Patents by Inventor Matthew Dick
Matthew Dick 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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Patent number: 11938982Abstract: A method for analyzing one or more conditions of a transportation pathway includes obtaining, using an imaging device of an inspection system, image data reproducible as a plurality of images of the transportation pathway, each of the plurality of images being reproducible as an image of a portion of the transportation pathway, each portion of the transportation pathway having an associated location along a length of the transportation pathway, analyzing, using one or more processors of the inspection system, the image data to determine a first plurality of metrics indicative of a condition of the transportation pathway at each of the associated locations, and generating a first graph, using the determined first plurality of metrics, that is indicative of the condition of the transportation pathway at each of the associated locations.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Ensco, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Dick, David Ford, Zhipeng Liu, Samson Yilma
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Patent number: 11912320Abstract: A system for analyzing a railroad track comprises a transport device, a camera coupled to the transport device, an electronic display device, a memory device, and one or more processors. The camera is disposed adjacent to a rail of the railroad track and generates image data reproducible as one or more images of at least a portion of a surface of the rail. The processors can produce an image of the rail surface, which includes a plurality of elongated portions. The image is analyzed to identify any defects that exist within each elongated portion of the rail surface. The processors determine a value of a metric for each elongated portion of the rail surface. The metric is associated with the identified defects. The electronic display device displays a graph indicative of the metric for each elongated portion, the image of the rail surface, or both.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Ensco, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Dick, Zhipeng Liu, Samson Yilma
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Patent number: 11873016Abstract: A sensor device includes an audio sensor and a wireless communication module. The audio sensor is configured to be mounted on a railroad vehicle. The audio sensor is configured to (i) monitor sounds emanating from one or more wheels of the railroad vehicle as the railroad vehicle moves along a track and (ii) generate sound data associated with the monitored sounds emanating from the one or more wheels. The wireless communication module is configured to transmit a broken wheel signal responsive to a determination that a portion of the generated sound data is indicative that a first one of the one or more wheels is damaged or broken.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Ensco, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Dick, Amaury Rolin
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Publication number: 20230331267Abstract: A system for analyzing a railroad track comprises a transport device, a camera coupled to the transport device, an electronic display device, a memory device, and one or more processors. The camera is disposed adjacent to a rail of the railroad track and generates image data reproducible as one or more images of at least a portion of a surface of the rail. The processors can produce an image of the rail surface, which includes a plurality of elongated portions. The image is analyzed to identify any defects that exist within each elongated portion of the rail surface. The processors determine a value of a metric for each elongated portion of the rail surface. The metric is associated with the identified defects. The electronic display device displays a graph indicative of the metric for each elongated portion, the image of the rail surface, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2022Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Matthew Dick, Zhipeng Liu, Samson Yilma
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Publication number: 20230071611Abstract: A method for analyzing one or more conditions of a transportation pathway includes obtaining, using an imaging device of an inspection system, image data reproducible as a plurality of images of the transportation pathway, each of the plurality of images being reproducible as an image of a portion of the transportation pathway, each portion of the transportation pathway having an associated location along a length of the transportation pathway, analyzing, using one or more processors of the inspection system, the image data to determine a first plurality of metrics indicative of a condition of the transportation pathway at each of the associated locations, and generating a first graph, using the determined first plurality of metrics, that is indicative of the condition of the transportation pathway at each of the associated locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Matthew Dick, David Ford, Zhipeng Liu, Samson Yilma
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Patent number: 11529980Abstract: A method for analyzing one or more conditions of a transportation pathway includes obtaining, using an imaging device of an inspection system, image data reproducible as a plurality of images of the transportation pathway, each of the plurality of images being reproducible as an image of a portion of the transportation pathway, each portion of the transportation pathway having an associated location along a length of the transportation pathway, analyzing, using one or more processors of the inspection system, the image data to determine a first plurality of metrics indicative of a condition of the transportation pathway at each of the associated locations, and generating a first graph, using the determined first plurality of metrics, that is indicative of the condition of the transportation pathway at each of the associated locations.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: ENSCO, INC.Inventors: Matthew Dick, David Ford, Zhipeng Liu, Samson Yilma
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Publication number: 20220372514Abstract: This invention relates to preparations comprising adenoviral vectors with modified capsid proteins. These modified capsid proteins enable customisable decoration of the adenoviral vector to be performed, enabling diverse applications from personalised cancer vaccines to targeted gene therapy vectors, and mixtures of the same. In particular, the adenoviral vectors with modified capsid proteins may be modified in the hexon and/or pIX capsid proteins. The invention makes use of peptide pairs to provide a “primed” adenovirus which is ready for decoration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Matthew DICKS, Mark HOWARTH, Sumi BISWAS
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Patent number: 11479281Abstract: A system for analyzing a railroad track comprises a transport device, a camera coupled to the transport device, an electronic display device, a memory device, and one or more processors. The camera is disposed adjacent to a rail of the railroad track and generates image data reproducible as one or more images of at least a portion of a surface of the rail. The processors can produce an image of the rail surface, which includes a plurality of elongated portions. The image is analyzed to identify any defects that exist within each elongated portion of the rail surface. The processors determine a value of a metric for each elongated portion of the rail surface. The metric is associated with the identified defects. The electronic display device displays a graph indicative of the metric for each elongated portion, the image of the rail surface, or both.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Ensco, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Dick, Zhipeng Liu, Samson Yilma
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Publication number: 20220258779Abstract: A system for analyzing thermal properties of a railroad includes a thermal imaging device configured to generate thermal image data reproducible as a thermal image of a portion of the railroad, the thermal image data being associated with a location of the portion of the railroad, an electronic display device, a memory device configured to receive and store therein the generated thermal image data; and one or more processors configured to: determine a temperature metric of the portion of the railroad based at least in part on the thermal image data; and cause the electronic display device to display (i) a first graph indicative of the temperature metric of the portion of the railroad and (ii) a second graph indicative of a railroad track geometry metric associated with the location of the portion of the railroad.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Matthew Dick, Zhipeng Liu, Samson Yilma
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Publication number: 20220220507Abstract: The present invention provides recombinant adenoviral vectors, immunogenic compositions thereof and their uses in medicine. In particular, the present invention provides an adenoviral vector comprising the genome of an adenovirus other than AdHu5 and AdY25, wherein the genome of the adenovirus has been modified such that the vector lacks the native E4 locus of the adenovirus and comprises heterologous E4Orfl, E4Orf2 and E4Orf3 coding regions from AdY25.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: Oxford University Innovation LimitedInventors: Sarah C. Gilbert, Adrian VS Hill, Matthew G. Cottingham, Matthew Dicks, Susan J. Morris, Alexander Douglas
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Patent number: 11358617Abstract: A system for analyzing thermal properties of a railroad includes a thermal imaging device configured to generate thermal image data reproducible as a thermal image of a portion of the railroad, the thermal image data being associated with a location of the portion of the railroad, an electronic display device, a memory device configured to receive and store therein the generated thermal image data; and one or more processors configured to: determine a temperature metric of the portion of the railroad based at least in part on the thermal image data; and cause the electronic display device to display (i) a first graph indicative of the temperature metric of the portion of the railroad and (ii) a second graph indicative of a railroad track geometry metric associated with the location of the portion of the railroad.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Ensco, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Dick, Zhipeng Liu, Samson Yilma
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Patent number: 11306325Abstract: The present invention provides recombinant adenoviral vectors, immunogenic compositions thereof and their uses in medicine. In particular, the present invention provides an adenoviral vector comprising the genome of an adenovirus other than AdHu5 and AdY25, wherein the genome of the adenovirus has been modified such that the vector lacks the native E4 locus of the adenovirus and comprises heterologous E4Orf1, E4Orf2 and E4Orf3 coding regions from AdY25.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Oxford University Innovation LimitedInventors: Sarah C. Gilbert, Adrian V S Hill, Matthew G. Cottingham, Matthew Dicks, Susan J. Morris, Alexander Douglas
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Publication number: 20210229714Abstract: A system for analyzing a railroad track comprises a transport device, a camera coupled to the transport device, an electronic display device, a memory device, and one or more processors. The camera is disposed adjacent to a rail of the railroad track and generates image data reproducible as one or more images of at least a portion of a surface of the rail. The processors can produce an image of the rail surface, which includes a plurality of elongated portions. The image is analyzed to identify any defects that exist within each elongated portion of the rail surface. The processors determine a value of a metric for each elongated portion of the rail surface. The metric is associated with the identified defects. The electronic display device displays a graph indicative of the metric for each elongated portion, the image of the rail surface, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Matthew Dick, Zhipeng Liu, Samson Yilma
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Patent number: 11001283Abstract: A system for analyzing a railroad track comprises a transport device, a camera coupled to the transport device, an electronic display device, a memory device, and one or more processors. The camera is disposed adjacent to a rail of the railroad track and generates image data reproducible as one or more images of at least a portion of a surface of the rail. The processors can produce an image of the rail surface, which includes a plurality of elongated portions. The image is analyzed to identify any defects that exist within each elongated portion of the rail surface. The processors determine a value of a metric for each elongated portion of the rail surface. The metric is associated with the identified defects. The electronic display device displays a graph indicative of the metric for each elongated portion, the image of the rail surface, or both.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: ENSCO, INC.Inventors: Matthew Dick, Zhipeng Liu, Samson Yilma
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Publication number: 20210061322Abstract: A system for analyzing thermal properties of a railroad includes a thermal imaging device configured to generate thermal image data reproducible as a thermal image of a portion of the railroad, the thermal image data being associated with a location of the portion of the railroad, an electronic display device, a memory device configured to receive and store therein the generated thermal image data; and one or more processors configured to: determine a temperature metric of the portion of the railroad based at least in part on the thermal image data; and cause the electronic display device to display (i) a first graph indicative of the temperature metric of the portion of the railroad and (ii) a second graph indicative of a railroad track geometry metric associated with the location of the portion of the railroad.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Matthew Dick, Zhipeng Liu, Samson Yilma
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Patent number: 10864926Abstract: A system for analyzing thermal properties of a railroad includes a thermal imaging device configured to generate thermal image data reproducible as a thermal image of a portion of the railroad, the thermal image data being associated with a location of the portion of the railroad, an electronic display device, a memory device configured to receive and store therein the generated thermal image data; and one or more processors configured to: determine a temperature metric of the portion of the railroad based at least in part on the thermal image data; and cause the electronic display device to display (i) a first graph indicative of the temperature metric of the portion of the railroad and (ii) a second graph indicative of a railroad track geometry metric associated with the location of the portion of the railroad.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: ENSCO, INC.Inventors: Matthew Dick, Zhipeng Liu, Samson Yilma
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Publication number: 20200317239Abstract: A sensor device includes an audio sensor and a wireless communication module. The audio sensor is configured to be mounted on a railroad vehicle. The audio sensor is configured to (i) monitor sounds emanating from one or more wheels of the railroad vehicle as the railroad vehicle moves along a track and (ii) generate sound data associated with the monitored sounds emanating from the one or more wheels. The wireless communication module is configured to transmit a broken wheel signal responsive to a determination that a portion of the generated sound data is indicative that a first one of the one or more wheels is damaged or broken.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Matthew Dick, Amaury Rolin
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Publication number: 20200239049Abstract: A method for analyzing one or more conditions of a transportation pathway includes obtaining, using an imaging device of an inspection system, image data reproducible as a plurality of images of the transportation pathway, each of the plurality of images being reproducible as an image of a portion of the transportation pathway, each portion of the transportation pathway having an associated location along a length of the transportation pathway, analyzing, using one or more processors of the inspection system, the image data to determine a first plurality of metrics indicative of a condition of the transportation pathway at each of the associated locations, and generating a first graph, using the determined first plurality of metrics, that is indicative of the condition of the transportation pathway at each of the associated locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Matthew Dick, David Ford, Zhipeng Liu, Samson Yilma
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Publication number: 20200207384Abstract: A method for operating a railroad vehicle without reference to physical railroad signs placed along a railroad track includes determining a current location of the railroad vehicle along the railroad track based on the determined current location of the railroad vehicle, automatically selecting a virtual railroad sign from one or more databases containing a plurality of virtual railroad signs, each of the plurality of virtual railroad signs stored in the one or more databases being associated with (i) a location along the railroad track and (ii) a message, and displaying, on an electronic display device a railroad track indicia representative of a segment of the railroad track, a railroad vehicle indicia representative of at least a portion of the railroad vehicle, and an indicia representative of the associated message of the selected virtual railroad sign.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Matthew Dick, Larisa Parks, Michael Tolfree, Jackie Van der Westhuizen, John Martin
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Publication number: 20200164904Abstract: A system for analyzing a railroad track comprises a transport device, a camera coupled to the transport device, an electronic display device, a memory device, and one or more processors. The camera is disposed adjacent to a rail of the railroad track and generates image data reproducible as one or more images of at least a portion of a surface of the rail. The processors can produce an image of the rail surface, which includes a plurality of elongated portions. The image is analyzed to identify any defects that exist within each elongated portion of the rail surface. The processors determine a value of a metric for each elongated portion of the rail surface. The metric is associated with the identified defects. The electronic display device displays a graph indicative of the metric for each elongated portion, the image of the rail surface, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2018Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Matthew Dick, Zhipeng Liu, Samson Yilma