Patents by Inventor Michael A. Griffin

Michael A. Griffin 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).

  • Patent number: 10592855
    Abstract: A system and method that generates a planogram is disclosed. The method includes receiving, from an image processing module, a realogram, the realogram including information about items recognized in an image, aligning the items in the realogram using the information about the items recognized in the image, relocating the items horizontally and vertically such that the items are distributed among a plurality of aligned, non-overlapping slots, and providing the relocated items for display as a planogram of the items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Griffin, Jonathan Zaremski, Jamey Graham, Tiffany Romain, Roland Findlay
  • Patent number: 10514825
    Abstract: A system and method for image processing result visualization. The method includes receiving a job, wherein the job includes a panoramic image and image recognition information, and creating a visualization based on the job, wherein the visualization includes the panoramic image with the image recognition information layered over the panoramic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jamey Graham, Roland Findlay, Michael Griffin, Tiffany Romain
  • Publication number: 20190331373
    Abstract: An ejector has: a motive flow inlet; a secondary flow inlet; an outlet; a motive nozzle; a diffuser; and a control needle shiftable between a first position and a second position. The ejector comprises: an inlet body bearing the motive flow inlet and the secondary flow inlet; a diffuser body forming the diffuser and bearing the outlet; a motive nozzle insert forming the motive nozzle in a compartment in the inlet body; and a needle guide insert in the motive nozzle insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A. Lozyniak, Alexander Lifson, Zuojun Shi, Parmesh Verma, Kenneth E. Cresswell, J. Michael Griffin, Thomas D. Radcliff
  • Patent number: 10445821
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for aligning a realogram and a planogram. An alignment module of an image recognition application receives a realogram, the realogram including information about product recognitions, and a planogram corresponding to the realogram. The alignment module also generates a planogram brand chunk in the planogram, the planogram brand chunk grouping a plurality of planogram product facings belonging to a same brand, and a realogram brand chunk in the realogram based on the planogram brand chunk. The alignment module additionally identifies a planogram product facing in the planogram brand chunk and a realogram product facing in the realogram brand chunk and aligns the planogram product facing with the realogram product facing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jamey Graham, Michael Griffin, Tiffany Romain, Daniel G Van Olst
  • Patent number: 10417696
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for comparing a realogram and a planogram to determine differences and generate suggestions, for example, a corrective action, and present the corrective action to a user. An application receives a realogram, the realogram including information about product recognitions, and a planogram corresponding to the realogram. The application aligns the realogram with the planogram using the information about product recognitions. The application retrieves a rule, detects an issue in the realogram based on applying the rule to the realogram aligned with the planogram, generates a corrective action corresponding to the issue in the realogram, and provides the corrective action for display as an overlay on the realogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jamey Graham, Michael Griffin, Tiffany Romain
  • Patent number: 10339690
    Abstract: A system and method for image processing result visualization. The method includes receiving a job, wherein the job includes a panoramic image and image recognition information, and creating a visualization based on the job, wherein the visualization includes the panoramic image with the image recognition information layered over the panoramic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Roland Findlay, Michael Griffin, Tiffany Romain, Jamey Graham
  • Patent number: 10250946
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for hosting collaboration between multiple clients. The system includes a network interface able to communicate with clients, and a control unit. The control unit is able to receive a screen capture that represents visual content at a display of a client, to identify multiple clients for receiving the screen capture, and to transmit the screen capture to the multiple clients for presentation at displays of the multiple clients. The control unit is further able to receive instructions in parallel from the multiple clients representing marks made upon the screen capture, and to transmit the instructions in parallel to the multiple clients to apply the marks onto the screen capture as presented at the displays of the multiple clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Roland Findlay, Ronald Marc Conescu, Eugene Limb, Haixia Yu, Jay Dautcher, Elena Grostrer, Michael Griffin, Yuko Ihara
  • Patent number: 10250947
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for hosting collaboration between multiple clients. The system includes a network interface able to communicate with clients, and a control unit. The control unit is able to receive a screen capture that represents visual content at a display of a client, to identify multiple clients for receiving the screen capture, and to transmit the screen capture to the multiple clients for presentation at displays of the multiple clients. The control unit is further able to receive instructions in parallel from the multiple clients representing marks made upon the screen capture, and to transmit the instructions in parallel to the multiple clients to apply the marks onto the screen capture as presented at the displays of the multiple clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Roland Findlay, Ronald Marc Conescu, Eugene Limb, Haixia Yu, Jay Dautcher, Elena Grostrer, Michael Griffin, Yuko Ihara
  • Patent number: 10183387
    Abstract: A key press facilitates securing a shackle assembly used for connecting chains, buoys, and other devices used for watercraft applications. The shackle assembly includes a shackle, a bolt, and a split key. The shackle has two shackle legs with openings. The bolt includes a shaft with a distal end having a slot. The split key has two split key legs extending from an enlarged rounded end. The key press includes a receptacle and a wedge head having an apex. The shaft of the bolt is passed through the shackle leg openings and then the split key legs are passed through the slot. The distal end of the bolt is the placed into the receptacle. The wedge head is lowered until the apex is placed between the split key legs which are then bent away from each other so as to secure the shackle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Griffin
  • Patent number: 10156507
    Abstract: A method of characterizing free volume of a rock sample includes test operations that measure pressure decay data from stepwise pressurization of the rock sample with a test gas. An initial free volume of the rock sample is calculated as a function of the pressure decay data. An initial maximum storage capacity of the rock sample is derived as a function of the initial free volume of the rock sample. A volume of test gas adsorbed as a liquid is calculated based on the maximum storage capacity of the rock sample. An updated free volume of the rock sample is calculated based on the initial free volume and the volume of the test gas adsorbed as a liquid. An updated maximum storage capacity of the rock sample is derived as a function of the updated free volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Howard Davidson, Keith Howarth Greaves, David Clark Atwood, Robert Michael Griffin
  • Publication number: 20180312348
    Abstract: A magnetic track system for transporting batteries at a telecommunications site includes a plurality of pods which are magnetic and which are attachable to a battery; and a track system including repelling magnets, wherein the track system is selectively laid between a first point to a second point to transport the battery with the plurality of pods attached thereto, wherein the transport comprises pushing or pulling the battery along the track system. The track system can include a plurality of tracks, strips, or a rollable mat. The track system can have a length less than a distance between the first point and the second point, wherein the track system is moveable such that tracks which have already been traversed by the battery are moved to a front to accommodate the distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Griffin, Lee PRIEST
  • Publication number: 20180300043
    Abstract: A system and method that generates a planogram from a realogram is disclosed. The method includes receiving, from an image processing module, a realogram, the realogram including an image and information about a set of items recognized in the image, determining one or more linear groupings of a subset of the set of recognized items corresponding to each shelf, generating a planogram based on the realogram and the one or more linear groupings, generating a user interface for presentation on a client device of a user, presenting the realogram in a first portion of the user interface and the planogram in a second portion of the user interface, receiving user input via the user interface, and updating the planogram based on the user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jamey Graham, Roland Findlay, Michael Griffin
  • Publication number: 20180182100
    Abstract: Systems and methods for producing blot images. A blot, for example a western blot, is imaged using an imaging system having a field of view and a magnification. Features of interest in the blot correspond to features in the digital image, and the sizes of the features in the digital image depend on the magnification of the imaging system. A structuring element is selected based on the sizes and shapes of the features in the digital image, and the image is morphologically eroded and dilated varying numbers of times. The eroded and dilated image is subtracted from the original blot image to remove background signal from the blot image, producing an output image. The number of erosions needed to completely erode the features of interest is determined automatically, for example by investigating the behavior of the kurtosis of the output image as a function of the number of erosions performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Clayton T. McKee, Michael Griffin
  • Patent number: 10002307
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for classifying conditions of a data stream of object information. An image recognition receives an image and identifies a plurality of objects from the image. The image recognition application generates a data stream including information about the plurality of objects. The image recognition application generates a score based on the information about the plurality of products, determines a condition from the data stream based on the score, and generates a suggestion based on the condition. The image recognition application further provides the suggestion to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jonathan Zaremski, Michael Griffin
  • Patent number: 9980008
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for hosting collaboration between multiple clients. The system includes a network interface able to communicate with clients, and a control unit. The control unit is able to receive a screen capture that represents visual content at a display of a client, to identify multiple clients for receiving the screen capture, and to transmit the screen capture to the multiple clients for presentation at displays of the multiple clients. The control unit is further able to receive instructions in parallel from the multiple clients representing marks made upon the screen capture, and to transmit the instructions in parallel to the multiple clients to apply the marks onto the screen capture as presented at the displays of the multiple clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Roland Findlay, Ronald Marc Conescu, Eugene Limb, Haixia Yu, Jay Dautcher, Elena Grostrer, Michael Griffin, Yuko Ihara
  • Patent number: 9971138
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for using modular microscopes is disclosed. Connecting the housings of the individual microscope modules provide the structural framework of the modular microscope. Furthermore, the modular microscope can include specialized software, the distribution and use of which can be controlled using security keys or identifiers stored on one or more of the microscope modules. The security keys and identifiers can be based on calibration data associated with the physical, electrical, or optical properties of one of more of the modules. The illumination modules disclosed provide for selectable wavelengths and controllable levels of output illumination for both bright field and dark field illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Griffin, Daniel Yue Man Chu, Tom McCollum
  • Publication number: 20180109475
    Abstract: A single content region in a chat history display is used to display entries representative of a plurality of messages corresponding to all chat histories for all of chat threads currently engaged in by a given mobile terminal. Additionally, a buddy list display supports management of chat buddies, a detail view display allows otherwise truncated messages to be displayed, and a text message editor display supports the composition of text messages. Each chat user may designate public display identifiers for purposes of identification to other chat users. Additionally, each user may designate private display identifiers for each of his/her buddies, which private display identifiers may be used to replace the public display identifiers for that user's buddies when displayed on the user's mobile terminal. In this manner, the use of speech and text based group chatting and similar services in wireless communication environments is more readily enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Chris Michael Griffin, Bashar JANO, Jin Woo LEE, Mihaela Kamenova MIHAYLOVA, Christopher Jamieson WILSON
  • Patent number: 9948988
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for hosting collaboration between multiple clients. The system includes a network interface able to communicate with clients, and a control unit. The control unit is able to receive a screen capture that represents visual content at a display of a client, to identify multiple clients for receiving the screen capture, and to transmit the screen capture to the multiple clients for presentation at displays of the multiple clients. The control unit is further able to receive instructions in parallel from the multiple clients representing marks made upon the screen capture, and to transmit the instructions in parallel to the multiple clients to apply the marks onto the screen capture as presented at the displays of the multiple clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Roland Findlay, Ronald Marc Conescu, Eugene Limb, Haixia Yu, Jay Dautcher, Elena Grostrer, Michael Griffin, Yuko Ihara
  • Publication number: 20180050443
    Abstract: A key press facilitates securing a shackle assembly used for connecting chains, buoys, and other devices used for watercraft applications. The shackle assembly includes a shackle, a bolt, and a split key. The shackle has two shackle legs with openings. The bolt includes a shaft with a distal end having a slot. The split key has two split key legs extending from an enlarged rounded end. The key press includes a receptacle and a wedge head having an apex. The shaft of the bolt is passed through the shackle leg openings and then the split key legs are passed through the slot. The distal end of the bolt is the placed into the receptacle. The wedge head is lowered until the apex is placed between the split key legs which are then bent away from each other so as to secure the shackle assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Griffin
  • Patent number: D862036
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: UNE PIECE PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Carly Jayne Brown, Michael Griffin