Patents by Inventor Mark Weir

Mark Weir 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: 20230081819
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing insights to a consumer at a physical store are disclosed. The method includes: processing image data from the inside of a shopping cart to detect an event and determine an event type, the event type being an item addition event or an item removal event; determining a location of the shopping cart at the time of detecting the event; updating a temporary shopping session cache to include: the detected event, an item identifier of an item associated with the detected event, and location of the shopping cart at the time the event was detected; and responsive to detecting the event and the location of the shopping cart at the time of detecting the event: determine if insight is available based on the state of the temporary shopping session cache; and upon determining that the insight is available, generating and transmitting the insight to the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Weir, Daniel Johnson, Thomas Lau, Konstantinos Raptis
  • Patent number: 10965862
    Abstract: An interface is provided for navigating among views in a multi-camera environment. In addition to providing improved ease of use, such an interface also provides an overview of the scene represented by the captured video, by virtue of the positioning of various user interface elements representing different camera views. The navigation interface includes a number of selectable user interface elements, arranged in a fashion that approximates the physical positions of the cameras. Tapping or clicking on one of the elements causes a main window to display a current view from a corresponding camera or video feed. The navigation interface can be implemented, for example, in a live video capture system, or in a post-production system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Mark Weir, Grant Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20190222748
    Abstract: An interface is provided for navigating among views in a multi-camera environment. In addition to providing improved ease of use, such an interface also provides an overview of the scene represented by the captured video, by virtue of the positioning of various user interface elements representing different camera views. The navigation interface includes a number of selectable user interface elements, arranged in a fashion that approximates the physical positions of the cameras. Tapping or clicking on one of the elements causes a main window to display a current view from a corresponding camera or video feed. The navigation interface can be implemented, for example, in a live video capture system, or in a post-production system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Weir, Grant Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7223967
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometer (FAIMS) having a side-to-side electrode geometry. The FAIMS includes an inner electrode (102) having a length and an outer surface that is curved in a direction transverse to the length. The FAIMS also includes an outer electrode (104) having a length, a channel extending therethrough along at least a portion of the length, and a curved inner surface, a portion of the length of the outer electrode overlapping a portion of the length of the inner electrode so as to provide an analyzer region therebetween. The outer electrode has an ion inlet (114) for introducing ions from a source of ions into the analyzer region and an ion outlet (112) for extracting ions from the analyzer region, the ion inlet and the ion outlet being disposed on opposing sides of the outer electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Thermo Finnigan LLC
    Inventors: Roger Guevremont, Randy Purves, David Barnett, Mark Weir
  • Publication number: 20060060773
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometer (FAIMS) having a side-to-side electrode geometry. The FAIMS includes an inner electrode (102) having a length and an outer surface that is curved in a direction transverse to the length. The FAIMS also includes an outer electrode (104) having a length, a channel extending therethrough along at least a portion of the length, and a curved inner surface, a portion of the length of the outer electrode overlapping a portion of the length of the inner electrode so as to provide an analyzer region therebetween. The outer electrode has an ion inlet (114) for introducing ions from a source of ions into the analyzer region and an ion outlet (112) for extracting ions from the analyzer region, the ion inlet and the ion outlet being disposed on opposing sides of the outer electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicant: Ionalytics Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Guevremont, Randy Purves, David Barnett, Mark Weir
  • Patent number: 5672579
    Abstract: A cleaning solution consisting essentially of dimethyl ester, water and one or more organic solvents completely miscible at 23.degree. C. with dimethyl ester and water, said water present at at least ten weight percent based on the weight of solution components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Iris Margarita Diaz, Joel Jeffry Gummeson, Mark Weir Heininger