinhard Beilmann, Detlev Kupper, Mark Terry
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Patent number: 7987436Abstract: A method of making a mask design having optical proximity correction features is provided. The method can include obtaining a target pattern comprising a plurality of target pattern features corresponding to a plurality of features to be imaged on a substrate. The method can also comprise generating a mask design comprising mask features corresponding to the plurality of features to be imaged on the substrate and controlling the aspect ratio of at least one of the features of the plurality of features to be imaged on the substrate by positioning a sub-resolution assist feature proximate to the corresponding mask feature.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2009Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Scott William Jessen, Mark Terry, Robert Soper
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Patent number: 7879236Abstract: A lagoon of effluent is established, comprising a set of sub-portions at different levels in the lagoon associated with a corresponding set of concentrations of dissolved oxygen, each sub-portion of the lagoon having a different concentration of dissolved oxygen. An incubator comprising a set of sub-portions associated with said set of concentrations of dissolved oxygen is established, each sub-portion of the incubator having a different concentration of dissolved oxygen. A volume of effluent from each sub-portion of the lagoon is transmitted to a corresponding sub-portion of an incubator having a substantially similar concentration of dissolved oxygen as said sub-portion of the lagoon. A first remediated volume of effluent is generated in said corresponding sub-portion of the incubator responsive to proliferating a first microorganism which uses a first compound in said volume of effluent as substrate for growth, the first microorganism enabling a first chemical reaction which alters the first compound.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2008Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Verdure Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Mark Terry
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Publication number: 20100089822Abstract: A lagoon of effluent is stablished, comprising a set of sub-portions at different levels in the lagoon associated with a corresponding set of concentrations of dissolved oxygen, each sub-portion of the lagoon having a different concentration of dissolved oxygen. An incubator comprising a set of sub-portions associated with said set of concentrations of dissolved oxygen is established, each sub-portion of the incubator having a different concentration of dissolved oxygen. A volume of effluent from each sub-portion of the lagoon is transmitted to a corresponding sub-portion of an incubator having a substantially similar concentration of dissolved oxygen as said sub-portion of the lagoon. A first remediated volume of effluent is generated in said corresponding sub-portion of the incubator responsive to proliferating a first microorganism which uses a first compound in said volume of effluent as substrate for growth, the first microorganism enabling a first chemical reaction which alters the first compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2008Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: VERDURE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Mark Terry
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Publication number: 20090280226Abstract: Processing apparatus and method for meat, poultry and fish products include multiple successive immersions in sanitizing solutions at different temperatures within controlled environments including exposures to fluids at pressures different from ambient pressure to reduce resident microbial contaminants in preparation for packaging and distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2009Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: GLOBAL FOOD TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Mark Terry
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Publication number: 20090146259Abstract: A method of making a mask design having optical proximity correction features is provided. The method can include obtaining a target pattern comprising a plurality of target pattern features corresponding to a plurality of features to be imaged on a substrate. The method can also comprise generating a mask design comprising mask features corresponding to the plurality of features to be imaged on the substrate and controlling the aspect ratio of at least one of the features of the plurality of features to be imaged on the substrate by positioning a sub-resolution assist feature proximate to the corresponding mask feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2009Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Scott William Jessen, Mark Terry, Robert Soper
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Patent number: 7512928Abstract: A method of making a mask design having optical proximity correction features is provided. The method can include obtaining a target pattern comprising a plurality of target pattern features corresponding to a plurality of features to be imaged on a substrate. The method can also comprise generating a mask design comprising mask features corresponding to the plurality of features to be imaged on the substrate and controlling the aspect ratio of at least one of the features of the plurality of features to be imaged on the substrate by positioning a sub-resolution assist feature proximate to the corresponding mask feature.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2005Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Scott William Jessen, Mark Terry, Robert Soper
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Publication number: 20080020687Abstract: A dust collection device for a hand-held sanding block is disclosed. The dust collection device has an outer shell. The device also has a series of ribs and blocks to hold the sanding block in place along with a seal and baffles to contain the dust generated during the sanding process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventor: Mark Terry
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Publication number: 20070158223Abstract: A storage bucket for tools is convertible to an integrated tool carrier, work platform and debris capturing apparatus through the release of a locking mechanism which allows its side walls to collapse outwardly with respect to its base in forming the platform, and where the debris is collected by a canvas, cloth or plastic webbing spanning the spaces between the adjacent side walls once opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2006Publication date: July 12, 2007Inventor: Mark Terry
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Publication number: 20070082425Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment the invention, there is a device manufacturing method. The method can comprise providing a substrate comprising a radiation-sensitive material disposed thereon and directing a beam of radiation through an aperture such that the radiation produces at least two illumination poles. The method can also comprise exposing the substrate to the at least two illumination poles using off-axis illumination and varying a size of a first illumination pole of the at least two illumination poles with respect to a second illumination pole of the at least two illumination poles.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2005Publication date: April 12, 2007Inventors: Scott Jessen, Robert Soper, Mark Terry
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Publication number: 20070035031Abstract: A method of making a mask design having optical proximity correction features is provided. The method can include obtaining a target pattern comprising a plurality of target pattern features corresponding to a plurality of features to be imaged on a substrate. The method can also comprise generating a mask design comprising mask features corresponding to the plurality of features to be imaged on the substrate and controlling the aspect ratio of at least one of the features of the plurality of features to be imaged on the substrate by positioning a sub-resolution assist feature proximate to the corresponding mask feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2005Publication date: February 15, 2007Inventors: Scott Jessen, Mark Terry, Robert Soper
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Publication number: 20060286227Abstract: Processing apparatus and method for meat, poultry and fish products include multiple successive immersions in sanitizing solutions at different successive temperatures within controlled environments including at fluid pressures different from ambient pressure to reduce resident microbial contaminants in preparation for packaging and distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2005Publication date: December 21, 2006Inventor: Mark Terry
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Patent number: 7139599Abstract: Processing of plethysmographic signals via the cepstral domain is provided. In one embodiment, a cepstral domain plethysmographic signal processing method (200) includes the steps of obtaining (210) time domain plethysmographic signals, smoothing (220) the time domain plethysmographic signals, performing (230) a first-stage Fourier transformation of the time domain plethysmographic signals to frequency domain plethysmographic signals, computing (240) power spectrums from the frequency domain plethysmographic signals, scaling (250) the power spectrums with a logarithmic function, performing (260) a second-stage Fourier transformation on log-scaled spectrums to transform the power spectrums into cepstrums, and examining (270) the cepstrums to obtain information therefrom relating to a physiological condition of the patient such as the patient's pulse rate or SPO2 level.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2003Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Datex-Ohmeda, Inc.Inventor: Alvin Mark Terry
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Patent number: 6931269Abstract: Pulse oximetry is improved through classification of plethysmographic signals by processing the plethysmographic signals using a neural network that receives input coefficients from multiple signal domains including, for example, spectral, bispectral, cepstral and Wavelet filtered signal domains. In one embodiment, a plethysmographic signal obtained from a patient is transformed (240) from a first domain to a plurality of different signal domains (242, 243, 244, 245) to obtain a corresponding plurality of transformed plethysmographic signals. A plurality of sets of coefficients derived from the transformed plethysmographic signals are selected and directed to an input layer (251) of a neural network (250). The plethysmographic signal is classified by an output layer (253) of the neural network (250) that is connected to the input layer (251) by one or more hidden layers (252).Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2004Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: Datex-Ohmeda, Inc.Inventor: Alvin Mark Terry
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Publication number: 20040171948Abstract: Processing of plethysmographic signals via the cepstral domain is provided. In one embodiment, a cepstral domain plethysmographic signal processing method (200) includes the steps of obtaining (210) time domain plethysmographic signals, smoothing (220) the time domain plethysmographic signals, performing (230) a first-stage Fourier transformation of the time domain plethysmographic signals to frequency domain plethysmographic signals, computing (240) power spectrums from the frequency domain plethysmographic signals, scaling (250) the power spectrums with a logarithmic function, performing (260) a second-stage Fourier transformation on log-scaled spectrums to transform the power spectrums into cepstrums, and examining (270) the cepstrums to obtain information therefrom relating to a physiological condition of the patient such as the patient's pulse rate or SPO2 level.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2003Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventor: Alvin Mark Terry