Patents by Inventor Martin Browne

Martin Browne 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: 20160220816
    Abstract: Electrical stimulation of a human knee. In one example embodiment, a method for electrical stimulation of a human knee may include positioning first, second, third, and fourth surface electrodes on the skin over acupuncture points Stomach 34, Stomach 36, Spleen 9, and Spleen 10, respectively, and sending, to the first, second, third, and fourth surface electrodes, during a single treatment, a first current followed by a second current. The first current may be sent at a first frequency for a first time period and the second current may be sent at a second frequency for a second time period. The first frequency may be different from the second frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventor: Martin Brown
  • Patent number: 9378639
    Abstract: A method for target identification for a connectable device is carried out at a mobile device. A sensor on a mobile device receives one or more infrared emissions from one or more infrared light sources, each light source being provided by a connectable device in an area. One or more processors in the mobile device analyze the one or more infrared emissions to determine a target connectable device at a target position in the area. The mobile device receives a blink pattern of infrared emissions from the target connectable device. One or more processors in the mobile device decode the blink pattern to determine a reference for the target connectable device to enable wireless connection by the mobile device to the target connectable device for data transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Brown, Nicholas K. Lincoln, Jens D. R. Lundgren, Anthony P. Papageorgiou
  • Patent number: 9314609
    Abstract: A device for providing electrical stimulation of a human knee. One example device includes first, second, third, and fourth surface electrodes, a wrap configured to be wrapped around the human knee, and an electrical device. The wrap includes a wrap positioning indicator configured to be positioned over a specified portion of the human knee. The wrap also includes first, second, third, and fourth electrode attachment locations corresponding to acupuncture points Stomach 34, Stomach 36, Spleen 9, and Spleen 10. The electrical device is configured to automatically send, to the first, second, third, and fourth surface electrodes, during a single treatment, a first current at a first frequency for a first time period followed by a second current at a second frequency for a second time period, with the first frequency being different from the second frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Inventor: Martin Brown
  • Publication number: 20160071245
    Abstract: A system includes obtaining de-noised reconstructed image data and edge improving a sub-set of the de-noised reconstructed image data corresponding to edges of structure represented in the de-noise reconstructed image data. A system (100) includes an edge detector (202) that detects an edge map of edge locations within de-noised reconstructed image data, a noise image data generator (204) that generates noise image data by subtracting the reconstructed image data by the de-noised reconstructed image data, a noisy edge image data generator (206) that generates noisy edge image data by multiplying the noise image data image data and a product of a weight and the de-noised reconstructed image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Frank BERGNER, Kevin Martin BROWN, Stanislav ZABIC
  • Publication number: 20160063572
    Abstract: The disclosure provides technology for managing the placement of advertisements. An ad insertion platform contains one or more lists that allow the ad insertion platform to filter advertisement placements and manage placing advertisement opportunities to the appropriate buyers. The disclosure also provides a database and monitoring software to allow faster querying and management of data for the real time bidding system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Brown, Thomas Schmidt, Giao Huu Phan, Amanda Roever, Pravin Savkar, Karim Seada
  • Publication number: 20160055335
    Abstract: A multi-stage event detector for monitoring a system to detect the occurrence of multistage events in the monitored system, the multi-stage event detector includes: one or more event detecting detector units (142, 144) for detecting observable events occurring on the monitored system; one or more parameter generating detector units (152, 154) for generating parameter values which vary over time dependent on the behaviour of the monitored system; a hidden state determiner (120) for determining a likely sequence of states of interest of the system based on the outputs of the one or more event detecting detector units; and a transition determiner (130) for determining a likely transition occurrence based on a comparison of a set of values of a parameter or set of parameters generated by one or more of the one or more parameter generating detector units with a plurality of pre-specified functions or sets of values of a corresponding parameter or set of parameters associated with different transition occurrences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Ian HERWONO, Zhan CUI, Ben AZVINE, Martin BROWN, Karl SMITH
  • Patent number: 9177747
    Abstract: A flash lamp is disclosed including an insulative envelope containing a gas and housing a pair of arcing electrodes and characterized by an instance of isolated conductive material being formed at a predetermined location on the inside of the envelope adjacent an electrode. Further disclosed is a corresponding method of manufacturing a flash lamp and apparatus for the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
    Inventors: John Littlechild, Martin Brown
  • Patent number: 9147006
    Abstract: A computer management apparatus, method and computer program operable for displaying a data file on a client computer, wherein the data file comprises a structure file and a first plurality of data elements, the apparatus comprising: a send component operable for sending a first message comprising a request for the structure file; a receive component operable for receiving the structure file; an evaluate component operable for determining a second plurality of data elements, wherein the second plurality of data elements is associated with a visible area; a send component further operable for sending a second message, wherein the second message comprises a request for the second plurality of data elements; a receive component further operable for receiving the second plurality of data elements; and a display component, responsive to receipt of the second plurality of data elements, operable for displaying the second plurality of data elements in the visible area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Brown, Timothy Peter Griffith, Anthony Philip Papageorgiou, Gavin Peter Willingham
  • Patent number: 9141405
    Abstract: A system and method for constructing a graphical user interface for an application being accessed by a user are provided. The method includes measuring the user's current work rate, deriving a threshold from the user's current work rate, determining the user's current activity within the application, assigning a value to the user's current activity, accessing a model for the application, the model defining links between activities within the application, assigning values to activities linked within the accessed model to the user's current activity, and displaying a control element in a graphical user interface for each activity with a value above the derived threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Brown, David T. G. Drakard, Christopher Knott, Henning Lueke, Anthony P. Papageorgiou, Alena Shunkevich
  • Publication number: 20150138008
    Abstract: A method for target identification for a connectable device is carried out at a mobile device. A sensor on a mobile device receives one or more infrared emissions from one or more infrared light sources, each light source being provided by a connectable device in an area. One or more processors in the mobile device analyze the one or more infrared emissions to determine a target connectable device at a target position in the area. The mobile device receives a blink pattern of infrared emissions from the target connectable device. One or more processors in the mobile device decode the blink pattern to determine a reference for the target connectable device to enable wireless connection by the mobile device to the target connectable device for data transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Martin Brown, Nicholas K. Lincoln, Jens D. R. Lundgren, Anthony P. Papageorgiou
  • Publication number: 20150072584
    Abstract: A flash lamp is disclosed including an insulative envelope containing a gas and housing a pair of arcing electrodes and characterized by an instance of isolated conductive material being formed at a predetermined location on the inside of the envelope adjacent an electrode. Further disclosed is a corresponding method of manufacturing a flash lamp and apparatus for the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: John LITTLECHILD, Martin BROWN
  • Publication number: 20150049930
    Abstract: A method includes scaling a regularization term of an update algorithm of an iterative reconstruction algorithm with regularization with a scaling value. The scaling value is variable in at least one dimension, thereby varying the regularization of the iterative reconstruction in the least one dimension. The method further includes iteratively reconstructing an image based at least on the update algorithm, the varying scaled regularization term, and projection data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventor: Kevin Martin Brown
  • Patent number: 8922119
    Abstract: A flash lamp is disclosed including an insulative envelope containing a gas and housing a pair of arcing electrodes and characterized by an instance of isolated conductive material being formed at a predetermined location on the inside of the envelope adjacent an electrode. Further disclosed is a corresponding method of manufacturing a flash lamp and apparatus for the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Heraeus Noblelight Ltd.
    Inventors: John Littlechild, Martin Brown
  • Patent number: 8692160
    Abstract: A heated counter for service of hot food has one or more hotplates, a light source illuminating each hotplate and a number of light sensors below each hotplate. When a sensor is obscured by a dish of food, power is supplied to that hotplate, and when no sensor is obscured, that hotplate is kept in stand-by mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Holmes Catering Group Limited
    Inventor: Martin Brown
  • Publication number: 20140089913
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a method and apparatus for deploying a contextually dependent application on a mobile device. A method includes determining a current location of a mobile device and gathering environmental data from the mobile device. The method also includes inferring from the current location of the mobile device and the gathered environmental data an operating environment of the mobile device and receiving a list of applications, wherein the list of applications includes metadata for each of the applications. The method further includes analysing the metadata to identify an application that has characteristics that are compatible with the operating environment of the mobile device and installing the identified application on the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin Aaronson, Martin Brown, Alexander Irving, Anthony P. Papageorgiou, Jeremy Taylor, Caroline Yeomans
  • Publication number: 20140086901
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for inhibiting the growth of solid tumors following radiation treatment are described. The compositions and methods target matrix metalloproteinases and bone marrow-derived cells expressing matrix metalloproteinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: John Martin Brown, G-one Ahn, Mitomu Kioi
  • Publication number: 20130110220
    Abstract: A system for providing electrical stimulation of a joint. The system includes a wrap. The wrap includes a body, wherein the body is configured to be placed over the joint. The wrap also includes a first arm configured to be placed on a first side of the joint and attached to the body. The wrap further includes a second arm configured to be placed on a second side of the joint and attached to the body opposite the first arm. The wrap also includes a set of electrode locators. The set of electrode locators includes a first electrode locator, configured to receive a first electrode, a second electrode locator, configured to receive a second electrode, a third electrode locator, configured to receive a third electrode and a fourth electrode locator, configured to receive a fourth electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventor: Martin Brown
  • Patent number: 8383233
    Abstract: A water felted base mat for a suspended ceiling tile comprising on a weight basis about ½ mineral wool, starch binder, limited to about ?, newsprint, limited to about ?, and about ¼ expanded glass beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: USG Interiors, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory O. Palm, Martin Brown, Qing Claire Yu, Bangji Cao
  • Patent number: 8336948
    Abstract: A method of attaching a glass window to an auto soft top by positioning a ring around a window opening in the soft top and wrapping an edge of the window opening around at least a portion of the ring. An adhesive is positioned between the edge portion of the ring and the soft top and the glass window is positioned over the ring and secured thereto by an adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: GAHH, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Brown, Neshan Markarian, John Bath
  • Publication number: 20120284346
    Abstract: A computer management apparatus, method and computer program operable for displaying a data file on a client computer, wherein the data file comprises a structure file and a first plurality of data elements, the apparatus comprising: a send component operable for sending a first message comprising a request for the structure file; a receive component operable for receiving the structure file; an evaluate component operable for determining a second plurality of data elements, wherein the second plurality of data elements is associated with a visible area; a send component further operable for sending a second message, wherein the second message comprises a request for the second plurality of data elements; a receive component further operable for receiving the second plurality of data elements; and a display component, responsive to receipt of the second plurality of data elements, operable for displaying the second plurality of data elements in the visible area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines
    Inventors: Martin Brown, Timothy Peter Griffith, Anthony Philip Papageorgiou, Gavin Peter Willingham